Ye Olde School List of Retro Games: Clones, Retro Clones, Emulations and What Have You!

[Admin Pete]

Ye Olde School List of Retro Games: Clones, Retro Clones, Emulations and What Have You!

Please note the First Fantasy Campaign written by Dave Arneson and first published in 1977 (1971-1977 content) was its own game & campaign and the contents predate OD&D. In addition, Adventures in Fantasy written by Dave Arneson and Richard Snider and published in 1978 is not derived from OD&D or later D&D, it is a continuation of the First Fantasy Campaign. Neither of these games is currently in print (hard copy or pdf)

Predating 0E - Chainmail based games

27th Edition Platemail
Grognard (PDF) more info here

0E – Original Dungeons & Dragons Based Games

Ancient Mysteries & Lost Treasures based on Swords & Wizardy
Arrows of Indra
Backswords & Bucklers based on Swords & Wizardy
Bandits & Basilisks
The Big Brown Book
Blood & Bullets based on Swords & Wizardy
Cal Tech Warlock D&D variant 1975 version in The Spartan Simulation Gaming Journal #9 in August 1975. Source NEEDED
Champions of Zed
The Complete Warlock Published 1978 The Balboa version Source NEEDED
The Complete Warlock Published 2000 To get it see yahoo group Warlock - A variant of Dungeons and Dragons Mod approval needed!
Crimson Blades
Delving Deeper Free PDFs
Delving Deeper BHP Boxed Set
Épées & Sorcellerie, english translation - print, at cost
Épées & Sorcellerie, english translation - free pdf
Full Metal Plate Mail based on OD&D as interpreted through 3E/3.5E
The Grey Book based on OD&D plus some of the supplements and some AD&D
Grey Matter based on OD&D
Grey Six based on OD&D plus later D&D/AD&D adds
Guardians SuperHero alternate version of OD&D
Humanspace Empires based on OD&D & Empire of the Petal Throne
Iron Falcon Rules for Classic Fantasy Role-Playing based on OD&D and the Greyhawk Supplement
Labyrinth Lord – Original Edition Characters
Lamentations of the Flame Princess
primordial_odd based on OD&D
Searchers of the Unknown *See below for related games*
SEVEN VOYAGES of ZYLARTHEN
Shinobi & Samurai
Swords & Six-Siders
Swords & Wizardry - Core RulesMythmere Games
Swords & Wizardy - Complete Mythmere Games
Swords & Wizardy - White Box Mythmere Games
White Box : Fantastic Medieval Adventure Game by Seattle Hill Games
Torch & Sword
Treasure Hunters RPG
Warriors of the Red Planet
Wyrms & Warrens - based on Swords & Wizardy
Whitehack
X-plorers (Lighter Free Version]
X-Plorers (More Complete Version on RPGNOW)

0E - Searchers of the Unknown based games NOTE: Searchers of the Unknown is based on OD&D (*related games from above note*)

Searchers of the Unknown RPG Collection 2012 Ed This link is for all of the below listed games in this section

Adventurers
Brickmasters of the Unknown
Cyborg Samurai Are Go!
Demihumans of the Unknown
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Dwarven Glory
Dwarven Glory: Runecasting
Searchers in Spaaaace!!!
Funkin Fists of Fu
Hobbits of the Unknown
Jung Guns
Karry on Krawling
Monsters of the Unknown
Mutant Got Gunz
Mutant Scavengers of the Ruined Earth
Raiders of the Unknown
Sailing the Skies of Mars
Scavengers & Spacewrecks
Searchers of the Unknown D20 Style
Searchers of the Unknown Target 20
Song of the Symbi
SotU Refired
Spellcasters of the Unknown
Swashbucklers of Mars
Tempora Mutantur Core Rules
The Bastards
TM: Alternate Core Rules
TM: Humanoid Encounters
TM: Metal Gods
TM: Metal Gods Adventure
TM: Morlock Den Adventure
TM: Mutations
TM: Relics
TM: Sleepers
TM: Subterranean Exploration
TM: The Creep
TM: Wilderness Encounters
TM: Wilderness Exploration
Wheelspins in the Wasteland
Witches of Nkai

Post 0E - Holmes Basic Dungeons & Dragons based games

Holmes77 Source Needed
BLUEHOLME™ Prentice Rules
The Holmes Companion
Mazes & Perils
Warriors, Wizards & Wyrms

Post 0E - B/X, BECMI, RC Dungeons & Dragons based games

Adventures in the East Mark English Version now available
Adventurer Conqueror King
Arcana Rising
English version of Aventuras en la Marca del Este in the works
Basic Fantasy Roleplaying
The Blue Book of Dangers & Dweomers
B/X Companion
Companion Expansion
Dangers and Dweomers
Dark Dungeons
Darker Dungeons
Hulks & Horrors
Labyrinth Lord
Small But Vicious Dog
“THERE’S ALWAYS A CHANCE” aka “TAAC”
Treasure Hunters

1E - 1st Ed Advanced Dungeons & Dragons based games

Adventures in Fantasy Out of Print
Astonishing Swordsmen & Sorcerers of Hyperborea
Balrogs and Bagginsess
The Challenges Game System Out of print
Fantastic Heroes & Witchery
Labyrinth Lord – Advanced Companion Edition
Myth & Magic
OSRIC
Project 74
Scarlet Heroes

2E - 2nd Ed Advanced Dungeons & Dragons based games

Adventures Dark & Deep Based on comments & statements by Gygax
For Gold & Glory
Hackmaster

Other Games – Games that are based on more than one version Dungeons & Dragons and sometimes other non-D&D games. Games not directly derived from but may be inspired by a version of OD&D/CD&D/AD&D and strive to have an "Old School" feel. Games based on one or more versions of Dungeons & Dragons, but with non-D&D mechanics.

1 Pot RPG
13th Age
3D6 In Order
3rd Ed Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (not WotC
Adventure Fantasy Game
Adventurer
Ambition & Avarice: 1st Edition
Back to the Dungeon RPG Master Bundle
Barbarians of Lemuria
Barebones Fantasy
Beyond the Wall and other adventures
The Big Brown Book
Blood & Treasure
Blood, Guts & Glory – formerly Darkest Dungeons
BrickMasters of the Unknown
Broken Urthe
Burning THAC0
Crumbling Epoch
Crypts & Things
D100
D6 Adventure
D6 Fantasy
Dagger for Kids
Dragons at Dawn [Not currently available]an attempt to recreate the rules of the original Blackmoor campaign 1971+(Pre-OD&D)
Dark Passages based on OD&D and 1st Ed AD&D with d20 twist (need current link)
Dark Passages Complete based on OD&D and 1st Ed AD&D with d20 twist (need current link)
Dark Sun OSR Hack
Dreams of Mythic Fantasy
Drowning & Falling
Dungeon Crawl Classics/Goodman Games Ranges from OD&D based to 5E based and other games
Dungeon Delvers
Dungeon Slayers
Dungeon Squad
Dungeon World
Elegia aka *Retro Phaze Fantasy RPG based on the tropes and mechanics of eight-bit console RPGs.
Encounter Critical
Engines & Empires
Errant RPG Not Currently Available
Fenris 2d6
Fictive Hack
Fire & Sword
Five Ancient Kingdoms
Flying Swordsmen
Forward … To Adventure!
Gods & Monsters
Go Fer Yer Gun! Not Currently Available
Hackmaster Basic
Heroes Against Darkness
Heroes & Other Worlds
Holmes GM Screen
Hideouts & Hoodlums
Into the Odd
Jeff Brain Art
Legends of the Ancient World
Legends of the Untamed West
Legends of Time & Space
Liber Zero
Long Live the Fighting Men and Magic-Users!!! Not currently Available
Mazes & Minotaurs1972 Original Rules
Mazes & Minotaurs1987 Revised Rules
Medieval Mysteries d20 3.5E Beyond Belief Games versions Not Currently Available (unrelated to the Heyoka product)
Medieval Mysteries, Sleuthing in the Middle Ages Heyoka Studios version (1PG see Deep 7 Press)(unrelated to the Beyond Belief Product)
(Microlite 74 family of games)Tarnhelm's Terrible Tome House Rules from the 1970's rendered d20 based
Microlite74 Basic emulate the feel & style of OD&D (d20 based)
Microlite74 Standard emulate the feel & style of OD&D (d20 based)
Microlite74 Extended formerly called Microlite75 emulate the feel & style of OD&D (d20 based)
Microlite74 Companion I: Optional Rules emulate the feel & style of OD&D (d20 based)
Microlite74 Companion II: Treasure emulate the feel & style of OD&D (d20 based)
Microlite74 Companion III: More Optional Rules emulate the feel & style of OD&D (d20 based)
Microlite74 Companion IV: Bestiary of Monsters emulate the feel & style of OD&D (d20 based)
Microlite74 Companion V: First Edition Spells emulate the feel & style of OD&D (d20 based)
Microlite74 Version 2.0 Ancient Auguries emulate the feel & style of OD&D (d20 based)
Microlite74 Version 2.0 Wary's Grimoire emulate the feel & style of OD&D (d20 based)
Microlite74 Light vs Dark (formerly titled Microlite74 Special Version I) emulate the feel & style of OD&D with only two gods (d20 based)
Microlite74 Swords & Sorcery emulate the feel & style of OD&D for Sword & Sorcery (d20 based)
Microlite75 Basic emulate the feel & style of OD&D with conversion to D20-based system
Microlite75 Standard emulate the feel & style of OD&D with conversion to D20-based system
Microlite75 Extended emulate the feel & style of OD&D with conversion to D20-based system
Microlite81 emulate the feel & style of B/X D&D with conversion to a D20-based system
Microlite81 Complete based on the attempt to emulate the feel and style of Old School OD&D (more detailed than Microlite81)
Microlite81 Extended emulate the feel & style of B/X D&D with conversion to a D20-based system
Microlite81 Advanced emulate the feel & style of a mashup of B/X D&D & 1st Ed AD&D with conversion to a D20-based system
Microlite78 First Edition Lite emulate the feel & style of 1st Ed AD&D with conversion to a D20-based system
RetroRoleplaying Cancer Fund (Special Microlite Downloads) Microlite/RetroRoleplay has additional password protected game items & Fanzine available with a Cancer Fund donation (any amount -- small or large) (IMO well worth it)
Mini Six
Monsters & Magic
Mutants & Machine Guns
My D20 Lite
Necropalyx
Old Edition Delta
Old School Hack
Old School Hats
Omega World
Other Dust
Owl Hoot Trail
Pars Fortuna
Peril aka Pocket Full of Peril
Pits & Perils
Perilous Journeys
Peryton
Radiance
Rædwald
Red Box Fantasy
Red Box Hack
Renegade based on OD&D & other versions of D&D/AD&D
Retro Phaze aka *Elegia Fantasy RPG based on the tropes and mechanics of eight-bit console RPGs.
Ruins & Riches
Ruins & Ronin
Rune Quest 2 fans - the D100II SRD
Runeslayers
Sabres and Witchery
Searchers of the Unknown
SERPENT (Serpent RPG Mod - standalone version of rules)
Shadow Sword & Spell
Siege Perilous
Sorcery & Super Science
Spears of the Dawn
Spellcraft & Swordplay
Stone & Wood
Swords of Abandon
Sword & Board
Sword & Shield
Target20
The Fantasy Quest
The Secret Fire
Tombs & Terrors
Torchbearer
Treasure Awaits!
Tunnel Quest
Under the Moons of Zoon
Vikings & Valkyries
Warrior, Rouge & Mage
Wayfarers
WOODLAND WARRIORS RPG
ZeFRS

3E&3.5E - 3rd Ed Dungeons & Dragons (formerly known as 3rd Ed Advanced Dungeons & Dragons until WotC changed the name) and 3.5 Ed of Dungeons & Dragons based games

Amazing Adventures
Castles & Crusades
Fantasy Craft
Legends and Labyrinths
Mages & Monsters
MyD20 Lite
New Feierland
Pathfinder
Trailblazer

4E - 4th Ed Dungeons & Dragons based games

Four Sons of the Rising Dawn (4SRD
4th Trifold Basic Rules
D&D 4.5
Fourth Edition Reborn
Magic Sword FourthEdition Reborn
Open 4E
The Sacred BBQ

5E - 5th Edition Dungeons & Dragons based games

No games based on 5E have yet been brought to my attention

Sci-Fi/Sci-Fantasy:

D6 Space
Encounter Critical
Humanspace Empires
Humanspace Empires II
Legends of Time & Space
Machinations of the Space Princess
Micro Mech Warrior
Mutan tFuture
Rayguns, Rocketships & Robots
Red Planet
Stars without Number
Space Madness
Starships & Spacemen
Star Wars Galactic Adventures
Sorcery & Super Science!
Stars Without Number
Tales of the Space Princess
Space Rift
Tempora Mutantur
Terminal Space
X-Plorers
X-plorers (Lighter Free Version]
X-Plorers (More Complete Version on RPGNOW)

Supers:

4CSystem
Hideouts&Hoodlums
Mystery Men
SUPERS! Comic Book Role Playing Game

Westerns:
Legends of the Untamed West
Owl Hoot Trail
Shotguns & Saddles Old School, Old West RPG

• Shootouts & Showdowns - Digest-sized 20-page PDF
• Shootouts & Showdowns - Markdown-formatted plain text in my Pastebin
• Shootouts & Showdowns - ZIP archive with all text, images, build scripts, and PDF
• Shootouts & Showdowns - Cover image in JPEG format
• Shootouts & Showdowns - Post announcing it here on the Original D&D Discussion in the Boot Hill section, for any feedback
• Shootouts & Showdowns - Post about an online character generator/combat tracker for it

Wierd West RPG

Generic:
GORE

Brazilian Portuguese:
Old Dragon

Hebrew:
Tempora Mutantur

Hungarian:
Helvéczia
Kard és Mágia
Kazamaták és Kompániák

French:
Donjon de Poche
Dungeon SlayersFrench version Epées & Sorcellerie

Aventures fantastiques (mix between B/X and AD&D clone), free pdf, in french.
Aventures fantastiques - Players guide
Aventures fantastiques - Monsters and treasures
Frightful Hobgoblin Blog - Epées & Sorcellerie and other games
Épées & Sorcellerie 2nd edition and other games.
Oltréé

Spanish:
Aventuras en la Marca del Este
Adventures in the East Mark Spanish & English

Swedish:
Fantasy! - Old School Gaming
Parallel Worlds
Saga

Retroclone websites
Beyond Heroes
Donjon
FATEsy Heartbreaker

Link to a list of gaming stuff at Lulu from a blog post:
Gaming Books on Lulu by the blog owner

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[The Semi-Retired Gamer]

Impressive list! That may be the single best gathering of clone/retroclones/games inspired by... That I have ever seen. Lots of good stuff and new stuff I need to check out.  

[The Archivist]

Way cool man, way cool. That is the biggest list I have ever seen.

[Admin Pete]

Thanks guys, please help me make it better!

[scottanderson]

Is that possible? There's only one Chainmail hack?  btw I have it and its fantasy supplement, and it's really tasty.  But I don't think I would ever play it.

[Admin Pete]

Mar 31, 2015 13:26:31 GMT -5 scottanderson said:

Is that possible? There's only one Chainmail hack?  btw I have it and its fantasy supplement, and it's really tasty.  But I don't think I would ever play it.

Well the only one I know of, if you find anything not on this list or the supplement list please let me know.

[scottanderson]

Mar 31, 2015 13:57:12 GMT -5 Admin Pete said:

Mar 31, 2015 13:26:31 GMT -5 scottanderson said:

Is that possible? There's only one Chainmail hack?  btw I have it and its fantasy supplement, and it's really tasty.  But I don't think I would ever play it.

Well the only one I know of, if you find anything not on this list or the supplement list please let me know.

You betcha. I don't know any.

[jeffb]

Exemplars and Eidolons. Very new.
www.drivethrurpg.com/product/144651/Exemplars--Eidolons

[Admin Pete]

Mar 31, 2015 17:32:32 GMT -5 jeffb said:

Exemplars and Eidolons. Very new.
www.drivethrurpg.com/product/144651/Exemplars--Eidolons

Updated!

[scottanderson]

Mar 31, 2015 17:32:32 GMT -5 jeffb said:

Exemplars and Eidolons. Very new.
www.drivethrurpg.com/product/144651/Exemplars--Eidolons

Tales of Thundering Heroism! I think I'm in love

[jeffb]

It's fun. I ran a test session for one player and it went well.

[Admin Pete]

Apr 1, 2015 6:12:50 GMT -5 jeffb said:

It's fun. I ran a test session for one player and it went well.

If you want to start a thread in General and review this game, I will create a review forum to move it to.  I would love to have reviews posted for as many of these as possible.

[jeffb]

I don't think what I have done so far with the system is nearly enough to make a fair review at this time. But I would up for a reviews section for sure! (And would review it when appropriate)

[Admin Pete]

Cool! When you are ready just post the thread in General and I will then create the forum and move the thread to the new forum.

[Necromancer]

Truly remarkable! That is an impressive list, Admin Pete. So much to read, so little time...

[Admin Pete]

Apr 6, 2015 8:02:50 GMT -5 Necromancer said:

Truly remarkable! That is an impressive list, Admin Pete. So much to read, so little time...

Thank you! If you or anyone has any additional games to add or especially non-English Language games to add please post the links and I will be happy to add them. (That by the way applies to all of the "Ye Olde" threads.

[Necromancer]

Apr 6, 2015 11:36:37 GMT -5 Admin Pete said:

Apr 6, 2015 8:02:50 GMT -5 Necromancer said:

Truly remarkable! That is an impressive list, Admin Pete. So much to read, so little time...

Thank you! If you or anyone has any additional games to add or especially non-English Language games to add please post the links and I will be happy to add them. (That by the way applies to all of the "Ye Olde" threads.

Thank you, Admin Pete! I actually do have a link for you. I meant to save it for my post about early Swedish RPG history that we discussed a while ago in another thread, but that's going to be a rather extensive text and I haven't had the time to work on it yet. I will write it down and post it eventually, but it will probably take a while before I get to that point. In the meantime I thought I'd share this instead.

Drakar & Demoner  (meaning "Dragons & Demons") was the first Swedish RPG. The first edition, published in 1982, is known as the "blue box" (a rarity these days) and was a translation of the Basic Roleplaying game Worlds of Wonder: Magic World by Chaosium. The second edition, published in 1984, is known as the "black box" and featured this iconic image of Elric by Michael Whelan and was a remake of the original rules set. After that, several new editions and expansion sets were released until the original company (Äventyrsspel/Target Games) folded in the 90's. Today the license is owned by Riotminds, and they have released their own version of the game that differs quite a lot from the original editions.

However, unauthorized PDF files of the original games, adventure modules and other supplements have been around on the net for some years, and to mark the 30th anniversary of the original game Riotminds decided to take those files and publish them for free.

Those files can be found here: Drakar & Demoner free PDF files

All material is in Swedish, but I thought they could be of some interest anyway.

I'd say the products most likely to be interesting from an Old School perspective would be the following:

Drakar & Demoner (1ed, 1982, file number 01) - since it's the first RPG being published in Swedish, and while not being associated with D&D I think it shares a lot of the attributes found in the early RPG scene of the 70's and the early 80's.

Drakar & Demoner (2ed, 1984, file number 04) - perhaps not Old School in the most orthodox way, but this edition was the starting point for a lot of players in Sweden (myself included) and even though it's quite different from the first edition it's still very faithful to the BRP rules core and rooted in the classic RPG tradition.

Monsterboken (1985, file number 07) and Monsterboken II (1987, file number 18) - for being the two first monster manuals published. Both were illustrated by Nils Gulliksson (being a huge influence on the development of my of drawing style) who made a lot of illustrations for Target Games. Here's an option to compare his early B/W line art drawings in the first monster manual and his greyscale material in the second one. And you get a chance to see what kind of monsters being fought in the Swedish boys rooms of the 80's!

Tvillingbergen ("The Twin Mountains", 1983, file number 02) - adventure module actually not released by Target Games, but Titan Games that would publish the Swedish translation of D&D a few years later. A classic dungeon crawl.

Spindelkonungens pyramid ("Pyramid of the Spider-King", 1983, file number 03) - early adventure module that recently was re-released and adapted to new Swedish RPG Fantasy! Old School Gaming. Dungeon crawl set in a pyramid with some weird, twisted humour.

Dimön ("Fog Island", 1984, file number 05) - another classic dungeon crawl, as well as the first adventure module I bought if I recall correctly.

Havets vargar ("Wolves of the Sea", 1985, file number 08) - a peculiar adventure module, set in a fantasy version of viking era Europe.

Other modules released for the basic rules set (2ed) include a trilogy of adventures called Ärans väg ("Path of Glory"), where the first part, Döda skogen ("The Dead Forest", 1985, file number 09) saw the PC's on a quest in a sandbox type forest, and the second part was Maktens portar ("The Gates of Power", also 1985, file number 10), being a dungeon crawl in an abandonded dwarf stronghold. The final part, Mörkrets hjärta ("The Heart of Darkness", 1986, file number 12), was an epic and rather violent railroad style adventure set in a country torn asunder by war.

Target Games also released two so called "adventure packs" featuring two shorter adventures each, for the basic rules. These are files number 13 (Svart duell & Skönheten och odjuren, "Black duel & Beauty and the beasts", 1986) and number 19 (Novastenen & Jeraz, "The Nova Stone & Jeraz", 1987). The rest of the files covers other editions and expansion sets and modules made for those. One of them however was actually originally written for the first edition, but later reworked and released for the first expansion set (Drakar & Demoner Expert, 1985, file number 06). It was a boxed set adventure module (sandbox style) set in a large swamp, and the module was called Marsklandet ("The Marshland", 1988, file number 23).

There's a lot of the later material that is interesting as well, but I think the files above cover the most relevant products from an Old School perspective. Please feel free to add the link if you like. And I'm happy to answer any questions about those games and modules if anyone's interested or curious!

[Admin Pete]

Thank you and have an Exalt! Necromancer, I really like the monster art, wish there was an English translation.

[Necromancer]

Apr 8, 2015 8:39:05 GMT -5 Admin Pete said:

Thank you and have an Exalt! Necromancer, I really like the monster art, wish there was an English translation.

Thank you, Admin Pete! I'm glad you liked the art as I'm a huge fan myself. I certainly understand that the language barrier might be a predicament. If there are any particular pieces of text of interest it's no problem for me to translate them, but perhaps not the whole works...

[Necromancer]

Svärd & Svartkonst ("Sword & Sorcery") is a new Swedish RPG supposed to be released 2015. The site is in Swedish, but the following short description of the game was presented in English as well:

About Svärd & Svartkonst
Svärd & Svartkonst (Sword & Sorcery) is a swedish-language OSR neo-clone most closely related to B/X, but also the LBB, and a range of modern simulacra. It draws inspiration from the sword and sorcery and weird fantasy stories by such authors as HP Lovecraft, Clark Ashton Smith and Robert E. Howard, as well as classic science fantasy tales of Edgar Rice Burroughs, Jack Vance and HG Wells.

Svärd & Svartkonst

[Admin Pete]

Apr 9, 2015 3:10:20 GMT -5 Necromancer said:

Svärd & Svartkonst ("Sword & Sorcery") is a new Swedish RPG supposed to be released 2015. The site is in Swedish, but the following short description of the game was presented in English as well:

About Svärd & Svartkonst
Svärd & Svartkonst (Sword & Sorcery) is a swedish-language OSR neo-clone most closely related to B/X, but also the LBB, and a range of modern simulacra. It draws inspiration from the sword and sorcery and weird fantasy stories by such authors as HP Lovecraft, Clark Ashton Smith and Robert E. Howard, as well as classic science fantasy tales of Edgar Rice Burroughs, Jack Vance and HG Wells.

Svärd & Svartkonst

Updated! Thank you!

[leonaru]

Alternatively, there's also this list.

[Admin Pete]

Jul 15, 2015 12:12:17 GMT -5 leonaru said:

Alternatively, there's also this list.

Cool! I started my list at Ye Olde School List of Retro Games & Clones, Retro Clones, and What Have You over at Original D&D Discussion about 4 years ago. When I started this forum I duplicated all of my Ye Olde threads here too. Just curious, how did you find my list?

[Admin Pete]

updated!

[Admin Pete]

Major New Update Underway

[Mighty Darci]

Wow, I had no idea!

[mao]

I am supremely intersted In Dragons till Dawn, would very much like link that works to it.

[Admin Pete]

Jun 28, 2017 5:36:03 GMT -5 mao said:

I am supremely intersted In Dragons till Dawn, would very much like link that works to it.

There are no working links that I am aware of. The author pulled it and I understand it will eventually be replaced or be majorly updated.

[mao]

Is First fantasy adventure like this?

[Maximum Forest Ranger]

Jun 28, 2017 8:53:55 GMT -5 mao said:

Is First fantasy adventure like this?

Are you referring to the First Fantasy Campaign? Dragons at Dawn, IIRC, was an attempt to get back to what the Blackmoor game was pre-OD&D. Perhaps aldarron could correct us on that if he checks in here.