As a game designer, I had to send prototypes of card games to reviewers before the official version was released. How different are games produced after a Kickstarter from the prototype sent to reviewers? Michael Wright takes a closer look at multiple games like that including Crazier Eights: Camelot & Avalon.
Camelot & Avalon Review by Luke Muench
Luke Muench reviewed both Crazier Eights: Camelot & Crazier Eights: Avalon on SMIF: “Most turns will end in raucous laughter as everyone marvels at whatever wildly powerful card combinations have been played and activated.”
Luke thought the cards had little to do with the card abilities, but I do have reasons for the abilities they have for flavor reasons. You can find more info about that here. What do you think?
Timothy Mattes reviewed the earlier Camelot prototype on the SMIF site earlier and can be found here.
Nonstop Tabletop Camelot Review
Nonstop Tabletop reviewed Crazier Eights: Avalon a while back (here), and they also reviewed Camelot here. Overall, they appear to like both games about the same, which is a good thing for me: “Crazier Eights: Camelot was a hit at our table.”
Boardgames & Bourbon Review Update
Glenn Flaherty’s original review from over a year ago was based on an older prototype, and can be found here.
Newsletter Giveaway 12
The Monthly Newsletter is a great way to stay informed about the development, news, and new versions of Crazier Eights. Go here to join the newsletter.
This time there will be three winners who each get a copy of Crazier Eights: Avalon. Two winners will be randomly selected by new subscribers of the newsletter, and one winner will be randomly selected everyone else who is currently subscribed. Continue reading
Three more Demo Events
There will be at least three more events at stores this December for Crazier Eights: Camelot & Avalon: Continue reading
Limited Olympus Prototype Offer (Expired)
I decided to try an experiment and see what happens if I offer a high quality prototype for sale of a future game — Crazier Eights: Olympus. This gives you a chance to help playtest it. I am hoping it will be on Kickstarter by November 2018. You can also buy the other versions of Crazier Eights with it. The Olympus prototype is only available for sale until the beginning of December 15th and they will be sent out around December 27th.
Go here for more information about Crazier Eights: Olympus, and you can buy one copy here. You can buy Olympus at a $3 discount by joining the newsletter here before December 10th. Continue reading
Review of Avalon & Camelot on Everything Board Games
Delton Perez’s review can be found here. He discusses what he liked, disliked, and gives an overall assessment.
Andrey Sanin’s review of Camelot & Avalon
Andrey Sanin from Legends Comics & Games in Santa Clara reviewed both Crazier Eights: Camelot & Avalon.
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