RPG UNBOOKING REVIEW - Paladin: Warriors of Charlemagne Core Rulebook - Hardcover from @Chaosium

RPG UNBOOKING REVIEW - Paladin: Warriors of Charlemagne from ‪@ChaosiumInc‬
Enter Medieval Europe Like You've Never Experienced It Before!
Set in medieval Europe, PALADIN weaves together the historical Carolingian events and the medieval epics of The Matter of France into a single chronology!
In PALADIN the players play young Frankish squires or knights in the service of one of Charlemagne's powerful vassals. By going on adventures, the characters will acquire glory and riches, becoming lords of their own lands, building castles, and founding their own family.
Hopefully, the road to fame will lead to the ultimate goal: becoming one of the legendary paladins themselves!
PALADIN is a game for knights. It is based on the standards of knighthood found in the original literature about Charlemagne and the paladins (epics such as Song of Roland, Ogier the Dane, Aymon's Four Sons and more).
PALADIN uses a modified version of the King Arthur Pendragon ruleset, adjusted to fit the themes and elements of Charlemagne's legends.
This is a complete rulebook.
This product is broken down into two-parts:
Book 1: Character. How to create character and the rules needed to play the game.
Book 2: Setting. Details on Frankish Society, Frankland, and several adventurers.
Hope you enjoy!
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[@initial_C]

I'm this context I tend to think of historic accurate as "accurate as to how people of the era understood the world". Hence people of medieval France would believe magic, monsters, etc existed and worked a certain way. I think "authentic feeling" might be more true than "historically accurate".

[@GMSMagazine]

Oh!! I love the authentic feeling idea!!

[@matthew7419]

Perhaps "historically accurate" as a reflection of how people today understand the people then?

I appreciate the rant/commentary about "historical accuracy" in TTRPGs, and agree with it. I feel like the point that Paladin is NOT one of the games that pretend to be 100% accurate didn't quite come through though. From the introduction of the game: "Paladin is a game of medieval fantasy, played using feudal standards of conduct, offering a chance to experience vicariously that long-lost world in both its brutal reality and its fantastic idealism. The player characters are knights, with the privileges of elite society and the deadly responsibilities of a warrior. These dualisms - brutal reality versus idealism, and elite privilege versus deadly burden - are the basis for the game." So the game explicitly is NOT historically accurate, but injects elements of historical feudalism to drive the tension between brutal reality vs fantastic idealism, etc.

[@pinpanar9]

ALL RPG BOOKS SHOULD HAVE A SOLO PART!

[@MisterWebb]

No

[@MisterWebb]

I would have bought this book long if I did not loathe the cover and spine so much. This video convinced me that I must own it, and gave me the idea of having a dust jacket designed for it so I doesn’t ruin the look of my shelves!

[@GMSMagazine]

Ha hahaha!! That is fair enough indeed. I think the book is well worth it and I hope you'll enjoy it!

[@darklightuk2]

I'll stick with Pendragon

[@GMSMagazine]

Well... I can only say that it is a perfect game to stick to! :)

[@psotos]

What is that book collection on your right hand side that has sets of different colors all neatly arranged and appears to be part of a grand work. I am speaking from the collectors point of view because it speaks to me! LOL

[@GMSMagazine]

That is several years of the Pathfinder monthly adventure path. I was collecting them *religiously* until taxes started to mess up everything.

[@psotos]

@@GMSMagazine Well its one amazing collection! You might want to do a segment on your glorious bookshelves. I could do one on mine as well. I have an insane collection. I must have thousands of RPG books.

[@GMSMagazine]

I'm slowly starting to record videos with the "Blast from the Past" moniker to start showing this sort of thing. I have some little gems I'd love to show!

[@MisterWebb]

That is definitely one of the coolest bookshelves I have ever seen, although I am perturbed by the lack of orange spines …

[@krimglue296]

Dayum! that's a tempting book, how does it compare to Romance of the Perilous Land in your opinion? (or if you ever opened the latter)

[@GMSMagazine]

Oh... you caught me there... Haven't seen Romance of the Perilous Land.. :(

[@TheJDough1]

Have you played the game?

[@GMSMagazine]

Alas, not this edition.

[@TheJDough1]

@@GMSMagazine 6th is upon us my friend!