Are you looking for more fun math practice for your kids? How about a game that can be used with kids from young to old? Sleeping Queens may be just what you’re looking for!

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Sleeping Queens is another favorite game by Gamewright. My family has tried several different Gamewright games, and they’ve all been hits! This one is a card game with two types of cards. The queen deck, and the main deck.

There are 12 queens. The Heart Queen is worth 20 points. The Pancake Queen, Rainbow Queen, Dog Queen and Cat Queen are each worth 15 points, but you can’t have both the Dog Queen and the Cat Queen at the same time. The Peacock Queen, Moon Queen, Sunflower Queen, and Ladybug Queen are worth 10 points. The Rose Queen, Starfish Queen, and Cake Queen are each worth just 5 points, but when you wake up the Rose Queen, you get to wake up one additional queen.

In the main deck, you have all the rest of the cards. There are 40 number cards; 4 of each number 1 through 10. The 8 kings are the Turtle King, Cookie King, Puzzle King, Bubble Gum King, Fire King, Hat King, Tie-Dye King, and Chess King. Kings wake up the queens.

Setting up the game. The twelve queens are placed face-down randomly.

Knights (4) will steal an opponent’s awakened queen, while dragons (3) defend your queens from knights. A sleeping potion (4) will put a queen back to sleep. Use a wand (3) to defend your queens from sleeping potions. There are also 5 jesters, which allow you to either take another turn or for someone to wake up a queen.

According to the instructions, when you have more than one number card, you can create an equation with addition. We’ve always allowed any operation, and can get some wild equations! Multiplication, division, and exponents can help you get rid of more number cards (so you have a greater chance of getting more power cards).