
- BGG rank
- BGG #141
- BGG rating
- 8.0
Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon
- 1–4 players
- 60–120 min
- Complexity 3.4/5
- 2019

Expansion for Tainted Grail: Age of Legends & Last Knight Campaigns
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Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon – Red Death Expansion is an expansion for Tainted Grail: Age of Legends & Last Knight Campaigns released in 2020 for 1–4 players, 60–120 minutes per game, and ages 14 and up. It was designed by Krzysztof Piskorski and Marcin Świerkot and its main mechanics are Push Your Luck, Area Movement, and Role Playing.
With the Red Death add-on campaign, you now have another option. You may play it after finishing any of the other three large campaigns, and take your favorite heroes on a last, one-way mission to mysterious Homelands. Their ship will slip into the mists separating Avalon from our reality, and spend many weeks traversing the border between the worlds. Finally, it will emerge back in Homelands, many years after the plague, where answers to some ultimate questions lie buried under the rubble of desolated cities. What happened here after most humans departed for Avalon? Is it safe to return? What caused the plague? How did Arthur learn about the island of Fore-dwellers? What secrets did he leave behind? Red Death is an expert-level expansion campaign for Tainted Grail. It contains 32 dangerous Location cards that allow you to visit a part of a kingdom ravaged by plague, where unspeakable horrors still lurk among the ruins. These horrors won’t be your only problem! The ancient undersea empire of Fomoria already surveys the lands abandoned by humans, while brutish Picts of the north, who somehow built resistance to the disease, raid the ruins looking for treasure, magic – and something more sinister. Then, there are solitary survivors who outlasted the plague. They’re often mad and dangerous, but their knowledge may help heroes survive. Pick your allies and enemies, solve difficult riddles, navigate ruins of the old world and face some of the hardest Encounters created for Tainted Grail. And if you survive, learn things that will put the main storyline of three campaigns in a new light. This add-on campaign will contain approximately 15-30 hours of gameplay grouped into an 8-chapter story. Just like our base campaigns it offers multiple endings and branching paths, so you can try to solve it in a different way multiple times! Extended Character Advancement Naturally, a large amount of additional gameplay meant we had to extend the Character progression. That’s why the box also includes new and exciting Advanced Abilities that can help you upgrade your Attributes even further! Not to mention that many artifacts or items found in Homelands are much more powerful than anything found on Avalon. —description from the publisher
Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon – Red Death Expansion supports 1–4 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.
The listed playing time for Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon – Red Death Expansion is 60–120 minutes. This is the publisher’s estimate for a full game. The actual duration depends on the group, the player count and familiarity with the rules: first sessions usually run longer, while experienced groups often finish faster. Setup and teaching time are not included in this estimate.
The catalogue lists Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon – Red Death Expansion for ages 14 and up. This is the publisher’s recommendation and reflects reading demands, rule complexity and small components rather than theme alone. Younger players can often join with help from an adult, so check the age guidance on your edition and consider your group’s experience with board games.
Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon – Red Death Expansion has a complexity rating of 3.7 out of 5 from BoardGameGeek players, which makes it a medium-weight game. The rating reflects how much rules knowledge, planning and decision-making a typical game demands. Expect a longer first teach for heavier games, and use a preparation guide before game night.
Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon – Red Death Expansion belongs to these categories: Fantasy, Mature / Adult, and Travel. Its main mechanics are Push Your Luck, Area Movement, and Role Playing. Categories describe the theme and setting of a game, while mechanics describe what players actually do on their turns. Each mechanic links to a catalogue hub with similar games, which helps when you want something comparable.
The credited designers of Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon – Red Death Expansion are: Krzysztof Piskorski and Marcin Świerkot. These credits come from the published game data and name the people responsible for the game’s design, not its illustrators or publishers. Designer pages on MeepleRules collect other titles by the same designers, which helps when you enjoy a game and want to find similar ones.
The catalogue lists Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon – Red Death Expansion as an expansion for Tainted Grail: Age of Legends & Last Knight Campaigns. Expansions add new content, rules or scenarios to the base game and usually cannot be played on their own, so you need Tainted Grail: Age of Legends & Last Knight Campaigns to use it. Check that your edition of Tainted Grail: Age of Legends & Last Knight Campaigns is compatible, as some expansions were revised between editions.