In a game of The Queen’s Dilemma, players face a sequence of unique Dilemma cards, each bearing an important decision for the Council to make. There are always two ways to answer the question posed by the Dilemma card and resolve it. Over tense voting sessions, players will decide which direction to take by investing their Power to push for their desired outcome, exchanging Resources to bribe other players and bring them on their side, and make deals to push their Agenda forward.

Players will have conflicting interests: where one might advocate for progress, the other might favor defending traditions to keep them intact. Depending on the Council’s choice after each vote, the balance between the realm’s various political and moral ideologies will change. At the end of each game (representing a calendar year), players will earn points based on how much the kingdom is akin to their own political and philosophical beliefs. Once a Dilemma card is resolved, it is permanently discarded. Your decisions, though, will often result in the opening of Envelopes that add new Dilemma cards to the deck, unlocking new events that will happen in the future as a consequence of your decisions. Forge your own path through a labyrinth of branching storylines and decide the fate of the kingdom of Ankist!

Your most impactful decisions may even result in the opening of a Mystery Bag, instead of a regular Envelope, allowing you to unlock more than just Dilemma cards: new rules, resources, tokens, stickers, agenda cards, events, and more. Be prepared for some major twists and turns over the course of the campaign!

Pick Your Character Choose from a pool of 6 unique members of Ankist nobility and live the story from their perspective. Each comes with a personal diary that you will use to track your achievements over the course of the campaign.

Develop Your Character Unlock and attach Ability stickers on your personal diary to gain new skills and strengthen your grip on the Council!

The Burden of Responsibility When you make important decisions, you unlock Keyword stickers that allow the game to remember your actions… and reward you –or make you pay– for their consequences even many sessions later.

A Story All About You

In addition to the overarching story of the game you share with all players, each character is living a story of their own, a secret adventure only you know, with forking narrative paths and several possible endings. This is made possible by your personal Agenda cards which tell your character’s story step by step while also giving you secret objectives to achieve before you can progress your narrative. Your success –or failure– in achieving these objectives will change the story and ultimate destiny of your character.

Manage and Develop Your Territories Govern the growth of your territories by constructing buildings and manage the resources produced on your lands. The transparent Building stickers instantly upgrade and seamlessly integrate with the map.

Shape the Rules of Ankist Major events and decrees can influence the game by changing the game rules themselves. This is tracked by the new Chronicle stickers that get attached to the map over the course of the campaign.