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Der Widerstand: Avalon

Arthur against Mordred

Der Widerstand is a deduction game on secret identities; Avalon is the sequel to Der Widerstand, featuring the same mechanism, but a different setting in early medieval England, of secret loyalties in the fight of King Arthur against Mordred and his minions. The Companions of Arthur win if they successfully complete three quests; Mordred and his henchmen win when they successfully block three quests.

Merlin and the Assassin are always in play, the necessary number of additional character cards for the number of players is shuffled and each player is given one of them. Then the Leader - adhering to stringent rules - ensures that all Mordred’s men know each other and that Merlin knows all minions of Mordred.

In each of the rounds the Leader selects a team; players discuss his choice and then vote on the team; if the team is confirmed it starts a quest; if not, the role of Leader passes to the next player who tries to select a team. When a team is confirmed the Leader gives cards for success/failure to all players and a vote is taken; Arthur’s companions must vote success, Mordred’s minions can choose! The quest fails when there is only one vote of failure!

The Resistance: Avalon is a fantastic game in teams, it works exceedingly well and is good fun; you need clever and logic discussion, close listening and well-considered statements. Merlin has the problem that he is only allowed to talk about Mordred’s men in riddles and he must take care not to be identified, because, even if Arthur’s team did win three quests, the Assassin has one try to identify Merlin: If he succeeds Arthur’s team loses all the same.

Players: 5-10

Age: 13+

Time: 30+

Designer: Don Eskridge

Art: Team

Price: ca. 20 Euro

Publisher: Heidelberger Spieleverlag 2014

Web: www.heidelbaer.de

Genre: Deduction and discussion game

Special: Many players

Version: en

Rules: en

In-game text: no

Comments:

Sequel to The Resistance

Compatible and combinable with The Resistance

Very attractive illustrations

Works well with the minimum of five players

Compares to:

All versions of Werewolf games

Other editions:

Der Widerstand

Chance (pink): 0

Tactic (turquoise): 0

Strategy (blue): 2

Creativity (dark blue): 0

Knowledge (yellow): 0

Memory (orange): 2

Communication (red): 3

Interaction (brown): 3

Dexterity (green): 0

Action (dark green): 0