The essential old-school game of fantastic adventure, monsters, and magic!

Complete Player’s Tome
This book contains everything a player needs: the complete game rules, 7 fantastic character classes, full equipment lists, and over 100 classic spells.
Simple rules let imagination and fast-paced action take the spotlight.
Clear, modern presentation makes the game easy to learn and quick to reference.
Compatible with decades of classic adventures and supplements.
Full Referee’s Edition
For the full Old-School Essentials Classic Fantasy game including complete information for creating and running adventures, over 200 monsters, and over 150 magic items see theClassic FantasyRules Tome.

Classic Fantasy or Advanced Fantasy?
Old-School Essentials comes in two flavours: Classic Fantasy (based on the 1981 Basic/Expert rules) and Advanced Fantasy (the same game, massively expanded with content inspired by the 1970s Advanced 1st Edition rules).
Want more options? You may prefer the Advanced FantasyPlayer’s TomeandReferee’s Tome.
Deluxe Print Edition

Note that there is no print-on-demand edition of this book.

Free Basic Rules
A 56-page, art-free sample of the basic rules of the game required by players is availablehere:

The full introduction and character creation rules.
The four core human classes: cleric, fighter, magic-user, thief.
Full lists of adventuring equipment, weapons, and armour.
The rules for dungeon adventures, encounters, and combat.
The full rules for spell casting and the complete set of 1st level spells.