Old School Roundup

[eyebeams]

There should be a thread where we collect old school D&D inspired RPGs and blogs. So how about this one? I was following http://grognardia.blogspot.com and discovered that OSRIC's creator is working on yet another system. Did not know this. Any other scoops?

 

[Philotomy Jurament]

Labyrinth Lord is going into retail distribution, and should start showing up in stores in November or December.

The Random Esoteric Creature Generator for Classic Fantasy Role-Playing Games and Their Modern Simulacra will soon be going into retail distribution, too.

The new Swords & Wizardry simulacrum/clone system you mentioned will have two versions: a "Core edition" and a "white box" version.

There will be a new magazine, named Knockspell, to support Swords & Wizardy. The first issue will include articles from TSR alumni Tim Kask and Steve Marsh.

Fight On! magazine will have a new issue coming out around mid-July or so. It's big ("...bumping up against lulu's 88 page limit for saddle stitched..."), and includes material from "...2 of the 6 living people with author credits on TSR editions of D&D, an award-winning designer from the indie community, a famous webcomic, the author of two renowned Judges' Guild products from back in the day, and many others." (from update on issue #2).

I'm jazzed about all the activity around traditional D&D and "old school" gaming, lately. There's more stuff I could dig up links for, but for now I'll just throw out the names and trust in Google:

• the Mutant Future game (which rocks)
• The Phoenix Barony setting for Labyrinth Lord
• Brave Halfing Publishing's material for LL
• Robert Conley's Wilderlands "Points of Light" material for Goodman Games
• Adventure Games Publishing's Wilderlands material
• GORE (largely compatible with RQ and CoC)
• Sham's Grog 'n Blog (good blog)
• The Holmes Companion (for expanding Holmes Basic)

 

[philreed]

There's also the 4C System out there.

 

[Philotomy Jurament]

ZeFRS is another clone for the REH fans.
Metamorphosis Alpha is old school and cool.
So is original Empire of the Petal Throne.
Basic Fantasy is an "almost clone" (i.e. not really a clone, but very similar to Classic D&D).
Pied Piper Publishing is putting out some cool 1e compatible material, including material from the original Greyhawk castle dungeons (e.g. Bottle City).

 

[philippe tromeur]

So is original Empire of the Petal Throne.

Indeed.
I often play the game, with its original funky rules, at conventions in France.
I've created a webpage for the game (with my GM screen and character sheeets), all in the French language : http://tromeur.com/tekumel/

 

[Goblinoid Games]

Indeed.
I often play the game, with its original funky rules, at conventions in France.
I've created a webpage for the game (with my GM screen and character sheeets), all in the French language : http://tromeur.com/tekumel/

A link to Mutant Future.