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Old-School Essentials from Necrotic Gnome gets a rare all-new double-bundle

May 20, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

These core rules are compatible with Basic D&D, full of new character options and magic, all in theme with D&D from the 1970s.

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Listen up humans! “The Horde” is for 5e, OSE, or Shadowdark

April 7, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The Horde! is a stonethrow away from reaching its funding goal and going wild. The Kickstarter campaign runs until April 30th; you can see its progress from the pitch page.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, kickstarters, old school essentials, rod wiebel, shadowdark

Worldbuilding Dolmenwood: Angry Owl Adventure Site

November 17, 2024 by Charles Dunwoody Leave a Comment

Dolmenwood is a dark fairy tale that includes full rules using a slightly modified version of Old-School Essentials in a faerie woodland setting both fantastic and terrifying. PDFs of these books are available now with print copies likely available in a few months.

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Worldbuilding Dolmenwood

October 13, 2024 by Charles Dunwoody Leave a Comment

When starting a new campaign in Dolmenwood, the following steps are recommended.

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High-quality fairytales: A review of Rackham Vale Paintbox Edition

September 22, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Inspired by the fantasy and folklore art of the 19th-century golden age illustrator Arthur Rackham, Rackham Vale is a drop-in setting for Old-School Essentials.

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The Painted Wastelands: A tome filled with unspeakable knowledge for OSE

August 10, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The Painted Wastelands is a smoke-hazy hexcrawl designed for Old School Essentials.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: kickstarters, old school essentials

Powered by Perilous Pamphlets: Less is four times more TTRPG

July 24, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Philip Reed Games, Crumbling Keep, Headcheese Productions, and Egg Embry Publishing are all in the Powered By Perilous Pamphlets promotion.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: cy_borg, kickstarters, old school essentials, philip reed

The Tomb of Gyzaengaxx: Work for the Gyzaengaxx family

February 27, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

If you’ve seen Gary Gygax or Like Gygax, some of the Gyzaengaxx family in Gooey Cube’s The Tomb of Gyzaengaxx may look familiar.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, kickstarters, luke gygax, old school essentials

Necrotic Gnome and Exalted Funeral take the Old-Schools Essentials’ Dolmenwood Kickstarter through a million

August 19, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Rife with intrigue, secrets, and magic, Dolmenwood draws travellers of adventurous spirit, daring them to venture within.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: dolmenwood, exalted funeral, kickstarters, Necrotic Gnome, old school essentials

Free to Download: Necrotic Gnome’s Dolmenwood preview

July 15, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The goal of Dolmenwood is to bring mystery back to the tabletop for even veteran players. In Dolmenwood, old pros should not comfortably be able to work out what is likely to happen in a scene or encounter.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: dolmenwood, free to download, Necrotic Gnome, old school essentials

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