OSR

Giving a fresh spin to the OSR Mausritter swaps fighting men, clerics and magic users for bold mice to create one of our favourite games. Christopher John Eggett investigates what it is about this game of sword & whiskers roleplaying that has made it such a hit.

Looking to explore some of the less trod paths of European folklore? Beyond Corny Gron, a setting based on the myths and legends of Poland may just be your passport to adventure.

Fifty years on from the original release of Dungeons & Dragons, Walton Wood looks back at the game that started it all and the culture it created in the company of Marcia B. creator of the new Fantastic Medieval Campaigns

Idle Cartulary explores a new edition of the Moorcockian inspired OSR game, Black Sword Hack from The Merry Mushmen

Christopher John Eggett goes on a psychedelic pilgrimage with the second edition of Luka Rejec's Ultraviolet Grasslands

Taverns, inns, bars and pubs are the stuff of fantasy games and the Ennie Award winning Barkeep on the Borderlands is full of them. Walton Wood gets a round in with its creator, W.F. Smith, to learn more about both the real world and folkloric influences behind the module’s many hostelries...

In which Walton Wood embarks on a picaresque romp through the ruins of the OSR in the company of Ava Islam, the creator of Errant, a new ‘rules light, procedures heavy’ role-playing game in the ‘classic fantasy tradition’...

We speak to Olivier and Eric from The Merry Mushmen about their Old School bric-a-brac Knock! and putting the magic back into monsters...