The work contains many unlicensed references to Middle Earth's Tolkien universe and it restores the Black Magick spells that disappeared since the third edition.
This version contains the last writings of Wilf Backhaus, who died in October 2009[15] and the full supplement "Arden", one of the nations in the Archaeron campaign of the designers of Chivalry & Sorcery that was first published by FGU in 1979.
Despite the fact that all Red Book editions bear the logo of FGU, Scott Bizar, the CEO of the company, claims he has nothing to do with them, and since Backhaus' death in 2009, the editors remain anonymous.
[22] A group calling itself the "Loyal Order of Chivalry & Sorcery Revival Team" began making announcements on behalf of Red Book editors.
[24] Changes made from C&S RB Gorgon: Published in May 2014, this new version of 864 pages was released on the internet and is divided into nine books:[26] This version contains two extensions that were advertised a long time ago by FGU but never published: "Crusaders", a supplement covering the time of the Crusades in the Holy Land; and "King Arthur", the mythic England of Arthurian legends.
The book provided rules for creating characters in the feudal realms of the Troll Head: a vast continent where many different cultures live.
[27] Unlike previous editors of the Red Book, the World of the Troll-Head authors Jean-Marc Pinaud and Guy-Franck Richard did not remain anonymous.
[28] One year after the release of C&S Troll-Head, a new Red Book version called Minotaur was published online as a free downloadable pdf.