Now with the expansion and stretch goal boxes, Tainted Grail is a rather big game. And by that time I already had a lot of other games that were easier to table and less intimidating. Also a lot of reviews were out, with people complaining that while many parts of the game were great, the campaign was a bit grindy, forcing you to gather certain resources over and over. So now it's 2022, and I still haven't played Tainted Grail. But now the next crowdfunding campaign for the stand-alone expansion Kings of Ruin came out. And not only does the new came solve a lot of the problems of the original, you can also get an update pack to improve the original game and fix those problems there as well.

As a consequence I now postponed playing Tainted Grail until I get the expansion and update pack to 2.0, which won't be before December 2023. It would feel stupid to play the flawed version 1.0 now, when a better and improved version is coming. But I can't help but feel that there is a hidden conspiracy in this somewhere, trying to forever prevent me from playing the game. :)