I started running my campaign in 1990 when 3rd Edition came out (so the campaign began in 531, I think). I had a break for a few years when the kids were small, then went back to it. I have had 26 different players over the years: it felt right for the game to have a pool of knights that went on quests in different combinations. So far I've run, I think, 114 separate scenarios, including all the usual stuff plus a Mongol invasion and the Quest for Prester John.

And now I'm almost done. It's 564. One last quest to run on Sunday, then a session for the battle of Camlann, then an epilogue session. I shall feel rather sad!

You've missed out 45 years. Start again with the GPC.

But seriously. Fantastic effort. Hope to get there one day too. Only done first 10 years 485 to 495.

Just for the record, I have!

The first Arcata Campaign has finished, with a full campaign of fun, holding to certain standards of honor, but
admit the players
with some significant dissatisfaction
at being
enemies of King Arthur
at the end

I've finished other campaigns, but this is the first where the players were pretty much against King Arthur most of the time. It has certainly been fodder for a theoretical political game.

I'm really sorry we all let the blog fall. I even have an entry from Bishop Odio, and plan to do one for "afterward."
Some day.

Can you talk about your Prester John stuff? It's been something I've been kicking around in the back of my head, and I'd love to see what others have come up with.

A great achievement!

We started our journey through the GPC on the 9th January 2006 with creating squires to ride out in 479AD. We're now about to start 512AD almost 5 years later! Slow? Maybe, I prefer to say we're savouring every minute! I can understand your sadness - I will be truly bereft when this campaign is over.

Jackied - That sounds absolutely epic. What on earth will you do when it's finally over?!

I started 18 months ago, in AD484. My group is now up to AD492. This will keep us going for 10 years at least.

Just started mine a couple of weeks back. Unfortunately I'm blessed with having six players and trying to get them all together is tricky. I wanted to run it every two-three weeks but the next session won't be until the beginning of December. I think I could be running it for many years to come.

Just started mine a couple of weeks back. Unfortunately I'm blessed with having six players and trying to get them all together is tricky. I wanted to run it every two-three weeks but the next session won't be until the beginning of December. I think I could be running it for many years to come.


I only have two other regular player - and we're just as bad!

485 to 541 in twenty two months time! Hope to finish it off during the spring 2011 ...

Prester John:
I wanted to set the thing up so that the players had a chance to influence events at the very end of the campaign. Camlann was always going to happen whatever they did, but I have set it up so that if they get a number of things right, Constantine will successfully beat off the final Mongol assault, shortly after Camlann.

So I had the letter from Prester John turn up. Knights from a number of European countries were summoned to Jerusalem by the patriarch and then packed off in different directions to look for him.

After some adventures (over more than one game year, deliberately isolating them from the turns the rest of the campaign has been taking) they found him - a 2 year old boy who speaks perfect Latin in the jungles of Vietnam. His village has a wierd kind of Nestorian Christianity. After doing some tests of their virtues (not quite the normal christian virtues) he gave out some gifts - apparently worthless junk. The Logres knights got a rusty knife with the instructions 'Give it to the young king, the steadfast (ie Constant) king and the virgin queen on their wedding day'. The rusty knife will transform into a magical sword when placed in Constantines hand on that day.

One of the other things player knights have had to do is to protect the young girl who is the Virgin Queen, without even knowing that she will be important. She is the daughter of Guinevere and Arthur conceived during a time paradox (that's a long story) and therefore never acknowledged by Arthur in his lifetime. The knights who have been doing this are currently imprisoned with her in the Tower of London, so will definitely survive Camlann to play int he epilogue, even if no-one else does.

Our group started the GPC on 04/03/2010. Thus far we have played through 23 sessions and have just finished the year 502. We try to play every week, but life has a habit of getting in the way.

Cheers,

Sacha