Knights of Camelot is a fantasy board game published by TSR in 1980 and set in the reign of King Arthur. Each player takes the part of a newly made knight who rides out to fight evil and right wrongs, collecting Chivalry Points and Virtue Points in the hope of one day joining the Knights of the Round Table. A knight's worth is measured by his Virtue Level, found by dividing Chivalry Points by Virtue Points, so that a lower number marks a more virtuous knight. The box holds a map, a 36-page rule book, die-cut counters, 75 Knight cards, 15 King cards, 30 Lady cards, three dice and a sheet of reference tables. It was designed by Glenn and Kenneth Rahman. At the 1980 Charles S. Roberts Awards it was a finalist for Best Pre-Twentieth Century Game and for Best Fantasy or Science-Fiction Board Game. Reviewers praised the Virtue Level mechanism, while one noted that random encounters drawn from finite tables could grow repetitive.
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Playing Time PublisherTactical Studies Rules (TSR) 3 Game Category Game Category Game Category Game Category Game Mechanic Game Mechanic Game Mechanic Game Mechanic Game Mechanic Game Mechanic Game Mechanic Game Mechanic Game MechanicScenario / Mission / Campaign Game 3 Game Mechanic Game Mechanic Minimum Players Maximum Players Classification
Player CountSmall Group (3-6 Players) 1 Sport
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1. Noble Knight Games: Knights of Camelot
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2 - 6 Players
2. Knights of Camelot (Wikipedia)
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Knights of Camelot is a fantasy board game published in 1980 by TSR.
3. Knights of Camelot (BoardGameGeek)
- Playing Time: 240
- Designer: Glenn Rahman
- Designer: Kenneth Rahman
- Publisher: Tactical Studies Rules (TSR)
- Game Category: Adventure
- Game Category: Fantasy
- Game Category: Medieval
- Game Category: Wargame
- Game Mechanic: Alliances
- Game Mechanic: Area Movement
- Game Mechanic: Dice Rolling
- Game Mechanic: Events
- Game Mechanic: Paper-and-Pencil
- Game Mechanic: Push Your Luck
- Game Mechanic: Race
- Game Mechanic: Role Playing
- Game Mechanic: Scenario / Mission / Campaign Game
- Game Mechanic: Simulation
- Game Mechanic: Variable Player Powers
- Minimum Players: 2
- Maximum Players: 6
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