Shadows Over Camelot

Shadows over Camelot

Will you, young squire, come forth and pledge allegiance to your fellow Knights at the Round Table? Or will the dark promise of power seduce you into treason? As the incarnation of the Knights of the Round Table, players work together to defeat the forces closing in on Camelot. But beware. Players must be vigilant for a traitor in their midst who is biding his time?secretly sowing the seeds of havoc and destruction.

Shadows over Camelot is a cooperative/semi-cooperative hand-management and deduction-based board game. 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.

Contents:

1 Master gameboard of Camelot and the Round Table, with its surrounding Quests
3 additional Double-sided Quests (the Holy Grail, Excalibur, and Lancelot & the Dragon)
16 Swords of the Round Table
168 cards (84 white, 76 black and 8 Green)
7 Coat of Arms (one per Knight)
7 standard dice (one for each Knight) and 1 special 8-sided die for the Siege Engines
a Rules Booklet and the Book of Quests
30 Miniatures (7 Knights, 3 Relics, 12 Siege Engines, 4 Saxon and 4 Pict warriors).

Ages: 10+
Players: 3-7
Game Length: 60-80 minutes