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<blockquote data-quote="Mannahnin" data-source="post: 9525823" data-attributes="member: 7026594">I agree 90%+ with Gus.I do believe that the OSR scene historically began with D&amp;D, over a roughly 6-7 year period starting with WotC relaxing/rescinding TSR's extremely fan-hostile internet policies around 1997, which allowed for sites like Dragonsfoot to spring up.&nbsp; Dragonsfoot was and remains a huge haven for 1E AD&amp;D enthusiasts, though it supports discussion of other non-WotC games and editions.The OSR became a movement, IMO, in response to 3E, which brought a lot of lapsed players back, but then was different enough to create a population of folks who decided they wanted to go back and re-examine and play the older TSR editions, which better fit their nostalgia and the play styles they remembered.&nbsp; Forums like Dragonsfoot full of folks who never left AD&amp;D or OD&amp;D became resources for the returners.The term Old School Renaissance (or Revival) finally got coined for this scene around 2005 or 2006, right around or just before OSRIC (the first retroclone) was published.&nbsp; OSRIC was published originally as a convenient reference tool and device to publish new adventures for, at times when it was unclear whether publishing adventures (even for free) labeled as being for AD&amp;D would fly, and at times when WotC wasn't selling PDFs or POD AD&amp;D books like they are today, so OSRIC was meant to ensure that the rules were perpetually available.Other games like Traveller or Call of Cthulhu are 100% Old School, but whether they are part of the renaissance or revival is a bit ambiguous and depends on what you mean by that, as many of them never went out of print and remained in continual support from their publishers.That being said, folks who play or played games from the 70s or 80s and continued gaming into the new millenium are/were (IME) rarely exclusive to D&amp;D.&nbsp; Most of us played lots of other games as well, so (for example) places like Dragonsfoot have sub-forums for non-D&amp;D games, and those have always been welcome topics of discussion, even when WotC editions have been verboten.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mannahnin, post: 9525823, member: 7026594"] I agree 90%+ with Gus. I do believe that the OSR scene historically began with D&D, over a roughly 6-7 year period starting with WotC relaxing/rescinding TSR's extremely fan-hostile internet policies around 1997, which allowed for sites like Dragonsfoot to spring up. Dragonsfoot was and remains a huge haven for 1E AD&D enthusiasts, though it supports discussion of other non-WotC games and editions. The OSR became a movement, IMO, in response to 3E, which brought a lot of lapsed players back, but then was different enough to create a population of folks who decided they wanted to go back and re-examine and play the older TSR editions, which better fit their nostalgia and the play styles they remembered. Forums like Dragonsfoot full of folks who never left AD&D or OD&D became resources for the returners. The term Old School Renaissance (or Revival) finally got coined for this scene around 2005 or 2006, right around or just before OSRIC (the first retroclone) was published. OSRIC was published originally as a convenient reference tool and device to publish new adventures for, at times when it was unclear whether publishing adventures (even for free) labeled as being for AD&D would fly, and at times when WotC wasn't selling PDFs or POD AD&D books like they are today, so OSRIC was meant to ensure that the rules were perpetually available. Other games like Traveller or Call of Cthulhu are 100% Old School, but whether they are part of the renaissance or revival is a bit ambiguous and depends on what you mean by that, as many of them never went out of print and remained in continual support from their publishers. That being said, folks who play or played games from the 70s or 80s and continued gaming into the new millenium are/were (IME) rarely exclusive to D&D. Most of us played lots of other games as well, so (for example) places like Dragonsfoot have sub-forums for non-D&D games, and those have always been welcome topics of discussion, even when WotC editions have been verboten. [/QUOTE]

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