Tag: Castles & Crusades

  • Tabletop Review: Free City of Eskadia – Jack of Lies (Castles & Crusades)

    Free City of Eskadia – Jack of Lies (Castles & Crusades) Publisher: Troll Lord Games Page Count: 138 Cost: $19.99 Release Date: 05/24/2013 Get it Here: DriveThruRPG.com As this is my fifteenth Castles and Crusades review, you can probably tell I’m a big fan of the franchise. It’s easily my favorite OSR style system, and…

  • Tabletop Review: Codex Celtarum (Castles & Crusades)

    Castles & Crusades: Codex Celtarum Publisher: Troll Lord Games Cost: $27.99 (Physical)/$19.59 (PDF) Page Count: 170 Release Date: 04/26/2013 Get it Here: DriveThruRPG.com I’m always happy to see new Castles & Crusades books come out, as it’s my favorite OSR system. I’ve also really been enjoying their Celt influenced line of products like The Goblins…

  • Tabletop Review: Hercynian Grimoire Vol. 1, No. 1(Castles & Crusades/Labyrinth Lord)

    Hercynian Grimoire Vol. 1, No. 1(Castles & Crusades/Labyrinth Lord) Publisher: James Mishler Games Page Count: 46 Cost: $10.00 ($8 for early purchasers) Release Date: 1/9/2013 Get it Here: DriveThruRPG.com So this was an interesting product I had to pick up. Hercynian Grimoire an irregular periodical covering Castles & Crusades but also includes Labyrinth Lord conversions…

  • Tabletop Review: Magnificent Miscellaneum Volume II (Castles & Crusades)

    Magnificent Miscellaneum Volume II(Castles & Crusades) Publisher: Troll Lord Games Page Count: 7 Cost: Seventy-Five Cents Release Date: 1/10/2013 Get it Here: DriveThruRPG.com I haven’t had the chance to review any Castles & Crusades products for a while, due to the end of the year glut and the Tabletop Gaming Awards write-up. However, with a…

  • Tabletop Review: Castles & Crusades: Right Under Our Noses

    Castles & Crusades: Right Under Our Noses Publisher: Troll Lord Games Page Count: 16 Cost: Free! Release Date: 12/7/2012 Get it Here: DriveThruRPG.com I’m a big fan of Castles & Crusades, and for Troll Lord Games to put out a free adventure for the system is a wonderful thing, especially so close to the holidays.…

  • Tabletop Review: The Crimson Pact (Castles & Crusades)

    Castles & Crusades: The Crimson Pact Publisher: Troll Lord Games Page Count: 26 Cost: $6.99 ($4.89 PDF) Release Date: 09/12/2012 Get it Here: DriveThruRPG.com The Crimson Pact is a continuation of the Castles and Crusades adventure line that began with The Goblins of Mount Shadow. These adventures take place in a quasi-Celtic world. In fact,…

  • Tabletop Review: Castles & Crusades: Player’s Handbook, Fifth Edition

    Castles & Crusades: Player’s Handbook, 5th Edition Publisher: Troll Lord Games Page Count: 146 Cost: $29.99 ($20.99 PDF) Release Date: 08/31/2012 Get It Here =DriveThruRPG.com I give a lot of love to Castles & Crusades. In the past year alone I’ve reviewed eight products from this line with the newest edition of the Player’s Handbook…

  • Tabletop Review: Castles & Crusades: The Goblins of Mount Shadow

    Castles & Crusades: The Goblins of Mount Shadow Publisher: Troll Lord Games Page Count: 26 Cost: $6.99 ($4.20 PDF) Release Date: 08/24/2012 Get it Here: DriveThruRPG.com The Goblins of Mount Shadow is the first full length adventure we’ve seen for Castles and Crusades in some time. For the past few months, they’ve just been working…

  • Tabletop Review: Castles & Crusades: Golden Shingles

    Castles & Crusades: Golden Shingles Publisher: Troll Lord Games Page Count: 7 Cost: 99 Cents Release Date: 08/22/2012 Get it Here: RPGNow.com To say Golden Shingles has been a bit of a mess is a bit of an understatement. First it took nearly a month for this fourth piece in the Adventures On the Powder…

  • Tabletop Review: Castles and Crusades: River Walk

    Castles & Crusades: River Walk Publisher: Troll Lords Games Page Count: 7 Cost: 99 Cents Release Date: 07/20/2012 Get it Here: DriveThruRPG.com River Walk is the third episode of Troll Lord Games “weekly” adventure series known as “Adventures on the Powder River.” I put weekly in quotations because, although it is supposed to be a…

  • Tabletop Review: Castles & Crusades: Thorns For Beer

    Castles & Crusades: Thorns for Beer Publisher: Troll Lord Games Page Count: 7 Cost: 99 Cents Release Date: 06/28/2012 Get It Here: DriveThruRPG.com Thorns for Beer is the second part of Troll Lord Games’ new series of inter-connected episodic adventures. It’s meant to be released weekly, although Thorns For Beer came out thirteen days after…

  • Tabletop Review: Castles & Crusades: To the Damenheit Bridge

    Castles & Crusades: To the Damenheit Bridge Publisher: Troll Lord Games Page Count: 6 Cost: 99 Cents Release Date: 06/15/2012 Get it Here: DriveThruRPG.com To the Damenheit Bridge is a two-fold experiment by Troll Lord Games. First, it’s the beginning of a set of ninety-nine cent weekly adventures (at least according to the product description)…

  • Tabletop Review: Classic Monsters: The Manual (Castles & Crusades)

    Castle& Crusades: Classic Monsters: The Manual Publisher: Troll Lord Games Page Count: 146 Release Date: 03/27/2012 Cost: $24.99 ($14.99 PDF) Get it Here: DriveThruRPG.com I love the Castles & Crusades system, but I tend to have to problems with it. The first is that their releases tend to be overpriced compared to competitive products, especially…

  • Tabletop Review: Castles & Crusades – Dwarven Glory

    Castles and Crusades: Dwarven Glory Publisher: Troll Lord Games Page Count: 26 Cost: $4.99 ($3.99 at DrivethruRPG.com) Get it Here: DriveThruRPG.com I’m a big fan of the Castles and Crusades roleplaying line. I love how the system is a nice blend of second edition AD&D, OD&D and some modern ideas. Unfortunately I haven’t been a…

  • Tabletop Review: Castles & Crusades: The Forsaken Mountain

    Castles and Crusades: The Forsaken Mountain Publisher: Troll Lord Games Page Count: 26 Release Date: 09/14/2011 Cost: $5.99 ($4.79 on DrivethruRPG.com) Get it Here: DriveThruRPG.com I’m a big fan of Castles and Crusades and the way it combines aspects of the original Dungeons & Dragons, first edition AD&D and the d20 system into something that…