Castles & Crusades Codex Classicum

by Brian N. Young, Libbie Okey (Editor), Peter Bradley (Illustrator)

An Ancient World

This codex explores a large array of mythical monsters and beings from both Greek, Etruscan and Roman cultures, their beliefs (what is known or understood), and their legendary lands. Travel through the Hellenic, Hellenistic, Etruscan, or any of the Roman periods, factual or mythical within this vast canvas in the Codex Classicum and experience the Classical Ideal somewhere along the way. From venturing into the brooding barbarian lands to the north, where bearded trouser wearing men worship strange spirits and monsters, to mingling with the wise and learned philosophers in Athens, this book has it all.

What Lies Herein:

The Myths of the of the Classical Era
The World of the Ancient Greeks & Romans
Monsters
Four Classes for your C&C Game
The Gods of the Greeks & Romans
Warriors of the Ancient World

And So Much More!

144 pages, Toy

Published July 12, 2017

About the author

Brian Young is an artist, TV and radio host, Humanities professor and writer from Oklahoma. Born and raised in the state, he has lived a life of creativity and imagination his whole life channeling it into various mediums since the age of four. He has a BA in History from NWOSU (2001) and a Masters in Arthurian Studies from the University of Wales Lampeter (2007). He has an education and knowledge of the Celtic languages, past and present, and seeks to see them further promoted and aided for the future. He illustrated and wrote the first tri-lingual Celtic book ‘Lyver-Lywans Bukkyas Keltek’ in 1998. A self professed ‘King of the Nerds’; his hobbies include role-playing games, video games, convention appearances and too much to list here. His greatest influences are from music and owns a massive collection of the most unusual, imaginative and diverse range of music, it is from such a collection his greatest ideas are derived. Creator, director and producer of Oklahoma’s only horror TV show, ‘The Mysterious Lab of Dr. Fear’, he and his cast played old classic films with a large touch of camp and cheese for 13 years until the local channel was taken from the town by the City Counsel. They also produced live each week the longest running Gothic, horror and Halloween themed radio show, ‘The Mysterious Hours of Dr. Fear’ every Sunday night for over 13 years.

He is a writer and game designer for Troll Lord Games and have scores of modules and big books (Award Winning) still coming out. At the moment he is about to begin on a PhD in Celtic Studies (Studhyansow Geltyan) from the University of Exeter (Penskol Ker Esk), the Institute of Cornish Studies (Fondyans Studhyansow Kernowek) and teaches English at a High School in OKC and continues to be an educator after 14 years going on to the next.