Kickstarter [Chaosium] Our Pendragon Classic Kickstarter is Live - Join the Quest!

Michael O'Brien

Hero
Publisher

40 years after its original publication, we are proud to recreate the original edition of this classic RPG, as pure and raw as it was back then, with bonus content from the archives! Live and funded in 17 minutes!

YOU JUST CAN'T IMPROVE ON PERFECTION

"King Arthur Pendragon could be lauded as a top RPG solely based upon the innovation it brought to the industry. Its concentration on epic storytelling and its traits mechanic were both notable and original when the game was released in 1985. However, even today, Pendragon remains vital. It provides a picture-perfect model of literary knighthood and, through its well-crafted and well-considered design, effortlessly conjures its theme — so successfully, in fact, that few other publishers in the last 20 years have even tried to bring another Arthurian roleplaying game to market. You just can’t improve on perfection."

— Shannon Appelcline, Hobby Games: The 100 Best.

Here's everything you get in the Kickstarter:


 

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So we've had the Call of Cthulhu Classic for 2nd edition CoC, the ElfQuest Classic, and now Pendragon Classic for 1st edition King Arthur Pendragon (as was the custom for calling it at the time). Any plans to do a Ringworld Classic Kickstarter? Or Worlds of Adventure? My old boxes (bought new) are extremely ratty and most of them are collapsed.
 


So we've had the Call of Cthulhu Classic for 2nd edition CoC, the ElfQuest Classic, and now Pendragon Classic for 1st edition King Arthur Pendragon (as was the custom for calling it at the time). Any plans to do a Ringworld Classic Kickstarter? Or Worlds of Adventure? My old boxes (bought new) are extremely ratty and most of them are collapsed.
Never say never but we currently don't have the rights to Larry Niven's Ringworld. Worlds of Wonder is a possibility, but we have other Classic projects we'll most likely get to first.
 



Pendragon Classic Kickstarter: new stretch goals announced!​

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Our Pendragon Classic Kickstarter has another five days to go. Having passed the first two Stretch Goals, Double the Dice and GM Screen, we're pleased to announce new Stretch Goals to carry us through to the end of the campaign.

$120,000 - Color Heraldry​

The first four editions of the Pendragon RPG and its supplements were all done with black & white interiors. Most of the heraldry was not produced in color, with the exception of a few shields on a few book back covers. To help correct this deficit, we want to make the game more colorful by adding a multi-page armorial with full color heraldry for the knights in the rules and the early supplements!

Once we reach $120,000 in funding this brand new printed item will be included for free to all backers getting the printed Deluxe boxed set, and also as a free PDF to all $20+ backers.

NOTE: We're not replacing the art in the books. They will all continue to be filled with the original B&W heraldry from the originals. The color heraldry is being added as a bonus handout. That way you have the best of both without having to choose one over the other.

$130,000 - More Creatures, all in one place​

The original Gamemaster’s book only contained statistics for 11 creatures, plus brief notes on seven more. Of course, many more were documented over time, especially in various supplements and in the newer editions of the game.

Once we reach $130,000 in funding we will add more creatures and monsters to the GM’s book, including: Basilisk, Copper Giant, Faerie Knight, Griffin, Hippogriff, four Horse breeds, Lion, Manticore, Panther, Raven Witch, Redcap, Water Leaper, Wolf, and Wyvern. This allows for a consolidated single reference of all of the creatures found in various places in the four supplements, as well as creatures not in the first edition of Pendragon.

$150,000 - Knight Standees​

For our final stretch goal we are creating a sheet of (2mm thick) cardboard full color standees. These are double sided, die-cut, and will come with 10 plastic stands.

When we reach $150,000 in funding, we’ll be adding the set of standees for free in all of the printed boxed sets, and provide them as a free PDF to all $49+ backers. The standees will include knights and their steeds.

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Join the quest!
We invite you to back the Pendragon Classic Kickstarter.​


 

As we enter the final days of our Pendragon Classic Kickstarter campaign, here's a run down of all the bonus content we're adding.

While Greg Stafford was able to get most of his Pendragon material published, he wrote a number of associated articles that never made it into a printed Pendragon book, or have been long out-of-print until now.

These articles include:
⚔ Solo Jousting Rules (first published in White Dwarf #81 in 1986)
⚔ Swords of Pendragon (first published in White Dwarf #85 in 1987)
⚔ Genre and Generic - why there are no magicians in Pendragon.
⚔ Professional Personnel - non-knightly professions and their key skills.
⚔ Faerie Places - all manner of locations and adventure ideas.
⚔ Designer Notes - knowledge skills
⚔ Designer Notes - RPG in the 14th Century (playing knights of the round table).
⚔ Designer Notes - Separate Weapon Skills.
⚔ Designer Notes - More on Merlin and his role in the game.

Please note that this material is not tied to a stretch goal. It is going to be in the books (and PDFs) regardless of the final funding level reached. It will also not be published elsewhere separately.

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