Kingdomino

In Kingdomino, you are a lord seeking new lands in which to expand your kingdom. You must explore all the lands, including wheat fields, lakes, and mountains, in order to spot the best plots, while competing with other lords to acquire them first. The game uses tiles with two sections, similar to Dominoes. Each turn, each player will select a new domino to connect to their existing kingdom, making sure at least one of its sides connects to a matching terrain type already in play. The order of who picks first depends on which tile was previously chosen, with better tiles forcing players to pick later in the next round. The game ends when each player has completed a 5x5 grid (or failed to do so), and points are counted based on number of connecting tiles and valuable crown symbols.

{
  "game_id": 204583,
  "name": "Kingdomino",
  "core_verb": "draft and place domino",
  "decision_shape": "spatial",
  "reward_schedule": "delayed",
  "aesthetics": [
    "Challenge",
    "Discovery"
  ],
  "core_loop_pitch": "Pick a domino from a shared row (better tiles = later next turn) and place it to grow a 5x5 kingdom of matching terrains.",
  "mobile_translation_difficulty": "Easy",
  "translation_difficulty_reason": "Tiny rule footprint and a 5x5 grid; the official Steam/mobile port released in 2024 with cross-platform play.",
  "direct_digital_port": "Kingdomino (Steam/iOS/Android, MeepleCorp)",
  "direct_digital_port_kind": "first_party",
  "closest_loop_translation": "Dorfromantik",
  "primitive_tags": [
    "turn_order_tradeoff",
    "domino_terrain_match",
    "crown_multiplier_scoring",
    "fixed_grid_constraint",
    "draft_row_with_priority"
  ],
  "confidence": 0.9
}