It was announced yesterday by Chaosium, Inc. that the rights previously held by Nocturnal Media for King Arthur Pendragon (KAP) and Prince Valiant RPGs have returned to Chaosium. From Nocturnal’s statement in the press release, this appears to be a willing decision supported by both companies and the widow of Greg Stafford. Chaosium is retaining…
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Mountjoy! Mountjoy! A look at Paladin: Warriors of Charlemagne
This review is of the PDF version of Paladin: Warriors of Charlemagne roleplaying game. Hard copies have not yet been released as the Kickstarter, that funded back in Aug of 2017, is still in the process of fulfilling. At the time of writing, the PDF is the only item released by Nocturnal Media and that…
Once Upon A Time in Camelot to be Refunded
Overnight I received an interesting email from one of the projects I backed on Kickstarter. Well, not really backed, but rather I preordered a book through. It seems the Once Upon A Time in Camelot add-on which has seen some modest delays is now facing their license (for the IP) running out and the Nocturnal Media…
The Essential List of King Arthur Pendragon Roleplaying Books
Earlier this year I was part of an engaging online conversation about King Arthur Pendragon and what books were essential versus nice to have. The following is a really well laid out synopsis by Reddit user Bimbarian. The following is used with permission. All of the mentioned books can be purchased from DriveThruRPG. The rulebook…
Paladin: Warriors of Charlemagne Adds New Stretch Goals
With 16 days to go in the Kickstarter campaign for Paladin: Warriors of Charlemagne, new stretch goals have been announced. The new stretch goals are modest, but would be really cool to see them become reality. The latest info on these is below. Your time is running out to support what is likely to be…
Paladin: Warriors of Charlemagne Continues to Crush Stretch Goals!
Paladin: Warriors of Charlemagne has crushed all of the scenario stretch goals that were originally planned. All backers will be getting at or about 1K pages of rules, scenarios and setting material for very little money. PDF only ($15) backers will get both the rule book and the scenario book in PDF, Book/PDF ($60) backers…
Paladin – Is It A Massive Campaign?
In this installment of my semi-authorized Paladin: Warriors of Charlemagne teaser series, we’re going to look beyond the rules and more toward the story itself. Let me be frank (no pun intended) with you, if you’ve been following some of my previous posts, I had been eluding to there being some type of campaign in…
Defend the Church of God! Paladin: Warriors of Charlemagne is Now Live on Kickstarter
Today is the day that Paladin: Warriors of Charlemagne launched on Kickstarter. Have you checked it out yet? What are your thoughts? Do you see potential in this game? For me, the time period is a sweet spot. I am a history guy and this just screams my name. It also helps that I have…
Paladin: Warriors of Charlemagne Launches Tomorrow on Kickstarter
Paladin: Warriors of Charlemagne is turning out to be a great read! While I have to admit my free time is not what I had hoped it would be, nonetheless I have been reading and soaking it all in. Here’s your next sneak peek at the game. Paladin is a stand alone game and does…
Is it Good to be the King? Yes, but Being a Blogger is Better
There are lots of great reasons to be a game blogger. One of which is working directly with publishers and from time to time getting the chance to get advance information about great games. Today is one of those days! My friends at Nocturnal Media know that I am a life-long King Arthur Pendragon RPG…
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