merlyn Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 I've just been reading a newly-published book on King Arthur, John Matthews' "The Great Book of King Arthur and His Knights" of the Round Table", a collection of retellings of Arthurian tales not found in Malory (though some well-known in their own right, such as the red and white dragons at Vortigern's castle). In the Introduction, Matthews mentioned working on a new edition of Malory for Chaosium Inc., which, he stated, will contain "marginal glosses" to fill in the background on Malory's work. This is the first I've heard of this edition, and Chaosium Inc.'s involvement suggests it's connected to "Pendragon" (and probably the sixth edition in particular). Does anyone know more about it? (The annotations are the part that's triggered my curiosity.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverSeraph Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 Quote The original campaign started by Nocturnal Media is here. Management of the project transferred to Chaosium when Pendragon returned to the company. They were taking late pledges, but I can't find that. I'm sure it will eventually be available on the Chaosium webshop. I actually feel a huge relaunch of the fiction section is bubbling under the surface since things have been quiet with it for a long time. Maybe Le Morte will be the start of it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mandrill_one Posted July 22, 2022 Share Posted July 22, 2022 I think this specific project is in the editing stage. According to the latest update by the book editor, James Lowder, on Kickstarter (June 30th), "On the current schedule, backers will have the [Arthurian] Companion PDF by the end of July." [the Arthurian Companion and Annotated Le Morte were included in the same Kickstarter project]. Then, "My schedule will shift to the Annotated Le Morte in August. [...] Le Morte will be my primary Chaosium focus after Gen Con." So, still no tentative release date, but the project should see significant advancements in Autumn. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merlyn Posted July 22, 2022 Author Share Posted July 22, 2022 I wonder whether the Arthurian Companion is a new version of the one written by Phyllis Ann Karr, in the early days of "Pendragon", or something else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Posted July 23, 2022 Share Posted July 23, 2022 3 hours ago, merlyn said: I wonder whether the Arthurian Companion is a new version of the one written by Phyllis Ann Karr, in the early days of "Pendragon", or something else. It is an updated work of hers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottK Posted August 9, 2023 Share Posted August 9, 2023 Any news about this? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverSeraph Posted August 9, 2023 Share Posted August 9, 2023 (edited) 23 hours ago, ScottK said: Any news about this? Seconded. It was nice that James Lowder provided semi regular updates through Kickstarter. The latest was that it seemed to be getting reasonably close to finished. I was personally hoping this would launch a revitalized Chaosium fiction line of snazzy hardcover books that matched the quality of the RPG products, but it appears i was very wrong. Edited August 10, 2023 by SilverSeraph Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g33k Posted August 9, 2023 Share Posted August 9, 2023 (edited) 9 hours ago, SilverSeraph said: ... I was personally hoping this would launch a revitalized Chaosium fiction line of snazzy hardcover books that matched the quality of the RPG products, but it appears i was very wrong. Chaosium would need a snazzy line of freelance authors submitting novels (or lots of shorts), in order to offer that fiction line ... 😉 Edited August 9, 2023 by g33k Quote C'es ne pas un .sig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merlyn Posted August 10, 2023 Author Share Posted August 10, 2023 1 hour ago, g33k said: Chaosium would need a snazzy line of freelance authors submitting novels (or lots of shorts), in order to offer that fiction line ... 😉 They could do what Green Knight Publishing did, and reprint many old works of Arthurian fiction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g33k Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 (edited) 2 hours ago, merlyn said: They could do what Green Knight Publishing did, and reprint many old works of Arthurian fiction. That doesn't sound (to me) like the "snazzy" fiction line that was being talked-about / hoped-for in the thread, above. But I'm not Chaosium, and don't speak for them, and don't know their plans. Edited August 10, 2023 by g33k Quote C'es ne pas un .sig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverSeraph Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 (edited) 4 hours ago, g33k said: Chaosium would need a snazzy line of freelance authors submitting novels (or lots of shorts), in order to offer that fiction line ... 😉 They've released 2 Lovecraftian books and announced 1 Arthurian book. Although they are nice, they are in paperback. This is what I was getting at. Would have preferred in hardcover, although I'm sure it boils down to cost and what they think people are willing to pay. Edited August 10, 2023 by SilverSeraph Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IlluminatedSeraph Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 On 8/8/2023 at 8:07 PM, ScottK said: Any news about this? Hypothetically, it's supposed to go to the printer by today (again). We'll see if this deadline holds up any better than the previous ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IlluminatedSeraph Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 On 1/31/2024 at 4:28 PM, IlluminatedSeraph said: Hypothetically, it's supposed to go to the printer by today (again). We'll see if this deadline holds up any better than the previous ones. It did not. No news on this since the 15th of January. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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