OSRIC
{{Short description|Role-playing game system}}
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{{Infobox RPG
|title= OSRIC - Old School Reference and Index Compilation
|image= File:OSRIC, role-playing game.jpg
|caption= Cover of the first edition
|designer= Stuart Marshall and Matt Finch
|publisher= Knights-n-Knaves, Black Blade Publishing and Usherwood Publishing
|date= original 2006, revised 2013
|genre= Tabletop RPG
|system= OSR
}}
OSRIC, short for Old School Reference and Index Compilation, is a fantasy role-playing game system. It is a remake of the first edition of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (AD&D), and one of the most successful Dungeons & Dragons retro-clones.{{Cite book|author=Shannon Appelcline|title=Designers & Dragons|publisher=Mongoose Publishing|year=2011| isbn= 978-1-907702-58-7}}{{rp|366}} OSRIC describes itself as "a compilation of rules for old school-style fantasy gaming...intended to reproduce underlying rules used in the late 1970s to early 1980s".{{cite web | url = http://www.knights-n-knaves.com/osric/a1.html | title = About OSRIC | accessdate = 2007-06-02 }} OSRIC uses the Open Gaming License and the System Reference Document of Dungeons & Dragons 3rd edition to create a new presentation of the first edition rule set.
History
The purpose of OSRIC is to provide publishers with a tool to legally produce gaming materials compatible with first edition AD&D.[http://www.yourgamesnow.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=362 Yourgamesnow.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514033218/http://www.yourgamesnow.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=362 |date=2011-05-14 }}, retrieved 14 June 2010. More than 20 different publishers have produced more than 500 products branded as OSRIC-compatible.{{cite web|url=http://www.rpgnow.com/browse.php?keywords=osric&quicksearch=1&search_filter=&filters=&search_free=&search_in_description=1&search_in_author=1&search_in_artist=1|title=OSRIC-Compatible Products|accessdate=2018-06-03}}
The initial version of OSRIC was released in 2006. The OSRIC rules are free to download from the game's site in PDF form.{{cite web
| url = http://www.knights-n-knaves.com/osric/download.html
| title = Download OSRIC
| accessdate = 2008-12-30
}} OSRIC v. 2.0 was released in 2008.{{cite web | url = http://index.rpg.net/display-generalinfo.phtml?key=system&value=OSRIC| title = RPGNet Info on OSRIC | accessdate = 2008-01-03 }} In June 2009, hard copy versions of the rules became available from the Lulu print-on-demand service. Additionally, Black Blade Publishing and Usherwood Publishing together released a deluxe hard-bound print version with extra art and indices not appearing in other editions.
OSRIC v. 2.2, was released in 2013.{{cite web | url = http://www.knights-n-knaves.com/osric/| title = OSRIC's website | accessdate = 2016-08-30 }}
References
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External links
- [http://www.knights-n-knaves.com/osric/ OSRIC site]
{{D&D topics}}
Category:Dungeons & Dragons retro-clones
Category:Fantasy role-playing games
Category:Indie role-playing games