Cool, thanks. I got some feedback from the ENWorld board (amidst the furor over Dragon's death) about it as well. This has gone onto my purchase list.

It most likely comes as no surprise that C&C is not my cuppa tea - I like having a skill system. C&C's Siege system just does not cut it for me.

Mind you, aside from the skill system it looks pretty good - just very old school. If it interests you then you may also want to take a look at , another old school style D20 based game. Again, not my cup of tea, but attracting many of the same people for many of the same reasons.

For the summer game I will once again be dabbling with True 20, another (theoretically) rules light system, this time using just a D20 rather than a whole mess o' dice. Wounds are handled by damage saves rather than hit points. This is the system that I converted my one Savage Worlds game to.

THe Auld Grump

I love Castles & Crusades, personally, though I have had neither the chance to play nor the opportunity to run anything yet. The big draw for me is that you can add anything from any edition D&D (OD&D, 1st Ed. AD&D, 2nd Ed. AD&D, D&D 3.X & Hackmaster) with a minimum of fuss. I have almost all the Greyhawk-related modules from 1st Edition AD&D and, if I want, I can run them basically canned out of the text with but 1 conversion (Armor Class, just subtract the old AC from 20 to get the new one; ex. -2 AC <old> would be a 22 AC in the new one).

The Trolls (as the fellas at Troll Lord Games are known) are a great bunch in my opinion. Unlike WotC, they listen to their fans. So, if you're on the fence, go over to the forums and give 'em a gander and see if you like.