The Adventurers Backpack is a Player Expansion for Castles & Crusades. This crowdfunding campaign includes the Adventurers Backpack, the Adventurers Companion, a Deck of Backpack Cards, a Canvas Backpack, and 2 notebooks inside an all leather Fillion record keeper. All of this made here in the United States.   

This is the second printing of our wildly popular Adventurers Backpack, a book designed for players to customize and loadout their characters like never before. 
 

All this to bring you the best Adventuring Experience! For years, we've used the tag line Take Only What You Need. THIS is what you need!

Early Bird #1: Pledge within 72 hours of launch to receive a PDF preview of the Abyss from our upcoming Codex of the Plans.

$5,000 || When we hit this goal we fund and are scheduled to send the Adventurers Backpack to the printers on July 20th, 2025. 
  

$15,000 || Magic Backpacks! We'll include 8 magical backpacks in the Adventurers Backpack. This stretch reward goes to all backers PDF and Print formats, since it is an content improvement for the Adventurers Backpack.

$20,000 || Elf and Dwarf Classes! Here we include the elf and the dwarf playable classes in the Adventurers Backpack! This stretch reward goes to all backers PDF and Print formats, since it is an content improvement for the Adventurers Backpack.

$25,000 || Gnome and Halfling Classes! Here we include the elf and the dwarf playable classes in the Adventurers Backpack! This stretch reward goes to all backers PDF and Print formats, since it is an content improvement for the Adventurers Backpack.

$30,000 || Rune Lore Reforged! We are going to Expand Rune Spells, renamed it to Rune Lore. This softcover book, estimated at 90 pages, will expand the Rune Lore class, including background of the runes, rules for casting, the rune mark class and include all 200+ rune spells.  NOTE: some of this material, the class and casting rules are copied and pasted from the Adventurers Backpack. This stretch reward goes to all backers in PDF, backers of the $99 level and above will also receive it in Print as well..

$65,000 || Lands, Titles & Background Wealth! Major Adventurers Backpack Expansion! We are going to add Lands and Titles to the book. Explore what it takes to build, defend and raise revenues from your own domains, conquered and earned. Also, a new approach to starting gold that includes social standing. This stretch reward goes to all backers PDF and Print formats, since it is an content improvement for the Adventurers Backpack.

 

$70,000 || Trade Goods & Professions! More table expansions with trade goods, tool kits and musical instruments for use with trade guilds or professions! This stretch reward goes to all backers PDF and Print formats, since it is an content improvement for the Adventurers Backpack.

 

$75,000 || New Class: The Warlock! The Warlock.   We are going to bring you the iconic warlock class, complete to 24th level. Being resourceful and shrewd, they use their magic to achieve their goals as well as their patrons, whom they are forever bound too, but that small price beings much power. This stretch reward goes to all backers PDF and Print formats, since it is an content improvement for the Adventurers Backpack.

$80,000 || Tools Kits & Instruments! More table expansions for the main book. We are adding an exhaustive equipment list for trade goods and professions. This stretch reward goes to all backers PDF and Print formats, since it is an content improvement for the Adventurers Backpack.

 

$85,000 || Exotic Languages & Trinkets! We will layout and include new, exotic languages for your players such as draconic, angelic, exalted, chthonic, etc. As well as expand the core book again with a complete list of novelty trinkets, all for you character! This stretch reward goes to all backers PDF and Print formats, since it is an content improvement for the Adventurers Backpack.

$100,000 || Adventurers Fiction! This goal changes up things a bit with a free PDF of fiction, Tales of Two Worlds, written by Stephen and Davis Chenault. It contains stories from two of our settings, Inzae & Aihrde, spinning tales of adventure, be it about the gods or mortals! This stretch reward goes to all backers in PDF format!

$110,000 || Archery Rules! The bow is deceptively simple, and almost anyone can use one. We will expand the book with more archery rules, including several types of quivers, from the real world to the fantastic, you can equip your bow carrying character or archer with a specialty quiver. What’s more we’ll introduce specialty arrows for use. We’ll not go full Green Arrow, but we’ll give you just enough to turn that bow and quiver into a little bit more. This stretch reward goes to all backers PDF and Print formats, since it is an content improvement for the Adventurers Backpack.

$120,000 ||  New Class: The Dancer!  With the Dancer, we will introduce a class that blends martial prowess with graceful, dance-like movements onto the battlefield, complete to 24th level. Swift as a twirling blade and twice as deadly. The Dancer uses their hypnotic grace and iron-clad discipline to knock their foes off-balance, spin effortlessly around incoming attacks, and turn a battle into a show. This stretch reward goes to all backers PDF and Print formats, since it is an content improvement for the Adventurers Backpack.