Behold the Holy Grail
A downloadable game
Behold the Holy Grail is a one-page Arthurian tabletop roleplaying game.
Play as a Knight of the Round Table on a noble quest! Will you seek the Holy Grail, face a mysterious Green Knight, or fend off invasion from the Undersea Empire?
On a die roll, your valiant Knight will always succeed, but it may be at a cost. Use your Strength and Virtue to best foes and overcome challenges, and spend down your stat points to carry on when your quest would otherwise meet its end.
Includes a list of scenarios for one-shot fantasy adventures, and rules for questing alongside magical companions.
For play by one or more players and one Game Master, using one twenty-sided die.
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So, this is a well-focused one page RPG.
I only have two quibbles: 1. I wish there was a narrative cost to failed rolls, rather than just a stat cost 2. It's not clear to me who controls Steeds?
But those are only quibbles. Steeds are optional and the GM can add narrative costs to the fiction without breaking anything.
I'm a big fan of Arthurian fiction, so I'm really happy to see such an easy-to-pick-up game in this space.
And this game is definitely easy to pick up. It feels like a cross between some OSR games I've read and Lasers and Feelings, with two aspects of knighthood (the physical and everything else, especially the moral) as the focus.
It's easy to read, easy to understand, and easy to get into, and I particularly like how resources dwindle irrevocably over time. Even your friends helping you out just means they have lower stats now, even if you survive.
It's a peppy little game with a little bit of the grim on the backend, which is a lot of fun to see. Curious to get this one to the table, as it's obviously intended for short campaigns, which is great if (like me) you have a cramped schedule.
Time to draw your sword and uphold the values of the Round Table! Behold the Grail!