[1] The background material includes some English history from the time of The Conquest, life in Norman England, religion, magic and folklore, geography, towns, villages and castles, and notable personalities.
In the 2014 book Designers & Dragson: The '80s, game historian hannon Appelcline noted that "ICE's fourth new product lines had ties to both Hero and Rolemaster.
Monte Cook, for a time the editor in charge of both lines, would later recount having to deal with complaints from fans — who all felt like space was being wasted in their books with stats they'd never used — on a daily basis.
"[2]: 105 Robin Hood the Role Playing Campaign was part of this dual-statted line, a 160-page softcover book written by Graham Staplehurst, with illustrations by Denis Loubet, cartography by Ellisa Martin-Schob and David Martin, and cover art by Angus McBride.
"[1] Rolston also authored a review in the October 1987 edition of Dragon (Issue # 126), noting that although "the medieval part is all right [...] it's not particularly exciting to those used to fantasy adventuring with lots of magic and monsters and evil sorcerers and stuff."