Shadows over Camelot

Shadows over Camelot is an Arthurian-themed board game designed by Serge Laget and Bruno Cathala, illustrated by Julien Delval and Cyrille Daujean.

The game was unveiled by the publishers Days of Wonder at the 2005 American International Toy Fair and was more widely released in May and June 2005.

The game was also published in French as Les Chevaliers de la Table Ronde and in German as Schatten über Camelot.

An alternate character, Sir Bedivere, was distributed in games trade magazines and at conventions as a promotional item, and is also available as part of Merlin's Company.

They either decrease their health, add a siege engine to those attacking Camelot, or draw a black card, which will usually make one of the quests harder to complete.

After the progression of evil, each player takes a heroic action, which includes moving to or returning from a quest location, advancing a quest toward victory, playing a "special white" card, discarding three identical cards to gain one life point, or accusing one knight of being a traitor.

In addition, the loyal knights will lose if they cannot fill the round table before twelve siege engines surround Camelot, or if they all perish fighting the forces of evil.

The game expansion includes the Sir Bedivere promotional figure and matching colored character cards for new knights.

Peter Corless comments that "Bruno Cathala and Serge Laget's design for Shadows over Camelot is a worthy representation of the seminal Arthurian legends, and a wonderful addition to any game library.