Mythmere Games is in the midst of a very successful crowdfunding run to bring OSRIC 3.0 to the masses. The popular old school retroclone will receive a new edition with more rules explanations for ease of use broken up across two volumes. The BackerKit project is fully funded and you can reserve copies of both hardcover rulebooks (with PDFs) for a $70.00 pledge or grab them in PDF for a $10.00 pledge through June 4. Expected delivery on the PDFs is November with the physical books to follow in January 2026.
About the project:
OSRIC 3.0 is a tabletop fantasy roleplaying game that sweeps you back into the days when roleplaying was an art, when rules were simpler, and when epic adventuring was at its height — this is the game of the 1980s!
OSRIC is a “retro-clone” of first edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragons.* This release is geared toward the 20th anniversary next year. Originally published in 2006, OSRIC has spawned thousands of adventures, sourcebooks, and zines — many of them distributed for free.
The Player Guide contains all the rules for character generation and all the rules required for players. There are ten character classes: the assassin, cleric, druid, fighter, magic-user, illusionist, monk, ranger, paladin, and thief, together with rules for multi-classing and dual-classing. This is the book containing the combat rules, equipment lists, spell descriptions, and other resources for the player character.
We have a complete working draft of the book, but we are still in the process of turning it from OSRIC 2.0 into 3.0, so we do not have a precise page count yet.
The GM Guide contains encounter tables, monsters, and dungeon-design tips; everything you need to run OSRIC as the Game Master. Like the Player Guide this is a smyth-sewn hardcover with the same dimensions and specifications.
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