Family Game Time - Sleeping Queens

The weather outside is frightful - perfect for a delightful game of Sleeping Queens! AND We're giving one away!

The best family game we were introduced to this year - Sleeping Queens! While picking our daughter up at a friends house I noticed Sleeping Queens on the table - my friend noticed me looking and said,
"Do you have Sleeping Queens? We love it!" - she then went on to tell me that it involves chance, math, matching, potions, dragons, knights and more - are you kidding? I was sold.
What I look for in a game:

• Something the whole family can play (ages 6 and up - literally - I need the 8 AND 12 year old to want to play too)
• It can't go on forever - after all I have a bedtime
• Thinking - yes, games where we actually think and use strategy are more interesting to everyone involved
• Complicated - NOT!
• Fun - I want to have fun with it - who doesn't?

Sleeping Queens has it ALL - and for Under $10 it won't break the bank. 

Here is the object of the game (from the rules of play): "Be the first player to collect 5 queens or have 50 points in a 2-3 player game or collect 4 queens or have 40 points in a 4-5 player game or have the most points when all the queens have been awakened." - pretty simple and yet there are twists - you can play a knight card and steal a queen from a player - but watch out - if they have a dragon card they can fight you off - and let's not even get started on the sleeping potions!

TIP - One of the great things about this game is you never have more than 5 cards in your hand - very manageable for even the youngest of the players!

We got our copy at Green Elephant Toys - AND they gave us a copy to give to one of our readers! 

How to win:

Visit Mom's Lifesavers and Green Elephant Toys on Facebook - like the pages and leave a comment on the Sleeping Queens post on Mom's Lifesavers of your favorite family game. We'll announce a winner Monday and get the card set in the mail to you in time for Christmas! Good luck!