This game is currently in the Humble Choice for May 2024, and this is part of my coverage of the bundle. If you are interested in the game and it's before June 4th, 2024, consider picking up the game as part of the current monthly bundle.
It’s good to be the King.
King of the Castle is a good social party game. The main player is the Monarch, and everyone else is randomly assigned to three factions, I believe it evens off the numbers. From there the goal for each faction is to take out the king, and the king to hold off the factions until his heir is secured to take the throne next.
All of this is done through rounds and each team has several goals they need to accomplish to advance their schemes or push for a rebellion. Almost everything is done through voting, though only one copy of the game is needed. Twitch chat, or a website is used for players who want to play along, and it allows people to join in the middle of the game.
On the other hand, I was lucky that I was playing this on stream, because this requires four players, and we ended up with 7, the larger the better. Because only one game is needed, this is probably something you can just check out on Twitch to get a better feel of the game. The games are a bit long and involved. Players will probably need two or three games to feel comfortable about what they’re doing.
I will say though I had fun with it, our story ended up with one of the players, Selvage, being killed, I as the monarch married one of their female family members, and then we killed off the second version of Selvage’s character. I almost feel bad about it, but it was an entertaining storyline, and organic.
Pick this up if you’re a streamer, or have a large group of people that want to play something. However, this game does take a long time. I would say you could burn through multiple games of different Jack Box games before one game of this was over, and since this requires a larger number of players, Jack Box might be preferable.
If you enjoyed this review or want to know what I think of other games in the bundle, check out the full review on or subscribe to my Youtube channel: https://youtu.be/jybN_eME28o
It’s good to be the King.
King of the Castle is a good social party game. The main player is the Monarch, and everyone else is randomly assigned to three factions, I believe it evens off the numbers. From there the goal for each faction is to take out the king, and the king to hold off the factions until his heir is secured to take the throne next.
All of this is done through rounds and each team has several goals they need to accomplish to advance their schemes or push for a rebellion. Almost everything is done through voting, though only one copy of the game is needed. Twitch chat, or a website is used for players who want to play along, and it allows people to join in the middle of the game.
On the other hand, I was lucky that I was playing this on stream, because this requires four players, and we ended up with 7, the larger the better. Because only one game is needed, this is probably something you can just check out on Twitch to get a better feel of the game. The games are a bit long and involved. Players will probably need two or three games to feel comfortable about what they’re doing.
I will say though I had fun with it, our story ended up with one of the players, Selvage, being killed, I as the monarch married one of their female family members, and then we killed off the second version of Selvage’s character. I almost feel bad about it, but it was an entertaining storyline, and organic.
Pick this up if you’re a streamer, or have a large group of people that want to play something. However, this game does take a long time. I would say you could burn through multiple games of different Jack Box games before one game of this was over, and since this requires a larger number of players, Jack Box might be preferable.
If you enjoyed this review or want to know what I think of other games in the bundle, check out the full review on or subscribe to my Youtube channel: https://youtu.be/jybN_eME28o