Welcome to my little homebrew RPG project, which is a version of Red Box Hack that I’ve been working on since Summer 2009. I’ve been retooling the system to bring it back into the retro world of Basic D&D, with the original classes (plus 1 new one! I didn’t like the halfling.) and adding a smattering of adventure generation tools, enough that the Game Master can run things on the fly. The idea is that you have a quick and friendly read, highly accessible, with enough flavor elements to get you jazzed about it while keeping it open enough for customization.

Want to play Old School Hack even faster?

I ran OSH every single day at GenCon this year, and it was really invigorating to my enthusiasm for this game as well as a wonderful way to share it with fans and new friends who’ve come to love the system as well.

The game has its origins in the pursuit of a play-anywhere “cocktail napkin” level fantasy RPG, and that’s what I wanted to be able to do during my running around Indianapolis, so I put together these 4.25″ x 5.5″ double-sided character cards for quick and dirty gaming.

All you need is for your players to pick a name, pick a talent, and figure out what you’re adventuring after – all things you can do after you’ve started playing, even – and you’re good to go.

The character art is some of the stuff I’ve commissioned for next-level OSH stuff by the inimitable Kyle Ferrin, check his stuff out, it’s amazing and really captures what I want the game to feel like.

The pins this year were made by my awesome friend Stacy D of Frivology, watch for her selling her stuff soon at epicwares.com.

So without further ado:

OSH_GC2012pregens.pdf

Hope they come in handy!

Edit: Corrected the mistake in the cleric’s arena bonus, you may want to re-download!