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Camelot Legends

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Product Review (submitted on October 2, 2009):

I won a card game of my choice from a Zman games contest and picked Camelot Legends because I like Arthurian stories (I also have Shadows over Camelot). After a few plays, however, I wished I picked something else, like Fairy Tale.

The quality of the game is good, the artwork is great and the theme is well done. As a fan of the knights of Camelot, I was happy with the text and the references. However, as a person who has played a lot of games, Camelot Legends came across as fairly bland to me.

Don't even bother with the beginner level game, as it strips away a good portion of interesting bits away from the game. The game is not that hard at all to learn and playing with Immediate rules right off the bat will allow you to see the game as it truly is and allow you to figure out the tricks and tactics appropriate for the game.

There is a good amount of interaction involved as you play the knights off of each other. However, if a good player gets a good starting hand and some lucky draws, it is pretty hard to stop them from dominating the game. There isn't too many choices available to players as the cards pretty much play themselves and good moves are fairly obvious. After a couple of plays, we retired the game to the back of our gaming shelf.