![]() There is also the "White Box" version which is a strict implementation of the original core box. It also includes select rules and classes from the three official OD&D supplements. Swords & Wizardry is an OGL port of the original, 1974 edition of Dungeons & Dragons. ![]() it is mechanically derived from the not very D&D like Mouse Guard, but is adapted for running D&D type dungeon crawls. Conquerors earn lands and titles, shaping the wilderness into civilization. Adventurers are the typical dungeon-crawlers of most D&D systems. ACKS takes the "D&D endgame" of strongholds and kingdoms, and uses it as the basis for the tier system that’s explicit in the game’s title. It uses the d20 mechanism and save system of 3E, with classes from basic D&D, and combines other ideas such as random magic effects, Zocchi dice, a luck system, and 0-level character development.Īdventurer Conqueror King System (also known as ACKS) is less of a retro clone and more of a Basic D&D tribute. It's also described as pre-D&D swords & sorcery. Open playtest.ĭungeon Crawl Classics RPG is an OGL system by Goodman Games that cross-breeds Appendix N with a streamlined version of 3E. Myth and Magic is an AD&D 2E retroclone, but with 3E style Armor Class. Publisher Website: note: Hackmaster 5E (including HM Basic) is a wholly different engine from HM4E Hackmaster Basic is a new engine with the same tone as HM4E, but isn't mechanically compatible. Hackmaster 4E is an AD&D 1E expanded and modified. I've not read it in detail, but it's pretty straight-forward.īlog, Free partial PDF: note that a content warning may block access. Lamentations of the Flame Princess is an AD&D-ish ruleset. D&D modules can be run with minimal changes Revised Mazes and Minotaurs is a slightly more detailed version, with some mechanical changes. Mazes and Minotaurs is a mostly D&D white box inspired set of mechanics, but has streamlined, then folded, spindled, and mutilated them into something fun, simple, but not D&D anymore. Website: free Open Office files (.odf) and PDF: Print: Any D&D, AD&D, OSRIC, Labyrinth Lord, or Dark Dungeons module should be directly compatible.īasic Fantasy is D20 D&D stripped down to Moldvay/Mentzer complexity. Searchers of the Unknown -"Another minimal way to play D&D" is D&D as if PC should have the same info as a monster stat block. Redbox Hack is unrelated mechanically, and is just old school in tone. D&D modules, however, can easily be used with it. Surprisingly well done, but its past the "No Longer D&D" stage. Knights and Knaves Company and free PDF: First Edition Society Print and free PDF: įorward To Adventure is a T&T influenced D20 stripdown with minimal compatibility (but monsters can be used pretty easily from D&D/AD&D/3E sources. Monks are missing due to the difficulty of rewording them. ![]() Osric is almost identical to AD&D1E PH and DMG mechanics, but reworded. ![]() LL Advanced Edition Companion is essentially "AD&D as if Moldvay had redone it" Labyrinth Lord is essentially Moldvay style B/X D&D. Printer-friendly PDF available.ĭarkest Dungeons is a warped and twisted set of rules based upon adding Cthulu Mythos to Darker Dungeons. Some other changes are also in there.įree PDF, links to PoD for print. It uses the same core classes, plus a couple are added. it lacks the Gaz and HWR classes, but otherwise, this is as close to a D&D Rules Cyclopedia as one can find new.ĭarker Dungeons is thematically the same as Dark Dungeons, but uses the d20-System mode of 1d20+mods for TN or more. A huge tome, it includes the War Machine, Immortals, general skills, weapon mastery. and ascending AC (from 0), with magic bonuses not going to AC but penalizing opponents' attempts to hit.ĭark Dungeons is Alston's D&D Cyclopedia retrocloned, including Wrath of the Immortals' rules. It uses 2d6 for checks for 11+, DM from stats and difficulties. Spellcraft and Swordplay is yet another different engine with AD&D comparability but not true compatibility. PDF and print editions for sale commercially. Knockspell is the house organ for it.Ĭastles and Crusades (C&C) is a new engine with the same classes and levels supported as either white box (the Collector Box) or AD&D 1E PH (Hardcover), and roughly similar abilities. Both have an "BAB & ascending AC" option. Swords and Wizardry - White Box is rules compatible (mostly) with classic D&D whitebox with some nods to Moldvay compatibility (namely, racial classes as options) S&W Core is actually AD&D 1E mostly compatible. Reprising and revising a list I originally posted on RPGGeek:
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