As OSR fans might argue, there’s a concept of “rulings, not rules”, and therefore the feel of an old school game isn’t tied to the game mechanics era.
TSR Games (3) threatens legal action against OSR community
The Facebook Group Old School TSR Games has reported the new TSR Games has threatened legal action.
Izegrim Creations’ Chromatic Dungeons plans the old school feel but for the modern community
Chromatic Dungeons TTRPG. Bringing the old school feel of TSR era gaming into the modern community. That is, an OSR clone, with the feel of old school gaming, but with modern sensibilities of game design applied, and to be presented to be welcoming and representative of just how diverse our gaming community has become since the 80s.
Free to Download: OSRIC 1e (400+ pages of AD&D retro-clone)
OSRIC, Old School Reference and Index Compilation, is a recreation of AD&D 1e published in 2006. It’s one of the first and most successful D&D retro-clones.
Under Hill, By Water: An OSR game about turnip contests
The idea of Hobbits deciding to raid a dungeon and face death just to collect some gold coins is pretty farfetched.
$644 OSR RPG collection up on Humble Bundle
Frog God Games has an extensive collection of Old School Revival RPGs up at Humble Bundle.
Free to Download: A preview of City of Solstice
An OSR setting from Charles Rice and Apocalyptic Games, a fantasy version of The Untouchables set a decade after the villains took control of the city.
OSR fantasy RPG Humble Bundle
The discount site Humble Bundle has $624 worth of OSR RPG goodies in a bundle. It’s a $1 to get a slice of the action.
Blood and Graph Paper: a review of Tomb of the Iron God
There’s an ancient monastery, or there was, and the locals can’t quite account for it. In truth, most of them look too fearful to want to even think about it. The temple of the Iron God once served as the final resting place for anyone in the area, whether noble or peasant. Now, the temple […]
Kickin’ it Old School: A Review of How to Game Master Like a Fucking Boss
In the wonderful world of tabletop role-playing games, there are two separate yet equally-important schools of thought: the “old-school” style of play perpetrated from classic editions of Dungeons & Dragons through the 80s, and the “new-school” style of play coming from the rising indie RPG movement of the late 90s through now. How to Game Master Like a […]