May 23, 2024 1:37 am
First I love old school rpgs. I have been playing rpgs since 1979 and cut my teeth on D&D, Gamma World, Star Frontiers, traveler (had more than 1 character die in character creation) and so on.
I have been playing for almost a year 2nd Edition D&D again with a group of players once week.
I would like to possibly run some more games with that D&D old school feel (B/X or advanced). I love various rules systems and their quirks and the settings that give them life.
So I have not delved to deeply into the various OSR game that are out there. I have used Castles and Crusades in the past, I just downloaded OSRIC and I also have, though I cannot remember how, Adventurer Conqueror King. As I was looking through ACKS today I noticed it only went to level 6 spells. This got me thinking of other D&D retro games and what makes them similar or different from D&D and other clones.
So for those with the knowledge, give me a rundown of an OSR game and what makes it stand out from other similar games.
I am also interested in any settings developed for those particular games. As I would love to run some adventures that have the old-school feel like those of the past but also fresh and new. As much as I love Keep on the Borderlands, I have run that adventure as least 30 times and possibly more.
So I figured I would take advantage of the knowledge those here have and see what is out there and may fit for me to run either as possible one shots or even a campaign with.
I have been playing for almost a year 2nd Edition D&D again with a group of players once week.
I would like to possibly run some more games with that D&D old school feel (B/X or advanced). I love various rules systems and their quirks and the settings that give them life.
So I have not delved to deeply into the various OSR game that are out there. I have used Castles and Crusades in the past, I just downloaded OSRIC and I also have, though I cannot remember how, Adventurer Conqueror King. As I was looking through ACKS today I noticed it only went to level 6 spells. This got me thinking of other D&D retro games and what makes them similar or different from D&D and other clones.
So for those with the knowledge, give me a rundown of an OSR game and what makes it stand out from other similar games.
I am also interested in any settings developed for those particular games. As I would love to run some adventures that have the old-school feel like those of the past but also fresh and new. As much as I love Keep on the Borderlands, I have run that adventure as least 30 times and possibly more.
So I figured I would take advantage of the knowledge those here have and see what is out there and may fit for me to run either as possible one shots or even a campaign with.