Glory to the Brave!
Knights of the Wood: The Duke’s Tourney brings the spectacle of medieval chivalry to your Dolmenwood RPG campaigns. This comprehensive and detailed 104-page supplement transforms your table into the tourney grounds at Brackenwold Castle. Knights clash for honor, glory, and the favor of noble ladies.
What Awaits You
Complete Tournament System: Master every aspect of medieval competition — from the thundering charge of the joust to the chaotic glory of the grand mêlée. Mini-game rules are furthermore provided for the Duke’s Hunt, archery competitions, The Bohort (where squires slug it out to determine the last man sanding), The Phantasmagoria (a Church-sanctioned magician’s competition), bardic competitions and more! Mini-games for social encounters including feasting and dancing that can lay the groundwork for political alliances and romantic entanglements!
Rich Medieval Atmosphere: Immerse your players in authentic tournament culture with heraldic traditions, courtly love mechanics, and the intricate social dynamics of feudal nobility. Every feast becomes a battlefield of wit and diplomacy.
Ready-to-Use NPCs and Adventures: Meet dozens of knights, from Sir Hoarsent Waverly (Dolmenwood’s greatest champion) to mysterious elf knights from the fairy courts. Navigate political intrigue with noble ladies, corrupt merchants, and scheming courtiers.
Perfect For
- Referees running Dolmenwood campaigns who want to add the spectacle of medieval tournament adventures
- Players seeking authentic chivalric roleplay opportunities beyond dungeon crawling
- Tournament lovers who want comprehensive rules for jousting, mêlées, and knightly competitions
Key Features
Transform your campaign with tournaments that matter — where victory brings land grants, noble marriages, and political power, while defeat can mean exile or death. Compatible with Necrotic Gnome’s Dolmenwood RPG and easily adaptable to other OSR fantasy systems, as well as Dungeons & Dragons 5e.
Digital Format: 104-page PDF with NPC cards, mini-game worksheets, and player handouts included.
What Players Are Saying About The Duke’s Tourney
A fun, fast-paced series of tournament games!
What makes “The Duke’s Tourney” shine is the opportunities for real roleplaying and social maneuvering—it captures a full tournament event, not just combat. The physical product is beautiful, with a clean layout that’s easy to reference during play.
I rolled up a mediocre knight and was sure I’d get unhorsed in the first round, but ended up advancing to the Quarterfinals! The jousting rules are fast and keep the action intense every charge down the lists. Perfect for adding knightly action and pageantry to your Dolmenwood game.
A great set of games to add to your TTRPG with plenty of flavor and flexibility. Highly recommend for fans of both historical and fantasy roleplaying.
Had lots of fun playing this. Winning a lady’s favor was especially enjoyable, and there were many different activities for characters to pursue—even though mine managed to anger her family.
Playing “The Duke’s Tourney” was genuinely immersive with well-paced, board-game-like flow. The detailed, multi-dimensional NPCs made the world feel alive and reactive. Well-thought-out rules create a strong narrative with tangible rewards that could easily seed a full campaign.
A really excellent and ultra-detailed supplement!
This is awesome and everything I dreamed of doing in Dolmenwood. You can’t believe my delight that someone has done the work for something I would never have been able to match if I were to try myself.
The Excerpta Series
If you want to toe-dip the Dolmenwood tournament experience, check out the Excerpta series of supplements, each of which presents a small slice of the entire tourney. Same great rules, smaller scope.
Markus –
Pendragon meets Dolmenwood! This excellent game aid expertly highlights some interesting and fun to play aspects of knights and knighthood and adapts them to the Dolmenwood setting. Anyone with even the slightest interest in knights in OSR will find a treasure trove of inspiration and some elegant game mechanics here. My favorite is the renown system, which rewards chivalrous deeds with fame and fame with followers. Highly recommended.
— Markus via DriveThruRPG