A game of fantastic adventure inspired by classic RPGs of the 1970s and 1980s. Players delve into forsaken ruins, battle fearsome monsters, explore haunted forests and perilous mountain ranges, sail the high seas in search of lost lands, recover fabulous treasures, and unearth secrets of ancient magic.
The Complete Old-School Essentials Game
This premium content package + PDF bundle presents the complete Old-School Essentials game, expanding the free Old-School Essentials game system with additional character options, monsters, and magic.
- 13 fantastic classes: Acrobat, assassin, barbarian, bard, cleric, druid, fighter, illusionist, knight, magic-user, paladin, ranger, thief.
- 10 classic races: Drow, duergar, dwarf, elf, gnome, half-elf, halfling, half-orc, human, svirfneblin. All presented as race options (for AD&D-style character creation) and demihuman class options (for B/X-style character creation).
- Over 200 spells: Complete cleric, druid, illusionist, and magic-user spell lists.
- Over 300 monsters: Including classics such as mimics, dragon turtles, piercers, shambling mounds, banshees, carcass crawlers, terrible eyes, liches, deep ones, the terrifying tarrasque and many more classic 1970s/1980s-era monsters!
- Over 300 magic items: The apparatus of the crab, ioun stones, the deck of many things, dancing swords, holy avengers, and many more!
- Over 150 monster tokens: Featuring old-school black & white art from the game. (More tokens to be added in a future release.)
- Full PDFs of the game: The Player's Tome + Referee's Tome are included for access within Foundry VTT compendiums or via your filesystem (since v25.07.25).
- The complete game text: Journal entries for the complete game rules, including advanced optional rules and full guidelines for creating and running adventures.
Credits
Writing, editing, layout: Gavin Norman.
Cover art: Peter Mullen.
Interior art: David Hoskins, Theren Lazauski, Huargo, John Bingham, Jon Hodgson, Justin Russell, Mark Kosobucki, Pauliina Hannuniemi, Adrian Landeros, Andrew Walter, Brad McDevitt, Chris Huth, Chris Malec, Del Teigeler, Diogo Nogueira, Frank Scacalossi, Ian Baggley, James Shields, Jerry Boucher, Jethro Lentle, Johannes Stahl, Juan Ochoa, Julee Eileen, Luka Rejec, Mark Lyons, Matt Ray, Mike Clarke, Mustafa Bekir, Olivia Politz, Paul Caprio, Penny Melgarejo, Peter Mullen, Peter Saga, Rachel Quinlan, Sam Mameli, Sean Poppe, Spaghetti Quester, Stefan Poag, Thomas Denmark, Thomas Novosel, Tom Kilian, William McAusland.
Inspiration: Gary Gygax, Dave Arneson, John Eric Holmes, Tom Moldvay, Steve Marsh, Dave Cook, Frank Mentzer.
Foundry VTT Conversion
J. Stone (Rabid Owlbear)
Anthony Ronda (VTT Red)
Blair McMillan