Pendragon RPG - What it is, Why I like it, and my Solo Game so far

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Жыл бұрын

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@PossumMedic 4 ай бұрын

24:29 - "Avitis also had illegitimate children, Rolo and Caramel" 😂 Their cousins are Kit Catherine and Mars-eline 😝 Great vid thanks! :D

@paperdicegames6585 4 ай бұрын

Hahaha that’s hilarious. I am going to be honest - I didn’t make that connection…just used names from the books/online!

@Rich_H_1972 Жыл бұрын

Mind. Blown. Seriously, I never thought about Pendragon in this way but it really is perfect for solo play! So much of it lends itself to solo play like you say - the passions and personality traits, feasts, winter phase, battles, etc. And as you're building the dynasty of your family and its glory and history even the adventures during the year could easily be done with a solo/no-GM approach in mind. Thanks so much for sharing. 👍

@paperdicegames6585 Жыл бұрын

Of course, no problem! Yeah, I didn't consider it for solo play at first. But...I wanted to try it out so badly that I dove right in. It ended up being really great solo, and I'm still going!

@Rich_H_1972 Жыл бұрын

@@paperdicegames6585 Please share more as you do. Was a great watch!

@braveheartcbable 8 ай бұрын

@robertabarnhart6240 7 ай бұрын

The Arthurian legends are mostly about individual knights going on solo quests, accompanied only by their loyal squire and maybe a fair maiden who directs them to the dastardly villain's lair - so solo gameplay is actually more authentic to the source materials.

@docsavage8640 6 ай бұрын

@robertabarnhart6240 same could be said about every fantasy RPG (Conan didn't run around with a cleric and a wizard), supehero RPG, and espionage RPG. The idea of the "party" is seldom seen in most of the sources

@HidingSleeper 3 ай бұрын

I'm a mic nerd and can't help myself whenever I come across a video with the blue yeti. I also have one. You don't need to place the mic in front of your face, much less your mouth, even. You can place it off to the side and it will still pick you up. The blue yeti is excellent, it could probably pick up people having a conversation in another room.

@paperdicegames6585 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for the tip. I have since learned that lesson. :-)

@qui_X Жыл бұрын

Finally, Ive checked for a while to see how someone can play pendragon solo. Thanks for sharing this Look forward to checking out the tools you use to make this run smoothly. I am green to solos and wanted to try pendragon

@paperdicegames6585 Жыл бұрын

It's on my to-do list! I took a bunch of screenshots of tables to cut down on the amount of work, which I'm not sure I can share, so I need to clean it up a bit. But I'm hoping to get that done at some point and share!

@qui_X Жыл бұрын

@@paperdicegames6585awesome!

@andysimmons2648 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing this. I haven’t play Pendragon in years and you’ve reminded me about how good it is. I agree, it does seem excellently suited for solo play.

@paperdicegames6585 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! Yeah, it's a pretty incredible game, and the Great Pendragon Campaign is a superb experience. It's really been good for me solo - and I'd like to run it with my group someday, but I need to build quite a bit of buy-in for that type of game first.

@Vauban666 Жыл бұрын

Fantastic video. I've loved this game for a long time. So much awesome detail. I never played solo before but now I think I will try it.

@paperdicegames6585 Жыл бұрын

Yeah the detail is really amazing. You get great detail with a lot of these games that have a narrow focus

@alexjensen1461 Жыл бұрын

Very nice video. You're right, that is an interesting story. Pendragon has been on my 'to solo' list since I got the books two years ago but I still haven't started. Subscribed to the channel, appreciate the breakdown. Found this off a random YT recommendation.

@paperdicegames6585 Жыл бұрын

Yeah, I sat down and read Pendragon 3 years ago, and it blew my mind. It's a very focused gaming experience, but very good, and IMO very well suited for solo. Thanks for checking the video out!

@cremsonnicholls9298 Жыл бұрын

This was a joy to sit down and listen to at lunch. Thank you for sharing!

@paperdicegames6585 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! I am glad you enjoyed it!

@kamykleander5203 Жыл бұрын

Woah this sounds great!

@paperdicegames6585 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! Yeah I find it pretty fun!

@aspektx Жыл бұрын

I got an early version of the game on my 16th birthday. Still haven't had an opportunity to play it. Since then I've collected almost all the books. I hope to solo it.

@paperdicegames6585 Жыл бұрын

Yeah its pretty fun solo - enjoy!

@actual_antagonist7331 8 ай бұрын

This sounds amazing and it was a delight to listen too, but I do have a question. How exactly do you go about playing Pendragon solo? Do you need any particular supplements or books, or supplies? Are there any specific rules or tables needing for playing the game solo? I've tried finding out so I can purchase the game, but though I've seen a fair amount of people saying they've played KAP solo, they never say "How" exactly they've went about playing it or handling events and plot developments. I've never played an RPG solo, heck I've never played Pendragon before but I'm definitely interested in doing so.

@paperdicegames6585 7 ай бұрын

Great questions! For Pendragon, in my opinion you need the base rules as well as The Great Pendragon Campaign, which is a giant campaign book that leads you through a story from the days of King Uther, through Anarchy times, to the Boy King and into proper King Arthue legend. I also supplemented the experience with other expansion books, but I don’t think that is necessary. The Great Pendragon Campaign (GPC) basically leads you on a timeline of events over 80 or so years. Each gameplay session is one year. So each year, the GPC tells you what is happening, and generally speaking what your Knight will be doing (fighting in a battle, escorting the King north, etc). So the resulting gameplay is: 1. Read this year in the GPC 2. Decide what your knight will do (likely follow the story, but there can be decisions to make). 3. Resolve the adventure (this is the bulk of the session). 4. Complete your winter turn phase (I like to supplement this with random tables). I hope this helps!

@captainnolan5062 Жыл бұрын

Which version/edition are you using?

@paperdicegames6585 Жыл бұрын

Started with original and quickly moved to 5th if I remember correctly.

@paperdicegames6585 Жыл бұрын

Or whichever is most recent.

@Colaris99 Жыл бұрын

Where can I get hold of this?

@paperdicegames6585 Жыл бұрын

Pendragon? Fifth edition is available on Drivethru I believe.

@paperdicegames6585 Жыл бұрын

Also for sale on the Chaosium site.

@IAcePTI Жыл бұрын

Im thinking if the ttrpg Free from Yoke can be played solo like this one or if parts can be taking of one and put in the other. Pendragon feels interesting but i dislike the restrictions in beeing a knight, but love the idea of the marriage and that stuff. Ould love to see how it is played solo.

@paperdicegames6585 Жыл бұрын

I haven’t heard about Free from Yoke. But yeah Pendragon is great, but it plays a very specific type of game.

@robertbuckey6517 8 ай бұрын

The way my group handled female characters is that they were simply female family members, and the group would use them in courtly situations.

@paperdicegames6585 8 ай бұрын

Yeah there are a lot of ways to handle gender, but I figured it was worth mentioning since the rules give explicit option, snd that may matter to some folks.