"It's okay; Gary sent us."

With my errate document for the previous version of Swords & Wizardry Complete now being obsolete due to the release of the Revised update in 2023, I sought out and obtained permission from the game's publisher, Mythmere Games, to create a new official do…

Since I spent a number of years successfully curating a non-official listing of errata for the previous version of the OSRIC fantasy RPG, I figured I might as well keep up the tradition now that the latest (3.0) edition is available to the the public.

After a couple years of putting it off, I finally bit the bullet and headed out Dallas way for my first North Texas RPG Convention.

Since the public release of OSRIC 3.0 in late 2025/early 2026, I've seen a great deal of interest online in the nitty-gritty details of what makes this new version substantially different from previous ones.

Are your players complaining of too many hopeless would-be heroes or bemoaning the lack of rippling Conanesque thew on their fighting men?

I'm overjoyed to report that the OSRIC 3 Player's Guide is now available (for free!)

Just in time for the holidays, the Alpha and Omega of old school fantasy roleplay fanzines returns with its beefiest issue yet!

The long-awaited third version of OSRIC, the premier Advanced Dungeons & Dragons retro-clone game, is currently being crowdfunded by the fine folks at Mythmere Games.

Just a brief announcement that Issue #16 of Fight On!

First off, what do I mean by “casually?”

Prelude After putting it off and making excuses for so long, it was finally time to make my first ever pilgrimage to Lake Geneva and attend a Gary Con.

Like its fellow iconic D&D classes, the ranger, illusionist, and bard, the first published iteration of the barbarian debuted in the pages of a periodical.

Debuting in the winter 1975 issue of TSR's short-lived house organ The Strategic Review, Peter Aronson's illusionist class was the first of many contemporary "specialist" magic-user variants to gain significant traction within the D&D community at large.

Doug Schwegman's pioneering bard class, introduced in the February 1976 issue of The Strategic Review, deserves to be celebrated for its lasting influence on the game.

On a recent read through the latest edition of Swords & Wizardry, an adaptation of the original D&D from the mid-'70s, it struck me that the equipment list notably includes ring mail armor in addition to the leather, chain, and plate varieties found in the

Mythmere Games has recently finished work on Swords & Wizardry Complete Revised, an updated take on their flagship fantasy RPG.

Like a lot of old schoolers, I dig the flavor of the AD&D 1st edition bard class and even a lot of its implementation, but balk somewhat at the convoluted pseudo-dual classing shenanigans and the usual lack of player interest in such a delayed satisfaction

It's no secret that AD&D psionics have never exactly been popular.

The enduringly popular 1981 edition of D&D, often called B/X or Moldvay D&D, was my introduction to tabletop RPGs.

***Final update, 12-29-2025: With the long-awaited new edition, OSRIC 3.0, beginning its public rollout this week, the following document will no longer be actively maintained and should be considered obsolete.

Important update: While this document may still be of some value to those using legacy editions of Swords & Wizardry Complete, the recent (as of May 2023) Revised edition published by Mythmere Games has fully addressed the following errata items.

One of Swords & Wizardry's most praised features is its unified saving throw mechanic.

Well, it's been a while, hasn't it?

Here are the current Swords & Wizardry Complete, Labyrinth Lord, and OSRIC stats for my longest-running character, Silverglade Woodshadow, who I created around 1991.

I've played a lot of fantasy, science-fiction, and horror sessions over the years, but last night was my first foray into the realm of costumed superheroes.