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The Book of Tales is longer (380 pages). The game does not use an encounter matrix like its predecessor. Instead, you are presented with an initial story and unique ways to interact, like in a classic Choose Your Own Adventure book. Afterwards, you are given a second description and are asked to choose one of several Skills to use. So each encounter is completely unique with two layers of choices.

Each game of Arthurian Knights will carry you through three separate Ages. Cycling through the deck is not a requirement.

Użytkownik BGG:Is there a focus shift to playing the game and winning versus experiencing the story?
Can we expect as much story in Arthurian Knight as we got in Arabian Nights?

Andrew Parks (projektant TotAK):We have done our best to encapsulate both aspects in Arthurian Knights. The stories are still the primary feature (the Book of Tales is much larger than in Arabian Nights). But we also added more player agency, as players will have more choices about how to build their characters (often having a choice of rewards, for example).

Scoring VP and achieving victory are also a focus of the game, but these do not overtake or diminish the preeminence of the storytelling experience.

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Użytkownik BGG: I am quite happy they are including female knights and such in this version but I hope they don't modernize the actual stories and outcomes too much in this version. I only played Arabian Nights a couple times but the one time I stopped acting with a "modern western/european" mindset I had a massively different experience. When I tried to act like the characters in the stories (ie. beat a beggar) suddenly my outcomes were almost always in my favor. All I know is I have read a large portion of the Arabian Nights and once I started acting like a character in those stories, it was a massive difference in how the game played out for me, which was honestly very cool.

Now I haven't read the Arthurian tales so maybe the stories don't differ that much in how we would morally act today (ie. show mercy on a thief, give food to the beggar etc). If so it doesn't really matter then. But if the characters were more brutal, unforgiving, callous and so on (like in the Arabian Nights), and weren't punished for it but even rewarded for it, well I really hope that is what we see reflected in this game.

Andrew Parks (projektant TotAK): The stories in Tales of the Arthurian Knights generally fall into four categories: humorous, violent, sensual (romantic), and sublime (holy, mysterious). Of course, many stories include elements of several.

As a lifelong student of the Arthurian legends, it was essential to me that players meet success by acting like the characters in the original stories. Part of the fun of the game will be sussing out over time the way people may react to your decisions.

It was equally important to me that players be able to build the Knight of their choice. So you can focus on romance, divinity, or villainy (or some combination thereof). The game doesn't judge your morality; there are no "right" or "wrong" choices, simply those that correspond to your personal code of honor. In other words, you can be a horrible person and still win the game!