[2] The player characters (PCs) must rescue a cleric from a group of orcs to ensure that the King's Festival happens.

[1] The presentation in King's Festival is simple, streamlined, and easy to follow, with staging hints and advice for first-time DMs, and concise setting detail in the read-aloud sections.

[2] B11 King's Festival was written by Carl Sargent, with a cover by Clyde Caldwell and interior illustration by Valerie Valusek, and was published by TSR in 1989 as a 32-page booklet with an outer folder.

He felt that the adventure "offers a quick, simple dungeon with a plenty of tricks and action and a few nifty touches".

Rolston concluded the review by saying that King's Festival and Queen's Harvest "are absolutely the best introductory adventures in print for D&D-game-style fantasy role-playing games (FRPGs).