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.
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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:
My physical copy of Dark Dungeons just came in the mail. This was my first ever lulu purchase and my goodness this is a chonky boy. This book is thicker than any other manual I own with the exception of DCC, that book still holds the crown for fattest fatty.
If you aren't familiar Dark Dungeons is a clone of the Rules Cyclopedia and has been free in pdf form for ages.
DD is of the first versions of D&D I ever read! Maybe the first. It's great! These days I have the reprinted RC in paper and am more likely to refer to it than DD. But RC was out of print when DD came out! And of course I love the comic book it's named after. Black Leaf and Elfstar