I have mixed feelings about this. On the one hand, it's awesome news to see a Charlemagne product coming out for Pendragon as one of my first thoughts upon getting the 5th edition campaign book was how easy it would be to do a similar campaign for Charlemagne. On the other, I had planned to make a Charlemagne book and release it as a gaming product. But, maybe gamers are interested enough in the period to have multiple books/systems treat Charlemagne's era. :-)

Quote from: Benoist;379083You mean like The Song of Roland Campaign Book ?

Holy shit. That would be AWESOME. IF the authors know what they're writing about.

The Matter of France is really overlooked as a RPG setting. Dibs on Maugris the Magician!

For my stillborn Iron Heroes game, I intended taking the Chanson de Roland and giving it the Bernard Cornwell (a la Warlord Chronicles) treatment. The game tanked, because I can't run d20 worth shit, and the idea was archived back into the recesses of my RPG-addled brain.

I've never played Pendragon, but I hear and read nothing but good things about it. And both the Matter of France, and feudal Japan are time periods relevant to my gaming interests.

Quote from: Benoist;378770Charlemagne? I'm going to get this, for sure.

Yes. A good Charlemagne RPG is long overdue.

Quote from: Bradford C. Walker;378801Oh, this is very interesting indeed.  Maybe we can get Norse myth added to the list later? (Again, I add.)

That would certainly get my attention.

Quote from: Koltar;378861Has any publisher done anything RPG-wise with seagoing merchant Phoenicians?

Sounds like a Traveller hack waiting to happen.

Sort-of-related: Are there any plans to bring Pendragon itself back into print?

Quote from: Koltar;378861Has any publisher done anything RPG-wise with seagoing merchant Phoenicians?


- Ed C.

I don't think so, no.  However, have you seen Paul Elliott/Mithras's Zenobia?  That covers that to an extent.

A Charlemagne Great Campaign would indeed be 10 pounds of awesome in a 5 pound bag, but I think something along the lines of an Ieyesu Tokugawa Great Campaign would be sweet too.

I've run Japanese Pendragon, it worked exceptionally well.  It's a very good fit.

To be honest I'd like to see those rules used for more settings.  Three Musketeers style action would be good too.

Loyalty:  King
Loyalty:  Musketeers
Love:  Mistress
Hate:  Cardinal's Guard

and all that.

Even:
Loyalty:  Husband
Love:  Lover
for the female characters...

Quote from: EmboldenedNavigator;380682Sort-of-related: Are there any plans to bring Pendragon itself back into print?

Yes! Pendragon recently moved to a new publisher and apparently the game is going to be reprinted.

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I may have a chance to play the Great Pendragon Campaign at some point this year. Charlemagne and Medieval Japan both sound awesome as possible campaigns as well, thanks for sharing the news, Pundit.

Quote from: RPGPundit;380874Yes! Pendragon recently moved to a new publisher and apparently the game is going to be reprinted.

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That is good news. Pendragon is a game that just shouldn't be allowed to go out of print.

QuoteYou mean like The Song of Roland Campaign Book ?
Holy shit. That would be AWESOME. IF the authors know what they're writing about.

Hello,

I'm currently working on the project. My bibliography consists of about 50 chansons de geste, famous or obscure ones, in old / modern French, English and Dutch. Plus about 3,000 pages of studies on Frankish culture & chronology. No decision to the precise contents have yet been made, but a short year-by-year chronology (767-814) similar to the Great Pendragon Campaign will almost certainly be included. Other topics: all important characters and their complete stories + adventuring ideas, descriptions of foreign lands & cultures (Saracens, Persians, Northmen, Huns, Saxons, Byzantines, Slavs, etc.) and of course a few specific Frankish rules & mechanisms.

I've also written a few adventures, adapted from the gestes, including The Battle of the Humble Squires (767, Enfances Ogier), The Gardens of Fortune (775, Orlando Furioso), The King Thief (784, Karel ende Elegast) and a complete Huon's Quest (810-813, Huon de Bordeaux), but I doubt whether they will make it to the game book. Maybe as supplements or pdf downloads, but that's not for me to decide...

Quote from: Ruben;387965Hello,

I'm currently working on the project. My bibliography consists of about 50 chansons de geste, famous or obscure ones, in old / modern French, English and Dutch. Plus about 3,000 pages of studies on Frankish culture & chronology. No decision to the precise contents have yet been made, but a short year-by-year chronology (767-814) similar to the Great Pendragon Campaign will almost certainly be included. Other topics: all important characters and their complete stories + adventuring ideas, descriptions of foreign lands & cultures (Saracens, Persians, Northmen, Huns, Saxons, Byzantines, Slavs, etc.) and of course a few specific Frankish rules & mechanisms.

I've also written a few adventures, adapted from the gestes, including The Battle of the Humble Squires (767, Enfances Ogier), The Gardens of Fortune (775, Orlando Furioso), The King Thief (784, Karel ende Elegast) and a complete Huon's Quest (810-813, Huon de Bordeaux), but I doubt whether they will make it to the game book. Maybe as supplements or pdf downloads, but that's not for me to decide...

Hello! Welcome to TRPGSite.

I completely understand. As a matter of fact, I wouldn't dream of having all these influences/inspirations treated all explicitly and equally in a game book (though if there was any way to do it and yet make the game, as well as the original materials, justice in the process, you wouldn't hear me complain about it). Just getting confirmation that you do indeed draw inspiration from these materials, and do care about them, is really happy news in my book.

How is it coming along, if you don't mind me asking? How long have you been working on this, and do you have any vague idea on when this could hit the stores? I understand if you want to keep things under wraps, can't or are not at liberty to answer questions at this point.

I wish you strength, courage and good luck in your endeavors, in any case. That sounds fascinating, and I'll certainly check it out once you're done with it!

Quote from: Ruben;387965No decision to the precise contents have yet been made, but a short year-by-year chronology (767-814) similar to the Great Pendragon Campaign will almost certainly be included.

Sounds great!
Good luck with it.