Classic Monsters The Manual Digital Release

[Troll Lord]

Greetings All,

We have released the Castles & Crusades Classic Monsters The Manual in digital format. You can pick your copy up in PDF, on the Kindle or the Nook. Follow the below links:

RPGNow
Drivethru
Kindle
Nook

Monsters abound. They litter the halls of our collective games like so much debris; wandering monsters, laired beasts, plane walkers, horrid thoughts that linger upon the edge of our imagination. Monsters abound, but as any gamer of any stripe knows, you can never have too many creatures for these a the grist of the mill that is our game.

The early days of gaming saw some of the most classic and amazing creatures. Weird beasties derived from the minds of people influenced by a genre of fiction that was in its prime, when fantasy truly meant the fantastic. Castles & Crusades has touched upon them from time to time, but by and large they have remained in the background. Until Now.

Kim Hartsfield, long-time veteran of classic gaming, brings many of these monsters back to life. Anyone who games with Kim knows he runs a hard-knock game of classic dimensions and epic adventures. Kim revisits the old monster books, MM II and the Fiend Folio, plying their pages for all those classic monsters that mystified and horrified young gamers of every stripe. From the tarrasque to the peryton, from the mighty-small dune stalker to the nightshade, Kim brings it all back to the table.

 

[Treebore]

I have to say I really like this. Even where changes were made I thought it was for the better, and since I own the original versions, I can always use those, these new versions, or a combination. My players will never know whats hitting them until its too late.

Well done, glad I bought this, and look forward to my hard copy showing up in my mail box.

 

[trancejeremy]

Great to see you support e-readers

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I haven't gotten my Kickstarter one yet. Is there an email address I should hit up?

And what did you guys replace the grill and xvart with?

 

[Troll Lord]

I have to say I really like this. Even where changes were made I thought it was for the better, and since I own the original versions, I can always use those, these new versions, or a combination. My players will never know whats hitting them until its too late.

Well done, glad I bought this, and look forward to my hard copy showing up in my mail box.

Treebore,

Thanks for the good word. Everyone worked real hard on this sucker. As for the print copy I'm awaiting the print/release date from the printer. It should be in April as they are fairly fast once all things have been approved.

Steve

 

[Troll Lord]

Great to see you support e-readers

Thanks! We've been building steam up to that and are going to start a releasing a book a week, starting with A2 Slag Heap and Monsters & Treasure.

The Players handbook is already available on these formats.
[ame="http://www.amazon.com/Castles-Crusades-Handbook-Printing-ebook/dp/B005ITMXBC"]Kindle[/ame] and the [ame="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/castles-crusades-players-handbook-davis-chenault/1014851385"]Nook[/ame].

We've only started doing this a few months ago, but I see (taking a quick glance at the store front) that these titles aren't listed as available in that format. That'll need some fixing!

Thanks!
Steve

 

[Troll Lord]

I haven't gotten my Kickstarter one yet. Is there an email address I should hit up?

And what did you guys replace the grill and xvart with?

Whizbang,

You should have received a download link. Fire us an email over at classicmonsters AT trolllord.com and we'll get you hooked up!

Thanks!
Steve

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Thanks, Stephen!

 

[mach1.9pants]

Is this going to be available in print for those of use who missed the kickstarter?

 

[Treebore]

Is this going to be available in print for those of use who missed the kickstarter?

Pretty sure that is a yes. I seem to remember that the Kickstarter was literally just that, to help cover costs for getting it into print.