Pendragon RPG -- Starter Set Deep-Dive Review

After some Brexit-related delays, I was finally able to get my hands on a copy of the new Starter Set for Pendragon 6th Edition, Chaosium's ambitious launch of a new version of Greg Stafford's beloved game.

In Pendragon, everyone plays as a knight, yet the system of Traits and Passions makes them all very distinct in personality and their approach to life. The Starter Set gives players a taste of Pendragon's unique campaign structure, in which adventures are followed by a 'winter phase' where people age, marriages and other family events take place, and characters change in response.

As with all Chaosium starter sets, this is excellent value for money, with eight highly varied pregenerated characters, a dense but clearly-explained rulebook, a fun solo adventure and a 3-year mini-campaign for newbies to dig into. My only complaint is that one of the pregens has misprinted stats in his traits section, so look out for that; I'm sure the digital version has been updated already, but still it's a bit annoying that such an error made it to print.

Other than that, it comes across like a unique and deep roleplaying system that I'll definitely try out on my group, and for £23/$30 I think it's a steal.