{"id":2334,"date":"2021-08-01T06:52:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-01T11:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.charlesconklin.com\/4cambodia\/?p=2334"},"modified":"2021-07-31T00:20:32","modified_gmt":"2021-07-31T05:20:32","slug":"heart-of-crown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.charlesconklin.com\/4cambodia\/2021\/heart-of-crown\/","title":{"rendered":"Heart of Crown & the COVID game"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I think it’s probably clear by now that we love playing games<\/a> as a family. During our staycation<\/a>, we got into a card game called Heart of Crown that I had brought with us when we moved here in 2019. It is very similar to Dominion<\/a>, for those who have played that, but with the player’s goal being to back a Princess and help her take the throne as Queen. The player who succeeds as ‘Queenmaker’ is the winner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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One of the nice things about a game like Dominion<\/a> or Heart of Crown is that the experience can be tailored based on what cards are selected for play. I’ve kept ‘attack’ cards and anything that’s overly complicated out, so that the girls can play on their level. We can also slowly increase this as they get better (I knew Charlotte was ready but I’ve been really surprised by how fast Catherine’s gotten the grasp of the game). I’ve also excluded a few cards that were over the top visually or that had themes that I didn’t like (the witches, for instance, were over the top visually and the theme of dark magic is one we don’t need).<\/p>\n\n\n\n