Shadows over Camelot

To set up Shadows over Camelot, place the main board and the three extra quest boards (Holy Grail, Excalibur, and Lancelot’s Armor) in any convenient arrangement on the table. Set up the Saxons near the beach, the Picts near the forest, and the siege engines and dice near the board. Place Lancelot’s armor, Excalibur, and the Holy Grail on their respective quests. Reserve space for white and black discard piles. Randomly assign each player a knight, character board, mini-fig, and a health die set to four. Deal one Merlin white card, shuffle the white and black decks, and deal five more white cards to each player. Shuffle the eight loyalty cards (seven loyal, one traitor) and secretly give one to each player. Finally, deal one starting white card to the middle for team discussion and redistribution.

Shadows over Camelot is a cooperative board game where players take on the roles of Knights of the Round Table working together to complete quests, defeat evil, and restore order to Camelot. Players must manage quests, fight enemies, and uncover a potential traitor in their midst who is secretly working against the team.

The game proceeds in a series of turns, with each player taking one turn at a time. On your turn, you must complete two phases: first, the Progression of Evil, where you choose an unfortunate fate (drawing a black card, losing a life, or adding a siege engine); second, a Heroic Action, where you attempt to save the day through moving, completing a quest action, playing a special card, healing yourself, or accusing a traitor.

Success in the game is measured by the placement of swords on the round table. White swords are added for successfully completed quests, while black swords are added for failed quests. Players win if they accumulate enough white swords by completing quests and defeating evil forces.

The game ends when either the players succeed in filling the round table with white swords or fail due to conditions such as all knights dying, twelve siege engines appearing, or seven or more black swords accumulating on the round table. At the end, players reveal their loyalty cards to determine the ultimate winner.