King & Peasant is a game from local Malaysian designer Poon Jon. We got into game designing and publishing around the same time, about 4 years ago. We are among the current batch of active game designers and publishers in Malaysia. We have been attending many of the same events and activities. We often did playtesting together. King & Peasant is a game I have seen since its much earlier form still being playtested. A limited local print run was done in 2023. Now this is the official full production run. I have a copy of the limited edition, and when the 2025 edition was released I quickly grabbed a copy too.
King & Peasant is a 2-player card game and a microgame. The main components are just 18 cards. One player is the king, the other the peasant. The peasant wins by assassinating the king, and the king wins by either surviving or catching the assassin. The king must draw a card every turn. If the card drawn is the assassin, he loses. The peasant wants to manipulate the deck so that the king would draw the assassin, or he can directly murder the king when all the guards have been disposed of.
I love the art. This is new art.
Most cards have two powers, one for the king and the other for the peasant
It is nervous being king. When your opponent fiddles with the deck, you can't be sure whether the next card will be the assassin. You might try to get rid of that card, but if it turns out to be a decoy, then you have just wasted a valuable action.
Being peasant is challenging. Unlike being the king, who draws a card every turn, if you want to draw a card, you need to spend your valuable action.
The king and the peasant's actions are different
Full colour rulebook
For more details, check out the official webpage.
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