Sleeping Queens

Today's review is of the 2005 release, Sleeping Queens.  For 2-5 players, it takes 20 minutes.

Overview
Twelve queens lie in peaceful slumber [queen cards are face-down on the table].  Your job is to wake them, earning enough points [each queen is worth a different amount] to win.  Each player is dealt 5 cards.  On your turn, you either
- discard one number card (or more, if you have some special combinations) to draw back up to 5, or
- play a special card. These include kings (to choose a sleeping queen), knights (to steal other player's queens), dragons, jesters, wizards, and more.  Once played, you draw back up to 5.

game setup- image from here

Turns continue; the first person to 50 points (or less, depending on the number of players) wins.

Review
This simple game is surprisingly fun.  The art and theme is light and silly (they have a pancake queen, dog queen, etc.); the game play is simple but entertaining.  This is another winner from Gamewright; check it out.

Rating: A