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Old School Essentials Reports

Continuing the archive of independent Old School Essentials reporting (Archive Page 2).

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, gooey cube, 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

Fane of the Fly God: OSE supplement passes the buzz-off test

October 14, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

A delightfully grotesque dish created by adding one part Robert. E. Howard, and a handful of H. P. Lovecraft into the cauldron.

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

Black God’s Kiss RPG: Let your gaming celebrate the female author and hero we forgot

September 5, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Now, named after a C.L. Moore story, rushing towards 1000 backers and well funded on Kickstarter, Black God’s Kiss offers 5e and OSR content, models, dice and gaming glory.

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

OSE’s Island-Crawl sandbox: Secret of the Black Crag

August 11, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Secret of the Black Crag is an island-hopping sandbox adventure for Old School Essentials.

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

Hex-crawl your way into tabletop RPGs: The Scourge of Northland

August 7, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The Scourge of Northland low-level adventure asked for $3,000 to fund, and with just under two weeks on the ZineQuest clock, it’s raised more than $25,000 already.

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

Pay what you want for mythic adventures and old-school RPGs

August 4, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Essential Classic Fantasy RPG Collection is a five-tier Humble offer with Necrotic Gnome’s OSE goodies, Classic and Advanced Fantasy.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bundles, humble bundle, Necrotic Gnome, old school essentials

ZineQuest and Eric Garneau mash Ritchie Blackmore’s power metal with D&D

August 3, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Maidson’s Eric Garneau has taken inspiration from the seminal power metal of Richie Blackmore’s Rainbow (later of Blackmore’s Night) with D&D. T

Filed Under: Music, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, kickstarters, old school essentials, zine quest

A Folklore Bestiary: OSE and 5e monsters to delight

July 1, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

Olivier Revenu has proven with Knock! that he is an incredible RPG book-making talent. Unsurprisingly, his “A Folklore Bestiary” was funded in seconds.

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

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