The Boy King (Pendragon)

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The Boy King
Publishers Chaosium
Publication1991;
33 years ago (1991)
Genres Arthurian fantasy
Systems Basic Role-Playing variant

The Boy King is a 1991 role-playing supplement for Pendragon published by Chaosium.

Contents

Contents

The Boy King is a supplement in which information about the years 495-531 in the Arthurian timeline is presented. [1]

Publication history

Shannon Appelcline noted that Chaosium published the third edition of Pendragon as the first edition of the game which was not a boxed set, and expanded the game to allow many different knight types: "Even more notable was Chaosium's release of The Boy King (1991), which expanded upon the earlier Pendragon Campaign by fulling detailing the first half of that 80-year campaign." [2] : 90  The last Pendragon book published by Chaosium was a reprint in 1997 of The Boy King. [2] : 94 The Boy King was the second supplement published for this edition. [1]

Reception

Stewart Wieck reviewed The Boy King in White Wolf #28 (Aug./Sept., 1991), rating it a 4 out of 5 and stated that "Make no mistake, The Boy King is a campaign supplement, not a one-shot adventure. The immense scope of the book it its weakness as well as its alluring strength. The product over-extends itself, but you won't want for source material if you can filter through the format. In the end, the quality of the material, ever a Chaosium hallmark, makes this book a must-buy for players of Pendragon." [1]

Reviews

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Wieck, Stewart (August–September 1991). "Capsule Reviews". White Wolf Magazine . No. 28. p. 43.
  2. 1 2 Shannon Appelcline (2011). Designers & Dragons. Mongoose Publishing. ISBN   978-1-907702-58-7.
  3. ↑ "Casus Belli #065". 1991.
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