Tenkar's Tavern: Castles & Crusades Player's Handbook - 7th Print FREE in PDF (and more goodies)

Tuesday, February 8, 2022

Castles & Crusades Player's Handbook - 7th Print FREE in PDF (and more goodies)

So, I was wandering around the Troll Lord Games website and I notice that the Castles & Crusades 7th Print Player's Handbook was free in PDF format. I literally had a Holy Shit moment, so I snagged it up.

There are actually two different covers available, both for free.

https://www.trolllord.com/tlgstore/#!/Players-Handbook-7th-Pr-FREE-Digital/p/89198209/category=119538267

https://www.trolllord.com/tlgstore/#!/The-Players-Handbook-FREE-PDF/p/89198194/category=24093125

Also for free is the Castles & Crusades Quickstart, covering the core for classes through sixth level.

Through the end of the month, the Castles & Crusades basic ruleset for Fantasy Grounds is available for free.

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3 comments:

Craig JanssenFebruary 8, 2022 at 10:12 AM
Thanks for pointing this out.
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Mike SaxtonFebruary 8, 2022 at 1:04 PM
Dont forget about the 3rd Printing of the Monsters & Treasures. That and the PHB are all you need to run the game.

https://www.trolllord.com/tlgstore/#!/Castles-&-Crusades-Monsters-&-Treasure-3rd-Printing-Digital/p/195477571
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ILFebruary 8, 2022 at 3:26 PM
Castles and Crusades is well worth a try.
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Why "Swords & Wizardry?"

Believe me when I say I have them all in dead tree format. I have OSRIC in full size, trade paperback and the Player's Guide. I have LL and the AEC (and somewhere OEC, but I can't find it at the moment). Obviously I have Basic Fantasy RPG. Actually, I have the whole available line in print. Way too much Castles & Crusades. We all know my love for the DCC RPG. I even have Dark Dungeons in print, the Delving Deeper boxed set, Astonishing Swordsmen & Sorcerers of Hyperborea. BOTH editions of LotFP's Weird Fantasy and some dead tree copies of the Greyhawk Grognards Adventures Dark & Deep

I am so deep in the OSR when I come up for breath it's for the OSR's cousin, Tunnels & Trolls

So, out of all that, why Swords & Wizardry? Why, when I have been running a AD&D 1e / OSRIC campaign in Rappan Athuk am I using Swords & Wizardry and it's variant, Crypts & Things, for the second campaign? (Actually, now running a S&W Complete campaign, soon to be with multiple groups)

Because the shit works.

It's easy for lapsed gamers to pick up and feel like they haven't lost a step. I can house rule it and it doesn't break. It plays so close to the AD&D of my youth and college years (S&W Complete especially) that it continually surprises me. Just much less rules hopping than I remember. (my God but I can run it nearly without the book)

I grab and pick and steal from just about all OSR and Original resources. They seem to fit into S&W with little fuss. It may be the same with LL and the rest, but for me the ease of use fit's my expectations with S&W.

Even the single saving throw. That took me longer to adjust to, but even that seems like a natural to me now. Don't ask me why, it just does. Maybe it's the simplicity of it. At 45 52, simplicity and flexibility while remaining true to the feel of the original is an OSR hat trick for me ;)

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Tuesday, February 8, 2022

Castles & Crusades Player's Handbook - 7th Print FREE in PDF (and more goodies)

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