Old School Renaissance Handbook (PBtA)
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"Brent's book is exactly the reference I was hoping for when I went looking for more clear-eyed discussion of just what's in these games." - Paul Beakley
You may have heard of the Old School Renaissance¸ an enthusiastic movement that champions old-school gaming and old-school systems.
Here's the problem: there are dozens of old school rule sets. So which one should you try?
The Old School Renaissance Handbook profiles 32 popular old-school systems¸ including their basic mechanics¸ character attributes¸ and advice for DMs and players. There's even a handy one-page table comparing all these systems on price and complexity.
Plus¸ the book stats out the same five first-level characters in all 28 systems. Compare systems easily¸ and quickly jump into a game with these pregens.
Here are the 28 systems covered in the book:
1 Pot RPG
1974 Style
Adventurer Conqueror King System
Adventures Dark & Deep
Barbarians of Lemuria
BareBones RPG
Basic Fantasy
Basic Roleplaying (Chaosium)
Beyond the Wall and Other Adventures
Blueholme
Castles & Crusades
Delving Deeper
Dungeon Crawl Classics
Dungeon Raiders
Dungeon Squad!
Dungeon World
Épées and Sorcellerie
Into the Odd
Labyrinth Lord
Lamentations of the Flame Princess
Mazes & Minotaurs
Microlite74
Mutant Future
Old School Hack
OSRIC
Searchers of the Unknown
Stars Without Number
Swords and Wizardry
Warrior¸ Rogue & Mage
White Star
World of Dungeons
ZeFRS
The Handbook also includes interviews with Kirin Robinson of Old School Hack¸ James Raggi III of Lamentations of the Flame Princess¸ Jason Morningstar of Dungeon Squad!¸ Larry Moore of BareBones¸ Michael Wolf of Warrior¸ Rogue & Mage¸ Sage LaTorra and Adam Koebel of Dungeon World¸ James Spahn of White Star¸ and Stan Shinn of 1974 Style.