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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TheAlkaizer" data-source="post: 9525362" data-attributes="member: 7024893">The OSR is dominated by games derived from D&D B/X.<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The biggest name is Old-School Essentials which rules are 99% identical to B/X, just repackaged, clarified and reorganized. It's a solid vanilla starting point.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">As [USER=52905]@darjr[/USER] mentioned, Basic Fantasy is also very popular. The art is a bit all over the place, but it's a solid game and all of it is free or at-cost if you buy print.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Dungeon Crawl Classics is another popular one. It leans in the gonzo with its funky dices. And from my limited understanding, it borrows a bit from the 3rd edition chassis. It has a ton of adventures.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">If you want a very lean and lightweight package, I'd recommend Maze Rats or Knave.</li> </ul>There are games that stick to the OSR ethos but stray a bit further in term of design, often taking different forms. Some of these are folded under the label of the NSR movement. They're often a bit mechanically different and sometimes opiniated when it comes to a setting or a vibe.<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Into the Odds</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Cairn</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Electrum Archive</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Vaults of Vaarn</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Outcast Silver Raiders</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Mörk Borg</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Mothership</li> </ul>There are retroclones of other editions:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">OSRIC is a retroclone of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 1st edition.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Sword & Wizardry is a retroclone of Original Dungeons & Dragons from the early 70s.</li> </ul></blockquote>

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