Amazon Minimum Age: 8
Batteries Included: 0
Binding: Toy
Brand: Gamewright
EAN: 0759751002305
Feature: Ages 8 and up
Is Autographed: 0
Is Memorabilia: 0
Item Dimensions: Array
Label: Gamewright
Manufacturer: Gamewright
Manufacturer Maximum Age: 88
Manufacturer Minimum Age: 8
Model: 230
MPN: 230
Publisher: Gamewright
Release Date: 2006-06-12
Special Features: durable
Studio: Gamewright

• Ages 8 and up

• Slamwich Collectors Edition

Imagine a place where there?s a queen of all pancakes, a king of cookies and a pack of over-protective dragons? If this sounds like something out of a dream, it actually is! Sleeping Queens was invented by 6-year-old Miranda Evarts, who thought up the game one night when she couldn?t fall asleep. She awoke the next morning and with help from her older sister, Madeleine and her parents, Denise and Max created this wonderfully whimsical world of napping nobles. As you immerse yourself in the Evarts? fantasyland, you will find a game that helps develop memory, strategy, and elementary arithmetic skills. Just be careful when playing potion cards or you could wind up putting all the players to sleep! Rise and Shine! The Pancake Queen, the Ladybug Queen and ten of their closest friends have fallen under a sleeping spell and it's your job to wake them up. Use strategy, quick thinking and a little luck to rouse these napping nobles from their royal slumbers. Play a knight to steal a queen or take a chance on a juggling jester. But watch out for wicked potions and dastardly dragons! The player who wakes the most queens wins.

Customer Rating:
Summary: It's fun, but only if you're a certain kind of person.
Comment: What I mean by that is that some people will look at this game and consider it the stupidest thing ever. Others, such as myself, will love it. I think the crazier you are, the more you will enjoy it. It only gets a 3 star duribility rating because the cards don't stay in mint condition very long, but they'll still be playable.

Game play is relatively simple after you learn it. It's kind of tricky at first to remember what each card does, but after a few games you'll get it. The object is to collect queens. Each queen has a number of points ranging anywhere from 5 to 20. You're trying to get to a certain number of points or queens and the number changes depending on how many people are playing. If you run out of queens before someone reaches the magic number then whoever has the most points wins. Certain queens have special powers: the Rose Queen, while only worth the minimum 5 points, allows you to draw an extra queen whenever you wake her up. The Cat Queen and the Dog Queen are worth 15 points each, but cannot be possesed by the same player at once. If you draw one, but already have the other, you put it back and your turn is over. To wake up a queen, you simply have to play a king card. A knight card allows you to steal a queen from an opponent but can be blocked if your victim has a dragon card. The sleeping potion card allows you to put a queen back to sleep and can be blocked by a magic wand card. You use the number cards to get more cards, either by making addition facts or by playing matching pairs. That's what makes the game educational. Anyway, that's how the game is played, but if you're creative enough you can invent other games, or go through the deck and name all the kings, queens, knights, and dragons as Brooke (I'm Anne) and I have. (Like I said the crazier you are, the more enjoyment you will get.) If the whimsicality sounds too out there for you, don't buy it.

This game is great for little kids, which makes sense because a 6-year-old made it up. Unlike most card games, a 5-year-old can play without being on someone's team or having someone older come read over their shoulder every turn, assuming they know how to add on thier fingers. If you are playing with someone that young, be prepared to ask questions like "Do you have a dragon card?" Or answer questions such as "What does this card do?" For older people (anyone over 10): You will only get the most out of Sleeping Queens if you're willing to make a total moron of yourself while playing. For example, Brooke has gotten into the habbit of calling me Fungor when we play. When I play with the little kids in my neighborhood we always yell "OH NO YOU DI-INT!" whenever we can stop someone from stealing a queen or putting one back to sleep. If we can't, we'll scowl at our attacker, and say "You win this round" in an overly dramatic fashion as we hand over the queen. If this sounds like fun to you and you know other crazy people who will play with you, buy this game and knock yourself out. Personally I consider a mundane game of Sleeping Queens to be flat out boring, but if that's more you're style, that's fine too. I've given you my opinion, it's all up to you now.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: As young as 4-5 yo can play
Comment: A fun game for both kids and adults. A child as young as 4 can play. We're still playing with my son and he's now 8. For added educational purposes, we allow him to do any mathematical combination to discard cards.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Excellent game for kids of all ages!
Comment: My kids received this game for Christmas two years ago, and it's still a family favorite. At the time they were 6 and 3. It's been a great tool to reinforce math facts. The game requires matching, building simple equations with totals of no more than ten, and logic. It's a game the entire family enjoys. It's going to be a gift we give to many of the kids' friends this year. Highly recommend it if you're looking for a quick game that contains hidden (from the kids) educational components.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Can be a Fun game for Adults too~
Comment: I first picked up this game because the artwork of the cards seem nice but to my surprise, it's a fun little game that requires a little elementary math skills and luck. My ex-boyfriend and I enjoyed playing a round of Sleeping Queen right before bedtime after a stressful day.
It is simple and perfect for a couple to play but it can definitely become playfully competitive to steal the Sleeping Queens from each other!

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Customer Rating:
Summary: This is soooo much fun!
Comment: I play this with both my 9-year-old granddaughter and 3 1/2 year old grandson ... and we all love it! We will definitely look into other games made by GamesWright!

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