Volume 4 Issue 163 - The OSR: The Past, Present & Future

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Table Manners: The OSR: Past, Present, & Future 10:21.345   1. History a. 1999 i. Dragonsfoot.org starts ii. Other fan websites b. 2000 i. 3rd ed D&D 1. OGL (Open Gaming Licence) a. Associated SRD (System Reference Doc) 2. Backlash from a vocal minority of gamers a. Didn’t like new system ii. Necromancer Games 1. Modules a. “3rd ed rules, 1st ed feel” c. 2001 i. Hackmaster 1. KenzerCo 2. Permission to use older game engine from WotC a. Clause: must have “parody elements” b. Is AD&D at its core d. 2004 i. Castles and Crusades 1. Troll Lord Games 2. Simplified 3rd ed D&D mechanic a. Intended to mimic 1st ed AD&D e. 2006 i. OSRIC 1. “retro-clone” 2. In all aspects, IS 1st ed AD&D f. 2006 onward i. MANY retro-clones available 1. Some FREE ii. WoTC’s response? 1. PDFs of virtually the whole TSR catalog 2. Re-release AD&D 1st and 2nd ed core books 2. Types a. Emulate OD&D i. Swords and Wizardry 1. Mythmere Games b. B/X, BCEMI, Rules Cyclopedia i. B/X companion 1. B/X Blackrazor ii. Labyrinth Lord 1. Goblinoid Games iii. Lamentations of the Flaming Princess 1. B/X with weird fantasy a. VERY twisted c. 1st Ed AD&D i. Labyrinth Lord Advanced Edition Compendium 1. Goblinoid Games ii. OSRIC 1. Old School Reference and Index Compilation d. Other Retro-Clones i. Adventures Dark & Deep 1. “What if” EGG wrote 2nd ed AD&D 2. BRW Games ii. Basic Fantasy Role-Playing 1. Uses d20 system, by heavily modified to 1980s RPG style iii. Castles & Crusades 1. Troll Lord Games iv. Dungeon Crawl Classics 1. Goodman Games a. Inspired by Appendix N of AD&D DMG e. Magazines i. Knockspell 1. Mythmere Games ii. Fight On! iii. Footprints 1. Dragonsfoot.org iv. OUBLIETTE 1. Gold Piece Publications v. Gygax Magazine 1. Started by our own DM Jayson!   Creature Feature: Demon Boar - Labyrinth Lord Monster Manual pg 71 1:09:20.934 The Dragon's Hoard: Magic items from Fight On! #1 1:17:25.597