''The Castle Guide'' is a supplemental rulebook published in 1990 for the 2nd edition of the ''
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons
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Contents
''The Castle Guide'' is a rules supplement intended for the 2nd edition ''
Dungeon Master's Guide
The ''Dungeon Master's Guide'' (''DMG'' or ''DM's Guide''; in some printings, the ''Dungeon Masters Guide'' or ''Dungeon Master Guide'') is a book of rules for the fantasy role-playing game ''Dungeons & Dragons''. The ''Dungeon Master's Guide'' co ...
'' which covers life in feudal lands, and how to build, run, siege, and defend castles.
Reviewer Keith H. Eisenbeis stated that it "contains all types of useful and needed information about almost every aspect of castle existence from construction to destruction".
[ ''The Castle Guide'' describes three ordinary types of castles, as well as 12 special castles geared towards specific types of ''AD&D'' characters such as ]thieves
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, wizards, dwarves, and orcs.
Publication history
DMGR2 ''The Castle Guide'' was written by Grant Boucher, Troy Christensen
Troy Christensen (born July 16, 1964) is an American author and game designer. Based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, he is an established figure in the role-playing game community.
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Troy Christensen created the ''Phantasm Adventures'' game, ...
, Arthur Collins, and Nigel Findley
Nigel D. Findley (July 22, 1959 – February 19, 1995) was a Canadian game designer, editor, and an author of science fiction and fantasy novels and role-playing games (RPGs).
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Nigel Findley was born in Venezuela in 1959 to Canadian par ...
, with Timothy B. Brown
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Career GDW
Marc Miller, ...
and William W. Connors, and was published by TSR in 1990 as a 128-page book.
Reception
In the July 1990 edition of ''Games International
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'' (Issue 16), the reviewer was very positive about this product, saying that it provided "a fairly detailed feudal medieval background ..What a shame that ''AD&D'' is so ill-suited to such a game... Still worth getting for the background material."[ He rated it overall at a 4 out of 5 possible points, qualifying it as a "very good product".][
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Other reviews
*''Casus Belli
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References
Dungeons & Dragons sourcebooks
Role-playing game supplements introduced in 1990
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