''The Pendragon Campaign'' is an

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tabletop role-playing supplement, written by

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, with art by Tom Sullivan, and published by

Chaosium Chaosium Inc. is a publisher of tabletop role-playing games established by Greg Stafford in 1975. Chaosium's major titles include '' Call of Cthulhu'', based on the horror fiction stories of H. P. Lovecraft'', RuneQuest Glorantha'', ''Pendragon ...

in 1985. This was the first product for the award-winning ''

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'' game, an eighty-year

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across Arthurian history.

Publication history

Original published in 1985, it was republished in 2018 in PDF format. It was completely revised as ''The Boy King'' in 1991 and 1997, then further revised as ''The Great Pendragon Campaign'' in 2006.

''The Pendragon Campaign'' details King Arthur's Britain and surrounding lands, as well as the major characters of the ''

'' setting and an expanded timeline.

Reception

Graham Staplehurst reviewed ''The Pendragon Campaign'' for ''

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'' #74, giving it an overall rating of 9 out of 10, and stated that "The ''TPC'' on the whole is a very good production, and an essential addition to ''Pendragon''." Steven A. List reviewed ''The Pendragon Campaign'' in '' Space Gamer/Fantasy Gamer'' No. 77. List commented that "It is not essential to playing ''KAP'' or even running a ''KAP'' campaign, but it is extremely useful in that regard and is in itself entertaining and informative reading for those with more than a passing interest in the Arthur of history, literature and legend." ''The Pendragon Campaign'' won the H.G. Wells Award for ''Best Roleplaying Supplement of 1985''. ''The Great Pendragon Campaign'' won the

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- a major juried award "for excellence in gaming" - in 2007.

Reviews

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'' #42 (May/June, 1986) *''

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'' #32 (1986) *''

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'' #7 (Apr 1987)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pendragon Campaign Fantasy role-playing game supplements Pendragon (role-playing game) Role-playing game supplements introduced in 1985

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