Queen by Midnight

Very cool game, we played it amongst girls and made it a costumed PJ party, and had tons of fun!
The board is very well designed and the art is gorgeous (got some excited screams when they realized the clock was actually a dice tower <3 ). It all makes the game easier to learn and play through.
The mechanics are simple but efficient, all characters feel different yet balanced enough that everyone gets a chance, and the endgame abilities feel very rewarding.
Even though it is competitive, it never feels unfair so it's easy to keep it friendly at the table. Highly recommend coupling the game with an Epiphany cake (King / 12th Night Cake), fits right in!

This game is a blast! The artwork is beautiful, the different strategies are intriguing, and the time passing on the clock tower makes the whole thing feel urgent and high stakes. Definitely recommend!

Great quality, received it in time for the holidays. Very satisfied with it, its so much fun. Cant wait to get the expansion!!!!

We enjoyed the smaller Queens by Midnight Quarter Past enough to buy this base game for more characters and cards. Players must be okay with "take that" style games as that is truly the premise of the game: take out rivals for the throne. But even after being taken out, you still play on behalf of the alliance you made, and if you backed the right person ,you win with them. Or even make another player think you backed them so they back you, but secretly back another player that you that you think will win. If you take the throne, the player who helped you win never needs to know you betrayed them.
You should watch the Critical Role playthrough to help clarify some cards and rules. An addendum to the general rulebook to address the issues raised in the video really would have been useful.

If you're looking for a gorgeous game that will arrive quickly, here's your taker. I was missing a tiny bag of parts in my first one, and customer service got back to me right away to solve the issue. Have yet to play it, but I'm excited to hopefully crush my friends and family!

Amazing game, love it. The clock tower is cool.

Rulebook much improved! Fun game, great table presence. Battle Royale with wit and interesting card strategies.

I ordered this as a gift and can’t comment on the game play, but the package was severely damaged by the carrier when it arrived. I called the number on the websight and the gentleman that I spoke to was great. I emailed a photo of the damaged package and he verified that I wanted a replacement and got it out that day. Just like that. For a problem that, strictly speaking, wasn’t their fault.

Queen by Midnight is so much fun and we also love the outstanding artwork! Whether trying to win by being the last standing or having the most clout; it is a great game and the different characters give fun options for replayability!

I got these dice for my next campaign and I will be starting my Aramente from Zephra so what better way to get started than have my Character Zephyros have Air Ashari Dice :)

The quality of the workmen ship on this item is fantastic. The gameplay is easy to understand and is great fun.

Very fun to build the clock tower, everything feels high quality, and the game is fun to play.

Game is a blast to play! It was fairly easy to understand once my wife and I jumped into it. Can’t wait to get a good sized group together to play.

Super fun deckbuilder! Fast Delivery!

I caved and bought this after seeing it everywhere. The box art alone was worth it, I am a sucker for the beautiful art. But the game itself was fun and engaging too! I had a group of six players and it was our first time playing; I will warn that for my full group, with setting up pieces and reading the rules, the first time play through was about 3-4 hours. (Some groups might go for the estimated run time, just warning for those who have large groups with average reading comprehension lol.) Watching the video was super helpful too. Once we got to playing it went pretty smoothly! All of the characters have fun and unique play styles that I really want to try playing each one for myself. It has a ton of replay value, especially once you've gotten a hang of the rules. Wonderful game, great job everyone! I can see myself playing this for a while yet.

Really fun game, very worth the money when you get the hang of it all!

Great game well thought out my family loves it

Me and my friends played Queen by Midnight at PAX Unplugged and really enjoyed it. The game drew fond comparisons of Slay the Spire in its deckbuilding finesse and the game did a good job of time-boxing itself to be digestible.

We had a full table of 6, though, and when the politicking stage started, not enough had moved in the game to give compelling reasons to form alliances, so we thought it was probably best experienced with 4 or 5 players, rather than 6.

Worth noting is that I haven't dug deeply into the errata rules yet, which may address some concerns.

Overall, a very fun game with high replay value that I highly recommend, especially for playgroups that can revisit it with some regularity.

The game feels very high quality in the materials. The clock tower dice tower is great. I might also use that for dnd.

I have played this game 5 times now, and it has been a blast every time! I really enjoy how the game changes every time with the different princesses and random bazaar cards. The main thing holding this game back is the slightly incomplete rulebook. You can download the updated rulebook, cards, and FAQ online, though! Hopefully these issues are fixed in a future edition.

My best friend got this game and we played it for the first time. It wasn't super hard to learn and it was a blast. I had so much fun with it that I bought my own copy.
I highly recommend!

Finally getting a chance to play this after having bought it so long ago the rules and setup at first was really intimidating but once the ball was rolling and we got the basics the game was amazing. The backstabbing and double crossing is fun and the way turns can just completely change the game makes this an ultimate repayable fun time. Absolutely recommend! Also CR should include or sell a tiara or crown for who wins to celebrate the new queen!!

Queen by Midnight was a Christmas gift for my son. I had no issues ordering or receiving the game, and it was a big hit with the players.

The game is awesome, the art, the pieces and the structure is incredible. Love it all!

Convinced a few friends (who aren't really board game people) to try the game with me. It took a while to set up and understand all the rules, but by the end of the first game we were all hooked!!

I love how different every princess' play style is, and every play through is going to be wildly unique thanks to the bazaar. The lore is very fun for D&D fans, and the art is lovely. The clock tower is beautiful and a very fun tactile piece that my friends really liked.

It is not a quick game, and not even a quick setup/cleanup (the cards tend to get mixed up during the game, so you have to sort out each character's deck and the bazaar cards at the end). The rules leave quite a few edge cases that have to be decided when they come up (even with the rules clarifications). And if I hadn't watched the playthrough on CR's YouTube channel I would have been very confused. But the game itself is so fun that I found it worth working through those rough edges.

Bought as a Christmas present, came quickly and untarnished. can't wait to play it!

Such a beautiful game, and one that’s been really fun to play! The rule book set up is very easy to follow, and the art is just STUNNING!

The game is beautiful. Once you learn the set up, game play is easy to follow and this is the best new game our family has purchased this year.

The quality of the clocktower is amazing! We loved the game play, which was easy to pick up quickly. It was a blast!