Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon
100 questions players ask about Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon. Pick one for the answer. See also the full rulebook.
Updated 2026-11-05.
Setup and Chapters
- Do you skip the Start of the Day on the very first day, and how many Events do you reveal?
- Which Combat and Diplomacy cards make up each character's starting decks?
- What do I do with the 'Your First Encounter' cards after the tutorial?
- Does anything reset when a chapter ends and the next begins (day, Energy, Menhirs, location)?
- Can an exploration send you back to an earlier chapter, such as Chapter 3B while you are in a later chapter?
- When a chapter ends, do I keep the remaining Event cards?
- When are Random Event cards reshuffled?
- In what order should I play Fall of Avalon, Age of Legends and Last Knight?
- How many chapters does the campaign have, and can any be skipped?
- In Chapter 5, do I still place the Fore-Dweller via Special Event C when 'Something is Watching' finishes?
Day Structure and Actions
- Location 126, verse 3 offers no usable choice if I cannot pay or meet requirements. Can I just end the exploration?
- After buying equipment at the Timberwall market (Location 131), does exploration end outside the city walls?
- Do I have to eat Food at the end of each day?
- How much Energy do I restore at the end of the day when Exhausted?
- Must each player take one Action in turn, or can one player take several in a row?
- Can a character who has already passed still join a Party Action or take actions?
- Can a character Travel several times in a row to move more than one space?
- What happens when I must pay or lose something and have none, such as Energy, Health or Reputation?
- Is a verse's 'Pay X' option optional?
- Can I explore a location again to try a different option after a dead end?
- When choosing an option in the Exploration Journal, may I read the other options?
- If the Exploration Journal names an Encounter that isn't in my current Encounter deck, do I still resolve it?
- Is a Task required to finish a chapter, or just a side mission?
- Do characters in the same Location resolve a Dream as a Party?
Menhirs and Wyrdness
- In Tuathan, do you lose 2 Health and gain 2 Terror at the start of each day outside Menhir range?
- Do Menhir activation costs scale with the number of players, and can the cost be split?
- If a Menhir goes dark, is a Location diagonal to a still-lit Menhir kept?
- Does activating a Menhir that is still lit cost full price and reset its timer?
- When the last Menhir goes out, do I lose Health and gain Terror immediately or at the next day start?
- What happens to characters on a Location removed when a Menhir goes dark?
- Does lighting a Menhir automatically reveal the Locations next to it?
- Does Arev's curse add 1 Magic to every Menhir, even ones that cost no Magic?
- Can Ailei lose Terror by resting in a Location with no active Menhir?
Parties and Costs
- Can one Party member pay the Energy or Magic cost for the whole Party?
- When a Party makes an attribute check, do I add all members' attributes?
- If a Party explores together, must all members follow the same verses?
- Can a Character already at a Location join an Encounter triggered when another Character enters?
- Can a Character join a Combat that another Party member already started?
- How much Energy does a Party pay to travel in heavy rain?
Characters, Items and AdvancementExpansion
- How much XP does it cost to raise an Attribute?
- How do Skill cards count toward Attribute levels?
- Can I use two Items or Secrets with the same keyword at once?
- Is there a limit to how many Resources I can carry?
- Are Secret cards shared by the whole Party, and who holds them?
- When a verse says to discard all but two Items, are my Secrets kept?
- Do non-active Companions need payment, and do they count for the Worshipped skill?
- What can Characters trade, and when?
- Where does a discarded Item go, and do I reshuffle the Item deck?
- What is the +1 bonus space on the Energy track?
Guardians and the Fore-Dweller
- How does the Fore-Dweller move each day?
- Does the Hunted quest dial go up every day?
- What does escaping the Hunted Fore-Dweller cost?
- What happens to a Guardian when its Location is removed?
- What if a Guardian would move to an unrevealed or unconnected Location?
- Do normal monsters get miniatures on the map?
Death, Saving and Modes
- What happens when my Health reaches 0?
- Does one Character's death end the campaign?
- What carries over when Allmother's Mercy is used after the whole Party dies?
- Does Story Mode still limit Energy by Health or cause Panic?
- Do I have to leave the game set up between sessions, and when should I save?
- Does loading a saved game change the board state?
Combat
- Does an ability that triggers 'if the last card of the sequence is discarded' fire when that card itself is the one discarded?
- Does my first card each Activation need to connect to anything?
- Do I draw a card if I play no card, and does playing just one card count?
- Is the Opportunity attack resolved before or after the Victory Check?
- When I play a card, do its keys or its On Placement ability resolve first?
- Can a lightning bonus play a second card when the key before it has a Void (X)?
- Can I choose not to connect an Attribute key?
- Do cards that count connections count keys where I lacked the Attribute level or didn't pay Magic?
- What does escaping Combat cost?
- Does the enemy attack after each Character's Activation in group Combat?
- In Party combat, how is the next active Character chosen?
- Can I set aside equipped Items for a Combat, and does Shatter hit them?
- Can I prevent damage from Feint or Rush?
- Does an Opportunist enemy attack if I play only one card?
- Is the Victory Check done between a Rage enemy's two attacks?
- What does Panic do in Combat?
- How do Norse Axe and Sneak Attack count cubes?
- Do I reshuffle my Combat and Diplomacy decks after each Encounter?
- Does Swiftness stop Ambush for the whole Party?
- Can I escape before Ambush or Rush takes effect?
Diplomacy
- How far does a connected Celtic knot move the Affinity marker?
- Can I play no cards in a Diplomacy Activation?
- When can I Avoid a Diplomacy Encounter?
- How do OR approaches and numbered Stages differ in Diplomacy?
- After winning a Stage, does the opponent respond?
- If one Party member fails Diplomacy, does everyone fail?
- If a Diplomacy key needs two attribute points, do I get two Affinity?
Tainted Grail: Age of Legends & Last Knight CampaignsExpansion
- In Last Knight, do Characters outside Menhir range lose Health at the start of the day?
- In Last Knight Chapter 9, is Secret 59 discarded when Lancelot dies at verse 820?
- Do Age of Legends and Last Knight need the base game?
- How do I build starting Combat decks for Age of Legends or Last Knight?
- Can Mabd rest in the same Location two nights in a row?
- Which Event deck do Age of Legends special events use?
- Can a Personal Weapon be used alongside another weapon?