OSR Elf-Games and the D&D Fantasy – April 2026 OSR Blog Carnival Image credits: Welcome to the April 2026 OSR Blog Carnival For those of you unfamiliar, the RPG Blog Carnival is hosted by different blogs every month covering all sorts of topics. It’s put t…

Why do we call them "Elf-Games" anyway? 🧝‍♂️ This month’s RPG Blog Carnival explores the intersection of OSR grit and classic D&D fantasy. Check out the kickoff at Ward Against Evil and share your thoughts! #TTRPG #OldSchoolRenaissance #RPGBlogCarnival #DND wardagainstevil.com/2026/04/01/o...

@mysticartsdm.bsky.social | Mystic Arts: "The OSR Explained" | #TTRPG #D&D #OldSchoolRenaissance #SystemDesign #GameDesign #RPGameDesigners #Nostalgia #Compatible #ChallengePlayers #DisposableCharacters #DungeonsAreMeatGrinders
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The Other OSR: Vast Grimm – Blood Altared It has been over six hundred years since the First Prophecy of Fatuma came to pass. The SIX, the Disciples of Fatuma, who following the prop...

The Other OSR: Vast Grimm – Blood Altared

A review of the adventure for Vast Grimm by Infinite Black.

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[Fanzine Focus XXXVIII] Beyond the Borderlands Issue #3 On the tail of the Old School Renaissance has come another movement—the rise of the fanzine. Although the fanzine—a nonprofessional and nono...

[#FanzineFocus XXXVIII] Beyond the Borderlands Issue #3

A review of the third fanzine expansion based upon B2 Keep on the Borderlands published by Swordfish Islands LLC.

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Low Fantasy Complexity Tales of Argosa: Sword & Sorcery Adventure pitches itself as a Swords & Sorcery roleplaying game designed for short, sharp adventures built...

Low Fantasy Complexity

A review of Tales of Argosa: Sword & Sorcery Adventure published by Pickpocket Press.

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[Fanzine Focus XXXVIII] Scout Magazine #II On the tail of the Old School Renaissance has come another movement—the rise of the fanzine. Although the fanzine—a non-professional and non...

[Fanzine Focus XXXVIII] Scout Magazine #II

A review of the second issue of PBenardo’s fanzine for use with Old School Essentials from Necrotic Gnome.

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Cairn RPG to Get New Game Books in 2026 2026 looks to be a big year for the Cairn RPG, with creator Yochai Gal announcing several new books and a new publishing venture for the popular OSR game.

2026 looks to be a big year for the Cairn RPG, with creator @yochaigal.bsky.social announcing several new books and a new publishing venture for the popular OSR game. ttrpgfans.com/cairn-rpg-ne... #cairnrpg #osr #OldSchoolRenaissance #ttrpg #TTRPGCommunity #rpg #rpggames #RPGCommunity

Friday Fantasy: Terror in the Streets Terror in the Streets is perhaps one of the most mundane scenarios written for Lamentations of the Flame Princess Weird Fantasy Roleplay i...

#FridayFantasy: Terror in the Streets

A review of the scenario for Lamentations of the Flame Princess Weird Fantasy Roleplaying published by Lamentations of the Flame Princess.

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[Fanzine Focus XXXVIII] Crawling Under A Broken Moon Issue No. 8 On the tail of Old School Renaissance has come another movement—the rise of the fanzine. Although the fanzine—a nonprofessional and nonoffic...

[#FanzineFocus XXXVIII] Crawling Under A Broken Moon Issue No. 8

A review of the fanzine's eighth issue of the Umerica setting for Dungeon Crawl Classics from Goodman Games.

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[Fanzine Focus XXXVII] The Chaos Crier, Issue #1 On the tail of the Old School Renaissance has come another movement—the rise of the fanzine. Although the fanzine—a nonprofessional and nono...

[#FanzineFocus XXXVII] The Chaos Crier, Issue #1

A review of The Chaos Crier: An Aperiodical Zine for Black Sword Hack published by The Merry Mushmen.

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[Fanzine Focus XXXVII] Scout Magazine #I On the tail of the Old School Renaissance has come another movement—the rise of the fanzine. Although the fanzine—a non-professional and non...

[Fanzine Focus XXXVII] Scout Magazine #I

A review of the first issue of PBenardo’s fanzine for use with Old School Essentials from Necrotic Gnome.

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[Fanzine Focus XXXVII] Gamma Zine #3 On the tail of the Old School Renaissance has come another movement—the rise of the fanzine. Although the fanzine—a nonprofessional and nono...

[#FanzineFocus XXXVII] Gamma Zine #3

A review of the third issue of the #fanzine dedicated to early #PostApocalypse, science-fantasy RPGs published by ThrowiGames.

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Yoon-Suin Second Edition Hardcover Now Available from Noisms Games We head into the Purple Land of "Yoon-Suin Second Edition," a unique OSR-style, system agnostic RPG toolkit from indie publisher Noisms Games.

We head into the Purple Land of "Yoon-Suin Second Edition," a unique OSR-style, system agnostic RPG toolkit from indie publisher Noisms Games. ttrpgfans.com/yoon-suin-se... #ttrpg #TTRPGCommunity #rpg #rpggames #RPGCommunity #osr #OldSchoolRenaissance #oldschoolrevival #yoonsuin

[Fanzine Focus XXXVII] Black Pudding #8 O n the tail of Old School Renaissance has come another movement—the rise of the fanzine. Although the fanzine—a nonprofessional and nonoffi...

[#FanzineFocus XXXVII] Black Pudding #8

A review of the eighth issue of James V. West’s Old School Renaissance fanzine published by Square Hex.

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[Fanzine Focus XXXVII] Crawling Under A Broken Moon Issue No. 7 On the tail of Old School Renaissance has come another movement—the rise of the fanzine. Although the fanzine—a nonprofessional and nonoffic...

[#FanzineFocus XXXVII] Crawling Under A Broken Moon Issue No. 7

A review of the fanzine's 7th issue for the Umerica setting for Goodman Games' Dungeon Crawl Classics.

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The Other OSR: Vast Grimm – Space Cruisers It has been over six hundred years since the First Prophecy of Fatuma came to pass. The SIX, the Disciples of Fatuma, who following the prop...

The Other OSR: Vast Grimm – Space Cruisers

A review of the starship supplement for Vast Grimm by Infinite Black.

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Russ Nicholson illustration of a magic-user annihilating a sword-carrying warrior with (yes) a Sickly Purple Death Ray. Image carries the blog title in the upper right corner, in a white, calligraphic-style font.

Anyone know what happened to the cat who used to write the Sickly Purple Death Ray blog? #OSR, #OldSchoolRevival, #OldSchoolRenaissance, #RussNicholson … web.archive.org/web/20110827...

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#rollspel #ttrpg #osr #oldschoolrenaissance #oldschoolrevival

i constantly want to pronounce "Mork Borg" as "Mork Bork," and that makes me want to run it while talking like the Swedish chef

#ttrpg #rpg #osr #oldschoolrenaissance #morkborg

A recent practice doodle. #osr #sorceress #magicart #witchart #witch #rpgart #ose #commissionsopen #inkart #oldschoolart #dungeons #oldschoolrenaissance #ttrpgart #inkillos #doodles #practicedrawing #inkdrawing #ortizwalters

Friday Fantasy: Bee-Ware! If you suffer from apiophobia or hay fever when the pollen count is particularly high, or just hate bees, then Bee-Ware! is not a scenario ...

#FridayFantasy: Bee-Ware!

A review of the scenario for Lamentations of the Flame Princess Weird Fantasy Roleplaying published by Lamentations of the Flame Princess.

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Les guides de démarrage de Shadowdark sont là!

Téléchargez les dès maintenant :
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detail shot of one of my pen and ink drawings

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Pulvis Et Umbra: A Coda for MÖRK BORG by Sacred Bull A 24 Page Point Crawl and Dungeon with an Ambient Post Metal Score in the style of Putrescence Regnant

Just $190 to go! But we have only 3 days left. Thinking about revealing a final incentive to push it over the edge at the 48 hour mark. 👀👀👀

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Friday Fantasy: Winnie-the-Shit Kelvin Green must have had a horrible childhood and it must have taken place in a small village. After all he seems intent on twisting and d...

#FridayFantasy: Winnie-the-Shit

A review of the scenario for Lamentations of the Flame Princess Weird Fantasy Roleplaying published by Lamentations of the Flame Princess.

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Who else likes old school Renaissance and AD&D?

I may not have understood it at the time but the red box was my first experience and I loved it.

#osr #oldschoolrenaissance #dungeonsanddragons #dnd #ttrpg #dndart #penandpaper #rpg #adnd

[Fanzine Focus XXXVI] Chthonic Crawl Issue One: Magic Items On the tail of Old School Renaissance has come another movement—the rise of the fanzine. Although the fanzine—a nonprofessional and nonoffic...

[#FanzineFocus XXXVI] Chthonic Crawl Issue One: Magic Items

A review of Alignment Unknown Publishing’s first issue of the fanzine for Dungeon Crawl Classics from Goodman Games.

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[Fanzine Focus XXXVI] Skull & Crossbones Classics #1 On the tail of Old School Renaissance has come another movement—the rise of the fanzine. Although the fanzine—a nonprofessional and nonoffic...

[#FanzineFocus XXXVI] Skull & Crossbones Classics #1

A review of the only issue of the pirate-themed fanzine from Sanctum Media for Dungeon Crawl Classics from Goodman Games.

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[Fanzine Focus XXXVI] Crawling Under A Broken Moon Issue No. 6 On the tail of Old School Renaissance has come another movement—the rise of the fanzine. Although the fanzine—a nonprofessional and nonoffic...

[#FanzineFocus XXXVI] Crawling Under A Broken Moon Issue No. 6

A review of the post-apocalyptic Umerica fanzine's sixth issue for Dungeon Crawl Classics from Goodman Games.

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Friday Fantasy: The Horrendous Hounds of Hendenburgh The poor village of Hendenburgh stands in the middle of the Kryptwood, an ancient forest steeped in legend and history. For years, the Krypt...

#FridayFantasy: The Horrendous Hounds of Hendenburgh

A review of the scenario for Necrotic Gnome’s Old Essential Essentials published by The Merry Mushmen.

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