Tainted Grail After 70+ HOURS - Full Review 

There's an app with voice over so you don't need to read anything from the adventure book. The story and world is written by Krzysztof Piskorski, award winning polish fantasy author. I'd encourage you to play the game a second time, the 'grind' largely goes away when you already know what you're doing and there's SO many little secrets you'll miss the first time you'll be thankful you went in again.

I just started playing this a week ago. I won it from KoA. Been loving it. I had a feeling it was going to be set up on my table for a long time. Thanks for confirming that. Can't wait to dig into this one.

You've asked who did the story. It was written by Krzysztof Piskorski, Polish fantasy writer, who got some awards for his books. So that's why the story (as a "novel") is so good.

This is one of my "grail" games. ;) Hearing your review just makes me want to play it even more! Thanks for the awesome review! Love the channel by the way!

Your enthusiasm for this game means it's on my to-buy list now. Great review.

I have made it through Chapter 3 of this game so far. I love and agree with all of what you shared so far too. I had no idea there was a way to fast travel so that's super helpful to know. I also think this is a game where it would be okay to house rule your experience to make it play more with your pace of gaming too. I can see how the food farming in the beginning can feel a little tedious or how much it costs to light the Menhir's, so if those pieces of the game are dragging someone down from wanting to continue playing, I think it's okay to implement the story mode, or make food gains a little more generous. I know later on in the game when you are more upgraded there are lots of ways to mitigate the more tedious parts when you start out as a B team hero. I took this game over to a friend's to give them a taste of the game, and will have to set it up again soon. The last session I played I thought I would just sit down for 90 minutes...I ended up playing 7 hours. It's got a great, just one more turn vibe to it.

Great overview and thoughts on the game. Grabbed the KS campaigns for super cheap($20 brand new) before even owning the base game, and been trying to snag a 2nd hand copy for awhile, and thankfully was able to find it pretty cheap on the second-hand market. Looking forward to painting and tabling the game finally

I love your enthusiasm to talk about the game, i never finished Skyrim because i got bored by it eventually(90hs in) so i don't think it's a game for me. But i still want to try one day. (nice pun by the way xD)

Menhirs are what make me flee this big tainted box Maybe the next coming one, will fix that, improving a real exploration and immersion experience

First video I watch from you, instant sub! There will be a second edition upgrade pack with the new campaign, which include a fast travel mechanism for FoA^^

Awesome review! Thanks.

Thanks for your review! I ended up getting the game because of it. Quick question. I just finished Chapter 2 and now I’m on Chapter 3B. Am I locked out of 3A for the rest of the campaign? Because that’s what I really wanted to do.

Very nice video. Great solution with the waypoints mechanic. I think Awaken Realms must use this thought.

I bought the base game with the three expansions for a bargain price. I have only just started, solo with two characters but I am wanting to play every day. Sometimes it is frustrating but that just leads me to think of ways out of this. It is different to any other game that I have or have played.

Awesome. Thank you for this 🙇‍♂️🙏

Very much looking forward to reprint and new kickstarter! First one was before I truly got into the hobby. Are the expansions / extra content worth picking up?

great honest review, sorry if this has been asked before but is there a chance you'll review Fall of Avalon 2.0 in the future? People's main gripes with 1.0 seem to have been fixed in 2.0 according to the description on the Gamefound page, really interested to see if the improvements will change peoples minds entirely.

Did you play with a single character or did you have more than one since you were playing solo? If so, which one? Does it seem like you would get a different experience with different characters?

Thanks for the insights Doolin

Cant wait for the campagin. Bought it 3rd party and now i want all the extras. I want something to hold sleeve cards

Which campaign game do you prefer? Oathsworn or Tainted Grail?

Hey Doolin, Besides fast traveling, any other house rules you used? Loved the review !!

id be curious on that top 25 you mentionned at the end ;)

Ha, I thought this was a review for the video game, had no idea it was based on a table top, cool.

Does this work good for a 3-4 player co-op?

I think Arkham Horror: TCG does the job better. With enough text to read and more gameplay.

What do you think about the new Update Pack 2.0 that's being offered now? Do you think you would recommend getting it and the updated journals?

When are you going to get into the expansions? Felt there was a lot more to the story after only completing the base game.

Love the miniatures. They are amazing and fun to paint. I played the game for over 15 hours. I like the story but hated the game play. I was hoping it would get better but it never did for me. I finally gave up after I finished chapter 5. Thinking about selling it.

What house rules did you use?

I can't wait for the Kings of Ruin campaign. Still trying to decide if I should buy the second edition of the core..

There are a lot of issues with the mechanics of the game and balance of systems that need to be discussed. The economy of the game system including the level system is also broken. If you play smart, you can break the game by chapter 3-4. This means that you are forced to play dumb to make the game work, undermining what the game promises the gamer when first picked up. Playing stupid to make the game more challenging is also boring and breaks immersion. For those wanting a more nuanced discussion of the games problematic design look through the BGG forum.

Heard other reviewers say it becomes a grind, with no improvement in combat. Just a rinse and repeat. What are your thoughts? Great puns by the way - tell your friend with the cat to step it up.

I enjoyed the game. I think it'd be better to play without the menhirs being longer, no need to relight, and also maybe doubling the food you get.

I am going to the controversial but I hated the game. I tried to play with 3 friends. (4 players) things I disliked. -lighting the menhirs. the cost increased for every player. and the menhir was lit for a shorter amount of time making the game in to a collecting game. we couldn't progress after 10h in beacuse the lighting was soooo expensive. even going back lighting a old one cost us ALL our resources. -the journal entries for each card costing energy. I hated this. beacuse SO many journal entries lead to a dead end. like 80% of them lead nowhere. not even clues. we 4 came ro a point where it just was not fun anymore and ended up in a huge grind fest. I guess this game leans towards 1-2 players better than 4