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Ultimate OSR Video

1.      What is the OSR?

 

a.      Brief D&D/TSR Design History

b.      Great Overview here, even mentions my blog Wondrous Imaginings as one of the “pivotal early blogs” of the OSR.  https://osrsimulacrum.blogspot.com/2021/02/a-historical-look-at-osr-part-i.html

c.      Helpful Links: 

                                                              i.      Raggi:  https://lotfp.blogspot.com/2008/10/cowardice-of-modern-grognard-or.html

                                                             ii.      Code of ethics https://shaneplays.com/rpg-history-tsr-code-of-ethics-dd-comics-code-authority-rules/#codeofethicsimages

                                                           iii.      Grognardia on pulp influences https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2008/10/picaro-and-story-of-d.html

                                                           iv.      Raggi’s I Hate Fun https://lotfp.blogspot.com/2008/06/i-hate-fun.html

                                                             v.      He later turned it into a video https://youtu.be/dxyhZ-rmV3g?si=rrp1PogPLFWbW-Z6

 

 

2.      The Old School Games

 

a.      TSR Games

                                                              i.      OD&D https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/28306/od-d-dungeons-dragons-original-edition-0e

                                                             ii.      Holmes

                                                           iii.      B/X  https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/110274/d-d-basic-set-rulebook-b-x-ed-basic

                                                           iv.      BECMI  https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/116578/d-d-basic-set-player-s-manual-becmi-ed-basic

                                                             v.      Rules Cyclopedia  https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/17171/d-d-rules-cyclopedia-basic

                                                           vi.      AD&D https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/17003/players-handbook-1e

                                                         vii.      2e AD&D  https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/16868/player-s-handbook-revised-2e

b.      Other Game Systems that are were Old School:

                                                              i.      Tunnels and Trolls  https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/210996/tunnels-trolls-rules-5th-editon

                                                             ii.      GURPS third edition, get compendium 1 and 2 as well.  https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/243336/gurps-basic-set-third-edition-revised

                                                           iii.      Stormbringer  Chaosium version.  Red Box.  https://www.nobleknight.com/

                                                           iv.      Pendragon  https://www.nobleknight.com/ 

                                                             v.      Thieves World https://www.nobleknight.com/ 

                                                           vi.      Rolemaster/MERPS  https://www.nobleknight.com/ 

                                                         vii.      Warhammer (2nd ed is best).  Adventure series Enemy Within  https://www.nobleknight.com/

                                                        viii.      Tekumel/Empire of the Petal Throne  https://www.nobleknight.com/ 

                                                           ix.      Palladium  https://www.nobleknight.com/ 

                                                             x.      Arduin https://www.nobleknight.com/

                                                           xi.      Runequest https://www.nobleknight.com/

 

3.      Message Boards


a.      Don’t go to ENWorld and RPGNet

b.      TheRPGSite  Sometimes described as the Mos Eisley Spaceport of the OSR.  Not that bad.  Like the two guys from Second Hand Lions.    https://www.therpgsite.com/

d.      Knights and Knaves Alehouse https://www.knights-n-knaves.com/phpbb3/index.php

e.      ODD74 https://odd74.proboards.com/

g.       The Piazza...focused on old school settings.  https://www.thepiazza.org.uk/bb/index.php?sid=106138b7f9b03410a3704899aa558a26

 

4.      Blogs and Transition to Google+


a.      Mine, Wondrous Imaginings

b.      Grognardia https://grognardia.blogspot.com/ 

c.      Tenkar’s Tavern https://www.tenkarstavern.com/ 

d.      Gothridge Manor https://gothridgemanor.blogspot.com/

e.      Bat in the Attic https://batintheattic.blogspot.com/

f.        Rusty Battle Axe https://therustybattleaxe.blogspot.com/

g.       Leicester's Ramble  https://leicestersramble.blogspot.com/

h.      MSJX https://www.msjx.org/

i.        The Alexandrian https://thealexandrian.net/

j.        Hack and Slash CC’s Blog https://hackslashmaster.blogspot.com/

k.       Jeff’s Gameblog https://jrients.blogspot.com/

m.    Hill Cantons https://hillcantons.blogspot.com/

n.      Matt Finch’s S&W Blog https://swordsandwizardry.blogspot.com/

o.      A Paladin in Citadel https://apaladinincitadel.blogspot.com/

p.      Raggi’s LOTFP Blog https://lotfp.blogspot.com/?zx=9c8dd48d4207c1ec

q.      A bit about 2000 Coppers

 

 

5.      OSR Games

 

a.      Matt Finch and the Retroclones

b.      OSRIC https://osricrpg.com/

d.      Castles and Crusades  https://trolllord.com/castles-crusades/

e.      Hackmaster  Check out Hackmaster Basic especially.    https://kenzerco.com/hackmaster/ 

f.        Retroclones

                                                              i.      Blueholme https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/109409/blueholme-prentice-rules?filters=0_0_1300_0_0&affiliate_id=1446

                                                             ii.      Labyrinth Lord https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/64332/labyrinth-lord-revised-edition

                                                           iii.      OSE  get the advanced fantasy rules. Used to be B/X Essentials https://necroticgnome.com/pages/about-old-school-essentials

                                                           iv.      Osric for AD&D Link above

                                                             v.      Swords and Wizardry Complete https://www.mythmeregames.com/ 

                                                           vi.      For Gold and Glory:  2e clone.  https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/156530/for-gold-glory

g.       Raggi—breaking the mold with LOTFP https://lotfp.com/RPG/ 

h.      New ones: 

                                                              i.      Rules Light: 

5.      Five Torches Deep https://www.fivetorchesdeep.com/ 

8.      Low Fantasy Gaming---borders between rules light and rules heavy.  https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/265388/low-fantasy-gaming-deluxe-edition

                                                             ii.      More intensive rulesets: 

1.      Joe Bloch’s Adventures Dark and Deep  2nd edition just finished the kickstarter https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/publisher/3728/brw-games

2.      Hyperborea https://www.hyperborea.tv/

4.      Adventurer Conqueror King--ACKs 2nd ed just finished kickstarter https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/99123/adventurer-conqueror-king-system

                                                           iii.      DCC  https://goodman-games.com/dungeon-crawl-classics-rpg/

 

6.      Adventures

 

a.      Modules/Adventure publishers

                                                              i.      TSR

                                                             ii.      Judges Guild

                                                           iii.      Mayfair Games: Lich Lords https://www.nobleknight.com/Search?text=lich+lords

b.      Adventure Styles: 

                                                              i.      Light, like Shadowdark and OSE

                                                             ii.      More old school like Joe Bloch and Talanian—Boxed Text FTW

                                                           iii.      Jaquaysing/Xandering the Dungeon https://thealexandrian.net/wordpress/13085/roleplaying-games/xandering-the-dungeon

c.      Best Modules

                                                              i.      Best OG ones

2.      Temple of Elemental Evil, Slavelords, Giants, Drow https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/publisher/44/wizards-of-the-coast/category/9734/ad-d-1st-ed

4.      Caverns of Thracia  Goodman Games Kickstarter ended recently. 

                                                             ii.      Best new ones

1.      Death Frost Doom  https://www.lotfp.com/store/DeathFrostDoom

2.      Tomb of the Iron God https://www.mythmeregames.com/ 

4.      All of the Hyperborea modules  https://www.hyperborea.tv/store/c4/HYPERBOREA_Adventures.html

5.      Anomalous Subsurface Environment 1 and 2.  Like Expedition to the Barrier Peaks  https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/PatW

d.      Megadungeons

                                                              i.      TOEE https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/17068/t1-4-temple-of-elemental-evil-1e

                                                             ii.      Undermountain:

                                                           iii.      Zagyg  https://trolllord.com/ 

                                                           iv.      Greg Gillespie and Barrowmaze  https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/139762/barrowmaze-complete

                                                             v.      Castle of the Mad Archmage  https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/publisher/3728/BRW-Games/category/45474/Castle-of-the-Mad-Archmage

                                                           vi.      Rappan Athuk---don’t forget to get the maps!  https://www.froggodgames.com/products/16140?srsltid=AfmBOorYnhKQ1zXBO8qX7ur96VGcOcmDIqN1RWf3Srd0QPXzpmTbj5pg

                                                         vii.      Stonehell  https://www.lulu.com/shop/michael-curtis/stonehell-dungeon-down-night-haunted-halls/paperback/product-1v8vy2zz.html?srsltid=AfmBOooLqZkOOD4nE3txy9vskLtMlFrDnUC-sd0MW9JzULU2Ki-742rw&page=1&pageSize=4

 

7.      Settings

 

a.      Greyhawk

                                                              i.      Gygax https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/17392/world-of-greyhawk-fantasy-game-setting-1e

                                                             ii.      Sargent-- Also get from The Marklands and  Iuz the Evil and City of Skulls https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/17399/from-the-ashes-2e

d.      Tekumel  https://www.nobleknight.com/ 

e.      Wilderlands of High Fantasy:  https://www.nobleknight.com/Publisher/Judges-Guild

g.       Lankhmar

                                                              i.      TSR  https://www.nobleknight.com/P/8988/Lankhmar---City-of-Adventure-2nd-Edition

                                                             ii.      DCC---Mongoose had a line but it sucked  https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/publisher/36/goodman-games/category/23966/dcc-lankhmar?keyword=lankhmar

h.      Dragonlance  Get the Atlas and the Adventures hardcover book.  Most of it is through the modules.  https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/publisher/44/wizards-of-the-coast/category/322/dragonlance

i.        Middle Earth—MERPS based on Rolemaster  https://ironcrown.co.uk/merp/

k.       Harnworld  https://columbiagames.com/harnworld/

l.        Hyperborea  https://www.hyperborea.tv/ 

o.      Blackmarsh—FREE  Gold best seller, number one selling setting on DTRPG I think.  https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/89944/blackmarsh

 

8.      Zines

 

a.      What are they…link to our zine video.  https://www.youtube.com/live/PdlEMkAiYew?si=w77FAjuCJ4Pw3GlY

                                                              i.      Styles of zines

b.      Notable OSR Zines

                                                              i.      Loviatar https://www.nobleknight.com/Products/Loviatar-Magazine

                                                             ii.      Raggi:  Green Devil Face  https://www.nobleknight.com/P/2147405143/Green-Devil-Face-1

                                                           iii.      Manor https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/101938/the-manor-issue-1

                                                           iv.      Crawl  https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/110928/crawl-fanzine-no-1

                                                             v.      Knock  https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/345695/knock-issue-1

                                                           vi.      Fight on! https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/476691/fight-on-1-spring-2008-pdf-version

                                                         vii.      Nod---also made Blood and Treasure  James Stater  https://www.lulu.com/shop/john-stater/nod-1/paperback/product-12v5pnrj.html?q=nod&page=1&pageSize=4

                                                        viii.      Knockspell https://www.mythmeregames.com/collections/knockspell-magazine

                                                           ix.      Crit Happens https://flintfireforge.gumroad.com/

 

c.      Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/rpgzines/

d.      Zinequest  https://www.kickstarter.com/zinequest

 

9.      Conventions

 

a.      NTRPG  https://ntrpgcon.com/ 

c.      Garycon  https://garycon.com/ 

d.      Gamehole Con  https://www.gameholecon.com/ 

e.      Totalcon  https://www.totalcon.com/ 

f.        CNY RPG Con   https://tabletop.events/conventions/cnyrpgcon

 

 

10.  OSR Resources Everyone Should Have              

 

c.      D30 Sandbox Companion--honorable mention  https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/124392/d30-sandbox-companion

i.        AD&D 2e Campaign Sourcebook and Catacomb Guide  https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/16887/dmgr1-campaign-sourcebook-and-catacomb-guide-2e

l.        Tome of Beasts Kobold Press  its 5e but good https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/434286/tome-of-beasts-for-5th-edition

r.        Herbalist’s Primer https://renegadegamestudios.com/herbalists-primer/

s.       Geologist’s Primer  https://renegadegamestudios.com/geologists-primer/

u.      2e Compendiums

                                                              i.      Priest Spell Compendium https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/17382/priest-s-spell-compendium-vol-1-2e

                                                             ii.      Wizard  https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/17468/wizard-s-spell-compendium-vol-1-2e

                                                           iii.      Encyclopedia Magica https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/17450/encyclopedia-magica-vol-1-a-d-2e

v.       Thieves of Lankhmar:  Nigel Findley  https://www.nobleknight.com/P/2000/Thieves-of-Lankhmar

x.       AC1 Shady Dragon Inn---NPC’s and inn map  https://www.nobleknight.com/P/1823/Shady-Dragon-Inn-The

z.       How to Write Adventure Modules that Don’t Suck—Original one is good, new one sucks.  Have to buy the new one to get the original one.  https://goodman-games.com/store/product/how-to-write-adventure-modules-that-dont-suck-pdf/

aa.  Sly Flourish Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master https://a.co/d/aJlSgmM

bb.  Bestial Ecosystems Courtney Campbell https://a.co/d/ekMrTJH

cc.  Pirate’s Guide to Freeport: no crunch, all setting.  https://www.amazon.com/Pirates-Guide-Freeport-Chris-Pramas/dp/1932442723

ff.      Call of Cthulhu:  most old schoolers agree that the 5th edition is the best but here’s the latest, 7th edition.  https://www.chaosium.com/7th-edition-pdfs/

gg.   Trail of Cthulhu using the Gumshoe System—interpreting clues, not following them.  https://pelgranepress.com/trail-of-cthulhu/

ii.       Random Esoteric Creature Generator originally Goodman, now his own again:  https://us.lotfp.com/store/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=61&search=esoteric

kk.   Folklore Mythology and Legend https://a.co/d/6SqSKRs 

 

11.  History of the Hobby

                                                              i.      Playing at the world  https://a.co/d/g1yA0EN

                                                             ii.      Game Wizards https://a.co/d/4j9VN1m

                                                           iii.      Elusive Shift https://a.co/d/hwXv1qy

                                                           iv.      Judge’s World Deluxe Collector’s Edition Vol 1  https://www.nobleknight.com/P/2147663110/Judges-Guild-Deluxe-1-Oversized-Collectors-Edition

                                                             v.      Judge’s World Deluxe Collector’s Edition Vol 2 https://www.nobleknight.com/P/2147879820/Judges-Guild-Deluxe-2-Oversized-Collectors-Edition

                                                           vi.      Goodman Games Original Adventures Reincarnated:  TOEE, Keep on the Borderlands, Dark Tower, and more. https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Goodman+Games

                                                         vii.      Slaying the Dragon https://a.co/d/aG5jeYD 

                                                        viii.      Art and Arcana  https://a.co/d/gcEOn9b 

                                                           ix.      Older Dragon Magazines, some Dungeon ones too.

 

12.  Movies and TV

                                                              i.      Conan the Barbarian and Conan the Destroyer

                                                             ii.      Highlander

                                                           iii.      Excalibur and Monty Python and the Holy Grail

                                                           iv.      Tombstone w/ Val Kilmer as Doc

                                                             v.      Seven Samurai

                                                           vi.      LOTR…duh

                                                         vii.      The Unforgiven

                                                        viii.      Alien

                                                           ix.      Terminator

                                                             x.      First couple Indiana Jones movies

                                                           xi.      Willow

                                                         xii.      Heavy Metal

                                                        xiii.      Clash of the Titans

                                                        xiv.      D&D Cartoon and Thundarr the Barbarian

                                                          xv.      Hawk the Slayer and Krull and Robin of Sherwood

 

13.  How to get into the OSR?  Where are your new Peeps?!

a.      Blogs and Boards are still there.  Dive in.  Learn more of the history and theory and see how it came about.  One newer one that’s OSR friendly is https://www.rpgpub.com/ 

b.      Youtube channels like mine.  Here’s a couple more:

                                                              i.      Tenkar’s Tavern  www.youtube.com/@TenkarsTavern

                                                             ii.      Gothridge Manor  https://www.youtube.com/@GothridgeManor

                                                           iii.      Bandit’s Keep https://www.youtube.com/@BanditsKeep

                                                           iv.      Flint Fireforge  https://www.youtube.com/@FlintFireforge

c.      Reddit:  Skip it.  So many assholes there its like a proctologist’s wet dream.

d.      Facebook is the best place.

                                                              i.      OSR Group:     https://www.facebook.com/groups/oldschoolgaming/

                                                             ii.      Tenkar’s Tavern: https://www.facebook.com/groups/tenkarstavern/

e.      Liveplay videos

                                                              i.      The Friday Night Random Party Generator Guys learning and playing their first session of Shadowdark.  https://www.youtube.com/live/ZzACKIOLnAY?si=-6paf96U_izhxJPp

                                                             ii.      Tim Shorts excellent Shadowdark Game.  https://www.youtube.com/live/ElnYcbTyr-c?si=K_rnLkm8WCBsMQja

f.        A couple of my best videos that might help

                                                              i.      How to run your first OSR campaign if you’re coming from 5e  https://youtu.be/bWRPXFJ8Bl8?si=dgOGD-a8KHIRRyII

                                                             ii.      How to help 5e players adjust to your OSR style Old School Game  https://youtu.be/1Jm_9WOo45g?si=oFcBh-P7d_hFM__O

                                                           iii.      Setting Player Expectations for your Old School OSR Campaign https://youtu.be/cEUPoC9DYMY?si=dSh5F3T4ngfwwdM-

                                                           iv.      Gary was Wrong!  Where do the Orcs Crap?  https://youtu.be/WXFMdGdFo6M?si=uy1ZINa1i5TEjN5B

 

 

 

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