The tale as told...
"In the days of yore as the children
gathered round the fire, the old men told
tales. These tales were of great , glorious
and honourful deeds. The men in these tales
were always brave, noble, strong, and
always their honour came first and
foremost.
"As the tale was told, perhaps the
memory of the teller would slip and
another kindly old man would speak up so
that the tale could be told. The words
would fall upon the ears of the youngsters
and they're hearts would be filled with
wonder and delight to hear of such things.
Then that night, their childish dreams
would be strong, and swollen with the
daring of the brave, the surety of great
deeds done, and the protection given by
their rulers.
"Aye, they would hear of King Arthur,
and his brave knights of the round table.
Of the treachery of Lancelot and the true
heart of Gawain. Yet, there are many more
tales, that they heard. Grand tales, glorious
tales, of battles, of quests and of honour,
always the tales of honour."
Introduction
This document encompasses a story
telling game, whereby you the players
will work together , and at times against
each other to tell a noble story of Knights a Knight character, this is a simple
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battling against evil in the land.
This game will present you with a
starting point, and each player will add
to the story as it becomes their turn, Each
player will be telling the part of one of
King Arthur's knights, the goal being the
defeat of the evil monster of the deep, or
some other evil. Although the knights
will work together to defeat the beast,
they also want to stand out amongst
their piers and gain the most glory and
honour.
What you'll need
To play the game you will need at
least three players, although four or five
will be a better number.
Each player will need some paper and
a pencil. One player will be nominated
as the score keeper, and to this person
falls the duty of tracking each knights
"Honour" score as well as counting down
the time until the beast is defeated.
Finally, you will need a standard deck
of cards including two jokers. Shuffle the
deck before play and place it face down
in the middle of the table.
Creating your Knight
Before play, each player should create
process and is carried out as follows.
Step 1 : Name
Choose a name for your Knight,
choose from the list of names in the
Appendix, or make up a name of your
own.
Step 2 : Affinity
Each Knight will have certain
affinities with other knights, be it down
to blood, friendship, favour, politics or
military alliances. Each knights affinity is
decided as follows
Each player draws one card from the
deck. Players who draw red cards are
considered to be friendly towards one
another. Players who draw black are
likewise friendly to each other. Should a
player draw a Joker, then they are to
some extent ostracised by all other
players.
Knights from different affinities are
not enemies, all knights are united in
their servitude to King Arthur, however
there may be minor disagreements or
strong friendships between knights.
Players should leave this card face up
on the table in front of them so that
other players can see it at all times
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Step 3: Notable Characteristic
Each player draws a second card from
the deck. and notes the matching
characteristic from the following list.
Ace Fast as a Swift
2 Strong as an Ox
3 Clever
4 Sly like a weasel
5 Shy of the ladies
6 Afraid only of failing
7 Faithful as a dog
8 Steady as a rock
9 Agile as a cat
10 Penitent
Face Self conscious
Joker Jester in training
The card is then placed in a discard
pile.
Play mechanisms
Each game starts with a player
reading the scenarios introduction to the
players. The player to the left of the
reader then takes their turn. Then the
player to his left and so on.
 The introduction will describe a quest
to be completed by the knights (players).
It will also supply a Quest Score that
needs to be reached before the quest is
completed. All of the knights (players)
will take part in completing the quest,
each will have some part in its eventual
success.
card from the deck. The value of the
card is added to the Knight's (players)
Honour score and subtracted from the
Quest Score, it is then discarded
The various card types have the
following values
Ace 1

Each players turn will reduce the Number As number

Quest Score and gain Honour for the
Face 11
knight. When the Quest Score reaches
zero the quest is complete. The knight Joker 0 (zero)
(player) who's turn it is when the quest
Once a player has drawn their card
is completed will get an Honour bonus.
they narrate a part of the story. Their
story should take into account a number
A Turn
of things, the most significant being the
A player starts their turn by drawing a

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value of the card drawn. suffered a set back, something has got in
Drawing an Ace means that the quest the way of the quest. An example
has been advanced only a tiny amount. narration is as follows.
Drawing a Face card indicates a "Lancelot leads the party to the bridge,
significant advancement in the story. but on seeing it his heart falls. The bridge
has been washed away by the previous
For example, having drawn an Ace the
nights storm. There is no option but to
player might narrate...
travel on to the Brandywine bridge ten
"The party of Knights draw up at an Inn miles distant."
and seek a bed for the night."
...or...
...or...
"Lancelot faces the bear, but when he
"Lancelot charges at the bear with his goes to draw his sword his belt snaps and
sword poised for a mighty blow sure to lop the sword drops to the floor. The bear
off it's head. Alas when he swings, it charges at him."
catches on a low hanging branch and the
blow is weak when it hits the bear, merely Assisting another player
scratching it's fore-leg."
If you share an affinity with the player
Should the card drawn be a much who's turn it is, you may offer your
stronger "Queen" however, the player Knights assistance. The other player
might narrate... must agree to your assistance. You can
"The party of knights stream past the Inn then agree amongst yourselves on the
foregoing the comfort of a bed and pushing narration. When you assist in this way,
on towards their destination right through you and the other player both gain an
the night." additional Honour and reduce the Quest
...or Score by an additional two points.

"Lancelot charges at the bear with his
sword poised for a mighty blow sure to lop
off it's head. With a manly grunt he swings
the sword and cleaves the bears head from
its body. He turns to face the bears mate."
Drawing a Joker at this stage of the
game indicates that the Knight has
In this way the effects of a Joker can
be overcome, and any card draw
improved.
Hindering another player.
In much the same way as assisting
another player you can choose to hinder

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the player who's turn it is. You can only prepares them for the upcoming fight. The
hinder a player who does not share your men's morale is increased and they are left
affinity. ready for a fight."

Each knight (player) that chooses to

Hinder another knight loses 1 Honour
point. The player being hindered reduces
the amount of honour he would
otherwise have earned for the round by
1 point for each other player hindering
him. The amount taken from the Quest
score for the round is likewise reduced.
For example if player A draws a 6 of
Hearts but player B chooses to hinder
player A, then player B loses 1 Honour
point, player A only gains 5 honour Then player "B" decides to hinder
points and the Quest Score is reduced by player "A". His hindrance is only worth
5 instead of 6. Quest 1 point, so the change can only be
In this way players can sometimes minor. He change the narration to
prevent other players from completing "Lancelot stands before the assembled
the mission on their turn and thus give men and gives a stirring speech that
themselves a chance at the bonus. prepares them for the upcoming fight but
passes wind when half way through. The
When you hinder another player you
mens morale is increased and they are left
can insert text into the other players ready for a fight, but they have less respect
narration. This is not a negotiation like for Lancelot."
Assisting, it is more of an edit.
The only time a player can reverse the
Let us suppose there are 50 Quest action of another player with a
points left, player "A" takes his turn and hindrance is if the player is about to
draws a 4 of clubs, and narrates the complete the Quest, but by hindering the
following. player they will not complete the Quest.
"Lancelot stands before the assembled Suppose Player A draws a 6 of hearts,
men and gives a stirring speech that

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and there are only 6 Quest points left, so
his narration will complete the quest. He
narrates the following...
"Lancelot picks up the Lance blessed by
Bishop Cathay, and rushes directly at the
troll, running it through with the Lance,
and thereby completing the quest."
Player B who happens to be next in
turn order could "hinder" and edit the
narration to...
"Lancelot picks up the Lance blessed by
Bishop Cathay, and rushes directly at the
troll, to run it through with the Lance, but
trips at the last second, the lance plunging
into a tree."
which means there is still one
Quest point left, and as Player B goes
next he'll get to narrate the final turn!
Overreaching
When a player is narrating, assisting
or even hindering, the other players are
able to challenge the narration if they
think the narrating player has
overreached the Quest points being
narrated.
This is a tricky and difficult thing to
explain. There can be no clear straight
forward examples as it's a sliding scale
based on the story and the flow it has.
For instance if the game is just
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beginning and there are 100 Quest
points. Then a player draws a 2 of hearts,
and narrates that the party of Knights
travelled 100 miles and arrive at their
destination, then this would be a case of
overreaching. The player has jumped
the plot too far for too few points.
Another example. If the knights find
themselves surrounded by 100 pirates, it
would be overreaching to draw an Ace
of Clubs and narrate defeating all 100
pirates.
When challenged for overreaching
the players should discuss the virtues of
the challenge and come to a compromise
in the narration, all the players at the
table may take part in the discussion.
Completing the Quest
When a players turn completes the
Quest, they get a bonus. They draw two
cards and get to add the value of both
cards to their Honour score.
At this point the player with the
greatest honour score gets to narrate the
triumphant return to the Kings Court.
When narrating...
When narrating you are free to
introduce characters to the story, plot
twists, monsters, love interests and so on.
There is really no restriction on what
you can add to the story. In fact the more players pick up the story from where
you add the better the story is likely to
be. Also if another player introduces a
plot element such as those mentioned
feel free to include it in your narration.
About the only thing you shouldn't do
is narrate the specific actions of another
players Knight, unless they give you the
nod. You can narrate the actions of the
group of Knights, such as when
travelling or feasting but should avoid
such things as stating another players
Knight throws a punch or insults an
important guest.
During your narrations, always keep
in mind not only the card drawn but
your Knights "Notable characteristic".
For instance if you drew "Strong as an
Ox", then perhaps your knight will use
that strength during the narration.
Scenarios
Scenarios for "Of Knights Glory" take
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the form of the start of a story. The
scenario stops.
The following two scenarios are
merely suggestions and do not limit
what you can do with this game. Feel
free to create your own scenarios, or
even alter these to more suit your taste.
Each scenario starts with 90 Quest
points + 10 for each player.
Scenario 1:The tentacled beast
Read the following to the other
players.
The King has called upon the Knights of
the round table after having heard a plea
from a distant land owner for help.
The land owner had a terrifying tale.
He'd been losing sheep and cattle. Not only
that but a young couple from the local
village had also disappeared. A search for
them was mounted by the land owners
men but instead they found a monster.
In a forest which encroaches on his land
is a small lake. As his men were searching
near this lake, a massive pink coloured
creature with tentacles forty feet long
emerged from the water, grabbed one of
the men and dragged him down under the
water never to be seen again.
The land owner has begged the kings
favour to rid him of this beast, and the king Galahad
has granted this boon. You knights are Kay
charged with fulfilling the kings honour in Bors de Ganis
this matter. Lamorak
Tristan
Percivale
Scenario 2 : The Sword of ...
Lionel
A troop of bandits have appeared in one Lucan
of the southern counties. Baron Che de Palomides
Mile has requested the kings help. The Safir
bandits have formed an enormous group. Ector de Maris
Rogues from all over are flocking to the Tegyr
bandits banner. There are at least one Guinglain
hundred and fifty of these thieves at large Alymere
in the forest on the Baron's land. Their Lancelot has been left off of this list as
leader is reputed to bear a magical sword he was an honour-less traitor! No one
and is undefeated in single combat. As should want to play him.
proof of this he has already killed the local
Sherrif and the Baron's Captain. Licensing and Attribution
The king has ordered that the bandits be All of the following photos were used under
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to justice, and his sword locked in the Original cover photo by Chris Hartford,
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deepest dungeon, for surely if it is magical by myself to remove an unsightly fence and
emphasize the knight. Text and logos added.
it must be imbued by the devils sorcery to Photo on the top of page 4 featuring a number

be used in such evil works.

of knights arrayed in blue clothing is
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Hawkins and downloaded from WikiCommons.
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Appendix
by W. Lloyd Mackenzie and was downloaded from
WikiCommons
The photo of a knightly melee on page 8 was
taken by Lee Hawkins, and was downloaded from
WikiCommons.
Knightly Names This document itself is released under a
Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike
Gawain licence.
It is the authors wish that you do not sell or
Geraint use this document in any commercial manner, but
rather it should be given away for free.
Gareth
Gaheris
Bedivere

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