# The Old King's Crown

The Old King's Crown is a board game for 1–4 players. It plays in 60–120 minutes and is meant for ages 12 and up. Ludoya players call it best with 3. It is rated 8.6 out of 10 by 20 Ludoya reviewers. The cheapest copy in stock is $60.49 (United States).

- **Players:** 1–4 (best with 3)
- **Playing time:** 60–120 minutes
- **Minimum age:** 12+
- **Complexity:** 3.7 out of 5
- **Year published:** 2025
- **Categories:** Fantasy, Card Game, Medieval
- **Mechanics:** Betting and Bluffing, Card Play Conflict Resolution, Variable Player Powers, Hand Management, Deck, Bag, and Pool Building, Selection Order Bid, Simultaneous Action Selection
- **Ludoya rating:** 8.6 out of 10, from 20 reviews
- **Owned by:** 66 Ludoya players
- **Plays logged on Ludoya:** 159
- **Unique players:** 244

**Designers:** Pablo Clark

**Artists:** Pablo Clark

**Publishers:** Eerie Idol Games

## Where to buy in United States

| Shop | Price | Link |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 401 Games | 84.95 $ | https://store.401games.ca/products/the-old-kings-crown |
| Board Game Bliss | 92.95 $ | https://www.boardgamebliss.com/products/the-old-king-s-crown |
| Element Games | 58.5 £ | https://elementgames.co.uk/board-games/the-old-kings-crown |
| Dragons Lair | 679 kr | https://dragonslair.se/products/the-old-kings-crown |
| Travelling Man | 51.99 £ | https://travellingman.com/products/the-old-kings-crown |
| World of Board Games | 699 kr | https://www.worldofboardgames.com/the-old-king-s-crown |
| Alphaspel | 729 kr | https://alphaspel.se/491-bradspel/237984-the-old-kings-crown-en |
| Zatu Games | 65 £ | https://zatu.com/products/the-old-kings-crown |
| Ludifolie | 80.9 € | https://www.ludifolie.com/24869-the-old-king-s-crown.html |

## Expansions

- [The Old King's Crown: Waking Kingdom](https://www.ludoya.com/games/the-old-kings-crown-wild-kingdom)
- [The Old King's Crown: Songs of Home](https://www.ludoya.com/games/the-old-kings-crown-songs-of-home)

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## Rules questions

### How does the Spring bidding work — who wins a Kingdom card, and how do steals/returns resolve?

Calculate each bid's Strength and resolve bids from highest to lowest (ties by the Order Track); a winning bidder takes an unoccupied Kingdom card or may steal an occupied Kingdom card (or return their bidding card instead) as described for Spring bids and steal/return (pages 10–11).

### When and how can I move Supporters to add Strength — can I move them after bids?

You place face‑down Faction cards per Region in Spring, and during that placement you may move any number of Supporters to Regions to add Strength in Clashes; Supporter movement is done as part of those placement/Clash steps (page 12).

### If a card is hit by a Deadly effect, is it removed immediately and do its triggered effects still happen?

Deadly elimination is resolved according to the simultaneous elimination rules and the Night/Deadly step: eliminated cards are removed as specified (often to the Lost pile) and mandatory Night triggers still occur per the Deadly rules (pages 15 and 21).

### What does Journey do — do journeyed cards automatically buy me new cards at my Site of Power?

Journey moves the Faction card to the Lost pile and grants Journey tokens you may spend at your Site of Power to acquire cards; it does not automatically acquire cards for you (pages 17 and 23).

### When I claim a Location, do I get both the Herald and the Location rewards and does the Region immediately resolve?

When you claim a Location you gain the Herald and the Location rewards and then resolve the Region as part of the Claim Rewards step (page 16).

### How are ties broken at game end if players have the same number of crowns?

After tallying crowns, ties are broken first by Favour and then by position on the Order Track as the final tiebreaker (page 18).

## Links

- [This page](https://www.ludoya.com/games/the-old-kings-crown)
- [The Old King's Crown in the Ludoya app](https://app.ludoya.com/g/the-old-kings-crown)
- [BoardGameGeek entry](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/357873)

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