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.
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It's still worth 7.17 easy, but I wonder why the price hike?
I asked about it on the official BFRPG forums. We'll see what they say
https://www.basicfantasy.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4848
Edit: This is from the BFRPG Site admin:
"Amazon has bumped all KDP print books up. And they did it exactly on the day I released the game. I did NOT plan it that way, I promise you."
Looks like the increase is related to Amazon printing policy and not with the new version of BFRPG.
It is inflation for everyone, baby.
This actually reminds me of a scenario I tinkered around a few years back. Adventurers would go into a dungeon near a village and bring the loot to said village every time. Eventually, the local supply of gold was great enough to make it almost worthless for the inhabitants, who decide to kick the players out before they ruin everything.
Looks like Amazon increased the price of their POD products at around the same time he released it. Coincidence only but was curious to see!