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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.

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What is your favorite OSR system and why? (lemmy.world)
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This was my favorite thread on the old r/OSR. So is your favorite system/systems?

I'll start:

Basic Fantasy - BF gets overlooked a lot because the print books are sold at cost so I think it ends up being a lot of peoples introduction to OSR, but I keep coming back to it. The modules are really well written.

Old School Essentials - Just got the Rules Tome and I love it, though I haven't had the change to dig into a game with it yet.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

TSR: Rules Cyclopedia.
OSR: Cy_Borg.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Rules cyclopedia simply because it has the highest level cap

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It's also in print 💁🏻‍♀️ and there was that cute Japanese edition a few years back.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Hah nice

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Lots of warts, but AD&D 1st edition is still my favorite.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Honestly not a bad choice. I remember when I was a kid, those books were already pretty old and were very cheap. (early 90s) I wish I had collected more of them.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Hyperborea (Described to me as effective AD&D 1e but refined) is my first, so it's all I know. That said, I'm really enjoying pouring through it. My players for my Delta Green game are very excited to play too, but none of them have played OSR before either, so part of me worries they're in for a rough time with how deadly combat is.

We'll find out soon!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Embrace the bloodshed! I hope it goes well!