Black Friday 2022: OSR
In the previous posts I've focused on the specific publishers:
In this, probably last post (gotta keep my own wallet safe), I list my recommendations for materials compatible with TSR and OSR games. Most of the books bellow are settings and procedures, which makes it easy to take out elements you find interesting and use them in your game.
Arduin
Dave Hargrave was a mad man. A very creative mad man. You might never play Arduin as written, which just like Palladium Fantasy was a bunch of AD&D 1E house rules, but you will walk away inspired like never before.
- Arduin Trilogy. Compiles Arduin Grimoire Vol 1, 2, and 3. I still use special ability charts presented herein.
- Arduin II. A first attempt to make a functional, stand-alone game after TSR and Gary turned on anyone who dared hack it.
Hack & Slash Publishing
- On Downtime and Demesnes. Bunch of downtime procedures.
- Artifices, Deceptions, & Dilemmas. Illustrated environments-
- Bestial Ecosystems Created by Monstrous Inhabitation. Expanded bestiary.
Campion & Clitherow
Weather? Weather! Never worry again. Never.
- SEVEN YEARS OF FANTASY WEATHER Volume 1: Medieval England.
- SEVEN YEARS OF FANTASY WEATHER Volume 2: The Iceland of the Sagas.
- SEVEN YEARS OF FANTASY WEATHER Volume 3: Indea.
- THE ALMANAC OF FANTASY WEATHER Volume One: SWORDS & SORCERY.
- THE ALMANAC OF FANTASY WEATHER Volume Two: EUROPE.
True Mask Games
Factions? Factions! Never worry again. Never.
- Invisible Hands – The Book of Factions.
- Pawns in a Greater Game – The 2nd Book of Factions.
- Unseen Strings – the 3rd Book of Factions.
Green Ronin Publishing
They used to make good setting books during 3E era. Here are a few I enjoyed.
- Book of the Righteous. Gods.
- Eternal Rome. Romans.
- Skull & Bones. Pirates.
Geoffrey McKinney
Seriously, for less than $10 you can get material that will last you a lifetime whenever your players decide to go somewhere you haven't prepared for. As a bonus, below supercharges B1 and B2.
Simon Forster
What, you want more variety than in Mike's dungeon. “Production qualities?” Well then you are in luck, because Simon Forster has written splendid digest-sized books of lairs:
- Book of Lairs.
- The Book of Lairs: Urban Encounters.
- Vale of the Iron God: the Third Book of Lairs.
- Book of Lairs: Abandoned Places.
- Book of Lairs: People & Places.
- Book of Lairs 6: Desolation.
- Book of Lairs: Dungeons.
Expeditious Retreat Press
The first publisher of OSRIC material. A lot of good stuff, but I picked few of more generic offerings I often use.
- Malevolent and Benign. Monsters.
- Malevolent & Benign II. More monsters.
- A Magical Society Aggressive Ecology: The Slaver Fungus. Ecology as a monster.
- A Magical Society Aggressive Ecology: The Undead Leviathan. More ecology-as-a-monster.
- The Halls of Arden Vul Complete. The best megadungeon to date. And the best item to finish this list.
Your favourites?
Do let me know your favourite OSR supplements. Just because my wishlist is big, doesn't mean it can't get bigger.
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