Kingdomino

Full review: https://youtu.be/C_X1OEjxi5s Unfortunately, although Kingdomino's digital edition translates the basic gameplay from the board game, it's otherwise a mostly hollow and shallow experience. It feels rushed in many places or as though not enough attention-to-detail or care was given, it has a barebones online experience that is overshadowed by the version of Kingdomino on Board Game Arena, and it uses deceptive marketing rhetoric, advertising an "immersive single-player campaign mode" with Lost Kingdom, when it is none of those things. I can't recommend this one, see my full thoughts in the video.

Kingdomino is a fun board game, irl and digital! I love how easy it is to play. It has no missable achievements, but it does have online achievements that require 4 people working together, and many grindy achievements. [b]Approximate time to 100%:[/b] Many, many hours [b]Estimated achievement difficulty:[/b] 4/10 [b]Minimum number of playthroughs needed:[/b] Many plays, but it is a short board ame [b]Is there a good guide available:[/b] You don't need a guide [b]Multiplayer achievements:[/b] Yes, quite a few. Most challenging will be the ones where 4 people have to work together to unlock them [b]Missable achievements:[/b] No [b]Grinding Achievements:[/b] Yes, the number of times you need to win is a bit insane [b]DLC-Only achievements:[/b] No [b]Speedrun achievements:[/b] No [b]Time-gated achievements:[/b] No [b]RNG-achievements:[/b] Yes, winning a game without placing a grain field requires some luck to have an option without grain every turn and still be able to win [b]Does difficulty affect achievements:[/b] Yes, there are specific achievements for winning X amount of time against easy, medium or hard AI, and they don't stack [b]Unobtainable/glitched achievements:[/b] No [b]Gamepad or mouse and keyboard:[/b] I preferred to play with a mouse As some of you might know, I love board games! I even work in a board game store. So I have played Kingdomino quite a few times, irl, and love the simplicity. You can play it with everyone as the rules are straightforward. I was hyped to see a digital version, and while it is well-made and looks gorgeous, it also missed the point on quite a few things. The game starts with a short tutorial, which is good, as you'll be playing games of Kingdomino in no time. But I'm not totally sure it covers everything well enough, and even if it does, a player gets overloaded with info at the start, so they don't mind remembering it all. So here are some things that might get Lost in the Shuffle (Hint toward a great series on YouTube about board games :P): - In a 2-player game, you both have two meeples, and the turn order is based on which tile of the four you choose so that you may have two turns directly after each other. - The four tiles available are randomly drawn from a stack but are then sorted from the lowest number (least chance of crowns) to the highest number (more chance of crowns). Crowns are the way to score points; you check how many tiles the field is, then multiply that by the number of crowns in that field. - You have to place a domino tile if you can, and you can if you already have that terrain available, or one of the four spaces around your castle is available. If you don't have space, the tile gets destroyed. I'm very impressed with Kingdomino's visuals, and you can even choose between 2 styles! I also love that it adds different quests and that, instead of the 7x7, the 10x10 field is available as well. I'm just not sure when the game selects which one. Is it always 10x10 in a multiplayer game? Why is this not just an option, just like the quests? And while I love the visuals, I wish that there was an option to always see your kingdom from the top. It will switch to that mode the moment you pick up your domino to place it, but I prefer to see it that way. It will also not do this if the domino gets destroyed, which makes choosing the next domino a bit harder because you don't get that nice overview of your kingdom. And while you have a tiny overview at the top of your screen, you can not see the amount of crowns in a field that way. I love that board games get digital versions, as it makes it possible for a whole new group of people to learn about and enjoy them. And even playing them online against their friends. And Kingdomino is a great game to do this. Not complicated, short games are so easy to squish in a few games during a play session! However, I really wish they wouldn't have such grindy achievements in general, as they aren't great candidates in the achievement-hunting scene. In Kingdomino, you have to win at least 30 games in a private multiplayer game. Have three friends to play a private multiplayer game where everybody has unlocked the special pawns and all select the same one. And there are many achievements to win against a specific type of AI. It seems to work to select a 4-player game with each different type of AI, to make it a little bit shorter. I love that there are achievements to explore the different quest types in the game, but they also have grindy variants. I mostly loved the achievements for winning without a specific type of terrain in your kingdom, and the ones you unlock for having a big field with many crowns of a particular type. It is also lovely that achievements give you gems, a currency to unlock new things like quests, meeples, or castles. I don't see myself completing all the achievements, primarily because of those multiplayer achievements. I give Kingdomino 3 out of 5 stars. [code]Do you enjoy games that don't have missable achievements? 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Simple enough rules meant the short tutorial covered everything. Deep enough that I'm still about 50:50 against the Easy AI. I can't speak to how the AI stands up against a better player than I am, but I'm optimistic. I have not tried multiplayer yet, as to me part of the appeal of digital board games is being able to pop in and out of a game for just a few minutes or even abandon it entirely without ruining everyone else's experience. The wide selection of achievements for following different scoring strategies (even for trying and failing) and periodic quests to unlock cosmetics are very nice touches, letting you customize the digital experience much more easily than the physical tabletop.

Eu adoro a versão de tabuleiro desse jogo, e a versão digital ficou muito bem feita! Excelente adaptação e ótimo para aqueles momentos de "gameplay relaxada", para passar o tempo. E funciona tão bem solo quanto com outros players, inclusive no mesmo PC, o que é um grande ponto positivo! Vale a pena esperar uma promo com desconto legal pra pegar! ;)

[b]Kingdomino was featured on my YouTube channel[/b] https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3609509378 and now onto the short review [h1]TL;DR Review[/h1] //intro// Hello, MF Kraven here- and welcome to a less than 10 mins review. A YouTube series where I take a look at niche titles, hidden gems & often overlooked games & tell you whether or not you should buy it, in less than 10 mins. So if that is the type of content that you like, consider subscribing, & liking this video. Today I take a look at Kingdomino,based on the 2016 tile board game of the same name. Kingdomino. Winner of the 2017 Spiel des Jahres or Board Game of the Year in 2017. Will the critically acclaimed board game translate to Steam or is it lights out at Family Game Night? Lets find out. //Graphics, Sound & Artstyle// While not incredibly impressive when it comes to visuals, I do appreciate the artstyle of Kingdomino. One board based on the live action & the other on a steam version. I do hope we get more boards in the coming months; even ones in plain colors to differentiate the mountains & swamps. I like that different castle pieces can be unlocked through gameplay & the music is nice. //Gameplay// Kingdomino is a 2-4 player game. Most matches vary anywhere between 5-12 mins. Every game starts with a random drawing on who goes first. Upon learning who goes first, each player takes a turn picking a domino- there are Forest, Wheat, Grass, Water, Swamp & Mountain tiles. Some pieces have 1, 2 or 3 crowns. Each crown counts as a point, and any similar tile touching the crown tile multiplies the score. Another way to earn points is to do "quests" these include objectives like making sure all four corners of the board have a domino or making sure none of your dominos get discarded. The goal of the game is to have the most points at the end of the game. //Price// 13.99 USD //How many hours estimated// As aforementioned, the games have taken me anywhere between 5-12 mins. I have 4 1/2 hours in and 20 something games played, and with the ease of multiplayer on it- it's going to be on my repertoire, //Is it Playable on Steamdeck?// Not only is it playable on SteamDeck but this entire footage was captured on an ROG Ally, it runs marvelously & will give you plenty of games before you need to plug in. //Final Thoughts// Honestly when I first heard of Kingdomino I wasn't too impressed, was it trying to be Carcassone & Catan? I was burnt on the video game adaptation of one of the two in the past few years.. But thanks to Lucy, who works over at Meeple Corp- I got to try the game out a few days in advanced, and I was amazed. I've been dealing with a brutal 2025, & to just pick up my SteamDeck for less than 10 mins to play a match feels cathartic. The gameplay loop was so easy to pick up, actually so much so that even my 8 year old son gravitated towards it & won his first match after a few tries. Heres the HUGE warning for some of you RNG haters, yes often as well as you may want to strategize it comes down to the LUCK of the draw. When presented with the 4 dominos, the next turn order will go as follows- whoever picks the top domino goes first the next turn, whoever picks the second goes second and so forth. While usually the 3rd and 4th dominos have more lucrative tiles, it's not always like this. Ive had turns where none of the dominos even had crowns on them and I'll get creamed by AI. But for someone like me, who not only do I not mind it, I welcome the RNG elements- it's become something I'm sort of obsessed with at the moment. I hate to sound cliche but it truly is one of those easy to learn, hard to master games as even the placement of your tiles can affect the end game. Lets say you only have forest & water tiles open on your board but the selection of dominos dont have any of your tiles- well the domino will be discarded or broken. So always be careful when placing your dominos from the very beginning. One thing I would like to change would be to have the option to not see the score of your opponents. Without playing with quests, what you see is what you get in the roundup, so you know whether or not you won a game. I'd love the option to go "blind" and find out in the last screen what everyone scored. Despite my small qualms I have, I can only praise the actual gameplay loop of Kingdomino My 8 year old son approves, I got him a copy, my wife approves I will be getting her a copy & I 100% approve and with it being crossplay with mobile device it doesnt take long to find an online opponent. After Thanksgiving dinner this upcoming Thursday, we're gonna gather in the living room & play a few rounds of Kingdomino Final Rating? [h1]Buy it Now![/h1]

A simple board game that anyone can learn. It's relaxing and fun to play with a friend. The graphics are just VERY janky, and it's connected to the mobile game which feels very 'mobile'-y. If you find it on a sale and want a quick board game to play with friends, then sure. But I wouldn't normally. Maybe just get it on your phone? Finished? - Steam Achievements? Absolutely no. Steam Deck? Worked well. Rating? 6.5/10 My curator page: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/45865425-CozyAriGames/ Full videos on Youtube.

I was really excited for this adaptation. However, I had to request a refund for it because on the very first session of pass & play it bugged out and didn't let us continue playing and we were 1 turn away from finishing the game. Big shame. If the developer is interested, maybe this can help you replicate the bug and potentially fix it: It was a 1v1 pass & play session with no additional controller on steam deck oled. I laid my tile down and before I ended my turn I clicked on my opponent's profile to see her kingdom, but when I returned to my kingdom my tile wasn't there anymore. It was back in the selection area, and except for clicking the end my turn button I couldn't do anything so I clicked the button and nothing happened. I restarted the game and when I resumed it the only thing visible on the screen was the clouds. Tried again but no luck. If such a crucial bug exists I expect there to be more issues, so I cannot recommend this unfortunately, I may consider coming back to it, but not anytime soon.