You don’t have the resources or the strength to deal with all of this, so you have to work together to hold the darkness back until you have enough points to declare yourself winner. Sir Lancelot is being a prick, the Black Knight is running around, the Grail is being corrupted, Excalibur is literally floating away down a river, there are 2 flavours of invading armies, an army of catapults outside the castle and a fucking dragon. The players take on the role of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table as they protect the land from a ridiculous number of threats. Evil captured in a couple of stacks of cards and a bundle of miniatures. ‘Shadows Over Camelot’ certainly looks very pretty, which is misleading because it’s downright evil. Cue the shifty eyes and long lasting grudges.Ī hefty chunk of my game collection is made up of Days of Wonder games because they always look so darn pretty. Other players can call you out at this point, but there are steep penalties for being wrong. On your turn you declare what action your going to take without revealing your cards – hence the potential for bullshit. You get two cards with characters on them and each character gives you an ability you can use to screw over another player. ‘Coup’, along with list contender ‘Spyfall’, is a game that tests your ability to bullshit your friends and family. You’re in this together, every nutty superhero is there for the same reason and having Cyborg Insect turn around and uppercut you for a couple of extra points is downright hurtful. But let’s not forget that the game gives you points for punching out the other player’s hero if you’re bored smacking around the bad guy’s minions and this can be the most shocking and offensive betrayal of them all. Wait, traitor mechanic in ‘Heroes Wanted’, that brightly coloured and whacky superhero romp? Well…technically not. In the six months we’re waiting to secretly be Hitler I’ve got another ten games with clever traitor mechanics to make your friends hate you. I’ve backed this one because I love this kind of thing in my games.
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