#oldschoolessentials — Public Fediverse posts

Old-School Essentials is opening the Gates of Hell with the "Demonic Grimoire," a new OSE supplement from Necrotic Gnome and Exalted Funeral running now on BackerKit. https://ttrpgfans.com/old-school-essentials-demonic-grimoire/ #OldSchoolEssentials #osr #ttRPG #tabletoprpg

The Old School Zine The Madder Hag Issue #8 is Out in Print and PDF

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://thegaminggang.com/game-news/the-old-school-zine-the-madder-hag-issue-8-is-out-in-print-and-pdf

The Old-School Essentials Demonic Grimoire Devours Its BackerKit Goal in Minutes

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://thegaminggang.com/game-news/the-old-school-essentials-demonic-grimoire-devours-its-backerkit-goal-in-minutes

Get REAL.

No F$&!ing AI. All human made.

DnD, 5e, OSR, Dragonbane, Maps, Poetry.

Laidback DM.

https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/publisher/13989/laidback-dm

#5e #map #Pathfinder2 #Dragonbane #osr #shadowdark #DungeonsAndDragons #maps #dnd #oldschool #Poetry #OldSchoolEssentials #poems #Dragon #DnD5e

Are You Ready To Oneshot?

Shotglass Adventures. Not just your average adventures.

https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/publisher/13989/laidback-dm

#dnd #5e #DnD5e #1e #2e #ADnD #DungeonsAndDragons #ttrpg #osr #oldschool #OldSchoolEssentials #Dragonbane #shadowdark

Are You Ready To Oneshot?

Shotglass Adventures. Not just your average adventures.

https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/publisher/13989/laidback-dm

#dnd #5e #DnD5e #1e #2e #ADnD #DungeonsAndDragons #ttrpg #osr #oldschool #OldSchoolEssentials #Dragonbane #shadowdark

Are You Ready To Oneshot?

Shotglass Adventures. Not just your average adventures.

https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/publisher/13989/laidback-dm

#dnd #5e #DnD5e #1e #2e #ADnD #DungeonsAndDragons #ttrpg #osr #oldschool #OldSchoolEssentials #Dragonbane #shadowdark

Are You Ready To Oneshot?

Shotglass Adventures. Not just your average adventures.

https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/publisher/13989/laidback-dm

#dnd #5e #DnD5e #1e #2e #ADnD #DungeonsAndDragons #ttrpg #osr #oldschool #OldSchoolEssentials #Dragonbane #shadowdark

Are You Ready To Oneshot?

Shotglass Adventures. Not just your average adventures.

https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/publisher/13989/laidback-dm

#dnd #5e #DnD5e #1e #2e #ADnD #DungeonsAndDragons #ttrpg #osr #oldschool #OldSchoolEssentials #Dragonbane #shadowdark

'Pyramid of Iak'm' GM's workbook & digital maps now available on DrivethruRPG!

Stock the dungeon YOUR way!

https://stevestillstanding.com/2026/04/22/pyramid-of-iakm-gms-workbook-digital-maps/

#dnd #5e #osr #Dragonbane #shadowdark #Pathfinder2e #pathfinder #OldSchoolEssentials #DungeonsAndDragons

Ferenzio's Tomb & Draakunslund Bestiary PDFs Now on Drivethrurpg!

New One-shot for Dragonbane, DnD 5e & OSR, complete with stats for all systems, VTT maps & tokens!

https://stevestillstanding.com/2026/04/02/ferenzios-tomb-pdf-oneshot-for-dragonbane-dnd-5e-osr/

#Dragonbane #dnd #5e #osr #DungeonsAndDragons #OneShot #shadowdark #OldSchoolEssentials

Here is my latest post on X2 #CastleAmber. This is a solo playthrough and I am sharing updated character sheets. Last time, I made some mistakes and this post mostly corrects them. #oldschoolessentials, #BX, #DND, #OSE

https://www.theseoldgames.com/2026/04/x2-castle-amber-2026-session-42.html

New OSE module just dropped. Guess it's a little late for the April 1st deadline.

#NotionalGames #OldSchoolEssentials #PullMyFinger #Parody #Humor #OfASort

In my YouTube channel, I only review or mention products or game rules that I've played or at least own and read cover to cover. I've been a big fan of Old-Schoo Essentials for 2+ years, and recently got Shadowdark (and love it). I'm also a BECMI grognard who cut his teeth on the purple box Basic Set (Moldvay) and AD&D.

Should I get Dolmenwood and add that to the mix? Is it different enough to be worth the time/expense?

#dnd #osr #ttrpg #Dolmenwood #Shadowdark #BECMI #ADND #OldSchoolEssentials

@HeyeBodo

These days, I’d probably say #SwordsAndWizardry or #OldSchoolEssentials just for ease of use and adaptability, although I have a fondness for the #RulesCyclopedia too.

For more complexity, I’d say #OSRIC—I’m eagerly awaiting the new version being printed by Mythmere Games (and in landscape form too!)

But it has to have some weirdness to it, as you say!

Entries for January 7-12, only weeks behind! A ready made 3rd level NPC adventuring party to spring on the PCs.

#blog #ttrpg #charactercreationchallenge #oldschoolessentials

https://overthehillgaming.blogspot.com/2026/01/2026-character-creation-challenge-speed_0727033344.html

Where I change some things and add others to X1 The Isle of Dread during the holiday doldrums. Hopefully useful to anybody planning on running this classic D&D adventure module.

https://overthehillgaming.blogspot.com/2025/12/lost-world-island-life-part-2.html

#blog #oldschoolessentials #ose #dungeonsanddragons #dnd #theisleofdread #ttrpg

Publisher Necrotic Gnome has recently announced that a major update is coming to the Old-School Essentials TTRPG in 2026. We take a look at what to expect. https://ttrpgfans.com/old-school-essentials-update/ #ose #oldschoolessentials #necroticgnome #osr #oldschoolrevival #ttrpg #TTRPGCommunity #RPG #RPGCommunity #rpggames

Why is it in #DndD style games that the characters with the highest INT and WIS are the ones that inevitably do the most stupid things?

The adventuring continued last night with the first combat for our group.

The 'smart wise' fighter decides to smash a flaming torch into a flask of oil they are holding. Not just burning themselves, but also the Magic User and my Elf, plus the ex-enemy I had just cast Charm Person on.

Everyone else, friends and enemies, just looked on in confusion.

#ttrpg #OldSchoolEssentials

The Saintly Hollows, our follow-up to the ENNIE Award-winning The Valley of Flowers, is now on Kickstarter. Check it out if you like:

⚔️ #OSR style play in mythic settings

✨ The stranger side of Arthuriana

🧌 Weird (Little) (Medieval) Guys

🛡️ Giant mechanical knights who are also dungeons

Thank you.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/626169339/wildendrem-volume-two-the-saintly-hollows?ref=6zsfv4

#ttrpg #cairn #oldschoolessentials

I'm setting up an OD&D campaign for my kids and their friends. Since it's their first time playing D&D I'm leaving them complete freedom while making the characters, as long as they fit the rules. This has already yielded an uncharismatic elven muscle-mommy and a lawful thief with a battle axe. This is gonna be fun.

#OldSchoolEssentials #OSR #TTRPG

Laidback DM Starter Pack Bundle - $10 for 5 #OneShot, #maps, #posters, bookmarks - start playing #DnD #5e, #OSR or #Dragonbane #adventures!

Click or cut and paste this URL:

https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/publisher/13989/laidback-dm/category/39997/laidback-dm-bundles

#dnd #5e #shadowdark#DungeonsAndDragons #ADnD #ose #oldschool #OldSchoolEssentials

To clarify, it's not going to be 'DnD' I'll be playing if thing pan out, but the #OldSchoolEssentials #RPG . Which, in my ancient opinion, appears to be more DnD than official DnD.
#OSE

Rule #5: "No Digital Rolls for Stats"

This is because multi-dice rolls (e.g. 3d6) produce a bell-curve probability, but if you use an app that generates a random number between 3-18, it has a linear probability.

VIDEO: 20 Table Rules I’ve Used to Keep My D&D Games Fun

https://youtu.be/lRY1hJusKLI

#dnd #fantasy #ttrpg #OSR #5eDnD #OldSchoolEssentials #tablerules

Which version of D&D or 3rd party D&D clone requires the fewest table rules and mods before you feel it's ready for play?

#dnd #fantasy #ttrpg #OSR #5eDnD #OldSchoolEssentials #starterset #basicdnd #WotC

ARTICLE: Is Basic D&D Perfect? No. Is it better? Maybe.

https://ruckerworks.com/2025/08/is-basic-dd-perfect-no-better-maybe/

#dnd #fantasy #ttrpg #OSR #5eDnD #OldSchoolEssentials #starterset #basicdnd #WotC

NEW VIDEO: Here's why basic D&D and starter sets in general may provide a better table-top role-playing experience than the current batch of D&D from WotC.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxBieOElxy8

#dnd #fantasy #ttrpg #OSR #5eDnD #OldSchoolEssentials #starterset #basicdnd #WotC

I've started playing a #SoloRPG campaign in my homebrew world, using the #OldSchoolEssentials rules. Pretty much the first thing that happened when we arrived in the city was that my companion NPC managed to get herself arrested by the city guards after she got jumped by a bunch of thugs, because she rolled a nat 1 on her Reaction roll when the guards interrogated her. So now my PC is all alone in the big city. Was not expecting this.

#TTRPG #OSE #SoloRPG

VIDEO: 20 Table Rules I’ve Used to Keep My D&D Games Fun

#2 adds a bit of realism.

#7 add a bit of kindness.

#11 adds a bit of mercy.

#13 adds a bit of simplicity.

And #15 adds a bit of sanity.

https://youtu.be/lRY1hJusKLI

#dnd #fantasy #ttrpg #OSR #5eDnD #OldSchoolEssentials #tablerules

NEW VIDEO: 20 Table Rules I’ve Used to Keep My D&D Games Fun

I'm sharing twenty table rules my D&D groups have used over the years. Some we still use today and others are table rules we tried but no longer use.

https://youtu.be/lRY1hJusKLI

#dnd #fantasy #ttrpg #OSR #5eDnD #OldSchoolEssentials #tablerules

Additions & Changes, April 2025:
- New game added to the list: Death in Space

Top 100 list of TTRPG "Core" Rulebooks in #GoodReads https://www.goodreads.com/list/user_vote/9983219

Top 10:
1) Wanderhome
2) Thousand Year Old Vampire
3) Call of Cthulhu, 7th edition
4) Blades in the Dark
5) Dialect: A Game About Language and How it Dies
6) Dungeons and Dragons, 5th edition
7) CY_BORG
8) Old-School Essentials Classic Fantasy
9) Mörk Börk
10) Monsterhearts 2

#ttrpg #ttrpgs #Roleplaying #wanderhome #tyov #CoC #CallofCthulhu #DialectRPG #DnD #dnd5e #BladesInTheDark #BitD #Monsterhearts2 #cy_borg #MorkBorg #Oldschoolessentials #OSECF

Additions & Changes, April 2025:
- New game added to the list: Death in Space

Top 100 list of TTRPG "Core" Rulebooks in #GoodReads https://www.goodreads.com/list/user_vote/9983219

Top 10:
1) Wanderhome
2) Thousand Year Old Vampire
3) Call of Cthulhu, 7th edition
4) Blades in the Dark
5) Dialect: A Game About Language and How it Dies
6) Dungeons and Dragons, 5th edition
7) CY_BORG
8) Old-School Essentials Classic Fantasy
9) Mörk Börk
10) Monsterhearts 2

#ttrpg #ttrpgs #Roleplaying #wanderhome #tyov #CoC #CallofCthulhu #DialectRPG #DnD #dnd5e #BladesInTheDark #BitD #Monsterhearts2 #cy_borg #MorkBorg #Oldschoolessentials #OSECF

Additions & Changes, April 2025:
- New game added to the list: Death in Space

Top 100 list of TTRPG "Core" Rulebooks in #GoodReads https://www.goodreads.com/list/user_vote/9983219

Top 10:
1) Wanderhome
2) Thousand Year Old Vampire
3) Call of Cthulhu, 7th edition
4) Blades in the Dark
5) Dialect: A Game About Language and How it Dies
6) Dungeons and Dragons, 5th edition
7) CY_BORG
8) Old-School Essentials Classic Fantasy
9) Mörk Börk
10) Monsterhearts 2

#ttrpg #ttrpgs #Roleplaying #wanderhome #tyov #CoC #CallofCthulhu #DialectRPG #DnD #dnd5e #BladesInTheDark #BitD #Monsterhearts2 #cy_borg #MorkBorg #Oldschoolessentials #OSECF

What's That? Juma, Fell in The Crevasse! – Gods of the Forbidden North: Volume 2

https://wp.me/p4dlMq-5ZT

#BoxcarNation #Review #ttrpg #OldSchoolEssentials #OSE #PulpHummockPress #GotFN #Fantasy #IndieGames @innsmouth.one

http://rollingboxcars.com/2025/03/19/whats-that-juma-fell-in-the-crevasse-gods-of-the-forbidden-north-volume-2/

Bei @Mellando abgeschaut:

1. First #trpg ever played: #MERS
2. First you ever ran? - #DSA
3. Played the most? - #aDnD2e,
4. Run the most? - #DnD3.5e
5. Favourite? - honestly, I'm not sure...
6. Most recently played? - #dnd5e
7. Most recently run? - #OldSchoolEssentials

#pnpde

Bei @Mellando abgeschaut:

1. First #trpg ever played: #MERS
2. First you ever ran? - #DSA
3. Played the most? - #aDnD2e,
4. Run the most? - #DnD3.5e
5. Favourite? - honestly, I'm not sure...
6. Most recently played? - #dnd5e
7. Most recently run? - #OldSchoolEssentials

#pnpde

Bei @Mellando abgeschaut:

1. First #trpg ever played: #MERS
2. First you ever ran? - #DSA
3. Played the most? - #aDnD2e,
4. Run the most? - #DnD3.5e
5. Favourite? - honestly, I'm not sure...
6. Most recently played? - #dnd5e
7. Most recently run? - #OldSchoolEssentials

#pnpde

Bei @Mellando abgeschaut:

1. First #trpg ever played: #MERS
2. First you ever ran? - #DSA
3. Played the most? - #aDnD2e,
4. Run the most? - #DnD3.5e
5. Favourite? - honestly, I'm not sure...
6. Most recently played? - #dnd5e
7. Most recently run? - #OldSchoolEssentials

#pnpde

Bei @Mellando abgeschaut:

1. First #trpg ever played: #MERS
2. First you ever ran? - #DSA
3. Played the most? - #aDnD2e,
4. Run the most? - #DnD3.5e
5. Favourite? - honestly, I'm not sure...
6. Most recently played? - #dnd5e
7. Most recently run? - #OldSchoolEssentials

#pnpde

Who is LaidbackDM? Glad you asked. #DnD & #ttrpg content, hand drawn #Maps, hand-crafted #Adventures, #FiveEMagazine, #GamingTools, even #Poetry. That’s who.

Check out https://stevestillstanding.com
&
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/publisher/13989/laidback-dm

#5e #map #Pathfinder2 #Dragonbane #osr #shadowdark #DungeonsAndDragons #OldSchoolEssentials #poems #Dragon #DnD5e

I couldn't resist buying myself a Christmas present. I have such affection for #OSE! #OldSchoolEssentials #necroticgnome #bxdnd

@EvlynMoreau

There's

https://evlyn.itch.io/

which has #LiminalHorror #MorkBorg #MacchiatoMonsters #TheBlackHack #Mothership ooh and #OSE or #OldSchoolEssentials

Which are all #TTRPG and #IndieTTRPG which is very cool but I've got you down as a Cultural Consultant and artist?

You can have as many labels as you like, but I didn't know you did all this without digging in to your profile.

@EvlynMoreau

There's

https://evlyn.itch.io/

which has #LiminalHorror #MorkBorg #MacchiatoMonsters #TheBlackHack #Mothership ooh and #OSE or #OldSchoolEssentials

Which are all #TTRPG and #IndieTTRPG which is very cool but I've got you down as a Cultural Consultant and artist?

You can have as many labels as you like, but I didn't know you did all this without digging in to your profile.

@EvlynMoreau

There's

https://evlyn.itch.io/

which has #LiminalHorror #MorkBorg #MacchiatoMonsters #TheBlackHack #Mothership ooh and #OSE or #OldSchoolEssentials

Which are all #TTRPG and #IndieTTRPG which is very cool but I've got you down as a Cultural Consultant and artist?

You can have as many labels as you like, but I didn't know you did all this without digging in to your profile.

@EvlynMoreau

There's

https://evlyn.itch.io/

which has #LiminalHorror #MorkBorg #MacchiatoMonsters #TheBlackHack #Mothership ooh and #OSE or #OldSchoolEssentials

Which are all #TTRPG and #IndieTTRPG which is very cool but I've got you down as a Cultural Consultant and artist?

You can have as many labels as you like, but I didn't know you did all this without digging in to your profile.

This morning on the way to school, my kid asked me what version of #DnD is the "Honor Among Thieves" movie based on. He's only played #bxdnd via #OldSchoolEssentials so I wasn't sure if I should get into all the editions in the short time we had.

Luckily, he got distracted by telling me about his idea for a druidic lich so I didn't have to explain the tangled mess of OD&D, BX, BECMI, AD&D1E, AD&D2E, 3E, 3.5E, Pathfinder, 4E, 5E...

I'm just getting into solo play, and I'm looking to run a dungeon with OSE + Solo Heroes.

I'm thinking of using B1 In Search of the Unknown, but does anyone have any other recommendations for relatively simple OSR dungeon to run through? Does not have to be made for solo play. I'm looking to play through some classics using BX / OSE

#bx #dnd #ose #osr #SoloRoleplaying #OldSchoolEssentials #bxdnd #ScarletHeroes

A bit more #introduction

I LOVE #ttrpg !! Seriously, rolling #dice and playing pretend with friends, family, and strangers is my favorite way to spend time!

#FreeLeague is my favorite big league game company right now with #GoodmanGames a close second

For smaller publishers, I love #KnightOwlPublishing #BloatGames #9thLevelGames

For #Fantasy TTRPGs, I especially enjoy #OldSchoolEssentials #dccrpg #morkborg #5e #tunnelgoons and #castlesandcrusades

What’s your favorite fantasy TTRPG?!