# It's a Wonderful Kingdom

It's a Wonderful Kingdom is a board game for 1–2 players. It plays in 45 minutes and is meant for ages 14 and up. Ludoya players call it best with 2. It is rated 7.2 out of 10 by 38 Ludoya reviewers. The cheapest copy in stock is $35.99 (United States).

- **Players:** 1–2 (best with 2)
- **Playing time:** 45 minutes
- **Minimum age:** 14+
- **Complexity:** 2.6 out of 5
- **Year published:** 2021
- **Categories:** Fantasy, Card Game, Medieval
- **Mechanics:** Solo / Solitaire Game, Betting and Bluffing, Open Drafting, Set Collection, I Cut, You Choose
- **Ludoya rating:** 7.2 out of 10, from 38 reviews
- **Owned by:** 131 Ludoya players
- **Plays logged on Ludoya:** 264
- **Unique players:** 192

**Designers:** Frédéric Guérard

**Artists:** Anthony Wolff

**Publishers:** La Boîte de Jeu

## Where to buy in United States

| Shop | Price | Link |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cardhaus Games | 35.99 $ | https://www.cardhaus.com/its-a-wonderful-kingdom/ |
| Gamers Guild AZ | 44.99 $ | https://gamersguildaz.com/products/its-a-wonderful-kingdom |
| Mathom | 13.5 € | https://mathom.es/es/otros-juegos-de-tablero/48250-it-s-a-wonderful-kingdom-8425402449233.html |
| 401 Games | 34.95 $ | https://store.401games.ca/products/its-a-wonderful-kingdom |
| Board Game Bliss | 38.95 $ | https://www.boardgamebliss.com/products/its-a-wonderful-kingdom |
| eFantasy | 39.99 € | https://www.efantasy.gr/en/products/board-games/179121-board-game-its-a-wonderful-kingdom |
| Goblin Trader Barcelona | 19.9 € | https://www.goblintrader.es/es/inicio/43713-its-a-wonderful-kingdom-spanish-8425402449233.html |
| World of Board Games | 275 kr | https://www.worldofboardgames.com/it-s-a-wonderful-kingdom-eng |
| Spilforsyningen | 229.95 kr | https://spilforsyningen.dk/products/its-a-wonderful-kingdom-eng |
| Homoludicus Granollers | 31.95 € | https://homoludicus-granollers.org/its-a-wonderful-kingdom |
| Hyggeonkel | 249.95 kr | https://www.hyggeonkel.dk/produkt/it-a-wonderful-kingdom |
| Spelexperten | 379 kr | https://www.spelexperten.com/sallskapsspel/strategispel/its-a-wonderful-kingdom.html |
| Dragons Lair | 399 kr | https://dragonslair.se/products/its-a-wonderful-kingdom-en |
| Fantasiapelit | 37 € | https://www.fantasiapelit.com/index.php?main=ai&kat=single&mista=indeksi&etsittava=_210417 |
| Alphaspel | 419 kr | https://alphaspel.se/491-bradspel/141960-its-a-wonderful-kingdom |
| Spielezar | 37.9 Fr. | https://www.spielezar.ch/brettspiele/ein-wundervolles-koenigreich-de |

## Expansions

- [It's a Wonderful Kingdom: Promo Pack](https://www.ludoya.com/games/its-a-wonderful-kingdom-promo-pack)

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## Rules questions

### Who offers and who selects first during the Choice Phase — how does the offering/selection turn order work?

The Choice Phase alternates Offering and Selection turns for 16 successive turns; the first player for the round (indicated by the round tracker) makes the first Offering and will be the last to Select that round (so Offer and Select alternate until hands are empty). (page 3)

### Can I place cards face-down in an Offering so my opponent can’t see them?

Yes — you may spend 1 or 2 Trap tokens when adding cards to the Offering areas to place those cards face-down; nobody may look at face-down cards in Offering areas and if selected they go face-down into the Selection area and are only revealed in the Planning phase. (page 3)

### If I recycle a card in Planning, when do I place its resources and can that immediately finish another card under construction?

When you recycle during the Planning phase you immediately collect the Recycling bonus and place those Resources either onto your Alchemy area or onto cards under construction, and if placing that resource completes another card its construction resolves immediately (and that completed card can produce later in the same round). (page 4)

### Do cards that are still under construction produce during the Production phase?

No — only cards in your Duchy (completed) count for production; cards under construction are ignored, though if you complete a card during a Production step it is added to your Duchy and may produce in subsequent Production steps that round. (pages 4–5)

### How do Krystallium cubes form and what can they be used for?

Whenever you have five Resource cubes on your Duchy’s Alchemy area you immediately discard them to gain one Krystallium cube; Krystallium can be kept indefinitely and may be used at any time as any Resource cube or to fill a space that specifically requires Krystallium (but it cannot be used as a Soldier). (page 6)

### What happens if I discard a card that’s under construction — do I keep its resources or get a recycling bonus?

You may discard a card under construction at any time and you receive its Recycling bonus placed into your Alchemy area, but any Resource cubes and Soldier tokens on the discarded card are lost and return to the supply. (page 6)

## Links

- [This page](https://www.ludoya.com/games/its-a-wonderful-kingdom)
- [It's a Wonderful Kingdom in the Ludoya app](https://app.ludoya.com/g/its-a-wonderful-kingdom)
- [BoardGameGeek entry](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/327711)

_Data from Ludoya, updated 2026-09-19. Ratings, ownership and play counts are Ludoya's own._