Sleeping Queens
It's from 2005, before you were born.
- Maker
- Gamewright
- Type
- Card game (children's)
- Debuted
- 2005
- Note
- Invented by a 6-year-old
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About
As of 2026, it's 21 years old.
Sleeping Queens has the most charming origin in gaming: it was invented in 2005 by six-year-old Miranda Evarts, who dreamed up the idea and pitched it (with help from her family) to publisher Gamewright. The game has players use kings to wake sleeping queens, dodge sneaky knights and dragons, and sneak in a little addition along the way.
Built around waking the most valuable queens while protecting them from theft, it became a beloved kids' card game that slips in some gentle math practice — proof that sometimes the best game designer at the table is the youngest person there.
Whimsical, queen-waking, and kid-invented, Sleeping Queens is the card game a first-grader dreamed up that became a genuine family favorite.
