Sharing the love that we have for Pendragon, I hope you can enjoy a little irreverent fun from a group that doesn't play it the proper way.

Before I started to run the Great Pendragon Campaign, I turned on a voice recorder. My goal was just to help jog my memory as I wrote summaries of each episode. However, once I started listening to the recording, I was motivated to copy down a transcript of everything the players said as if it were in-character dialogue. I liked the result so I have continued the transcripts for each session.

My group of players does not take gaming very seriously, and they are mostly drunk.

What if one of the player character squires insults the Earl of Salisbury to his face and is therefore not knighted? What if, when the heroes encounter the three-eyed giant that Merlin sends to test them, one of the knights convinces the giant to leave Merlin's service and become the knight's sidekick?

The transcripts speak for themselves. To read them, please follow the link below.

WARNING: THIS IS NOT WORK-SAFE OR FAMILY-FRIENDLY. IN FACT, IT IS MORALLY REPREHENSIBLE.

LINK: http://louisvillerpg.com/forum/index.php?topic=4598.msg60252#msg60252

WARNING: THIS IS NOT WORK-SAFE OR FAMILY-FRIENDLY. IN FACT, IT IS MORALLY REPREHENSIBLE.


Not had the chance to listen yet, but thinking back to our earlier conversation, I'd say that was a clear enough warning ;)

Hilarious! But I'm glad its not my group :)

These cretins are clearly not worthy of Pendragon. Pendragon is a game of knights dealing with knightly values/passions and being critical parts of society. D&D -- or perhaps FATAL -- would be more their speed.

As for the concept of "no jousting because there are no stirrups" -- this is a myth. Modern riders have proven that it is perfectly possible to use the couched lance without stirrups. Stirrups merely make it *easier*.

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You are correct. I apologize.

No offense taken. I agree with everything in Gideon13's original post.

No offense taken. I agree with everything in Gideon13's original post.
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Really, my group wasn't suited for playing Pendragon. I sort of coerced them into playing.

One of the players (of the character "Perin"), hated being required to play a knight (and wasn't appeased by the option of playing a lady). Another player (of the character "Peregrin") can't stand the idea of playing in historical settings. He is convinced that the player's hands are tied by the "pre-determined" historical events. I insisted that this was not the case, and that the players could change the course of the story. He kept trying to prove my wrong, which is why his character engaged in such outrageous behavior. I called his bluff, and so the story took weird turns. Another player was just a typical gamer kill-the-monsters-take-their-loot type player, which doesn't really work well in Pendragon, as you know. Plus there was quite a bit of drinking.

Once I saw what was going on, I decided to play the cards I was dealt. I had a bunch of funny players, so I might as well let them have a funny story.

After the farce of the storyline I transcribed, we had a summit to decide what to play next, since the Pendragon campaign clearly wasn't working. The group consensus was to switch to a fictional fantasy setting, with non-human races, and non-knightly characters. However, the players insisted that they really liked the Pendragon rules, even if they didn't like the setting. So now I have to adapt the Pendragon rules to this new setting, with homebrewed magic rules, non-human races, etc.

This game now has a movie:

Watch it at your own risk!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3P_eZutczw