Kingsburg: To Forge a Realm - Tips & Strategies

This may be specific to our group, but we never let people choose their Character cards anymore, even when they must choose between two. We have very strong player personalities in our group, and the same people always play with the same Characters.

If that happens in your group, either eliminate those Characters, or completely randomize Character selection at the start. It greatly increases the replayability, in our opinion.

We played with the Military markers a few times, and they were universally despised. With good players, you’ll never lose with them. At least with the King’s Aid (rolling the dice for army support in the winter), you have a chance to lose.

Skip this part of the expansion. Play with the rest.

More of a variant than an actual house rule, we’ve tried the following:

2-player games
Each player chooses their opponent’s Character Card, which are then revealed simultaneously.

3-player(+) games
Each player chooses the Character Card of the player on their left; the cards are then revealed simultaneously.

We never use them, as they completely remove the uncertainty at wartime, an element which made the original game very exciting at the end of each year, never knowing how much support we’d get from the king.