
2024Ken Boyter, Kedric Winks
From BoardGameGeek
Steal the crown, win the game! The Goblin King is dead and the Crooked Crown is up for grabs! As custom dictates in the ramshackle goblin city of Snark, any goblin treacherous enough to seize the crown for themselves will be declared the new Goblin Ruler. But the Crooked Crown has disappeared! Suspicions are at boiling point and every goblin wants to find and steal the precious object. Power, glory and wealth await the 'rightous' Goblin Ruler! Players maintain a hand of cards for 8 rounds of play. One of them is hiding the Crooked Crown within their hand. Players can spy on each others' hands, boost their own hand, weaken other players' and steal from each other. Whoever holds the Crooked Crown at end of the final round wins the games! -description from the designers
The Crooked Crown has 4 videos from 4 creators: 1 review, 1 how-to-play guide, 1 unboxing and 1 other video. They date from 2024 to August 2025.
To learn the rules, start with "We Get a Good Look at The Crooked Crown and Shadow Ninjas from Cheatwell Games #ukge2024" by OnTableTop LIVE, which runs 7 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "Give Me That! Who Likes a "Mean" Game? I DO! - The Crooked Crown Review" by Rolling with the Beard.
If you like it, try Fountains, Guildlands, Cadaver and Shadow Ninjas, also by Kedric Winks. It appears in convention videos from UK Games Expo 2024.
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2 - 6 players45 - 90 minMedium weight
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From BoardGameGeek:
Steal the crown, win the game! The Goblin King is dead and the Crooked Crown is up for grabs! As custom dictates in the ramshackle goblin city of Snark, any goblin treacherous enough to seize the crown for themselves will be declared the new Goblin Ruler. But the Crooked Crown has disappeared! Suspicions are at boiling point and every goblin wants to find and steal the precious object. Power, glory and wealth await the 'rightous' Goblin Ruler! Players maintain a hand of cards for 8 rounds of play. One of them is hiding the Crooked Crown within their hand. Players can spy on each others' hands, boost their own hand, weaken other players' and steal from each other. Whoever holds the Crooked Crown at end of the final round wins the games! -description from the designers
Designers
Ken Boyter, Kedric Winks
Artists
Mark Aaron, Alberto S. Ballesteros
Publisher
Outset Media
Mechanics