• 2024 "Reforged" edition

The Castles & Crusades Players Handbook is the core rulebook for the Castles & Crusades (C&C) RPG system. This system blends classic old-school RPG elements with modern mechanics, allowing for fast-paced, fluid gameplay in fantasy worlds filled with magic, combat, and adventure. The handbook covers character creation, combat and magic rules, and everything players and the Castle Keeper need to craft their own epic stories. This is the 2024 "Reforged" edition (with OGL/SRD content removed).

Castles & Crusades is a fantasy tabletop role-playing game that is quick to learn, easy to play, and highly customizable. With a simple yet diverse attribute-based rule system, players choose from 13 archetypal character classes and 7 races to build their heroes. Spells, equipment, fast combat rules, and all the essential information needed to play Castles & Crusades are included in the Players Handbook.

What you'll find in the handbook:

RPG: The opening pages explain the tools you'll need and how to play Castles & Crusades, covering the basics of the attribute check system, the Siege Engine, attribute modifiers, and attribute checks.

Classes: From Fighters to Wizards, the handbook introduces 13 classes for you to choose from. You also have access to customizable options like multi-classing or class-and-a-half. Each class description includes all relevant information, from skills to the weapons they use. Artists Peter Bradley and Zoe DeVos bring each class to life, featuring both male and female versions.

Races: Expand your character with one of seven races: human, elf, dwarf, halfling, half-elf, gnome, and half-orc. Each unique race includes distinct mechanics, strengths, weaknesses, and plenty of background information that any character or player can put to great use. You'll have both male and female versions to choose from!

Character Completion: Here, the Players Handbook dives into names, how to create backgrounds and personalities, alignment, equipment, and other necessary details to help you bring the character you want to play to the table.

Magic: Magic opens up a whole new dimension of tabletop play, and C&C has plenty of it. We explore the four main spellcasters—cleric, druid, wizard, and illusionist—and how they cast their spells. From a cleric's spiritual weapons to an illusionist's healing abilities, it's all here.

Spell Descriptions: Hundreds of spells broken down into simple terms with all the required information to keep your table running smoothly; range, saving throws, casting time, duration, and anything else you need can be found in this segment of the Players Handbook.

The Castle Keeper and the Game: This section expands on the Siege Engine and how to play using attribute checks. It's simple, extremely versatile, and allows for immediate conflict resolution to drive the story forward. Everything is covered, including how to roleplay, what you need, expectations, and plenty of examples on how to use the attribute check system.

Combat: Here, the book explores the combat system and teaches it to you painlessly. It covers how to start and run fights, necessary stats and rolls, surprise, initiative, non-lethal combat, melee and ranged combat, unarmed combat, situational modifiers, armor class, maneuvers, hit points, and damage.

Turning Undead: Both clerics and paladins have special abilities when it comes to controlling or destroying the undead. It's all detailed here.

Rewards: How to award treasure and experience points to help characters and the game advance to the next level.

Movement, spell resistance, languages, vision, and time: All these sections address various aspects of the game that come into play. Each is addressed and explained so that your time at the table is fast and easy.

Example of Play: The book concludes with an example of play. Learn from the creators how it's done!

The handbook is in English.