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Tournament at Avalon

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  1. 7 out of 10

    Tournament at Avalon is a trick-taking game not to be taken too seriously, exactly like its predecessor. Winning a trick simulates taking wounds in a tournament fight and players lose hit points for many of the cards they win, so this is a trick-taker where you want to take as few tricks as possible. When a player loses all of their hit points the game ends and the player with the most hit points left wins the tournament. Players take on characters and companions or artifacts with special powers. Those who are behind gain additional temporary powers as a balancing mechanism. The powers really destroy any pretense to making this game much of a strategic exercise, but it is a fun and creative trick-taker for those who can meet the game where it stands. The decks between the two games are nearly identical except for the new characters and powers. Avalon also has "chaos" rules to enable higher player counts than six, but I'm not sure I'll ever use those. Two rules changes demonstrably improve the game and should used in both versions. One primary criticism in the first game is that if you are dealt a bad hand, there is little you can do about it. The rule changes, while not eliminating this potential issue completely, address it to a degree. First, players now pass three cards before playing each hand. The second involves the Alchemy suit, which is wild. In Camelot, you could only play an Alchemy card when you could not play the suit lead, essentially making it a trump suit without trump suit powers. With the new rules, you can play Alchemy cards at any time, taking on the value of the suit lead. This increases your flexibility.

  2. 4 out of 10

    :thumbsdown: communal cards :thumbsdown: strategically shallow :thumbsdown: tediously tactical I don't enjoy trick taking games, and Trick-Taking fans don't like this. Add some Take That and Variable Player Powers and it might be tolerable?

  3. 6 out of 10

    Easy to learn, but a bit random for sure. Features trick taking, variable player powers, bash the leader, take that and catch up mechanisms. Though the rules encourage table talk, you could do without the table talk if you wanted and it wouldn’t break the game.

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Tournament at Avalon takes players to the land where Excalibur was forged, building on the innovative mechanisms of Tournament at Camelot with new characters, cards, and mechanisms, allowing players to focus on informal diplomacy or alliances alongside the standard combat of the original game. It’s a deep, challenging experience all on its own, with extra depth and complexity for players who own both games!

In the game, you play as a legendary character, battling opponents with weapon cards: arrows, swords, deception, sorcery, and even alchemy. The more you injure your opponents, the better you fare in the tournament. However, even the most injured characters can make a complete comeback with the grace of Godsend cards and the aid of their special companions. This trick-taking game ends when one opponent has been injured to the point of death. The player with the most health is then declared the tournament victor!

In Tournament at Avalon, you also have cards representing the legendary enchantress Morgan Le Fay and a new set of location panels that grant additional advantages to a player when they are the host of a tournament round. If you have Tournament at Camelot, you can mix and match your favorite cards, playing with either ruleset or combining the two games to play an epic "Chaos of Battle" tournament with seven or eight players!

—description from the publisher

Ages

14+
Players

2 Players, 3 Players, 4 Players, 5 Players, 6 Players
Play Time

45m – 45m
Designer

Jody Boginski-Barbessi, Karen Boginski, Kenneth C. Shannon, III
Mechanics

Take That, Trick-taking, Variable Player Powers
Theme

Card Game, Medieval
Publisher

WizKids
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