The Pendragon Campaign
| Plot, Magic & Scenarios | |
|---|---|
 Illustration by Tom Sullivan, 1985. | |
| Designers | Greg Stafford |
| Publishers | Chaosium |
| Publication | 1985 |
| Genres | Arthurian |
| Systems | Basic Role-Playing |
The Pendragon Campaign[1] is an Arthurian tabletop role-playing supplement, written by Greg Stafford, with art by Tom Sullivan, and published by Chaosium in 1985. This was the first product for the award-winning Pendragon game, an eighty-year campaign across Arthurian history.
Publication history[edit]
Original published in 1985, it was republished in 2018 in PDF format. It was completely revised as The Boy King in 1991 and 1997, then further revised as The Great Pendragon Campaign in 2006.[2]
Contents[edit]
The Pendragon Campaign details King Arthur's Britain and surrounding lands, as well as the major characters of the Pendragon setting and an expanded timeline.[3]
Reception[edit]
Graham Staplehurst reviewed The Pendragon Campaign for White Dwarf #74, giving it an overall rating of 9 out of 10, and stated that "The TPC on the whole is a very good production, and an essential addition to Pendragon."[4]
Steven A. List reviewed The Pendragon Campaign in Space Gamer/Fantasy Gamer No. 77.[3] List commented that "It is not essential to playing KAP or even running a KAP campaign, but it is extremely useful in that regard and is in itself entertaining and informative reading for those with more than a passing interest in the Arthur of history, literature and legend."[3]
The Pendragon Campaign won the H.G. Wells Award for Best Roleplaying Supplement of 1985.[5]
The Great Pendragon Campaign won the Diana Jones Award - a major juried award "for excellence in gaming" - in 2007.[6]
Reviews[edit]
- Different Worlds #42 (May/June, 1986)
- Polyhedron #32 (1986)
- White Wolf #7 (Apr 1987)
References[edit]
- ^ Stafford, Greg (1985). The Pendragon campaign : plot, magic, & scenarios (1 ed.). [Place of publication not identified]: Chaosium, Inc. ISBN 0-933635-21-4. CHA2702.
- ^ Krawczyk, Witold (2014). The Great Pendragon Campaign: medium specificity and the narrative in a tabletop role-playing game adaptation of Arthurian legends. Poznan: Adam Mickiewicz University. Archived from the original on 2018-10-14. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
- ^ a b c List, Steven A. (February–March 1987). "King Arthur Pendragon: The Pendragon Campaign". Space Gamer/Fantasy Gamer (77). Diverse Talents, Incorporated: 24–25.
- ^ Staplehurst, Graham (February 1986). "Open Box". White Dwarf. No. 74. Games Workshop. p. 10.
- ^ "Origins Award/H.G. Wells Award Winners (1985)". Archived from the original on 2008-03-07. Retrieved 2007-09-28.
- ^ "The Diana Jones Award 2007". Retrieved 2021-03-24.