| Forum Name | Topics | Posts | Last Post |
| General |
![[ ]](http://s2.images.proboards.com/off.gif) | General Board - 2 Viewing (3 sub-boards) You can talk about anything here Moderator: Finarvyn | 1,060 | 12,304 | Today at 5:27pm by busman in Monty Python Reunion |
![[ ]](http://s2.images.proboards.com/off.gif) | Links & Resources Here we can place good stuff that is not at all shady in nature, but will help others discover the wonders of OD&D.
| 28 | 477 | on Jan 21, 2012, 3:24am by albert in Ye Olde School Blogs |
| Dungeons & Dragons (1971-1978) |
![[ ]](http://s2.images.proboards.com/off.gif) | Chainmail (1971) Discussion of the historical and fantasy miniatures rules system Chainmail by Guidion Games and later TSR, particularly the pre-OD&D "Fantasy Supplement".
| 144 | 1,810 | on Jan 18, 2012, 2:52pm by thegreyelf in Running first Chainmai... |
![[ ]](http://s2.images.proboards.com/off.gif) | Men & Magic (1974) All things related to characters and combat in OD&D. This can be boxed set or also include the brown book supplements, Strategic Review, or early issues of the Dragon.
| 451 | 6,312 | Today at 6:48pm by Aplus in LBB Thief |
![[ ]](http://s2.images.proboards.com/off.gif) | Monsters & Treasure (1974) All things related to monsters fought and treasures found in OD&D. This can be boxed set or also include the brown book supplements, Strategic Review, or early issues of the Dragon.
| 111 | 1,271 | Today at 1:39pm by makofan in Number Appearing? |
![[ ]](http://s2.images.proboards.com/off.gif) | The Underworld & Wilderness Adventures (1974) - 1 Viewing Discussion of the rules that guide the OD&D campaign. This can be boxed set or also include the brown book supplements, Strategic Review, or early issues of the Dragon.
| 181 | 2,175 | Today at 6:13pm by cooper in Length of a Combat Round |
![[ ]](http://s2.images.proboards.com/off.gif) | Judges Guild and the Wilderlands (est. 1976) Bob Bledsaw's Judges Guild produced many TSR-sanctioned modules, including the City-State of the Invincible Overlord (in 1976). Here we can discuss any Judges Guild products, along with the various incarnations of the Wilderlands fantasy setting, including Robert Conley's "Majestic Wilderlands" camapign.
| 97 | 685 | on Dec 28, 2011, 5:56pm by Aplus in Is Tegel Manor 1977 JG... |
![[ ]](http://s2.images.proboards.com/off.gif) | Holmes Basic D&D (1978) The Holmes "Basic" set was a rules re-organization inspired by OD&D and marks the end of an era, one step before AD&D. While Holmes isn't quite OD&D, it's close.
| 160 | 2,051 | Today at 6:59pm by thorswulf in Why I love Holmes |
![[ ]](http://s2.images.proboards.com/off.gif) | OD&D Study This would be a place for academic study and discussion of the OD&D LBB from 1974.
| 25 | 283 | on Jan 12, 2012, 11:21am by Kris Kobold in 2/16/2010 Study: Men &... |
| Gaming with Dave and Gary and Rob |
![[ ]](http://s2.images.proboards.com/off.gif) | Dave Arneson's Blackmoor Here we can discuss Dave Arneson's original Blackmoor (which began in 1970-71) and the "First Fantasy Campaign", which was published by Judges Guild in 1977, as well as "Adventures in Fantasy" and other contributions that Dave has made to the gaming industry.
| 179 | 2,028 | on Jan 14, 2012, 7:25pm by havard in Arnesonian Monsters |
![[ ]](http://s2.images.proboards.com/off.gif) | Dragons At Dawn Here is the officall forum of Dan Boggs' "Dragons at Dawn" rules set -- a recreation of the Original Arnesonian rules system.
| 68 | 487 | on Jan 25, 2012, 11:19pm by aldarron in Adventures? |
![[ ]](http://s2.images.proboards.com/off.gif) | Gaming in Lake Geneva Here we can discuss the various works of Gary Gygax, Rob Kuntz, the original Greyhawk campaign, and Rob's current projects.
| 61 | 824 | on Jan 14, 2012, 6:09pm by koralas in Map of the Original Gr... |
| Community |
![[ ]](http://s2.images.proboards.com/off.gif) | Fight On! Here we can discuss options and ideas for the official fanzine of these boards -- Fight On! Moderator: calithena | 474 | 5,996 | Today at 9:02am by jensen in Random's Tricks 'n Tra... |
![[ ]](http://s2.images.proboards.com/off.gif) | Carcosa (3 sub-boards) Since 2008, this is the offical board for discussion of the OD&D style supplement for Geoffry McKinney's Carcosa campaign.
| 122 | 2,358 | Yesterday at 10:39pm by jimlotfp in Carcosa is Out Now! |
![[ ]](http://s2.images.proboards.com/off.gif) | Delving Deeper RPG (3 sub-boards) The official boards for the Delving Deeper RPG, by Brave Halfling Publishing.
| 68 | 772 | Yesterday at 10:28pm by John Adams in Final Form of Delving ... |
![[ ]](http://s2.images.proboards.com/off.gif) | Swords & Wizardry (1 sub-board) Here we can discuss Mythmere's S&W Core, Finarvyn's S&W WB, and KNOCKSPELL, the official magazine of S&W.
| 195 | 1,759 | Today at 6:46pm by philpot in Death rules on campaign |
![[ ]](http://s2.images.proboards.com/off.gif) | Spellcraft & Swordplay Elf Lair Games has produced an Old School retro clone OD&D style game called "Spellcraft & Swordplay". Discuss it here!
| 51 | 347 | on Jan 3, 2012, 8:24pm by Finarvyn in Elf Lair News |
![[ ]](http://s2.images.proboards.com/off.gif) | Astonishing Swordsmen & Sorcerers of Hyperborea Here we can discuss Ghul's AS&SH, an old school RPG just being launched. I thought it would be nice to group all of the AS&SH threads together. This may be a board or sub-board, based on interest and participation in these threads!
| 13 | 203 | on Jan 24, 2012, 2:03pm by mythos in [AS&SH] Volume I: Swor... |
![[ ]](http://s2.images.proboards.com/off.gif) | OSR Community Starter The OSR Community Starter is a proposed free, "Holmes-ish" levels 1-3 tool we could make for the OSR to use to introduce folks to old-school rules gaming. Here can brainstorm and work on the details.
| 21 | 229 | on Dec 3, 2011, 6:10am by erroneousgrog in Gungeon 2d6 OGL SRD ba... |
![[ ]](http://s2.images.proboards.com/off.gif) | OD&D Workshop A Workshop forum where we can create new OD&D stuff to share, whether it be a magic item or whatever. Feel free to put your projects and creations here for all to see and give input!
| 243 | 2,987 | Yesterday at 12:12am by Morandir in My Super Big Wildernes... |
| Other TSR Classics |
![[ ]](http://s2.images.proboards.com/off.gif) | Warriors of Mars (1974) Discussion of Warriors of Mars (briefly published by TSR), and how Mars can be used in an OD&D campaign.
| 52 | 595 | on Jan 20, 2012, 1:24am by DungeonDevil in John Carter! |
![[ ]](http://s2.images.proboards.com/off.gif) | Empire of the Petal Throne (1975) (3 sub-boards) Here we can discuss OEPT, the original TSR 1975 version of M.A.R. Barker's classic Empire of the Petal Throne RPG.
| 189 | 3,145 | on Jan 19, 2012, 11:25am by aldarron in Humanspace Empires and... |
![[ ]](http://s2.images.proboards.com/off.gif) | Boot Hill (1975) Here we can discuss the 1975 Boot Hill RPG by Gygax and Blume, as well as discussion on blending the Wild West with OD&D.
| 27 | 223 | on Jan 18, 2012, 3:02pm by boonsghost in Boot Hill 3rd Edition |
![[ ]](http://s2.images.proboards.com/off.gif) | Metamorphosis Alpha (1976) Discussion for the original edition of METAMORPHOSIS ALPHA (James Ward; 1976) as well as the original GAMMA WORLD (James Ward; 1978). This is also a great place to discuss the new MUTANT FUTURE retro-RPG (Dan Proctor; 2008).
| 67 | 584 | Yesterday at 10:34pm by Craig J. Brain in MA -- a call for action! |
![[ ]](http://s2.images.proboards.com/off.gif) | Gangbusters (1982) (1 sub-board) Other than Rick Krebs' gangbusters blog, this is the only place to discuss the Gangbusters RPG. Rick occasionally posts here.
| 31 | 268 | Yesterday at 11:53am by maxwriter in Return to Gangbusters |
![[ ]](http://s2.images.proboards.com/off.gif) | Other TSR Games Here we can discuss any TSR products that don't have a forum of their own, such as the Indiana Jones RPG, Lankhmar Board Game, Don't Give Up the Ship, Classic Warfare, Tractics, and more!
| 31 | 317 | on Jan 3, 2012, 3:30pm by maxwriter in Role Playing Journals |
| Other |
![[ ]](http://s2.images.proboards.com/off.gif) | Other Editions and Simulacrum Games Here we can discuss AD&D or 4E or other non-OD&D editions of the game or some of the D&D-like games like C&C or LL that don't have their own sections. No flaming, please!
| 144 | 1,810 | Today at 3:44pm by Azafuse in D&D 5E |
![[ ]](http://s2.images.proboards.com/off.gif) | Fiction Here we can discuss the books and movies that have inspired OD&D and other old school role playing.
| 77 | 896 | on Jan 18, 2012, 9:31pm by foxroe in [Fiction] Elric |
![[ ]](http://s2.images.proboards.com/off.gif) | Howard and Hyboria Here we can discuss Robert E. Howard and his creations, applying OD&D to Hyboria, or even the old TSR Conan RPG.
| 47 | 469 | on Jan 22, 2012, 1:47pm by thegreyelf in New Age of Conan blog |
![[ ]](http://s2.images.proboards.com/off.gif) | Tolkien and Middle-earth Here we can discuss various ideas for OD&D applied to Middle-earth and/or the books and movies that pertain to JRR Tolkien's world.
| 32 | 502 | on Jan 23, 2012, 4:59pm by Falconer in Middle-earth On Crack |
![[ ]](http://s2.images.proboards.com/off.gif) | Around the Campfire (2 sub-boards) Sitting around the campfire and telling stories of the campaign you GM or sessions you have played.
| 92 | 683 | Yesterday at 3:38pm by SMKSensei in Loving my OD&D Campaign! |
![[ ]](http://s2.images.proboards.com/off.gif) | "Third Party" and Non-TSR Classics - 1 Viewing (2 sub-boards) Here we can discuss non-TSR classic games, as well as other "third party" OD&D products.
| 141 | 1,418 | Yesterday at 3:32pm by mgtremaine in Stonehell Dungeon -- w... |
| Science Fiction |
![[ ]](http://s2.images.proboards.com/off.gif) | General SciFi - 1 Viewing (2 sub-boards) Here we can discuss any sorts of Science Fiction gaming and fiction, mostly stuff that has the same kind of philosophy that attracts us to OD&D.
| 67 | 740 | Yesterday at 9:07pm by rleduc in Only 2 movies are phen... |
![[ ]](http://s2.images.proboards.com/off.gif) | Star Wars Original (1976) Here we can discuss STAR WARS, with a focus on the way it was originally conceived in 1976.
| 28 | 289 | on Jan 10, 2012, 9:15pm by vlark in The scope of "Original... |
![[ ]](http://s2.images.proboards.com/off.gif) | Traveller (1977) Here be space to discuss the original 1977 "Little Black Book" Traveller RPG and the whimsical fantasy game that does not exist (WANDERER)
| 36 | 346 | on Aug 21, 2011, 12:36pm by Finarvyn in Traveller t-shirts |
![[ ]](http://s2.images.proboards.com/off.gif) | X-Plorers (2009) Here we can discuss David Bezio's X-Plorers, the "OD&D in space" style game by Brave Halfing Publishing.
| 11 | 48 | on Jan 24, 2012, 7:45pm by thorswulf in X-Plorers. any thoughts? |
| Online Games |
![[ ]](http://s2.images.proboards.com/off.gif) | Makofan's Online OD&D A brown-book OD&D game, as run by Makofan. Moderator: makofan | 77 | 7,180 | Today at 1:55pm by ffilz in Adventure #15 - The Fl... |
![[ ]](http://s2.images.proboards.com/off.gif) | Waysoftheearth's "The Deep in the Hinterlands" OD&D - 1 Viewing Home of Waysoftheearth's "The Deep in the Hinterlands" OD&D online game; a tribute to E. G. Gygax's 1980 classic B2 Adventure Module. Moderator: waysoftheearth | 47 | 7,222 | Today at 1:40pm by eris in (036) The Remains of t... |
![[ ]](http://s2.images.proboards.com/off.gif) | Max's Gangbusters PBP Max wanted to run a PBP game for Rick Krebbs' Gangbusters RPG. Here's where it all happens!
| 9 | 239 | on Jan 21, 2012, 7:47pm by coffee in P.A. Scenario 2: "Booz... |
![[ ]](http://s2.images.proboards.com/off.gif) | Mushgnome's Chainmail Carcosa Mushgnome wanted to run a PBP CARCOSA game with CHAINMAIL style rules. Here be the place to play it!
| 21 | 1,543 | Today at 5:55pm by mushgnome in Out of Character and R... |
![[ ]](http://s2.images.proboards.com/off.gif) | Waysoftheearth's Moria PBP Play OD&D in Middle Earth's ultimate megadungeon. Moderator: waysoftheearth | 17 | 1,266 | on Jan 24, 2012, 3:37am by waysoftheearth in Out Of Character |
![[ ]](http://s2.images.proboards.com/off.gif) | City State of the Emerald Eye PBP Tombowings wants to run another PBP game, inspired by Robert E. Howard's Conan the Cimmerian stories and Bledsaw's City State of the Invincible Overlord.
| 18 | 1,115 | on Dec 8, 2011, 2:57pm by Morandir in 006 - Yooralla's Chall... |
![[ ]](http://s2.images.proboards.com/off.gif) | Badger's OEPT Game, The Sequel Another Original (TSR) Empire of the Petal Throne game, as run by Badger.
| 8 | 132 | on Dec 13, 2011, 7:44am by greentongue in OOC Thread |
![[ ]](http://s2.images.proboards.com/off.gif) | Capheind's Metamorphosis Alpha PBP Capheind is running a 1E PBP game of Metamorphosis Alpha and this is where it all happens. Actually, it probably happens on the Warden... Moderator: capheind | 4 | 189 | Today at 9:26am by rleduc in The burning of Sekton ... |
![[ ]](http://s2.images.proboards.com/off.gif) | Inactive Online Games (11 sub-boards) Here I will be stashing inactive online games so that folks can still read them. If a game goes active again, let me know and I'll revive its forum standings...
| 131 | 5,879 | on Aug 6, 2011, 12:17pm by Koren n'Rhys in Act 3 - OOC |