Monty Python and the Holy Grail Collectible Card Game is an out-of-print collectible card game (CCG) by

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based on the Monty Python and the Holy Grail

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. Brian Jelke was the designer. It was first released in June 1996 and noted as one of the more popular CCGs at that time due to being based on a movie franchise. The original set had 314 cards plus 3 promo cards. An expansion called ''Taunt You a Second Time'' was released in August 2000 and contained 158 cards. In 2006, the game was considered a "dead" CCG but with a niche following due to the "hilarious"

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in which the rules directed the player to speak in authentic movie accents and similar actions. The game is set during the time of

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. Each player starts the game by facing off, shaking hands, exchanging pleasantries, and commencing the card game. Each player builds a game state representing their own

England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe ...

out of 12 cards face down from his own deck. Each player supplies two cards to build

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which resides in between each player's England, and it represents the goal of the game. A player's

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s and

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s then carry

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s through the locales of England and doing battle with other knights and pages along the way. Once at Avalon, they may search for the

Holy Grail The Holy Grail (french: Saint Graal, br, Graal Santel, cy, Greal Sanctaidd, kw, Gral) is a treasure that serves as an important motif in Arthurian literature. Various traditions describe the Holy Grail as a cup, dish, or stone with miracu ...

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