King Arthur's Gold

King Arthur's Gold asks for quick building, digging, and side-scrolling combat all at once, which makes it feel more like a multiplayer skirmish toy than a grand strategy game. By our assessment, the best part is the mix of construction and destruction: walls, tunnels, siege tools, and improvised defenses all change the map while the match is still going. The downside is that this kind of game depends heavily on other players and on a tolerance for messy, improvised fights. In practice it is lively, noisy, and often chaotic in the best sense, with a lot of small decisions happening fast. Compared with polished competitive games, it is rougher and more open-ended. King Arthur's Gold is the sort of thing people reach for when they want short, scrappy matches and do not mind a little roughness around the edges.