Sleeping Queens

by Gamewright

Product Features

• Ages 8 and up

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 4.8 x 5.8 x 1.5 inches ; 8 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0009XBY3A
• Item model number: 230
• Manufacturer recommended age: 8 years and up
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #223 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
  • #7 in Toys & Games > Games > Card Games
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (161 customer reviews)

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

A Royalty rousing Card Game. Rise and Shine! The Pancake Queen, The Ladybug Queen and ten of their closest friends have fallen under under a sleeping spell and it's your job to wake them up. Use strategy, quick thinking and a little luck to wake these napping nobles from their royal slumbers. Play a knight to steal a queen or take a chance on a juggling jester. But watch out or wicked potions and dastardly dragon! The player who wakes the most queens wins. Ages 8 . 2-5 layers can play this game in approx.. 15 minutes. Contains 79 playing cards and rules of play in English.

Product Description

Imagine a place where there?s a queen of all pancakes, a king of cookies and a pack of over-protective dragons? If this sounds like something out of a dream, it actually is! Sleeping Queens was invented by 6-year-old Miranda Evarts, who thought up the game one night when she couldn?t fall asleep. She awoke the next morning and with help from her older sister, Madeleine and her parents, Denise and Max created this wonderfully whimsical world of napping nobles. As you immerse yourself in the Evarts? fantasyland, you will find a game that helps develop memory, strategy, and elementary arithmetic skills. Just be careful when playing potion cards or you could wind up putting all the players to sleep! HOW TO PLAY: Rise and Shine! The Pancake Queen, the Ladybug Queen and ten of their closest friends have fallen under a sleeping spell and it's your job to wake them up. Use strategy, quick thinking and a little luck to rouse these napping nobles from their royal slumbers. Play a knight to steal a queen or take a chance on a juggling jester. But watch out for wicked potions and dastardly dragons! The player who wakes the most queens wins. 2 to 5 players. Playing Time: 20 Minutes

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

83 of 85 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Sleeping Queens, January 18, 2007

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S. Phillips "SLYP, MAP and DAD" (Fort Worth, Texas USA) - See all my reviews
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This is one of the funnest card games - we are hooked! It seems that every time we have a moment it is playing sleeping queens. The only problem we have found is that in playing with more than 3 people it ends up that no one can win and still play by the rules of the game. There needed to be more cards - 3 or 2 people playing it works great - add more than 3 and you end up in a fix. We do enjoy this game. The other thing is in just a few weeks we have worn the cards out - maybe if the materials used did not scar so easily. It is not that we are not taking care of the cards it is just that they start to lose the print around the edges on the tops so then you can start to identify cards. Otherwise, again I say we really have a lot of fun playing this game.

83 of 86 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Suprisingly fun, January 29, 2006

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Patty "Book and toy connoisseur" (Brampton, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews

= Durability:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:4.0 out of 5 stars 

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Santa brought this for my nearly 7 year old daugther, and it was her favourite toy, and you know how kids can be drowned in toys at Xmas. Her 4 year old brother is still to young to play it, but he likes to play on mom's "team" and play all the "good cards" out of mom's hand. It is great for a family that has little prince and princesses in their house. Mom enjoys the fact that there is a bit of math involved and is still is very fun. What amazed me was the fact that a non-electronic toy holds their attention for so long. The kids even chase each other around the house with knight/dragon or spell/wand king/queen cards acting out pretend play. I think another reason why this game is so popular in our house is that there is one-on-one time with Mom - I use it as "bribery/incentive" for many occasions...."clean up your toys, make your bed, help your brother, be brave in swimming lessons... and mom will play sleeping queens with you!"

This toy has paid iteself back 10 fold. I would highly reccomend this card game. Another card game, Rat-a-tat-cat was also a winner in this house too.

49 of 53 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars boys love it!, August 1, 2006

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Jane Bailey (Cotati, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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I bought this card game as a good travel game, and also because of the theme! However, before I could even read the directions, my boys 8 and 6 grabbed the deck, picked out their "favorite" queens, married them off to their favorite kings, and began acting out voices, characters, and battle scenes! They had a fit when I asked them to put the cards away(now all over the house in strategic positions). Great story of the little girl who "dreamed" the game up with her family! We should all do more of that! I'm buying more for Christmas gifts for all the cousins - mostly boys!