We have exciting news to share, including an Epic Levels podcast episode celebrating the launch of the OSE box sets, Carcass Crawler as Deal of the Day on DriveThruRPG, third-party products and Kickstarters, and more. So let's dig in!

Gavin Norman on the Epic Levels Podcast

The latest episode of Epic Levels’ Side Quest podcast celebrates the launch of the OSE Classic Game Set and Advanced Expansion Set. Necrotic Gnomes' Gavin Norman and Exalted Funeral’s Matt Kelley were interviewed alongside two illustrious artists in the tabletop gaming industry – Erol Otus and David Hoskins! Erol Otus created the iconic cover art for the Dungeons & Dragons Basic and Expert Box Sets back in the 1980s, and was also behind the box cover art for the Old-School Essentials Classic Game Set. Meanwhile, talented artist David Hoskins designed the covers of all nine books in the box sets. You can access the podcast on the Epic Levels website HERE, or through your preferred podcast streaming platform!

Crawler Crawler 2 is Deal of the Day on DTRPG

The second issue of Carcass Crawler, the official Old-School Essentials zine, is available as a Deal of the Day on DriveThruRPG! Packed with new content for your games, this issue introduces two new elf class and race variants, an item-based encumbrance system, guidelines for town services and hiring retainers, quick equipment tables, complete rules for energy weapons, eight new snake cult monsters, and a mini-adventure set in a trap-filled temple! This issue will be 60% off at $3 instead of the normal $7.50 for 24-hours only! Don't miss out on this great deal, grab it HERE!

Third Party Old-School Essentials Kickstarters

Delver Issue #8

Delver is back! Issue #8 features tons of resources for your games, including more than 20 pages of random charts that can be used before or during a session, a ready-to-go adventure, complete with maps, room descriptions, random encounters, an article to provide a referee with some useful points to ponder on between sessions, and much more! Pledge NOW!

MACE: Monster & Character Encounters

This is a zine of 50 original monsters plus their respective traps and treasures to stock your tabletop dungeons adventures. These are not your ordinary hack and slash monsters. Each is individually illustrated and designed to present a new type of threat, obstacle, or concern for your players. Dungeons should be hazardous, but there are dangers worse than death. What unusual trap hazards will endanger your dungeon delve? Are their treasures worth the risk? Find out in MACE! Pledge NOW!

Recent Third Party Old-School Essentials Products

Sepulchre of Dusk

Life is hard for the clans of the world, a life of toil and sacrifice. But there is joy as well. A marriage festival is underway; kith and kin have gathered at the homestead. But the bridegroom has been captured; his retainers slain in cruel ambush. After a violent change in leadership, the Blood Blade goblin tribe has turned its face from peace and now threatens war. Can the raiders be caught, and the bridegroom returned to his family? Four heroes give chase, hoping to overtake the raiders. But when this hope is dashed, only one path remains to effect a rescue of their friend. They must brave the Sepulchre of Dusk! PDF available from DriveThruRPG.

Modern Necessities

This is a supplement that adds rules, classes, equipment and more to run campaigns in any modern setting, including those that mix the contemporary with magic and monsters! Inside you'll find 13 modern themed classes, rules for giving modern traits to common fantasy races, 56 modern weapons (ranging from pistols to rocket launchers and hand grenades), rules for special ammunition and firearm attachments, 13 modern pieces of armor, 54 modern pieces of equipment (including cellphones and night vision goggles), vehicle rules (including 19 example vehicles), and much more! PDF available from DriveThruRPG.

Mobilis in Mobili

This is a horror and exploration adventure characters levels 1-3. The manor once belonging to the nobleman Rodemus Von Sarr lies ruined on a cliff near the ocean. Local fishermen whisper of great treasure and a curse placed on this manorhouse. Adventurers exploring the ruins will encounter a wondrous secret, hidden in the caves deep beneath the manor! PDF available from DriveThruRPG.

PDF Updates

We recently sent out updated PDFs (via DriveThruRPG and Exalted Funeral) for several Old-School Essentials titles, including the Advanced Fantasy Player’s and Referee’s Tomes. These were just routine updates with fixes for a few very minor pieces of errata that had been reported since the previous printings. As is common practice in the RPG publishing world, every time we do a new printing of the books, we fix any reported errata and release updated PDFs to match. You can view the list of errata fixed in each release HERE!

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