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Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon 2.0 (Gamefound – Core Pledge)


60m - 120m

1 - 4 Players
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Hand Management
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Medieval

Mythology

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  1. 10 out of 10

    Un pur bonheur une natation au top, un système de combat innovant et un univers et design magistral. Que du bonheur

  2. 6.5 out of 10

    Very frustrated with this game ... so I hope this rating will change. Nonetheless, if anyone reads these ratings, perhaps this would be instructive. Unquestionably, this game has a good story, fabulous artwork, and excellent components. I am not a game designer but it is clear to me how much work went into this game. But it is a giant morass of endless grinding such that the story gets lost. The people who rave about this game somehow have been able to avoid the hamster wheel that I have found myself on. Need resources to survive, but the menhir is fading and it must be relit, now this unbeatable creature is chasing me, and the story and the exploration must be skipped because all of my energy is being spent dealing with keeping my party alive and the menhirs lit. How can this be fun? To me, it is not. As I said, I hope my rating changes, but my hopes are not high. I think I will start over one more time, in easy mode, and see if things change ... otherwise, this game will be jettisoned. Edit (1/16/20) -- On my third play things are better. I am using Story Mode to add one extra day to each menhir's life (playing as if only one was in the party rather than 2), and I am also counting my party of 2 as 1 to get an extra random event on the event pile. I am still counting like I am playing 2 for creation of the encounter decks, however. It is a good story, but the combat and diplomacy mechanics get bland after a while because they are used so much. Plus, any encounter that is too difficult can easily be avoided. I also don't like how you "see the future" when you explore locations as you run through options that are for future chapters or you are missing items for. So I've raised my rating from 5 to 6. The game is a solid "meh" at this point. Edit 1/26/20 -- Raised the rating again, this time to a 7. This is probably as high as it will go. I guess I can say it is a good game because I have been playing it exclusively for about 5 weeks now and I think I will finish it, now on Chapter 8. However, there are some really poor design decisions that lead me to believe that this game was not properly playtested. The "hunted" status is horrendously conceived. There are some OP skills, the grind is not fun, and the combat and diplomacy encounters happen too often and they end up not as fun as they could be if they were less frequent. But the story keeps me going, bringing me back to the table to finish. Awaken Realms claims that they are listening to feedback from the community and, if they are, the expansions should be much better and this could be a fantastic game. 12/12/20 -- Final edit. 6.5 is my final rating of this game. I played it recently, true solo with Arev, and I got through the story in about 30 hours. I took advantage of knowing the best paths to take to get to the end of the game most efficiently. I also used All-Mother's Mercy on a couple of occasions and reset my combat deck when I failed a boss battle, and I just kept trying until I beat the boss. Good game, but just a bit too swingy at times with dice rolls and it was too easy to get stuck with lots of grinding between me and getting to the end of a chapter. Glad I bought the game, looking forward to the expansions, and I have gotten my money's worth out of it ... but it failed to live up to what I was hoping it would be.

  3. 10 out of 10

    The game is not for every body, but if your in the target of the design, the game is amazing. The quality of the minis is not so hight and there is a little too much random in the game, but the story, art and game design are soo good it's still a 10 for me.

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Fall of Avalon 2.0 Core Pledge, including the core box with all unlocked Stretch Goals.

Tainted Grail 2.0 Edition – an updated reprint of the original trilogy and all its expansions, spanning hundreds of hours of carefully crafted narrative experience for 1-4 players, and presented using 700+ pages of Exploration Journals, 1800+ cards, and many beautiful models. An optional 2.0 Update Pack for owners of the older versions of Tainted Grail: Fall of Avalon is also available.

Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon 2.0 (Gamefound – Core Pledge) consists of:

  • 1 x Fall of Avalon Core Box 2.0
  • 1 x Fall of Avalon Stretch Goals Box 2.0

Tainted Grail: the Fall of Avalon is an unforgettable, solo or cooperative adventure experience for 1-4 players. Blending Arthurian legends and Celtic mythology with a unique vision, it allows you to impact the game world in deep and meaningful ways. A deep, branching storyline allows you to tackle problems in different ways, ensuring no two games play alike. Difficult decisions or harrowing choices wait behind every corner and seemingly minor tasks may reverberate with major long-term consequences.

In a land slowly sinking into the Wyrdness and torn apart by conflict; surviving each day is a challenge on its own. Starvation, sickness, violent weather, and random incidents all conspire to end your journey. Guardian Menhirs, that ensured safe travel throughout the realm, are slowly going dark turning simple logistics into an involving puzzle. To overcome these challenges, your character develops along several conflicting lines, such as Brutality / Empathy or Practicality / Spirituality. These traits unlock a rich choice of mutually exclusive skills and lead to different deck-building strategies, making character advancement meaningful and deep.

The character you develop is going to be tested during dozens of combat and non-combat encounters. Sometimes you will need to brute force your way, but often diplomacy might be a better option. Regardless whether you fight with your strength or your wits, our unique dice-less encounter system makes resolving each conflict fun and exciting, while keeping you immersed in the game.

In Avalon, there’s a legend waiting behind every stone and every tree. All locations have their own rich stories and secrets to discover. Places and characters are often much more than they seem. As you slowly put all the pieces of the larger puzzle together, the land will always have a surprise waiting for you just around the corner. Many secrets can be discovered only after several games. Created by one of the best polish fantasy authors, Krzysztof Piskorski, the story of Tainted Grail: the Fall of Avalon aims to push the boundaries of non-linear narrative, building upon the rich experience.

—description from the publisher

Players

Solo, 2 Players, 3 Players, 4 Players
Play Time

60m – 120m
Designer

Krzysztof Piskorski, Marcin Świerkot
Mechanics

Cooperative Game, Deck, Bag, and Pool Building, Map Addition, Narrative Choice / Paragraph, Scenario / Mission / Campaign Game, Solo / Solitaire Game, Area Movement, Campaign / Battle Card Driven, Dice Rolling, Hand Management, Modular Board, Role Playing, Storytelling, Variable Player Powers
Theme

Mature / Adult, Travel, Adventure, Exploration, Fantasy, Medieval, Mythology
Publisher

Arclight Games, Crowd Games, MeepleBR, Summon Games, YOKA Games, Albi, Awaken Realms, Delta Vision Publishing, Edge Entertainment, Giochi Uniti, Maldito Games, Pegasus Spiele
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