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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mythmere1" data-source="post: 2082961" data-attributes="member: 26563">If your D&D campaigns are d20 D&D, there's not much in the Castles & Crusades PHB that can be imported, because it's a book of core rules (same territory as the 3E PHB).  If you're thinking of changing some fundamental rules, like turning or skills, it would be of some use as a resource for simplifying the d20 game.However, it's really mainly useful as a game in and of itself, a parallel evolution that is what 1E might have become if the 3E designers had followed a different path and mission statement.The "signal" that you might be a C&C player-to-be is if you've ever gotten bored during a 3E game or if as a DM you've ever considered it "work" to write an adventure.  These are signs that either the pacing, flavor, or rules of C&C might work better for you than 3E.If you're looking for a d20 sourcebook, you'd get more bang for the buck by getting real d20 materials.  However, I strongly recommend C&C as a game system if that's what you want to try - it just sounds like you're already very satisfied with 3E D&D.</blockquote>