Log in

View Full Version : Review of The Book of Uther!



Taliesin
01-08-2016, 10:10 PM
Alan's written a very nice review of The Book of Uther (http://alanbahr.net/tag/pendragon/) on The Last Paladin. If you're on the fence about this book, check it out!


Best,


T.

Greg Stafford
01-08-2016, 10:20 PM
Alan's written a very nice review of The Book of Uther (http://alanbahr.net/tag/pendragon/) on The Last Paladin. If you're on the fence about this book, check it out!

"very nice" being an understatement

I want to make it clear that much of the credit for this book's greatness comes from the "and friends" who put their own hearts and souls into this too:

Malcolm Wolter
Weli Matti Pelkonen
Thijs Krijger
Bryan Pavel
Tim Kilgriff
Nick Tolimieri

TheLastPaladin
01-12-2016, 04:32 AM
"very nice" being an understatement

I want to make it clear that much of the credit for this book's greatness comes from the "and friends" who put their own hearts and souls into this too:

Malcolm Wolter
Weli Matti Pelkonen
Thijs Krijger
Bryan Pavel
Tim Kilgriff
Nick Tolimieri

And I'm remiss for not making that clear in my review. I am aware this is a team effort, and my review should have shown that.

Greg, I just want to say thanks for leading the charge on such a great supplement for such a great roleplaying game. The countless hours invested show, and carry it through.

Greg Stafford
01-15-2016, 05:09 PM
And I'm remiss for not making that clear in my review. I am aware this is a team effort, and my review should have shown that.

Greg, I just want to say thanks for leading the charge on such a great supplement for such a great roleplaying game. The countless hours invested show, and carry it through.

I am happy to put that compliment where it belongs: on the heads of Malcolm Wolter and Veli-matti Pelkonen. I had a mediocre supplement sufficient for certain kinds of game play, but I was ill and not responding to care well, and they led the charge to ramp it up to its excellence. They both have strength in different features of development and they shined.
Thanks to all who contributed.

Tanty
01-26-2016, 03:18 PM
I was looking to to get the Book of Uther but if appears to be only part of a bundle on Drivethru http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/140544/Leather-Books-of-Pendragon-BUNDLE?cPath=5328_5329 , As I have the other I did not wish to buy al the other books again.

So if I have The Chronology for the Uther Period http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/166318/A-Chronology-for-the-Uther-Period?cPath=5328_5329
and the Marriage of Earl Roderick http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/168196/The-Marriage-of-Count-Roderick?cPath=5328_5329
do I need the Book of Uther?

mandrill_one
01-27-2016, 10:52 PM
Book of Uther is available as a single volume (no bundles) on Nocturnal's webstore:
http://www.nocturnal-media.com/store/king-arthur-pendragon-book-of-uther-1

Don't know why it isn't on Drivethru.com, but it COULD be due to a revision that's about to be published.

Believe me, you NEED Book of Uther! Basically, it's an expansion of KAP and GPC for the years before Arthur. Lots of info, a different focus: more warfare, blood, internecine conflict. No courtly love, no real chivalry. The two booklets you cite are just one of the book's appendices (Chronology...) and an adventure (Marriage...), they don't even come close to scratching the surface when compared to the "real" BoU (110+ pages of true KAP greatness!)
Buy it and you'll not regret it, believe me.

Roberto
Disclaimer: I'm not among the book's authors, but I have been involved in its preparation and proofreading.