Excalibur Tryazon! Review

 

We are always thrilled when we get to review a new game (or games) through Tryazon!  They make trying out new products, sharing them with your friends and family, and then reviewing them online so easy and manageable and we have really enjoyed almost every single product we have tried!! 

One of the brands of board games that I will always pick up when a new game comes out or I see it at the thrift shop is Roxley.  I've been a fan of their games for a while now, so when we had the chance to try out another game from them this year, I jumped on it! 

We had recently reviewed Skyrise and really enjoyed that one, so I had high hopes for Excalibur too!

Excalibur is played in rounds where each player chooses a tile at the same time from their hand and then reveals it all at once.   Then the actions taken are based on what the tiles reveal.  The players are trying to hide and sneak the swords in and out of their hands, so that they can end the game with Excalibur in their possession.  There are a LOT of different tiles with different actions available, some are sneaky or harmful to other players, while some help everybody. 

We brought knight swords for some fun cosplay, sword cookies and other fun snacks and decor to make our Excalibur themed game night tons of fun! 

Excalibur is a well made game that includes really high quality chip board pieces and three really cool sword pieces.  The art for the game is well done and we really thought the game was visually appealing! 

The box is a TINY bit snug when you are just tossing the pieces in, but if you take a little bit of time to toss them in, they do all fit! 

We had players as young as 10 play the game with us and they were able to understand the instructions and game play pretty well.  We enjoyed several rounds of the game and really felt like the included glossary card was a big help!  

Being able to read the glossary and story cards are ideal with this game, so non-readers may struggle.  Even after several rounds, we were still referring to the glossary and rules to confirm the actions our chips revealed. 

Before our game night, we tried to play Excalibur as a two player game.  We had gone to Dungeons and Javas for Grant Lyon's board game themed comedy night and had time to occupy before the show.  Grant and other members of the Colorado Springs Board Game Club (which I am a new member to) did let us know that it is best played in a group and a two player game would be tricky.  We ended up putting it away after only a few turns passed because it was a little frustrating to us. We play a lot of two player games and enjoy board game date nights, a lot, so its good to note that this may not be a good game to choose if you exclusively play in a party of only 2. 

Grant's show was hilarious and I'm glad we tried Excalibur in a game night setting instead of just two player!