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Monday, October 3, 2011

The Other OSRIC Player's Guide

So last week I discussed the OSRIC Players Reference (which I had been mistakenly called Guide).
Well it turns out that there was an "OSRIC Players Reference" and its development has been detailed here: http://www.knights-n-knaves.com/phpbb3/viewtopic.php?f=45&t=8038

It is now out and you can get it for free at:

http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/product_info.php?products_id=95496&affiliate_id=10748
Now to be clear there is nothing new here.  The rules are straight out of OSRIC.  BUT they have been re-written and re-edited into a new volume for the Players only.  Plus it comes with a bunch of old-school-style art that is very reminiscent of the old DMG and PHB.  It would not be appropriate for a new book, but for a book like this (one trying to invoke the feel of the late 70s) it is great.  Frankly I really like the art.

Speaking of the art.  The artist is the editor of this edition, Steve Robertson.

I have not read it all yet.  But I have flipped through it.
Again, the price is good (free).
I noticed some funky bits with the OGC deceleration, but some of that could be due with the addition OSRIC license/permission needed. (IE Claiming Chapters 4, 5 & 6 as PI when this book only goes to Chapter 3).

If you are a player of OSRIC then this is certainly a good resource.
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3 comments:

  1. Amanda HeitlerOctober 3, 2011 at 10:24 AM

    The art for this is pretty much a perfect evocation of mid-70s D&D. Just looking at it you know exactly what you'll be getting - a great marriage of image and content.

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  2. Bree Yark!October 3, 2011 at 3:28 PM

    Thanks for the shout out!

    It is the text from the first 3 chapters of OSRIC (minus the GM parts of chapter 3). The other difference is the arrangement of spells and spell lists.

    I probably could have deleted some of the legalese in the back, but I'm no lawyer, and I figure it wouldn't hurt anything to leave it all in there.

    There are a lot of "old school Easter eggs" hidden throughout the art (some obvious, some not so obvious) for those who grew up with the old books.

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  3. Timothy S. BrannanOctober 3, 2011 at 3:33 PM

    My favorite easter egg was the "It didn't work" one. That made me laugh out loud for sure!

    Great job.

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