The Palladium Book of Weapons & Castles (1982)

A generic resource about missile weapons, melee weapons, armor, castles and their defenses, and siege equipment. Includes numerous maps of differing castle layouts.

Publisher Blurb:

What is the Palladium Weapon Series?

It is a series of small sourcebooks that presents historically accurate data and information about ancient weapons from around the world.

For use with ANY game system. You heard right. The statistical information is designed and set up in such a way that it can be applied to virtually any game system that uses dice.

Ideal for fantasy and historical games, as well as, modern games that use ancient melee weapons (knives, swords, axes, maces, ball and chain, picks, spears, pole arms, etc.).

• The bow and arrow, and crossbow weapons from around the world
• Castle and design features.
• 15 different, real world castles. Each illustrated for a castle under siege.
• Historically accurate.
• For use with any game system. Some adaptation required.