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<blockquote data-quote="Jack Daniel" data-source="post: 8638706" data-attributes="member: 694">If there's a game that should be regarded as the universal entry-point into the OSR, it's <a href="https://www.basicfantasy.org/" target="_blank">Basic Fantasy RPG</a>, a B/X clone with a handful of key tweaks (ascending AC, no alignment, no race-classes, no level limits, and an XP system that isn't so stingy with awards that come from sources other than treasure). It's a good starting point because all the PDFs (and there are so many — core rules, options and supplements, adventures and campaigns) are free, all the print copies are print-at-cost and available dirt-cheap (so that you can dip your toe in the pond and see if you like it before you commit), and the community/forums are really helpful.And if you find that even BFRPG doesn't feel &quot;authentically&quot; D&amp;D enough, it's easy to move from BFRPG to another game — the same author's Iron Falcon retro-clone (which is based on LBBs + Greyhawk), or Labyrinth Lord, or Old School Essentials, or Swords &amp; Wizardry, or the actual old D&amp;D editions.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jack Daniel, post: 8638706, member: 694"] If there's a game that should be regarded as the universal entry-point into the OSR, it's [URL='https://www.basicfantasy.org/']Basic Fantasy RPG[/URL], a B/X clone with a handful of key tweaks (ascending AC, no alignment, no race-classes, no level limits, and an XP system that isn't so stingy with awards that come from sources other than treasure). It's a good starting point because all the PDFs (and there are so many — core rules, options and supplements, adventures and campaigns) are free, all the print copies are print-at-cost and available dirt-cheap (so that you can dip your toe in the pond and see if you like it before you commit), and the community/forums are really helpful. And if you find that even BFRPG doesn't feel "authentically" D&D enough, it's easy to move from BFRPG to another game — the same author's Iron Falcon retro-clone (which is based on LBBs + Greyhawk), or Labyrinth Lord, or Old School Essentials, or Swords & Wizardry, or the actual old D&D editions. [/QUOTE]

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