Queen by Midnight - Quarter Past

You didn't think it would be this easy, did you? Just when you think you've won the crown, four new Princesses of Twelvefold join the fray!

Queen by Midnight: Quarter Past is a sequel to Darrington Press' August 2023 release, Queen by Midnight, and can be played as a standalone expansion or as a supplement to the base game. Choose a princess to fight alongside in this immersive, battle-royale deck-building board game full of strategy, treachery, cunning, and power.

For the first time, you can take on just two players! This new standalone expansion is designed as a great introduction to Queen by Midnight and includes a wealth of new gameplay options compared to the original game: four entirely new princesses with their own strategies and a wealth of new Bazaar cards to shake up the original's strategies.

*NOTE: Queen by Midnight: Quarter Past includes cards and rules to play with the base game, as well as errata cards from the first printing.

Key details:
2-4 players
60-90 minutes
Age 12+

Summary: The Midnight Queen is dead... Four new challengers enter the fray for the great contest known as the Midnight Rule: a 24-hour ordeal of combat and deceit in which the Princesses of Twelvefold are summoned to Court to do battle. At the stroke of midnight, the most powerful Princess remaining will be crowned the new ruler of Twelvefold.

Gameplay:
Choose from 4 dynamic Princesses, each with a unique strategy and style.
Play cards to generate Influence, which you can spend in the markets to increase your power and influence.
As the game progresses, you'll gain access to more powerful cards from your Princess's Bazaar deck and War Chest.
Increase your chances by swearing your loyalty to other players for the possibility of a shared victory!
Take out other princesses with brute force or by having the most Influence and Health when the clock strikes midnight.

Details:
2-4 players
60-90 minutes
Age 12+
Contents:

20-page regulations
2 six-sided dice
1 growth/shrinkage sheet
1 starting player token
24 loyalty tokens
30 level tokens
6 influence markers
6 health markers
Clock board
4 princess repertoire boards
80 bazaar cards
60 princess vault cards
8 war chest cards
4 ultimate art cards
4 Inner Circle/Ultimate Cards
10 princess trap cards
40 starting cards
24 declaration cards
4 influence and health trackers
9 reprinted errata cards from the base game (see print and player errata file)

Creative team
Game Design: Kyle Shire
Additional design: Aaron Shaw & Alex Uboldi
Editor: Darcy Ross, Zoe Rosenfeld, Kaitlyn Money, Eric Engstrom (Grey Dolphin Games) & Hank Finnin
Artist: Ameera Sheikh and Mike Pape
Cover Designer: Veronica O'Neill
Cultural Consulting: Christine Sandquist, James Mendez, and RS Consulting Creativity, LLC
Layout: Matt Paquette and Co.