Old School Revival

The Old School Revival, also known as the Old School Renaissance,[1] and sometimes Old School Rules or even Old School Retro-clones[2] and generally simply as the OSR is a movement among players of tabletop role-playing games and Dungeons & Dragons in specific that takes its inspiration from the very earliest editions of D&D.[3]

As of December 17 2013, according to the ENWorld Hot Games tracker the OSR made up 2.16% of D&D discussion on the internet.[4]

History

The OSR was made possible by the OGL and the relaxed issues with copyright that it allowed.[5] Either Castles & Crusades,[3] or the Old School Index and Resource Compilation (better known as OSRIC),[3][6][5] is considered to be the earliest OSR games and it includes most Dungeons & Dragons retro-clones. Other games considered part of the OSR include Monsters and Magic, Lamentations of the Flame Princess and, sometimes Dungeon World.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Geek Preacher
  2. ↑ Geek Native: The Debate - What is the OSR
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Full Circle - A History of the Old School Revival - The Escapist, 20 August 2009
  4. ↑ ENWorld Hot Games tracker, 18 December 2013
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Old School Dungeons & Dragons: Wizards of the Coast’s Problem Child - BoingBoing - O6 May 2013]
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Roll Perception Plus Awareness - Monsters and Magic and the Old School Renaissance - SF Signal 17th June 2013