After several weeks of thinking and planning, the king called his son into his see him in the throne room. As the prince stood up from his respectful bow, the king laid out the plan before him. Leopoldo would be given a large chunk of land and twelve years to prepare and grow it. If the king was satisfied with the growth of this new kingdom, his son would be given rule over all the king's holdings. The prince bowed quickly and practically raced out of the room to begin his preparations for gaining the kingship.
YEAR ONE
YEAR TWO
"Things are looking up. We've created a nice little logging centre in the forest beside the castle and were able to prepare a new field bordering it. Not sure what we're going to do with that swamp yet. Maybe we can convince an ogre to come and live there and protect our people? I'll look into it." - LeoYEAR THREE
YEAR FOUR
"In all of the best known myths and legends, finding a mysterious cave yields wonderful treasures and terrifying beasts. While preparing yet another wheat field (how are these people not sick of what? I'M sick of the stuff and I get most of my food secretly imported from my father's kitchens), the workers came across a hidden, underground cavern. When my soldiers went to explore it, what did they find? Nothing. No monsters, no treasure, but so many rocks. Maybe we can use them to fill in the swamp?" - Leo
YEAR FIVE
"No, I seriously don't know what caused the flood. All I know is that I had some masons working on adding an Olympic size swimming pool to the castle and all of a sudden, the northwest corner of the kingdom is flooded. This year we put in a small pond so the farmers could use it for irrigation and the rest of the peasants could use it for washing (lots and lots of washing). My attendants and I will only reserve it every weekday from sun up to sun down for our own personal use." - Leo
YEAR SIX
"More trees and more wheat. If nothing else, these people are consistent. I think it would be really important to add some variety to the kingdom, but, in all honestly, the forests and fields we have are producing quite the bounty. I've been meeting with neighbouring kingdoms to discuss trades and there is definitely some promise there. We just might make this kingdom great! Especially if we do the trade bargaining in my private swimming pond..." - Leo
YEAR SEVEN
"The Yellow Streak. That's what some of the other kingdoms have begun calling us. Not the most impressive nickname I've had, but, honestly, not the worst either. They don't say that to my face, however, when they come from miles around to barter, bargain for, and purchase our magnificence crops. I've even reduced my private swim times to only four days a week so the farmers have more access to water. How generous am I? Ol' Leopold would be so impressed." - Leo
YEAR EIGHT
YEAR NINE
"The Yellow Streak continues to grow. Gross. I'm trying to do some campaigning to get the nickname changed to The Golden Swath. My head architects and artists are working are some giant billboards to advertise the new brand. I'm hoping we can draw more tourists this way." - Leo
YEAR TEN
YEAR ELEVEN
"I'm not sure if the wizard has a twin brother that has joined him in the swamp (and further expanded it) or if it was a cloning spell gone horribly wrong. The bottom line is - twice the wizards equals twice the taxes. We used the income to develop a teeny, tiny plot of land to farm livestock. I think we're either going with miniature sheep or giant gophers. You can make socks and stuff out of their fur, right?" - Leo
YEAR TWELVE
"Some people may blame me for the new swampland next to the castle. I say it's just as likely that the wacky wizards are responsible, due to one of their incantations gone wrong. There is absolutely no proof that the newly constructed, half-Olympic size swimming pool in the castle basement is leaking. You couldn't find a single person, dead or alive, who would confirm that suspicion. It's been twelve long years out here and I think I've grown quite a lot and am ready to take on the mangle of kingship." - Leo
When Prince Leopoldo returned to his father's homeland, he discovered that King Leopold had sold off everything of value from his kingdom three year earlier and had retire to Florida. The people had either moved away or been devoured by wandering monsters. Leopoldo returned to his new homeland and had any mention of these previous lands stricken from the history books.
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Kingdomino is by far my most played game. It's my wife's favourite and just so easy to pick up and play with old and new gamers alike. I recently stumbled across a solo variant called the Crown of Thorns. Thanks to BGG user jungle_boy for developing these He has a second variant called Dwindling Choices which I have not tried yet. Basically, depending on which tile you choose, you are limited in what you can choose on the subsequent rounds (for example if you choose the fourth and highest numbered tile, then you HAVE to take the first and lowest numbered tile on the next round). I've only played two games of this, my first a "learning experience." This second game I had a bit of a better strategy and ended up with a respectable score of 52. It took longer to write this playthrough than it did to play the game - which only lasted about 5 minutes. Probably won't make my top 20 solo list, but it's a nice and quick way to scratch that Kingdomino itch.
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