King Hamlet
(1978)
| Average time to play: | 60 |
| Minimum age: | 10 |
| Number of players: | 2 - 8 |
| Publisher: | Gamevenings |
| Designers: | John A. Anderson |
| Artists: | Unknown |
| Mechanics: | Grid Movement, Race, Roll / Spin and Move, Secret Unit Deployment, Set Collection, Square Grid |
Players move around Elsinore castle collecting the ten letters that spell King Hamlet.
Each player controls two pieces, a prince and a knight. The prince has extra privileges and if he is killed the player is out of the game.
Letters are collected by visiting the various characters - Ophelia, the ghost of Hamlet's father, etc. - on the board. Some locations are assassin's lairs; each player secretly locates an assassin in one of these at the start of the game and may kill a piece entering that location.
Each player also has one letter which is a "prince's secret" and can only be discovered if they are successfully dueled.
Alternative names:
King Hamlet
Last Updated: 2025-08-12 17:07:48 UTC
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