[3] The game comes with a paper map, a 16-page rulebook, eleven decks of encounter cards, and five cardstock knights — which must be affixed to some sort of base in order to be used — packaged in a zip-lock bag.

[2] King Arthur's Knights was designed by Greg Stafford, and was published by Chaosium in 1978 with cover art by Luise Perenne.

Jacek Gabrielczyk reviewed King Arthur's Knights for White Dwarf #15, giving it an overall rating of 7 out of 10, and stated that "On the whole the game is simple to understand.

"[4] In the November 1978 edition of Dragon (Issue 21), S. List admired the map and counters, but thought the knights printed on cardstock were poor, pointing out that the rulebook even suggests that players should substitute miniature figurines for them.

[2] In the inaugural edition of Ares, Greg Costikyan gave King Arthur's Knights an average rating of 6 out of 9, questioning its replayability.