Session Zero | Pendragon: Under an Iron Sky | Chaosium

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🗓️ 10 March 2026

⏱️ 136 minutes

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Chaosium's Brian Holland guides Noura Ibrahim, Skid Maher, Paula Deming, and Joe O'Brien through the creation of characters in Pendragon, the definitive RPG of Arthurian Legends. Nothing is what the players expect as random die roles create twists and turns of fate, over years of time, that are the hallmark of a Pendragon session. Watch the video here: https://youtu.be/qimniUoLHmc This episode originally aired in July of 2024. It has been remastered as part of the new Pendragon: Under an Iron Sky series. Season 2 of the campaign premieres on May 18th, 2026. For a limited time, save 15% on all Pendragon products with code "PENCANNON3" at https://chaosium.com Access ad-free episodes, exclusive podcasts, and more at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠jointhenaish.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Come see us LIVE in a city near you at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.glasscannonnetwork.com/tour⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, what's going on, guys. It's your good buddy, Joe O'Brien. And I want to thank you for listening to the Glass Cannon Network. Because you are here, because you're listening, you know that we're committed to making high quality entertainment. We want you to feel like you're here at the table laughing with us, crying with us, celebrating with us, because you are. Becoming an official member of the nation by joining our subscription service is by far the best
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1:02.5	You are listening to the Glass Cannon Network, the premier source for role-playing game entertainment.
1:11.9	Hello and welcome to Pendragon, Under an Iron Sky.
1:17.7	I'm your good buddy, Joe O'Brien, and I just want to give you a brief introduction into what you're about to hear.
1:24.5	Back in 2024, Skidmar, Nora Ibrahim, Paula Deming and I all created characters
1:31.1	and played a one shot of Pendragon, a role-playing game of Arthurian Knights set in a mythic
1:37.4	England that spans literally years of the character's lives. Our game was run by Brian Holland, the now executive producer of
1:46.3	role-playing games at Chaosium, who publishes Pen Dragon. Well, we had such an incredible time
1:52.2	that we have continued whenever we're able to add on new episodes to our story. And until now,
2:00.1	those episodes have lived on the GCN's YouTube channel
2:03.2	and were never published in their audio podcast format on our GCP feed. Well, that changes today.
2:11.4	Why today, you may ask? Well, because this May, May of 2026, we will be releasing all new episodes of our campaign.
2:21.1	And we want to make sure that our GCP listeners are all caught up.
2:25.3	Well, you're about to hear episode one, which was originally recorded as part of Gen Con 2024.
2:31.0	And turned out to be an epic character creation that kicked off an adventure, unlike any we've played on this podcast or even the network as a whole.
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