horror, urban fantasy Designed by Lester W. Smith Dark Dungeons 2010 Retroclone emulating the Dungeons & Dragons Rules Cyclopedia The Dark Eye Schmidt...

up the character's spellcasting abilities. Old-School Essentials is a retroclone that does not try to change the spirit of the original B/X rules but does...

developed material inspired by and largely compatible with TFT, similar to retroclone games. Dark City Games has offered "MicroQuest"-style programmed adventures...

by the industry at the time. By 1980 or 1981, a bare-bones not-quite-retroclone of OD&D wasn't that exciting — except to Arduin players, of course, who...