The Green Knight wowed audiences last year with its moody lighting and mystical narrative, as well as Dev Patels exceptional performance. What surprised many critics was its authentic presentation of a classic Arthurian legend for modern audiences. Greg Stafford's goal is to revive the classic tabletop role-playing game Pendragon, which was first published in 1985.
Stafford finished the first draft of Pendragons' sixth edition before his death in 2018. Larkins said the author, best known for the Glorantha world, called it his greatest achievement. Each time players meet at the table for a three-hour session, a whole year of time passes in-game. The historical context of war also changes as new weapons, armor, and fortifications are developed.
Like Crusader Kings 3, players will be able to create and play as themselves from their own dynasties.
The Green Knight is, according to Larkins, the ideal sort of aesthetic representation of the last third of the campaign, where there is just a lot of conflict and death, and Arthur is this ludicrous king who is dead. And then, you have the Grail quest that sort of restores everything at the end before, you know, the final battle of Camlann when Arthur and Mordred kill each other.
With a chuckle, the program closes on a low note.
Every player at the table will play the role of a knight, and, like in Crusader Kings, those knights may be drawn from anywhere in the medieval world. Knights may also be any gender they wish to choose. (Female knights did exist in history, although they were not always formally recognized as equals). Pendragon is a player of great beauty, according to Larkins.
I like to say that it pushes Arthurian stories above the curve, as the characters in those classic stories do. Your hatred for someone will cause you to call them out at an inappropriate time, or your love for someone will drive you to perform heroic acts despite [the fact that] it would have been prudent to do something less harmful at the time.
Everybody plays a knight, but every single knight is different, according to Larkins. And really, the game is about discovering what your knight is like. Are you brave, or are you spiritual? Do you have dreams that youre striving to live up to, but youre falling short of them? It's a journey every time you play.
The last production run of the Pendragons 6th edition did not arrive in time for Gen Con, according to the Chaosium management. Visitors in Indianapolis will be able to pick up a substantial introductory adventure for free that may go online shortly.