sentences:  Rick Swan reviewed "Sword and Crown" along with several other Birthright products for "Dragon" magazine #233 (September 1996), giving it a rating of 4 out of 6.Swan called this a first-rate example of an official adventure, "where the design team takes you by the hand and shows you what they consider the essentials of a Birthright campaign".He also called "Sword and Crown" "well-organized, clutter-free, and easy on the brain", and referred to the Spiritrender an "exceptionally nasty adversary".