Description
Product Description
Embark on an exhilarating journey into the heart of Avalon with “The Resistance: Avalon,” a card game that fuses social deduction, strategy, and deception into one compelling package. In this immersive tabletop adventure, bold and cunning players must navigate the murky waters of treacherous alliances and hidden agendas. Join forces with friends and family for a gripping game night where trust is your most valuable asset and deceit runs rampant. Can you expose the loyal knights of Arthur’s Round Table, or will the traitors undermine your every move? With swift, 30-minute rounds and straightforward rules, “The Resistance: Avalon” guarantees unforgettable fun for all ages. In this game of relentless deception, players slip into various roles, from devoted servants of Arthur to sinister minions of Mordred. The destiny of Avalon hinges on your ability to unravel the web of lies and deceit that surrounds you. Portable and ideal for travel, “The Resistance: Avalon” ensures that the excitement goes wherever you do. Expand your universe of card games with Indie Boards & Cards, renowned for crafting popular party games that promise an extraordinary and enjoyable experience.
From the Manufacturer
The Resistance: Avalon pits the forces of Good and Evil in a battle to control the future of civilization. Arthur represents the future of Britain, a promise of prosperity and honor, yet hidden among his brave warriors are Mordred’s unscrupulous minions. These forces of evil are few in number but have knowledge of each other and remain hidden from all but one of Arthur’s servants. Merlin alone knows the agents of evil, but he must speak of this only in riddles. If his true identity is discovered, all will be lost.
From the manufacturer
The Resistance: Avalon Social Deduction Game
The Resistance: Avalon pits the forces of good and evil in a battle to control the future of civilization. Arthur represents the future of Britain, a promise of prosperity and honor, yet hidden among his brave warriors are Mordred’s unscrupulous minions. These forces of evil are few in number but have knowledge of each other and remain hidden from all but one of Arthur’s servants. Merlin alone knows the agents of evil, but he must speak of this only in riddles. If his true identity is discovered, all will be lost.
The Resistance: Avalon is a standalone game, and while The Resistance is not required to play, the games are compatible and can be combined.
Bernstein –
When our friends gather, this is inevitably one of the most asked for and played games. It scales well to large groups (we’ve played with everything from 5 to 9 people, so almost the full range of the game) and every player is active the entire game — it’s not one where somebody can be eliminated or left out.Game play is very straight forward and simple enough that even first time players can dive in with just a basic run down of rules, yet play changes enough each game that it is kept fresh and interesting. The games are divided into 5 different “missions” and an entire game tends to last only around 20 minutes, which is fantastic since most games that support a group our size end up being incredibly complicated or drag on forever. It helps, of course, to have a bunch of back-stabbing liars as friends but we all can’t be so lucky.Each player is dealt a role card — in the most simple of versions, you’re either a good guy (Loyal Servant of Arthur, including Merlin) or evil (Minion of Mordred, including Assassin). Certain characters reveal themselves to each other before the game so alliances can be formed — in general the bad guys usually know who each other are and Merlin knows who the evil players are. The basic object of the game is to complete a set number of missions through a voting system; good must always vote for success and evil is free to cause as much chaos in voting as they like. For each mission, there is a group leader who choose a team to go on the mission with him; all of the players then vote to approve/deny the questing team. After a team is chosen, just then team then vote to succeed/fail the mission…then on to the next group leader. Rinse and repeat. Once either team completes 3 missions (evil completes a mission by causing it to fail), the game is over. If evil wins, they usually celebrate like the true jerks they are. If good wins, the Assassin and other minions get a chance to guess who was playing Merlin; if a correct guess is made, evil wins. Evil wins a lot in this game, which is probably part of why it can be so fun. Every game also changes depending on which character cards are used and who ends up playing which role.Once everyone is familiar with play, there are a few other role cards that can be added in to spice things up — Oberon, Mordred, Morgana, and Percival — each will change the game play, with an additional note on how to play each of the named characters written on the card. There is a fair amount of strategy that can be incorporated, especially as the more complicated characters and eventually Lady of the Lake (a card used to view other player’s roles) are brought into play. If you notice that either good or evil is tending to sweep the missions, the named characters can help balance play in either direction, depending on which ones you add to the role deck.All in all, I’d definitely recommend this game. We’re asked to bring it to every gathering and it hasn’t grown stale yet.
Bryce Cressman –
My husbands family has played this game for years and lost there copy. We bought this for them this past Christmas and they couldn’t be happier.The laughs,the betrayal, the lies, the tears, the camaraderie. This is a great game for family and friends.Be prepared to lie straight to everyone’s faces to make sure you don’t get caught!10 out of 10!!
alex –
The resistance was a great game and Avalon as a spinoff is excellent if you love having a lot of chaotic discussion in you board game nights.This expansion adds a lot of complexity to the game (in a good way), but because you can customize the characters as you like it is very easy to change difficulties.
Bev Wolke –
My cousin has this game and we play it every year for Christmas. Decided it was time for me to have my own as our whole family loves this game so now we can play more often. Super fun game.
Sun Waker –
I almost didn’t buy Avalon because of its theme, since (as far as themes go) my group would have much preferred the dystopia theme of the original games. But, I was really interested in this game mechanic, for the social aspect, the deduction, the team work balanced with competition, the arguing, and the LYING, MMHWAHAHA!!!I am really glad I went with Avalon despite our theme preferences, because the roles really do add a lot of interesting twists, and you can use them in different combinations.So I bought it, talked it up to the group, and convinced them to try it (and sneakily said nothing about the theme until they were excited to play). It was LOADS of fun!!! The first night we played, we went for almost 3 hours… Everyone kept saying, “one more!”, and “again!”The second time we played we also went for almost 3 hours, but would have gone longer if it weren’t super late at night… Both times we played with 5, and it was great fun to learn more about how your friends act totally innocent one minute, and then totally fool you the next… There is also fun from observing everyone’s strategies, and finding out your friends’ preferred styles, and what kinds of deceit they are capable of!Some of our players much preferred the special roles, while others really like being a regular good guy, because that’s when you really have to exercise your powers of deduction. Anyway, both times we played with 5 people, and I can’t wait to play with more. The Resistance: Avalon has so many interesting and fun elements, and I have yet to play with someone who didn’t really love it. It is quick to play, easy to learn, but full of nuances and variability. If you are even considering it, I’d say try it out – it’s lots of fun for serious and occasional gamers as well.PS: We are considering replacing the team voting cardstock tokens with black and white marbles and 2 dice cups for voting (one for votes, and the other for non-votes), since our tokens are getting pretty beat up after a couple of nights… But the components seem nice, and that’s probably because our group gets really into the game, slamming cards and all 🙂
Frida E –
Buena opción de fiesta
No he tenido la opción de probarlo, pero se que es una de las mejores opciones de roles ocultos que existen en el mercado de los juegos de mesa. Los componentes del juego son de gran calidad, cartas texturizada, losetas de madera o de cartón rÃgido que se sienten bastante duraderas y en buena calidad. Una de las mejores opciones como juegos de mesa y rol oculto.
Moctezuma –
Muy divertido
Lo he estado jugando con mi familia y está genial 😊, a todos nos encantó. No pasamos de 4 partidas porque sà es agotador 😅. Pero tenemos bastante variedad 😄.
Adonis Christodoulou –
Best game
Played with friends- extremely fun
Rehaan Agrawal –
Great game 5-10 players
Entertainment value 100 , fun to play, great for starters, good quality, amazing deck of characters, thought of this game is exquisite
Felipe Aron –
The better edition of an amazing game!
Even if you have the original edition of Avalon, this one has a lot of new characters and scenarios so it worth your cash. 5 stars for sure.