Arthurian mythology is one of the most adapted concept throughout literature and movies. Games might be the only area where it might come second after the Lovecraftian horror. But now there is a new game bringing more of that into the scene: Tainted Grail by Awaken Realms.
This board game offers dark and gritty alternative to the more common glamorous and heroic stories of knights and chivalry. The characters we get to play are not the great heroes of those fabled tales. Instead you get to play these troubled characters with their flaws and troubled past.
We didn't rest long after finishing the Etherfields already jumping in to this new came the next day. It's still early to say much about the game except the setting looks promising. It takes time to fully get into the game as there is quite a lot of rules and game mechanisms to learn. Even after our short foray into the game I can already say that the story is what makes this game great. I'm not so sure yet about the mechanisms, they feel a bit heavy and distracting. I hope after a few more sessions the rules will become familiar enough that we can fully start focusing on the story itself and the game mechanisms are just a way to carry that story forward.