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The Oldskull Manifesto

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Freedom of expression and human creativity are important. Some of us believe that sacrifices and fearless examples should be made so that others are inspired to protect these sacred manifestations of the human spirit.

Those who seek to unfairly profit from our work, or to threaten innocent and law-abiding people, should not be allowed to stifle the human spirit in any way.

This free rules set (set to Pay What You Want) is provided as an example of the author’s personal expression of fundamental game mechanics for a fantasy role-playing game.

The information within this tome does not belong to any tyrannical profit-seeking corporation, and never will. I hope that you find my expression of ideas useful, and potentially inspiring toward the future development of your own gaming creations.

~K

Disclaimer: This product contains assets that were procedurally generated with the aid of creative software powered by machine learning.

Don't know where to begin?

Each of the Wonderland Imprints series has an acclaimed first introductory volume. You can start there, and then journey further as you choose.

Series include the Black Label Editions (unillustrated tabletop volumes), Castle Oldskull (old school RPG supplements), The Classic Dungeon Design Guides (system neutral dungeon crafting), Hawk & Moor (Dungeons & Dragons history), Old School Essentials (supplements for Gavin Norman's B/X game), Oldskull Innovations (unique experimental products), and the Oldskull Library (classic weird fiction), as well as many Free Supplement Releases.

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Ronald M January 24, 2023 9:31 pm UTC
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Love the art and the choice to use AI. Makes this book pop!!
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Kent K January 26, 2023 7:45 am UTC
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Thanks Ronald, enjoy. I wanted to make sure that people understood that they can not only make their own game materials outside of others' control, they can make their own art too, or use my examples.
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Roberto K January 12, 2023 7:19 am UTC
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Would you consider licensing this under a known license like the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License?

This accomplishes more or less the same thing as your informal "license" on Page 6, while feeling a lot less nebulous. If the goal is for this to serve as the basis of future OSR games, I'd feel a lot better using your terminology in my products if I knew I couldn't be sued by you.

Don't get me wrong - I'm sure your heart is in the right place now, but when your grandson inherits your copyright, I want to know any products I make that use mechanics derived from The Oldskull Manifesto can't have the rug pulled out from under them. After all, this is basically what happened with the OGL 1.1, and it would suck to have the rug pulled out from under us again.
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Roberto K January 12, 2023 3:59 pm UTC
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Kent K January 12, 2023 7:09 pm UTC
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Hi there Roberto, thanks for downloading. :) The Oldskull Manifesto is not a rules system; a manifesto is a public statement of beliefs that the author feels should be considered to move human sentiment and fairness in a specific direction with justifications given. So it's more of a "teach a man to fish" guide, showing that it is possible to establish game concepts in such a way that they are coherent, resonant with what people are currently playing, and outside of corporate control.

As stated, it's more of a demonstration of how I can present things to avoid litigation rather than a full compendium of details. In reacting to what I write people will agree with parts and disagree with parts, and in disagreeing they have an impetus to create their own interpretations, which is a way to show people how to write their own unique expressions of the form. In the future, I can make the full Oldskull Saga Rules game system, and could make a CC4 version if that's what people want. What might be...See more
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James S January 10, 2023 8:02 am UTC
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The OGL 1.1 is a deal braker. Let the OSR begin.....
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Kent K January 11, 2023 9:03 pm UTC
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Hi James, indeed. The Old School Renaissance is over, the Old School Revolution has now begun :)
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James S January 18, 2023 5:27 pm UTC
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ALBA GU BRAH!!!
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Alex N January 08, 2023 11:57 pm UTC
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Very nicely done indeed.
I love having the original derivations of monsters in the bestiary
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Kent K January 11, 2023 9:09 pm UTC
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Hi Alex, thank you! I'm glad you like it. I've just released Manifesto Book II today, which more deeply explores the concept of original derivations for monsters, specifically Orcs and Beowulf.
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Zenith C January 08, 2023 7:31 pm UTC
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I'll say this, your much better at AI art than me... I'll read the rules later, but nice of you to step up.
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Kent K January 11, 2023 9:24 pm UTC
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Thank you Zenith, I wrote a book on AI art design, it just takes data analysis and practice :) Hope you enjoy the Manifesto.
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Paolo M January 18, 2023 8:52 am UTC
A book on AI art design? Can you tell us more, i.e. where to find it?
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Rob S January 08, 2023 3:57 pm UTC
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I likey
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Kent K January 11, 2023 9:32 pm UTC
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Thanks much Rob, enjoy :) Hopefully I can get back to my larger projects soon but there's too much uncertainty right now.
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