The essential old-school game of fantastic adventure, monsters, and magic!
A Complete Game All in One Book
- This book contains everything a referee needs: the complete game rules, full guidelines for creating and running adventures, 7 fantastic character classes, full equipment lists, over 100 classic spells, over 200 fearsome monsters, and over 150 wondrous magic items.
- Simple rules let imagination and fast-paced action take the spotlight.
- Clear, modern presentation makes the game easy to learn and quick to reference.
- Compatible with decades of classic adventures and supplements.
Classic Fantasy or Advanced Fantasy?
Old-School Essentials comes in two flavours: Classic Fantasy (based on the 1981 Basic/Expert rules) and Advanced Fantasy (the same game, massively expanded with content inspired by the 1970s Advanced 1st Edition rules).
Deluxe Print Edition
A deluxe, sewn-binding hardcover edition of this book ( + free PDF) is available from Exalted Funeral, along with all of the other books in the Old-School Essentials line.
Note that there is no print-on-demand edition of this book.
Free Basic Rules
A fully illustrated, 56-page sample of the basic rules of the game required by players is available here:
- The full introduction and character creation rules.
- The four core human classes: cleric, fighter, magic-user, thief.
- Full lists of adventuring equipment, weapons, and armour.
- The rules for dungeon adventures, encounters, and combat.
- The full rules for spell casting and the complete set of 1st level spells.