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Galahad with yellow tunic (easier to spot on the game board)

I enjoyed Erich's Image #81421 so much, I had to copy and tweak it a tad. :-)

I made this because of the lack of female characters that play the "good guy" role in the game. I printed this out on stiff photo paper and it matches the quality of the original cards!

Shadows over Camelot (2005)

Players

3–7

Best: 5, 6, 7

Playing time

60–90 min

Age

10+

7.10

Average rating

28,605

Ratings

2.57/5

Weight

#602

BGG rank

Top 1,000

Alternate names:Les Chevaliers de la Table Ronde +3 more

Designer:Serge Laget, Bruno Cathala

Artist:Julien Delval, Cyrille Daujean

Publisher:Days of Wonder

Average rating, ratings count, weight and rank are sourced from BoardGameGeek (BGG).

Game DNA

Strategy5.0

Luck6.0

Interaction10.0

Complexity5.1

Theme10.0

This game's strategy, luck, interaction, complexity and theme.

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Overview

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!