Gary Gygax's Castle Zagyg now live on BackerKit

An RPG setting written by the legendary Gary Gygax is now on BackerKit. This massive box set brings Castle Zagyg to life in an amazing new edition:

For the first time ever, Troll Lord Games is bringing Castle Zagyg to life in its entirety, exactly as Gary Gygax envisioned it. We are meticulously crafting decades of notes, maps, and designs from the Father of Roleplaying into a definitive, groundbreaking TTRPG sand box for tabletop gamers everywhere.

With an incredible team led by Mike Stewart and joined by Luke Gygax, Jason Vey, and more, we are rebuilding Castle Zagyg over the course of two crowdfunding campaigns. The first launched on March 11th and raised over $200k in 24 hours!

Here’s what to expect from our first campaign:

We are publishing three hardcover volumes; each will come in its own box set, which will contain all the relevant maps needed for seamless gameplay. In accordance with Gary Gygax’s wishes, we are publishing Castle Zagyg using the Castles & Crusades® Role Playing Game. Castles and Crusades is a fast-paced, story-driven fantasy TTRPG that’s accessible to gamers of all ages and experience levels!

Vol I. The Citadel:

The Citadel is a complete setting guide for the town of Yggsburgh and the Outs neighborhood. It contains hundreds of hours of adventuring content and can be easily ported to any other fantasy campaign setting.

• A full setting guide for Yggsburgh and the Outs neighborhood
• A Map of the Town of Yggsburgh
• Nine Interior Maps of Points of Interest
• 600+ Non-Player Characters
• 30+ Random Encounter and Event Tables
• 50+ Random Encounters, offering hundreds of potential adventure venues
• Orders of Battle for everything from Goblins to Knights
• Crime and Punishment in Yggsburgh
• New Monsters, Magic Items & Spells for the Castles & Crusades® Role Playing Game

Vol II. The Ruins:

The Ruins consists of the Mouths of Madness, the ruins of the castle precincts, the wall towers, the castle fortress, the first level of the dungeon, and the surrounding East Mark region! Vicious monsters, conniving hordes of scavengers, and traps of the most nefarious kind can be found around every corner; in The Ruins, you’re free to begin your dungeon crawl or seek out adventure under the open sky.

• A detailed setting guide for East Mark, including 60 geographic locales and the town of Garham
• A complete setting guide for the ruins of Castle Zagyg, including the Upper Works, Castle Fortress, Tower Walls, Manse, and Mouths of Madness
• A Map of the East Mark region and its surrounding Environs; over 1,500 square miles of adventuring terrain!
• A Map of the Castle Zagyg and its structures
• A Map of the Mouths of Madness and dungeon level 1: The Storerooms
• 100+ Encounter Areas in the Castle
• 120+ Encounter Areas in Caverns and Storerooms

Vol. III. The Cellars:

In The Cellars, you will hear the haunted beckoning of Dungeon levels 2-5, as well as their respective sub-levels: this totals 7 dungeon levels for your party to explore. It’s the dungeon crawl to end all dungeon crawls, and it just scratches the surface of what we have planned for the Castle Zagyg series.

• 7 Maps: one for each dungeon level
• The Deep Cellars
• The Dungeons
• Arena of Death
• Arcane Workshops
• Black Reservoir
• Eternity Galleries
• The Catacombs
• 300+ Encounter Areas and Rooms

Our first crowdfunding will conclude on April 4th. The second, which will bring to life the rest of Castle Zagyg’s dungeon levels, will kick off in 2026. Thank you so much for sharing our enthusiasm for this historic project!