Old School Revival - Classic Rules Table Top Role-playing and the OSR Hobby
Rules- The community is to tiny, we can be really rules light at this point.
Don't be a jerk.
Everyone is welcome.
Try to stay kind of on topic.
New to OSR?
Here are three widely tested systems which offer free PDF rulebooks.
Basic Fantasy Created to be compatible with 3/3.5e, this is fully fleshed out OSE goodness written to be more approachable. Uses ascending armor class. Print options are sold at near cost and are very very inexpensive.
Old School Essentials Basic OSE is the most popular reproduction of the original B/X set. Uses descending armor class. With several different iterations at several different prices, this PDF is free and covers the basics. Enough to get a game going.
White Box : Fantastic Medieval Adventure Game A spiritual successor to Swords & Sorcery White Box. This is the complete OSR experience. Uses descending armor class, but contains alternate status for ascending. Like Basic Fantasy, the print version is under five bucks on amazon.
Other Recommended Boards:
"Jim Wampler, author of Mutant Crawl Classics, Scientific Barbarian, and more, as well as a well-known artist, has designed and made free for use a "This product is free of AI" badge. It's free to use by everyone, and is a nice-looking design. I've noticed an uptick in AI-generated art and text in the past six or so months, and I think it's a great thing for the indie and small press community to have this. Let's see what's new in the gaming front!"
Taken from the OSR News Roundup Post
Please don't flame me for asking this - I genuinely haven't really thought about this before and am curious to hear opinions.
For folks who would put this on their product / use this in a purchasing decision, are they doing it because they have a philosophical view against AI in RPG products? Or is it more of a "No Preservatives" label that folks see as an indication of high quality?
I thought it was a no preservatives thing. The idea was to certify that you aren't trying to sneak ai art and pass it off as normal human art.
At least that was my take away.
I think it's more like "this product contains art that someone laughed, cried and swore over".