Quick Look: King’s Corners

The simpler the rules, the greater the challenge.  Hey, it may not be Newtonian, but I think we can call this the First Law of Gaming.  The most difficult games to win are always the ones with simple rules which make you say regrettable things like, “this will only take a minute.”  The easy games, on the other hand, tend to be the ones with complex rules and complicated graphics and animation.  So, I suppose it should be taken as a compliment when I say that I have never met a game with simpler rules than King’s Corner.  And, true to what we will now call The First Law of Gaming, it is an incredibly challenging game to win.  Like Brandon said, this is a quick game.  It can take less than a minute to finish a game, yet you will soon find yourself playing for hours and hours…and mostly losing the game.  Simple? Yes.  Easy?   Not so much.

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