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Castles & Crusades Reforged: Players Handbook Reviewed

Apr 7, 2025

Game Title: Castles & Crusades Reforged – Players Handbook

Authors: Davis Chenault and Mac Golden with Stephen Chenault, Mark Sandy, Todd Gray, Jason Vey, and James M. Ward

Artists: Jason Walton, Peter Bradley, Zoe DeVos, Joel Chaim Holtzman, Michelle Smallwood, Meliora Henning, and Vladimiro Rikowski

Genre: Old school styled, classic fantasy roleplaying game utilizing modern mechanics

Year: 2024

Pages: 288 pages

MSRP: $39.99 for the hardcover or $19.99 for the PDF at DriveThruRPG

I share my thoughts on the Reforged edition of the Castles & Crusades: Players Handbook. The 288 page hardcover contains everything you need, and is really the only book you truly have to have in order to play or run this classic styled fantasy roleplaying game.

9.5

Castles & Crusades Players Handbook Reforged Edition Reviewed

SUMMARY

If I were looking to run a classically styled fantasy roleplaying game - with an old school mentality but utilizing modern mechanics - Castles & Crusades would be my go to pick. I love how modular it is and you can utilize thousands of older D&D (and third party) adventures practically on the fly. I do wish the page background was lighter as there were times I found the text difficult to read.

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9.5

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Founder/Editor-in-chief of The Gaming Gang website and host of The Gaming Gang Dispatch and other TGG media for fifteen years, Jeff takes on any and all sorts of games but is especially ready to tackle roleplaying games and strategy games. He's been involved with the hobby since he was just a wee grade school lad, over four decades ago.