All the Games with Steph: Tales of the Arthurian Knights

[@QuixoticGamesLLC]

Thanks so much for the enjoyable playthrough, Michael and Steph! After 16 years of development, it's so exciting to see our game being played! Looking forward to hearing about your future adventures! -Andrew Parks

[@boardgamersteph]

@@QuixoticGamesLLC thank you!! That is quite a while but we are happy to wait as it turned out amazing!!

[@Michael.Virtus]

2:26:23 - unhappy face aaaaand seconds later 2:26:48 she becomes the monarch of Scotland. 👑 Great playthrough. I pre-ordered few days ago, knowing the original is popular, but never played it. I just wanted such book-based game. Now your playthrough definitely made me happy with my choice to purchase this pretty cool game.

[@boardgamersteph]

@@Michael.Virtus 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😅🤴

[@boardgamersteph]

@@Michael.Virtus its amazing I think you will love it!

[@jona826]

Just ordered this. I hope Wizkids will release plastic miniatures for the knights as a separate product to replace the standees.

[@boardgamersteph]

that would be cool. They do make a lot of minis games so it might not be unheard of.

[@stephenowen9382]

Good to see Andrew P returning to the land of King Arthur following Legends of Camelot. I am pretty sure Benwick is pronounced Bennick just as Alnwick comes out as Annick.

[@boardgamersteph]

@@stephenowen9382 it is probably in the language guide I failed to use 😆

[@ArtisticWanderings]

How was it?

[@boardgamersteph]

@@ArtisticWanderings its fantastic

[@rhoheta5243]

Wish the board were more attractive. I really love the Tales of the Arabian Nights one, but just painting each country a different color seems so bland.

[@boardgamersteph]

@@rhoheta5243 I get that. The board isn't all that important. Still recommend you play it.

[@jona826]

It's functional and mounted so not really that bothered by it.

[@jimmysjolund4833]

Is the game political correct or honor the source material?

[@boardgamersteph]

I am not actually sure

[@TarotMage]

Here is the direct statement from Mr. Andrew Parks, taken from his post on BoardGameGeek. This was in response to a question regarding "Tales of the Arabian Nights'" Sex-Change Spring, which some players called it out as being treated as a negative in the game (A player could not win the game while transitioned). I immediately pre-ordered the game after reading his response. I hope this helps. Many thanks, Mr. Parks!! "As an artist, I believe in ideological diversity. I treat the beliefs of all people with great respect. Regarding your specific inquiries: There are no instances of gender transition in Tales of the Arthurian Knights. We made some adjustments to the original tales to provide greater inclusivity, such as: 1) There are female knights, even though there were none in the Arthurian legends, although we did not change the gender of any of the original knights. We specifically borrowed Dame Bradamante from the Carolingian Romance Tradition. We also made Lady Enid (who accompanied her husband, Sir Erec, on his adventures) into a knight as well (i.e. Dame Enid). Other female knights appear throughout the narrative, although they are not as common as male knights. 2) The original legends featured many heroic knights and kings who were from lands to the south, including from Spain and Africa (King Evalach, Sir Priamus, Sir Segwarides, Sir Safir, and of course, Sir Palomides, one of the player knights). Several of these were Knights of the Round Table. In the original tales, these knights needed to be baptized to be accepted by the realm. In our tales, this is not necessary and non-Christian religions are accepted. 3) Regarding the possibility of same sex romance arcs, here is the statement on the front page of the rulebook: A NOTE ON ROMANCE The default rule of Tales of the Arthurian Knights is that anyone can love anyone. For those who wish to include or exclude romantic options in their story, we have an asterisk (*) symbol before any choice or reward that involves romantic love. Players may choose to ignore any text that follows an asterisk that they deem unsuitable for their character."