Post originally by Jay Triplett at 2003-05-20 16:53:10
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Very well, put, Shindorim.

In all fairness, let me say that I have played some wild D&D games and Bar Room Brawl one offs that were totally unrealistic... and very fun because of it. I also enjoyed Tunnels and Trolls and the Fighting Fantasy game systems which were basically designed for fun and humor. I played an Elvis Presley Dwarf with an electrified(magical)guitar that I could actually use as a weapon as well as for playing righteous rock in an old Dungeons and Dragons game. You are right. I would play something a little more geared toward that kind of play for a comical, beer and laughs one off. Murphy's World is excellent for this, although I don't think it is in print anymore. Tunnels and Trolls is good, too.

I hope I didn't give the impression that there is a right way to play Pendragon. This review is geared in the direction of semi-historical fantasy roleplaying, but it could be easily tweaked to allow for more fantastical roleplay or even humorous roleplay. Take your spells from the list in Tunnels and Trolls, with spell names such as "Take that you fiend," "Curse You," and "Whammy." Change personality traits such as Chaste/Lustful to Prude / Foxxy; or Trusting/Suspcious to Naive / Shrewd or make up Traits of your own like Dude/Dweeb. You can have a lot of fun with this game without changing the rules a lot. My whole point is that you DON'T HAVE to play the game like an Arthurian novel or even like Lord of the Rings. It is a very easy system to tweak without a lot of trouble.