OSRIC
Designer(s) | Stuart Marshall and Matt Finch |
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Publisher(s) | Knights-n-Knaves, Black Blade Publishing and Usherwood Publishing |
Publication date | original 2006, revised 2013 |
Genre(s) | Tabletop RPG |
System(s) | OSR |
OSRIC, short for Old School Reference and Index Compilation, is a fantasy role-playing game system. Specifically, OSRIC is a recreation of the first edition of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (AD&D), and one of the most successful Dungeons & Dragons retro-clones.[1]:366OSRIC describes itself as "a compilation of rules for old school-style fantasy gaming...intended to reproduce underlying rules used in the late 1970s to early 1980s".[2]OSRIC uses the Open Gaming License and the System Reference Document of Dungeons & Dragons 3rd edition to create a new presentation of the first edition rule set.
History
The purpose of OSRIC is to provide publishers with a tool to legally produce gaming materials compatible with first edition AD&D .[3] More than 20 different publishers have produced more than 500 products branded as OSRIC-compatible.[4]
The initial version of OSRIC was released in 2006. The OSRIC rules are free to download from the game's site in PDF form.[5]OSRIC v. 2.0 was released in 2008.[6] In June 2009, hard copy versions of the rules became available from the Lulu print-on-demand service. Additionally, Black Blade Publishing and Usherwood Publishing together released a deluxe hard-bound print version with extra art and indices not appearing in other editions.
OSRIC v. 2.2, was released in 2013.[7]
References
^ Shannon Appelcline (2011). Designers & Dragons. Mongoose Publishing. ISBN 978-1-907702-58-7..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
^ "About OSRIC". Retrieved 2007-06-02.
^ Yourgamesnow.com Archived 2011-05-14 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved 14 June 2010.
^ "OSRIC-Compatible Products". Retrieved 2018-06-03.
^ "Download OSRIC". Retrieved 2008-12-30.
^ "RPGNet Info on OSRIC". Retrieved 2008-01-03.
^ "OSRIC's website". Retrieved 2016-08-30.
External links
- OSRIC site
- Black Blade Publishing OSRIC hard bound site