Hidden Kingdom (role-playing game)
Hidden Kingdom is a role-playing game published by New Rules Inc. in 1985.
Description
Hidden Kingdom: A Fantasy-Adventure Game is a fantasy system set in Arthurian times, combining role-playing with strategic conflict and historical simulation.[1] Character alignment is based on the religious and political conflicts of the time.[1] To be truly successful, a player character must follow the rules of Christian knightly conduct.[1] The game includes statistics for over 300 historically based characters, plus a GM's screen.[1]
In Hidden Kingdom, players were assigned a character and played out that character within the character given believes and values (alignment). The game featured two full color maps or ancient Britain, including Ireland; featuring 21 different kingdoms on the islands and hundreds of small Baronages. The game included political and economic rules as well as general roleplaying. The game can be played in an evening or it can be played as a long continues campaign.
Heraldry is included for every single character in the game with detailed shields and surcoats.
Publication history
Hidden Kingdom was designed by Jon McClenahan, Stan Dokupil, and Gene Riemenschneider, with art by Paula Lamb, and was published by New Rules Inc. in 1985 as a deluxe slipcased binder with 337 loose-leaf pages, two maps, character sheets, a cardstock screen, and dice.[1]
In 2015 Fun Quest Games acquired the rights to publish Hidden Kingdom and is putting together a 30 Anniversary Printing to be followed up with supplements, adventures, and more gaming material.
Review
- White Wolf #8 (Dec./Jan., 1987)
- Dragon (Issue 133 - May 1988)