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Great book, makes feasts real fun.

It does take a while to go through though, so I use it for the most important feasts.

Sweet! 

Thanks a bunch!

As good as these books were, I find them to be a bit of a mess. 

I hope the new edition gives us a unified, cleaned up version of those, that will be utilized across the whole series

i would say yes, also its kind of silly that you get the same amount of Glory for being a simple vassal knight or a big time baron

On 3/25/2020 at 10:34 AM, Tizun Thane said:

C'est pas faux. It's strangely faithful to the sources, in its own way. There is even a weird reference to the Skavens (because why not). A must see if you can speak french.

Yup, Alexandre Astier, the creator, was an avid RPGer in his youth

I basically set up an Excel doc for every campaign with:

-1 tab for PKs & important informations regarding the characters

-1 tab for the estates, lands & revenues

-1 tab for NPCs & family, allowing me to sort by family, household, PK relationship (wife, enemy, liege lord, etc)

-1 tab for the roll of years, with general/important events and more personal events

I also keep a simple campaign diary with the main events for each year. 

All this helps me avoid blanks when suddenly, Bob the Quickly Named Uncle has to pop up on the spot in the game

On 3/14/2020 at 4:46 AM, SaxBasilisk said:

* Cornish ninja PKs with throwing pasties

Oh f yes totally!

I think everything sounds very promising & exciting so far, rules cleanup and GPC expansion into 4 distinct era books is a win for me

At this stage we have no idea what this 6th edition will look like, but I think we are all in agreement regarding certain things:

-GPC expansion & finetuning is good

-Better, clearer setup of the rules (ex: Hunting) will be appreciated

-Rules should stay more or less consistent with previous iterations, and I doubt Chaosium will pull a D&D 4th ed on us

-More content for Arthurian eras

3 hours ago, Steve said:

Jeff was there on the EDGE stand. EDGE are the French licencees for RuneQuest and Call of Cthulhu.

It strikes me that the most likely announcement was for a new French edition of Pendragon, based on 5.2, as has been already suggested.

Cool and yes, makes sense that Edge becomes the French publisher for Pendragon, since they already publish COC & Runequest here.

Well, someone needs to work on his CV now

22 minutes ago, Loïc said:

There were indeed rumors lastly on french forums about Black Book Editions bribing for Pendragon french rights (I'm french and just checked it). Apparently, they were just rumors. For the french market, right now, nothing is decided, and french players must find ancient editions (I have the Oriflam books published at the beginning of the 1990s and I'm perfectly satisfied with them). But I found a mention that Jeff Richard announced a new edition for 2021... As Pendragon is a big success here in France since its first translation by Folio, I'm certain some French edition will negociate the rights for the French market. But like I said, there is no reliable detail yet!

Salut

When Icare went down, they sold the rights to BBE, but with Stewart's and later Greg's death, all publishing plans grinded to a halt. Having worked on translations for Icare/Jean-François before BBE takeover, I know there were actual plans for a continued publishing. I signed a contract & all. Alas, as with everything BBE (apparently), it was very slow going. And the aforementioned & unfortunate deaths brought everything to an end.

I do hope we see a new French edition of the game soon. It deserves to be available to the French audience, which has always supported it ever since Gallimard put out the old box back in the 80's. I hope it finds a new home, where it will be supported as it should.

1 hour ago, TrippyHippy said:

If the central forum for discussing all things Chaosium is unable to verify the truth in an announcement or not, it’s not a very good official announcement is it?

Indeed, apart from that interview in Cannes, I can't find any info anywhere else. So it's probably French market centric.

Having just bought the (gorgeous) 5.2 rulebook, I don't mind if I have to wait a few years longer for a 6th ed, and I suppose many other players do too

Oh absolutely, and if a new edition do come out, I do hope it will finally unify all the different rulesets and add-ons we've seen during the long days of 5E.

Not that it wasn't cool, but having 4 or 5 different economic systems over the years took some time to get used to

I also hope they clean up the "messy but charming" old school vibe of the core rulebook (Hunting rules spread over three chapters, I'm looking at you)

9 minutes ago, Atgxtg said:

No it hasn't been. There has been some talk on the forums about a 6th edition and what it should be, but most of the focus here has been about the products that are already under development, and when they will be ready for release. Oh, and supposedly the book of K&L is being revised.

I doubt that Chaosium would announce a new edition in France and say nothing about it elsewhere, especially in the US. Perhaps the new edition is in French and specifically targeted to French speaking gamers? 

 

I suppose so. Especially since Pendragon has been in publishing limbo over here since Icare editions went down.

It was supposed to be sold over to Black Book Editions (which is one of the biggest RPG publishers in France) but the sad events of the last few years, with Stewart Wieck and Greg Stafford's deaths, have halted any plans they might have had.

Was checking local RPG news & looks like Chaosium announced a new Pendragon edition for 2021 at a big RPG con in Cannes, France?

Is this confirmed?

In some texts he is presented as Gorlois' son, thus making him Arthur's half-brother. In some others he is presented as Arthur's cousin.

Great little document, CreativeHum!