Interested in checking out non-D&D fantasy "old school" ttrpgs

[Koloth]

Melee is available as a free download from Warehouse23, the Steve Jackson Games online store. As mentioned above, it is a subset of Fantasy Trip but for the price, a good way to give it a try. If nothing else, you wind up with a free quick to play combat game.

 

[Voadam]

As for Tunnels & Trolls I quite like the Japanese rules, a slightly lighter version released in Japan (and not, to be clear, rules for playing samurai and ninja). It’s a fascinating historical artifact if nothing else.

How is it lighter? A shorter spell list?

 

[jian]

How is it lighter? A shorter spell list?

More streamlined and very few spells. Also it’s got lots of manga illustration and several simple adventures.

 

[darjr]

The original white box Warhammer box was neat and eclectic. It was both a wargame and an rpg. Think along the lines of OD&D with more complete less rambling rule but somehow with lesser layout. Even more like a set of typed up pages.

The photo of my copy was THE photo on line for a while, in the earlier years.

I think GW shared pdfs of it during one of their big anniversaries.

The last photo I took before I gifted it to a friend.

 

[darjr]

Wait?!

No Arduin or Warlock?