King and Peasant
BGG rank
BGG #16,617
BGG rating
7.2

King and Peasant

2025

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  • 2 players
  • 10–15 min
  • 14+
  • Complexity 1.0/5

For 2 players

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King and Peasant is a board game released in 2025 for 2 players, 10–15 minutes per game, and ages 14 and up. It was designed by Poon Jon and its main mechanics are Hand Management and Multi-Use Cards.

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About the game

An asymmetrical 2-player 18-card microgame in which one plays the king and the other the peasants. The peasants are unhappy with the king and have employed an assassin to "retire" him. The king has found out about the plot. He must try to protect himself and catch the assassin before he is taken by surprise.

Designers

Publishers

  • nPips Games

Questions and answers

King and Peasant supports 2 players according to the catalogue. This is the publisher’s listed player count, so the game is designed for exactly that number of participants. Variants for other group sizes, if any, are described in the rulebook of your edition, so check it before setting up a different configuration.