Camelot the Court

Camelot: The Court is a fast-moving game of beastly back-stabbing and subtle scheming set in the court of King Arthur and Queen Gwendolyn. Err�Guinevere.

Peace and prosperity? Whose stupid idea was that then? Imagine you\'re a pretty successful knight living in Arthurian Albion. Into quests, knocking other chaps off their horses and suchlike. For years there is plenty of work what with rebels to fight, evil knights to slay and sundry battles to win. Then business starts to slow down a bit. Before you can say, "Oops, I seem to have cut your head off. Bad luck, Old Man", you\'re clean out of enemies to fight. Time starts to drag somewhat.

Then Arthur starts talking about peace and prosperity as if there\'s something wrong with perpetual war and grinding poverty. Now he\'s all about trade and treaties instead of good old Might is Right. Talking to chaps instead of getting your revenge in first. To a right-thinking bloke like me that\'s borderline immoral, that is.

Then Himself wants to get married, sit in a nice warm hall with Queenie and start pretending to be Wise & Just and stuff like that. So now we all have to troop off to Camelot, His Nibs\' new castle, and we\'re supposed to flounce around "At Court", if you please, in fancy clothes, being polite, and asking permission before we steal the cutlery. And, old boy, your ghastly war-bling is just passe. We\'re not barbaric hooligans now, we\'re Knights in Tights. Mauve tights. Worse, there\'s a "No Stabbing Your Mates" policy inside the Great Hall. I mean, where\'s the fun in that?

To survive the Camelot: The Court, you\'ll have to:
- Master the strategies of the royal court: Challenge, scandalize, demote then banish your opponent\'s knights.
- Promote your own knights through the ranks to the giddy heights of Senator closest to King Arthur and Queen Guinevere.
- Play your action cards in a sensational Coupr-de-Spiel. Bask in the glory of being top faction, then scream horribly as your enemies close in to topple you from power.
- Crack feeble jokes about how Sir Jerry just can\'t cut it anymore, Sir Vive probably won\'t, and Sir Rendermonkey just did.

Ages: 10+
Players: 2-5
Game Length: 30 minutes