Chaosium in partnership with DriveThruRPG launched a new community content program for Pendragon 6th Edition called The Champions of Arthur. At the time of writing, there are already fifteen titles available ranging in price from Free/Pay What You Want to $10.00 in PDF format with some also available in print-on-demand hardcover and softcover.
From the announcement:
Today marks the sixth anniversary of passing of the revered founder of Chaosium, Greg Stafford. Among the many accolades he earned in his life as one of the greatest game designers of all time, Greg considered the award-winning Pendragon roleplaying game to be his magnum opus. So today is a fitting day to officially launch a new program for independent TTRPG creators themselves to create for Greg's famed Arthurian roleplaying game.
Full guidelines are available for those wishing to publish their own material. The only edition available for rules reference is Pendragon 6th Edition as all previous editions are prohibited. The exception is that material from “Appendix 2: Characters and Creatures” from Pendragon 5.2 is allowed until the publication of the Gamemaster’s Handbook. You can reference setting material from previous editions along, just not the rules. Public domain sources such as Le Morte d’Arthur are also allowed.
The store also prohibits the publication of any non-Arthurian material. So no alternate settings or other mythologies allowed with Paladin: Warriors of Charlemagne specifically named as not allowed. The storefront also does not allow products “primarily written by AI language generators” and does not allow any “AI Art”. Several art packs have been made available for use with the program.
In addition to the content asset packs Chaosium has made available, the following titles are already available under the program:
- Pendragon Mappa Mundi by Matthew Wallhead ($10.00 PDF)
- Squires Rampant by Mark Morrison ($0.99 PDF)
- The Adventure of the Arcadian Bull by Doyle Wayne Ramos-Tavener ($4.99 PDF)
- The Adventure of the Craven Knight by Garry Fay ($3.99 PDF, $6.99 Softcover)
- The Adventure of the Forester Knight by Ben Chessell ($1.99 PDF)
- The Adventure of the Loathsome Wyrm and the Machrel of the Sea by Iain Nisbet ($4.99 PDF)
- The Barnyard Tournament by David Zeeman ($9.99 PDF, $15.99 Softcover)
- The Guide to Arthurian Britain by Jeff Erwin, Veli-Matti Pelkonen, and Robert Schroeder (Pay What You Want PDF, Suggested: $1.00)
- The Tree Hazardous by Helena Nash ($2.99 PDF)