Shadows over Camelot

Shadows over Camelot BGG ↗

Your rating: 7.0

Description

Shadows over Camelot is a cooperative/semi-cooperative hand-management and deduction-based board game for 3–7 players. Each player represents a knight of the Round Table and they must collaborate to overcome a number of quests, ranging from defeating the Black Knight to the search for the Holy Grail. Completed quests place white swords on the Round Table; failed quests add black swords and/or siege engines around Camelot. The knights are trying to build a majority of white swords on the Table before Camelot falls. On each knight's turn, the knight takes a "heroic action", such as moving to a new quest, building his hand, or playing cards to advance the forces of good. However, he must also choose one of three evil actions, each of which will bring Camelot closer to defeat. Moreover, one of the knights may be a traitor, pretending to be a loyal member of the party but secretly hindering his fellow knights in subtle ways, biding his time, waiting to strike at the worst possible moment... But enough words... don your cloak, climb astride your warhorse, and gallop into the Shadows to join us in Camelot!

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3-7 players

BGG Game Details

Year 2005
Designers Bruno Cathala, Serge Laget
Artists Cyrille Daujean, Julien Delval
Publishers Days of Wonder
Players 3–7
Time 60–90 min
Status Played or rated only
BGG Rating 7.0
Categories Mythology, Bluffing, Medieval, Fantasy, Adventure, Deduction
Mechanics Dice Rolling, Hand Management, Set Collection, Take That, Team-Based Game, Variable Player Powers, Trading, Tug of War, Cooperative Game, Sudden Death Ending, Player Elimination, Communication Limits, Traitor Game, Semi-Cooperative Game
BGG Rank 597
Complexity 2.57 / 5
Language Moderate in-game text - needs crib sheet or paste ups

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Play History

Date Location Duration Qty Players Scores Winner
Shadows over Camelot 2010-11-02 – 1 – – –

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