The Boy King (Pendragon)
| Publishers | Chaosium |
|---|---|
| Publication | 1991 |
| Genres | Arthurian fantasy |
| Systems | Basic Role-Playing variant |
The Boy King is a 1991 role-playing supplement for Pendragon published by Chaosium.
Contents
[edit]The Boy King is a supplement in which information about the years 495-531 in the Arthurian timeline is presented.[1]
Publication history
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]- Casus Belli #65[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Wieck, Stewart (August–September 1991). "Capsule Reviews". White Wolf Magazine. No. 28. p. 43.
- ^ a b Shannon Appelcline (2011). Designers & Dragons. Mongoose Publishing. ISBN 978-1-907702-58-7.
- ^ "Casus Belli #065". 1991.