Old-School Essentials
The Essential Old-School Fantasy RPG!
Old-School Essentials is a role-playing game of fantastic adventure, monsters, and magic.
Simple, robust rules: Light, easily modified rules put the focus of play on shared imagination, improvisation, and fun.
Easy to learn and reference: Modern formatting and layout make the game easy to learn and a breeze to reference during play.
Classic and Advanced flavors: Two flavors of Old-School Essentials offer the choice between a simple game that’s quick to jump into (Old-School Essentials Classic Fantasy) and an advanced game with a deeper selection of character options, monsters, and magic (Old-School Essentials Advanced Fantasy). Both flavors are 100% compatible.
Compatible with decades of material: Based on the 1980s Basic/Expert rules (the most popular edition among connoisseurs of old-school RPGs), Old-School Essentials is compatible with decades of classic adventures and supplements.
100% old-school rules, 100% modern design!
Classic and Advanced Flavors
Old-School Essentials comes in Classic Fantasy and Advanced Fantasy flavors. Advanced Fantasy = Classic Fantasy + extra classes, optional rules, spells, monsters, and magic items.
Classic Fantasy Rules Tome (complete standalone game): A complete retelling of the classic 1980s Basic/Expert game. 7 character classes (cleric, dwarf, elf, fighter, halfling, magic-user, thief), 100+ spells, 200+ monsters, 150+ magic items.
Advanced Fantasy Player's + Referee's Tomes (complete standalone game): A "best of" old-school gaming: a complete retelling of the 1980s Basic/Expert game expanded with reams of extras inspired by the 1970s Advanced 1st Edition rules. 22 character classes (acrobat, assassin, barbarian, bard, cleric, drow, druid, duergar, dwarf, elf, fighter, gnome, half-elf, half-orc, halfling, illusionist, knight, magic-user, paladin, ranger, svirfneblin, thief), optional rules for choosing race and class separately, 200+ spells, 320+ monsters, and 300+ magic items.
Both flavors are 100% compatible!