Welcome to Mythmere Games!
The Swords & Wizardry project builds and supports free-form roleplaying games. That is to say, games where “light” rules create a framework instead of trying to cover every detail, every rule, and every situation. The Swords & Wizardry game “clones” the original rules of the fantasy roleplaying game that started it all back in 1974, when it was published by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson. We also support two games we didn’t write: OSRIC and Goblinoid Games’ Labyrinth Lord. OSRIC is a clone of the game’s 1978 “First Edition,” and Labyrinth Lord is a clone of the game’s 1981 “Basic” Edition. All these game rules are rewritten and reorganized to be easier to learn and play.
Enjoy!
Knockspell Issue #2 Released
Knockspell #2, Spring 2009, has been released! See the Knockspell page for more details - with a new format and fantastic articles, don’t miss this one!
Core Rules, 2nd Printing
I’m very proud to announce that the second printing of the Swords & Wizardry Core Rules is now available for free download here. Free PDF of Core Rules and that print versions are for sale (and super-cheap) at Lulu.com at our storefront. Both hardcover and softcover versions are available.
Swords & Wizardry is an OGL “retro-clone” of the original fantasy roleplaying game created by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson. The Core Rules also contain some selected material from the supplements (1974-1978). With a thriving internet community and tons of support products, Swords & Wizardry is bringing back a lost style of fantasy roleplaying. Forget huge rulebooks - just play. If you can imagine it, you can do it in Swords & Wizardry. The rules are simple and quick to learn, and they are infinitely flexible and expandable. Take the basic framework and “Imagine the hell out of it!”
Swords & Wizardry is supported by Knockspell Magazine, the quarterly magazine of fantasy retro-clone gaming, and by our own active forums.
Knockspell, Issue 1 Released
Mythmere Games, publisher and co-ordinator of the Swords & Wizardry 0e project, is pleased to announce:
Knockspell Magazine, the magazine of the Swords & Wizardry 0e Project, old-style OGL gaming, and retro-clone fantasy gaming is now available in print as well as PDF.
The PDF costs $3.00, and the print versions cost $10.73.