Tournament of Dreams explained

Tournament of Dreams
Publisher:Chaosium
Date:1987
System:Basic Role-Playing
Genre:Arthurian
Designer:Les Brooks, Sam Shirley, Greg Stafford

Tournament of Dreams is an Arthurian tabletop role-playing adventure, written by Les Brooks, Sam Shirley, and Greg Stafford, with cover art by Steve Purcell, and interior art by Susan Seddon Boulet, and published by Chaosium in 1987. Tournament of Dreams was the second adventure published for the award winning Pendragon.

Plot summary

Tournament of Dreams includes two scenarios involving jousting and duels as tests of morals and bravery for the player character knights:

Publication history

Tournament of Dreams is a 48-page softcover book that was written by Les Brooks, Sam Shirley, and Greg Stafford, with a cover by Steve Purcell, illustrations by Susan Seddon Boulet,[1] and cartography by Caroline Schultz.

Reception

In the November 1989 edition of Dragon (Issue #151), Jim Bambra was impressed, saying "the quality of the graphic presentation is high" and "the writing draws the reader into the adventure and makes it a pleasure to run." Bambra thought the treatment of enchantment effects in the first adventure was "superb and admirably conveys the dreamlike quality of the pagan otherworld." He described the second adventure as "more straightforward in style." He concluded with a strong recommendation, saying, "High in suspense and narrative values, it deserves to be in every gamer's collection."[2]

Awards

Tournament of Dreams was awarded the Origins Award for "Best Roleplaying Adventure of 1987".[3]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Schick, Lawrence. Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-Playing Games. Prometheus Books . 1991. 0-87975-653-5 . 78-79.
  2. Bambra. Jim. Jim Bambra. Roleplaying Reviews. Dragon.
    1. 151
    . 39. TSR. Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. November 1989.
  3. Web site: The 1987 Origins Awards. The Game Manufacturers Association. https://web.archive.org/web/20121216052415/http://www.gama.org/OriginsAwards/OriginsAwardsWinnersThe1980s/The1987OriginsAwards/tabid/3230/Default.aspx. dead. 2012-12-16.