Hearts of Camelot

Hearts of Camelot is a game of Arthurian romance, telling tales of battle and heartbreak, with players in the roles of champions, errants, lieges, paragons, sorcerers, and villains.

This game is inspired by Hearts of Wulin by Lowell Francis and Agatha Cheng, and uses the Powered by the Apocalypse game engine by Meguey Baker and Vincent Baker.

The complete rulebook will be available for purchase May 1, 2025!

Change log

2023-09-25: Revised for clarity. Added a short explanation for Epic moves to the rules section.

2023-10-22: Tweaked healing rules.

2023-10-25: Modified starting Virtues. Added rules for social class. Tweaked rules for Britomart's Reflection.

2023-11-15: Modified rules for Brangaine the Handmaid. Additional minor edits.

2024-01-09: Revised some rules for clarity. Swapped Enide's Warning and Fair Unknown between playbooks. Modified Knight of the Lion and Knight of the Questing Beast.

2024-01-19: Minor clarifying revisions.

2024-04-22: Added a new XP trigger. Slightly revised BATTLE for clarity.

2024-06-23: Revised APPLY FORCE for clarity and balance. Revised ENDURE HEARTBREAK for clarity and increased drama. Revised False Guenivere and May Day Baby. Minor additional clarifications throughout.

2024-09-19: Revised Villain's epic move to be more mechanically useful and narratively interesting. Minor additional clarifications throughout.

2025-03-18: Renamed "Avalon's Craft" to "Son of Don". Tweaked Misfortunes.

2025-04-11: Renamed DEFEND FROM HARM to DEFEND FROM DANGER. Tweaked Knight of the Questing Beast, Grail Maiden, and Menw Son of Three-Cries. Made some HELP-related moves more powerful.