| The Boy King | |
| Publisher: | Chaosium |
| System: | Basic Role-Playing variant |
| Genre: | Arthurian fantasy |
The Boy King is a 1991 role-playing supplement for Pendragon published by Chaosium.
The Boy King is a supplement in which information about the years 495-531 in the Arthurian timeline is presented.
Shannon Appelcline noted that Chaosium published the third edition of Pendragon as the first edition of the game which was not a boxed set, and expanded the game to allow many different knight types: "Even more notable was Chaosium's release of The Boy King (1991), which expanded upon the earlier Pendragon Campaign by fulling detailing the first half of that 80-year campaign."[1] The last Pendragon book published by Chaosium was a reprint in 1997 of The Boy King.[1] The Boy King was the second supplement published for this edition.
Stewart Wieck reviewed The Boy King in White Wolf #28 (Aug./Sept., 1991), rating it a 4 out of 5 and stated that "Make no mistake, The Boy King is a campaign supplement, not a one-shot adventure. The immense scope of the book it its weakness as well as its alluring strength. The product over-extends itself, but you won't want for source material if you can filter through the format. In the end, the quality of the material, ever a Chaosium hallmark, makes this book a must-buy for players of Pendragon."[2]