DTRPG Sale on PDF Releases 5 Bucks and Under - Some OSR Picks
No, it doesn't include everything under 5 bucks. Heck, it doesn't even include everything from the same publisher that is under 5 bucks, which leads me to believe there is an issue with the algorithm. There are over 2,300 OSR releases that are under 5 bucks. Below, I'm highlighting a few with minimal if any commentary.
Dark Horrors & Hidden Places - 3.952.65 -It is the year 1884. Many places sank beneath the earth after a worldwide tremor. Strange creatures spill forth onto the streets of towns and cities, as governments struggle to keep these monstrosities a secret. The lawful and wealthy hire the bold and adventurous to fix their issues and recover their possessions from places of wonder and danger, unseen but for myths and legends. Worlds have collided and adventure awaits the brave. Imagine mixing the worlds of Jack the Ripper, H.P. Lovecraft, Hammer Horror, and old science-fiction fantasy movies like Journey to the Center of the Earth in this OSR roleplaying game of dark gothic horror.
Starfaring Exploration for Delving Deeper and OSR - 1.501.01 - A quick set of starfaring rules for the OSR for a buck? I'm in - Tenkar - Updated to not require Delving Deeper. More useful with other games. Since Delving Deeper has such good, simple rules for handling wilderness, seafaring, and aerial exploration, I had to make one for starfaring exploration. DD/OD&D gets starships.
Wyrms & Warlocks: Medusa's Hunger2.751.84 - Sit down, strap in, grab your ankles, and prepare to kiss your butt goodbye, because Goblinoid Games is taking you on a roller coaster ride through a tunnel leading straight to that old-school feel of 80s fantasy gaming. This product is the first module in the old-school fantasy RPG supplement series, Wyrms & Warlocks, by Goblinoid Games. If you like this product, keep an eye out for further products like it in the future. “Medusa’s Hunger” is an OSRIC™ compatible adventure for characters of levels 5-7. They take a straightforward quest but find themselves in the clutches of a medusa and her conniving mate. The adventurers have been invited to dinner, but what’s on the menu?
VS1 - The Caves of Ortok - Labyrinth Lord Edition - 2.99 2.00 - Centuries ago, the great wizard Ortok broke apart his treasure vault and secreted his collection in multiple hidden caches throughout the world. Some of these caches have already been found, but many more remain undiscovered. Rumors suggest that one such cache may be found in some caves nearby. However, that is not all that the caves hold! The Caves of Ortok is one of a range of prepackaged modules that are designed to be dropped into play during existing campaigns or adventures, or even to just be used on their own, by discerning Gamesmasters everywhere.
Castle of the Mad Archmage Expansion - Level Three East - 4.953.32 - Confound your players with a whole new level to add to your Castle of the Mad Archmage™ adventure. Level Three East describes the wonders of the Mad Archmage’s own museum, which contains curiosities and treasures from all over the multiverse, and the challenges of the Watery Caves, which are a series of living caves connected by an underground river. This module features 74 new encounter areas and 6 new monsters, a full two-page map, plus new magic items, new rumors, an explanation of how this module fits into the whole Castle structure, and the impact it will have on the inhabitants of the central third level of the dungeon. There are also tips for game masters who would like to run this level as a stand-alone adventure. Levels in the dungeon roughly comport to suitable character levels, to this module is best suited for PCs of approximately 3rd level. However, there are (intentionally) some encounters that only more powerful characters can expect to handle.
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Un-American Activities
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I am halfing prices for all False Machine books held outside the U.S.A.
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Much like the Jonstown Compendium for RuneQuest: Roleplaying in Glorantha
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Return to the Cursed Labyrinth
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AI Toy catalogues make wildly inappropriate choices for the user. Automated
incencerity.
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Designing Tables
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In my Friday Twitch stream where I share my work in progress for building a
campaign world that is an ocean world with archipelagos instead of
continental ...
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definitely the w...
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My friend Stew sent me think link to this video with the message "Relevant
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would...
Greyhawk News You Can Use - Harvester 2025 Edition
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I’m well-overdue for another Greyhawk news roundup, and a recent post by
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Brink of Calamity
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By Trent SmithStorm Fetish Productions1eLevels 1-6 The town of Warnell,
straddling a trade route that crosses two great forests, seems at first
like any ot...
Rock Troll #4 (and last, probably)
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Yet another 3d printed Rock Troll, this time painted red.
This will probably be the last one, unless I develop a pressing need for
more, which is unlik...
Random Links & Notes for 8/29/2025
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- 9 and 30 Kingdoms talks a bit about mapping. I'm okay with players
mapping or not mapping. It's up to them, as long as their characters can do
it. If the...
On Two in one Day!
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Free quickstart, has everything you need to get a group up and playing in
10 minutes. Contains *everything *you need to play.
drivethrurpg.com/en/produ...
Up Your Game with Rubber Stamps
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[image: Up Your Game with Rubber Stamps]
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think is a useful resource for the prep...
Halflings (ODD Race)
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I discovered a handful of recent stripped down D&D hacks online this last
week. One immediately jumped out at me, probably because of the old school
aesthe...
Mythic Rivers
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Not *The *River, of course.
A typical *Mythic Bastionland* realm, following the procedure in the book,
has a navigable river. It’s an extremely fast way t...
Tomb of the Blind and Deaf Dead
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So the cat is out of the bag thanks to Tobias Schulte-Krumpen, who posted
the above image to the Lamentations of the Flame Princess facebook group. I
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Eyes of Idola, Part 2
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This is Part 2. Here is Part 1.
*Concept 1: Entering the Dungeon*
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crowded, flooded, a...
The 'I Want' PC
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More Star Wars/Traveller ship scale
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Today’s contribution to I Made It So I Might As Well Share It. Might be
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most icon...
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This post continues the series of brief play reports I have been posting on
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setup...
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Why does fantasy have to be medieval? It doesn't, and our hobby provides
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GM Companion for Shadowdark
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ten....
Rulings, Not Rules: A Foundation, Not an Oversight
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There's been a lot of discussion over the years about how Original Dungeons
& Dragons handled (or didn't handle) the common situations you'd expect in
a ...
How I Run OD&D Combat
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Link to discussion
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keeps the action moving and is pretty simple, while covering...
A long overdue hobby update!
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Welcome back to the Vault everyone! 2025 is going by in a blur; I last
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Pulp: Adventure Location: Trindade & Martim Vaz
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History is fractally interesting. Start examine any event, or following any
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Playing at the World 2E V2 Arrives
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Articulations
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Creating house rules, custom rules specific to a local group or campaign,
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Writing playlists for all occasions
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pieces...
The Tarot of Pips
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Somewhere in your dice collection is a die like this one, the humblest of
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secr...
Pirates and Necromancers, a Play Report
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Over the Thanksgiving weekend we did a lot of gaming ranging from
“off-table” domain level stuff to some solo adventures to spell and magic
item rese...
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Hey everyone, I hope you are doing well! I've had a lot going on and
haven't had much time to blog lately. Heres a recap of gaming events and
other st...
*'s in SpaaaaaAaaaace
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A lot of SF (including a certain 2D6 RPG grandaddy) deal with ancient
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more w...
Last move - to self-hosting!
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As my vote regarding Substack in the “marketplace of ideas”, I’m moving to
self-hosting.
I’m now at (and hopefully staying for a long time at)
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Clean Your Room
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Looking back at my little blog here. That last post… wow, I was having fun
playing WOW Classic! That was August of 1999 and I was having a blast… it
was ...
Steve Jackson Interview
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upcomi...
ToAD Monster of the Week: Crocoman
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Now that I'm back doing the blog thing I thought I would use Tome of
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Using the monster tables in th...
Strange, Dangerous, and Inhuman: The Fey and Fairie
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When I was a boy I loved fairy tales. Jack and the Beanstalk, Puss in
Boots, Rumpelstiltskin - I devoured all of it. My fascination that there
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Dungeons & Dragonmead Fall Schedule
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*As you know, I run public classic Dungeons & Dragons games at **The Loaded
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Fiction in Airhde
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On a whim this weekend, I picked up some fiction off the TLG store. *A
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the T...
Ravensburg Reboot: Streamlined City Map
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I mentioned in my last post how I was tweaking and reworking parts of my
Ravensburg setting. Today I streamlined the city map. The old map had lots
of redu...
And Now the News Draft Download on Patreon
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The Withered Crag available now
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available startin...
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Let's Talk About Pacing!
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Profane and Profound Prep Part 2
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Please Update Your Link!
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out of date.
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Total Sales for WB:FMAG
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Hi Folks,
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*LULU*
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PDF: 433
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How can We Destroy this Campaign World?
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d12
1. You must trick a bard into strumming the *Chords of Fate* on the *Lute
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Mord Mar - Session 5
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Bundle of Fantasy Age
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New Free PDF Module: The Hyqueous Vaults
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A new dungeon module—written in celebration of OSRIC's 10th Birthday—by
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Swords & Wizardry Light: Session # 6
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Two months after our last session (thanks to things like 8th grade finals,
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next ...
Also 13 OSR titles from The Other Side.
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