Basic Dungeons & Dragons

The mechanics of original and basic D&D.

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Copyright Details

Typically Open Game License.

Works

• Adventurer Conquerer King System ● 'Autarch's Adventurer Conqueror King System fulfills the promise of the original fantasy role-playing game by providing comprehensive, integrated support for play across all levels of a campaign.'
• Backswords & Bucklers ● Fantasy dungeoncrawling in Elizabethan England.
• Basic Fantasy Role-Playing Game ● A fusion of Basic D&D with D&D 3E to create a simple, light-weight game.
• Dangers & Dweomers ● A merger of Swords & Wizardry and Basic Fantasy.
• Dark Dungeons ● A tabletop RPG based on the Rules Cyclopedia.
• Dark Passages ● A modern fusion and re-organisation of 0E and 1E rules.
• Darker Dungeons ● A tabletop RPG based on a streamlined version of the Rules Cyclopedia.
• Darkest Dungeons ● A mash-up of the Rules Cyclopedia and Rolemaster.
• Epées & Sorcellerie ● A game inspired by Original Dungeons & Dragons with some modern changes.
• Labyrinth Lord ● A retroclone of Basic/Expert D&D.
• Lamentations Of The Fire Princess ● Weird fantasy role-playing.
• Mazes & Perils ● 'Mazes & Perils is a game of imagination and role playing in a fantasy world, suitable for ages 10 and up.'
• Mutant Future ● Post-apocalyptic role-playing compatible with Labyrinth Lord.
• Project 74 ● A rules-lite game that works only in conjunction with early editions of Dungeons & Dragons
• Spellcraft & Swordplay ● A retro role-playing game that combines Chainmail and Original Dungeons & Dragons.
• Star Blades ● Science fiction role-playing using the original Dungeons & Dragons rules.
• Swords & Wizardry ● A retroclone of original and whitebox Dungeons & Dragons.
• Tales of the Grotesque and Dungeonesque ● Horror role-playing resource.
• The Big Brown Book ● A take on 0E D&D that avoids using d20s altogether.
• Torch & Sword ● A retroclone of 0D&D.
• Wrack & Wruin ● Ryan St's rewriting of original D&D in the style of Apocalypse World.

Sources

• Goblinoid Games ● A publisher of retro-style tabletop games.
• Gratis Games ● A provider of free retroclones.
• Hereticwerks ● A blog of roleplaying content.
• Ryan St ● A game designer.