Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Looking for OSR games A-to-Z

Though I'm not doing the A-to-Z Blog Challenge, I thought I'd do a A-to-Z project anyway. So, I'm putting together a list of OSR games, trying to fill in the A-to-Z list. Please suggest games to fill in the blanks. Here's what I have so far:

A. Adventurer Conqueror King / Adventures Dark and Deep
B. Basic Fantasy / BLUEHOLME
C. Crypts and Things
D. Dungeon Crawl Classics / Delving Deeper
E. Encounter Critical
F. For Gold and Glory
G. Gods and Monsters
H. Hackmaster / Humanspace Empires
I.
J.
K.
L. Labyrinth Lord / Lamentations of the Flame Princess
M. Mazes and Minotaurs / Microlite74
N.
O. OSRIC
P. Pars Fortuna
Q.
R. Ruins and Ronin
S. Swords and Wizardry / Stars Without Number
T. Torch and Sword / Terminal Space
U. Under the Moons of Zoon
V.
W. Warrior, Rogue, and Mage
X. X-Plorers
Y.
Z. ZeFRS
52. 52 Pages
100. 100 Ways to Skin a Kobold (that's mine and it's still in draft)

Unfortunately, many of these letters (like 'D' especially) have several possible games.

13 comments:

  1. For "T" I'd suggest Traveller (Classic)... I'm running a game with the original rules, and you can't get much more old school than original school!

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    1. I was going for new games in the style of the old school games. Not the old games themselves.

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  2. Bear in mind there is a difference between "OSR Game" and "retro-clone".

    If you're going to stick only to pure retro-clones, then most of the games need to be removed from that list. If it's just OSR games in general, then why the notation on C&C and not on any other game?

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    1. I guess I have a broader definition of retro-clone than perhaps others do. To me, if the game is using mechanics similar to an old game, then it is a retro-clone. S&W is a retro-clone to me, even though they use AAC and single save. ACKS is a retro-clone because its based on another retro-clone (LL). To me, nothing after 2E is retro, therefore the notation about C&C.

      I suppose technically, since I said OSR, anything with the style of the old school, no matter the mechanics, qualifies.

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    2. The 2E cutoff is also why I haven't used Pathfinder for 'P'.

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    3. Plus, then you'd miss the opportunity to use Pars Fortuna.

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  3. While I like Old School games (and try to heartily contribute) I'm not sure "Under The moons of Zoon" actually classifies as one.
    Mostly for the unified mechnics/hero points stuff.

    But certainly "The Blue Book of Danger and Dweomers" (http://artikid.altervista.org/?id=Games&detail=Dangers%20and%20dweomers) does.

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  4. im guessing you havent read thru dungeon world? neither have I. But, it comes up alot on BGG/rpggeek.

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    1. I haven't read through it, and I already had 2 Ds.

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  5. i downloaded mazes and minotaurs. it really appeals to me.

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    1. I started going through M&M and really like it. I *want* to run the Tomb of the Bull King. I love the races.

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