Lancelot
BGG rank
BGG #21,861
BGG rating
6.0

Lancelot

1985

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  • 2–5 players
  • 30–60 min
  • 10+
  • Complexity 2.0/5

For 2 players

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Lancelot is a board game released in 1985 for 2–5 players, 30–60 minutes per game, and ages 10 and up. It was designed by Roland Siegers and its main mechanics are Area Majority / Influence.

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About the game

In this abstract strategy game, players take turns placing a single piece of their own color on the board. When you have N+2 pieces than the number of pieces of other players in that row or column, you take them as prisoners. This systems is some what similar of the more recent Kahuna, as "chain reactions" are quite the same. The game is totally abstract, but it works fine with any number of players (2-5). A crazier advanced mode allows players to consider even diagonals!

Publishers

  • Mattel, Inc.
  • Hexagames (I)

Questions and answers

Lancelot supports 2–5 players according to the catalogue. This range comes from the publisher’s listed player count, so the game can be set up for any group size within it. Some setups, rules and scoring details may still vary by player count, so check your edition’s rulebook for the exact configuration.