King's Orders
A downloadable game
King’s Orders is a hypnotic version of King’s Cup (the drinking game). It replaces the prompts to drink with prompts to drop into trance.
Players: 3-10 (recommended: 5-8)
The goal of the game is to get hypnotically fractionated and have fun! The rules are simple but forgettable. The penalty for forgetting rules is dropping into trance. The more you drop, the more you forget. You see where this is going.
Included are set-up instructions (both for the game and for the hypnosis), card rules in long & short and a few inductions to help with the hypnotic set-up. The rules by default assume you're playing in person, but there are "online variant" rules too. It's recommended that players have a bit of experience with hypnosis beforehand - I wouldn't suggest this as anyone's first foray.
The card rules included have been playtested but I encourage everyone to modify, change or switch out rules at their desire. Personalise the game for your own group!
Cover art by deepsheep - check him out on bsky!
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Development log
- VTT File (Minor Update)19 days ago
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This game is a blast and the eight of us dropped hundreds of times playing it and got very silly. Highly recommended
Everything worked great for online play except the staring contest for "Six," imo. Here are some possible alternatives for your group if playing online:
1. Mix: each Knave, Subject, or holder of a Joker chooses someone else to take their card/role instead
2. Pix: last one to strike a pose and make a V with their fingers drops
3. Lix: last one to pretend to groom themselves like a cat drops
I'm a bit biased because I was a playtester, but this was a blast to play. Fuckin' hilarious. Even tho there's no drinking involved, by the end of each game we were all getting just as silly as if there was. Two games in a row is even more silly. XD
I recommend in-person is better than online, but online has been great fun, too. I agree 5-8 players is a sweet spot, but I did enjoy the 3 player game we did. Defs wouldn't introduce someone to hypno this way, but for peeps familiar with dropping it's amazing.