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The Boy King (Pendragon)

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

Contents

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

Publication history

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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

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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]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Wieck, Stewart (August–September 1991). "Capsule Reviews". White Wolf Magazine. No. 28. p. 43.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: date format (link)
  2. ^ a b Shannon Appelcline (2011). Designers & Dragons. Mongoose Publishing. ISBN 978-1-907702-58-7.