"Resistance: Avalon" and "Werewolf Kill", two identity guessing board games suitable for gatherings, appeared in the field of vision of domestic mass players almost simultaneously around 2017. Later, after the promotion of some Internet celebrity anchors, Avalon was still less popular than the werewolf killing that was simple to get started, tested his acting skills, and had formed some fixed routines.
It may be that the background setting of Avalon is relatively unfamiliar to domestic players, you may have heard of the legend of King Arthur, but the names of his loyal subjects and a bunch of old enemies are not remembered; and Avalon's entry threshold is slightly higher than that of werewolves, players will not be eliminated halfway, but they must constantly vote to choose people to do the task, and according to the success of each mission to infer the identity of the player, quite a test of logical judgment ability.
However, Avalon's ranking on the board game geek website BGG rankings is much higher than that of Werewolf Kill, ranking 144th in all games and 8th in the Party game (the original Werewolf Kill was only ranked 1,000 out of all games, and the Party Game ranked 94th), which shows that its hard power is indeed very outstanding.
It is said that good games are "modified", and for ten years, designer Don Eskridge is still pursuing more perfect Avalon, and finally launched a new work in 2021 - Quest (Avalon II: Arthur's Legend).
It can be seen from this that he has made a lot of upgraded operations and changes to this game, changed the art style, optimized the operation process, improved the game experience, and is almost a brand new game.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="27" > time is tight and the task is heavy, team up to vote to save the province! </h1>
In terms of core gameplay, "Arthur's Legend" is still the same as the previous game, and players are divided into good and evil camps to team up to do missions. With Arthur's Legend set on a later timeline than Avalon, Mordred's large and evil army has pushed Arthur's army into a desperate situation, and Arthur hastily released a series of new missions. Therefore, the time is tight, the discussion and voting before the formation of the team can be saved, and the participants of each mission will be directly decided by the leader.
Originally, more information could be revealed in the process of discussing the team plan, but there was too little information in the early stages of the game, the plan and discussion were superficial, and the double voting of the team and the task, plus two discussion sessions, it was very easy to make the game very lengthy, and it became a personal solo that could speak the player at every turn.
Arthur's Legend removes the voting process before forming a team, and the leader will step down immediately after initiating a team mission, and will be taken over by players who have not been the leader. The information that will be exposed in the original team discussion session can still be inferred from the leader's team plan and the next leader he has appointed, and the game flow has become smoother and more concise.
Players can also focus more on valid information about mission failures or successes after teaming up, and don't have to worry about chattering to disrupt their original inferences and slow down the pace of the game.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="26" > Merlin? What Merlin? We want to be fair! </h1>
Some people jokingly refer to the original Avalon as the "Legend of Merlin", and Merlin in the good camp can know the identity information of everyone in the evil camp except Mordred (it is simply an enhanced version of "The Prophet"). The evil faction must fail three missions, otherwise the last hope of the reversal is to identify and assassinate Merlin.
The good guys have to help him disguise, the bad guys want to pull him out of the crowd of good guys, and the most important thing in the whole game is the old mage, who feels like everyone has to revolve around him. This also leads to a problem - if Merlin's is a cute new, Avalon will become a game full of loopholes, such as the first mission team discussion when Meng Xin stood up to explode Merlin's identity, and then there was no then...
What's more, after the good people have gone through all kinds of difficulties and made three missions, the bad people can also "point" to reverse the situation in the final identification link, and this game experience is really a bit poor.
In The Legend of Arthur, there is no longer the character of "Merlin", and the similar "Arthur" will only know the identity of Morgan Leffy of the evil camp at the beginning of the game, not so omniscient and omnipotent, and the whole game will not revolve around him.
And at the end of the game, both camps have a "last chance" to turn over, all players in the good camp must correctly identify two players in the evil camp at the same time; the evil camp has added a special optional character "Blind Killer", he does not know who the players in the good camp are on the field, and can choose whether to launch a hunting operation, accurately pointing out the identity of the two good camp players, the evil camp wins.
This seems more fair, of course, it also requires stronger reasoning ability and tacit understanding.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="18" > new characters and new ways to play, the old routine does not work! </h1>
As a popular old game, Avalon's general gameplay routine has long been clearly touched by veterans, and online raiders are flying all over the world. Admittedly, using stylized play and formulaic rhetoric to increase the winning percentage of this camp is tacit practice of many such games, but the fun of exploring the unknown has dropped dramatically.
The Arthurian Legends base has 27 new characters, each with special skills, each game uses a different optional character, each time there is a new game experience, and some new variation rules, added random elements, a new exploration experience and the fun of repeated reopening is unmatched by the original Avalon!
Not only have new characters been added, but many new elements have been added to the gameplay, such as magic markers that can be placed on mission members, amulet markers that can view a player's identity, etc. These new elements can play unexpected effects with the special abilities of various characters.
Still want to take Avalon's old routine and continue to be a "high-end player" in Arthur's Legend? It won't work for a long time!
If you are a big fan of the original Avalon, tired of the old routine of repeatedly voting to form a team and circling around Merlin, and want a fairer, more exciting, and more refreshing game experience, then don't miss the Chinese version of "Avalon II: Arthur's Legend" that will be officially launched on September 10 in [New Things]! In addition to the basic characters, you can also purchase 9 new character cards and tokens from KSE, and the replayability has been greatly improved! Don't miss the "last chance" to get on the bus!