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:
I picked this up off of Amazon for 5 bucks. I was actually really pleased. Offers a good adventure hub/location, thier own iteration of an optional barbarian class for b/x and some nice maps.
Any other zines worth checking out?
I'm a big fan of the EMDT zines. In particular, The Nocturnal Table has some really great inspiration for city adventures, if you're into that kind of thing..
Hoping to see more recommendations since I'm also always looking out for new ttrpg zines.
I ordered issue 2 of the zine shown in the original post, but a week later I got a refund in my paypal account. Too bad. Looks like this one they sell on Amazon is the only one available.