
Hack100 is a tabletop role-playing game system in which characters can be created in minutes and the vast majority of in-game actions are covered by around a dozen, rather than dozens of, skills.
It is also very flexible, eschewing standard lists of professions, skills, powers and monsters in favour of a freeform, collaborative approach. It is a generic system that is suitable for most genres of role-playing games.
Hack100: https://hack100rpg.com/
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Itch: https://dragonsarereal.itch.io/
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Music:
Townsong by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License
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Oct 24, 2023
15 min

FIST: Ultra Edition is a tabletop roleplaying game about paranormal mercenaries doing the tough jobs no one else can. In the game, you belong to a legendary rogue mercenary unit called FIST. You are a soldier of fortune who doesn’t fit into modern society. You are a disposable gun for hire, caught up in the death and destruction of pointless proxy wars and oppressive establishments. You may also be someone who can turn into a ghost or control bees with your mind.
Itch.io Store: https://claymorerpgs.itch.io/fist
Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/frogappreciator/fist-paranormal-mercenary-rpg-box-set/
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Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@dragonsarerealpodcast
Itch: https://dragonsarereal.itch.io/
Email: [email protected]
OSR Anchorites on Audio Dungeon Discord Server: https://discord.gg/VpRjr3A
Music:
Townsong by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License
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Sep 20, 2023
11 min

A one-shot tabletop RPG for up to six players (and one GM); where you play orcs trying to infiltrate a human infested city and abduct Prince Theodore Holstein. The rules are written with an eye to make them easy to pick up and learn, and encourage stupid plans and wild distractions, so it's a great game for cons - or just to keep on your shelf if your regular game is called off on short notice.
Havoc Brigade: https://gshowitt.itch.io/havoc-brigade
The Havoc brigade system is also being used for Eat the Reich in which you, a vampire commando, are coffin-dropped into occupied Paris and must cut a bloody swathe through nazi forces en route to your ultimate goal: drinking all of Adolf Hitler's blood.
Eat The Reich: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gshowitt/eat-the-reich
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Website: https://dragonsarereal.bearblog.dev/
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@dragonsarerealpodcast
Itch: https://dragonsarereal.itch.io/
Email: [email protected]
OSR Anchorites on Audio Dungeon Discord Server: https://discord.gg/VpRjr3A
Music:
Townsong by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License
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Sep 12, 2023
13 min

The Monster Overhaul is a massive Role Playing Game bestiary designed for at-table utility. Monsters are presented alongside useful tools, ready for immediate use in any scenario.
This 336 page book contains: 200+ Monsters, 160+ Pieces of original art.
20+ Maps, Random encounter tables, indexes, and a host of other useful tools.
Drivethru: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/421868/The-Monster-Overhaul
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Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@dragonsarerealpodcast
Itch: https://dragonsarereal.itch.io/
Email: [email protected]
OSR Anchorites on Audio Dungeon Discord Server: https://discord.gg/VpRjr3A
Music:
Townsong by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Jul 20, 2023
17 min

The 5th Edition - B/X hybrid, 5B applies OSR principles of play to a ruleset compatible with 5e D&D material.
Including:
Four Classes (Fighter, Thief, Cleric, Magic-User)
XP for Gold
Safety Tools
Creature Reactions/Morale
Theatre of the Mind Measurements
On-the-Fly Roll-to-Cast Spells
Slimmed Down 3-Volume Format
Lots of examples
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product_info.php?products_id=437330
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Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@dragonsarerealpodcast
Itch: https://dragonsarereal.itch.io/
Email: [email protected]
OSR Anchorites on Audio Dungeon Discord Server: https://discord.gg/VpRjr3A
Music:
Townsong by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License
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Jun 26, 2023
14 min

Shadowdark RPG is what old-school fantasy gaming would look like after being redesigned with 50 years of innovation.
The game is fast, familiar, intuitive, and deadly. It’s built for sword-and-sorcery adventures where fell monsters slither in darkness and frosty gems glint upon forgotten thrones, waiting to be discovered.
https://www.thearcanelibrary.com/pages/shadowdark
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Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@dragonsarerealpodcast
Itch: https://dragonsarereal.itch.io/
Email: [email protected]
OSR Anchorites on Audio Dungeon Discord Server: https://discord.gg/VpRjr3A
Music:
Townsong by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Jun 13, 2023
16 min

Space Aces is an homage to an undying love of happy, hopeful, & campy Sci Fi. A modular, lightweight, optimistic sci-fi tabletop adventure game toolbox for GM-led groups, co-op & solo play. Packed with over 75 tables, oracles & procedural generators for creating near-endless light-hearted rollicking romps through space a la Star Trek meets Futurama meets Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy.
Space Aces: The Original Sheets https://p0rthos47.itch.io/space-aces
Space Aces: The New Guidebook: https://p0rthos47.itch.io/space-aces-tng
Space Aces: Accelerated https://p0rthos47.itch.io/space-aces-accelerated
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Website: https://dragonsarereal.bearblog.dev/
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@dragonsarerealpodcast
Itch: https://dragonsarereal.itch.io/
Email: [email protected]
OSR Anchorites on Audio Dungeon Discord Server: https://discord.gg/VpRjr3A
Music:
Townsong by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
May 11, 2023
7 min

Through The Void is a minimalist OSR (Old School Renaissance) inspired RPG for 1-7 players by Tony Vasinda and the Plus One Team. The core rules of the game fit on 1 sheet of paper. Explore abandoned asteroid mines, hulking relics of the solar wars, and lunar labs. Through The Void provides the characters sheets, rules, and procedures you need to build thrilling space adventures and all you need are pencils, dice, and a few hours with your friends.
Through The Void is a Together We Go game based on Down We Go by Markus Linderum.
Together We Go: https://tonyplusone.itch.io/together-we-go
Down We Go: https://plusoneexp.com/collections/1-games/products/down-we-go-hardback
Through The Void: https://tonyplusone.itch.io/through-the-void
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Website: https://dragonsarereal.bearblog.dev/
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@dragonsarerealpodcast
Itch: https://dragonsarereal.itch.io/
Email: [email protected]
OSR Anchorites on Audio Dungeon Discord Server: https://discord.gg/VpRjr3A
Music:
Townsong by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Apr 17, 2023
7 min

A review of 13th Age. In the 13th Age of the world, adventurers seek their fortunes in the Dragon Empire while powerful individuals known as Icons pursue goals that may preserve the empire from chaos, or send it over the edge. It combines the best parts of traditional d20-rolling fantasy gaming with new story-focused rules.
Pelgrane Press: https://pelgranepress.com/13th-age/
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Website: https://dragonsarereal.bearblog.dev/
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@dragonsarerealpodcast
Itch: https://dragonsarereal.itch.io/
Email: [email protected]
OSR Anchorites on Audio Dungeon Discord Server: https://discord.gg/VpRjr3A
Music:
Townsong by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Mar 15, 2023
19 min

VICTORY BASIC is a classic dungeon delving game inspired by original and basic edition fantasy wargames rules.
The system is based in part on the Dungeon World roleplaying game published by Sage Kobold Productions.
Rules: https://sersavictory.itch.io/victory-basic
Cyclic Dungeon Generation: https://sersavictory.itch.io/cyclic-dungeon-generation
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Website: https://dragonsarereal.bearblog.dev/
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@dragonsarerealpodcast
Itch: https://dragonsarereal.itch.io/
Email: [email protected]
OSR Anchorites on Audio Dungeon Discord Server: https://discord.gg/VpRjr3A
Music:
Townsong by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License
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Jan 19, 2023
22 min
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