- Basic Fantasy RPG
The Basic Fantasy Role Playing Game (BFRPG) is "(a)n old-school roleplaying game in the style of Moldvay and Cook" [http://www.dragonsfoot.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=42&t=15740&p=274435 " [BFRPG] Basic Fantasy Role-Playing Game"] ,
Dragonsfoot.org ,January 20 ,2006 . Retrieved on2008-08-09 .] , written by Chris Gonnerman and many other contributors. It is freely available inPDF andOpenDocument formats, along with numerous supplements, from the game's website [http://www.basicfantasy.org/main.html "Basic Fantasy Role-Playing Game"] . Retrieved on2008-08-09 .] . BFRPG is stylistically similar to, and largely compatible with, the1981 D&D Basic and Expert sets ("B/X D&D") edited byTom Moldvay andZeb Cook respectively. Its differences from B/X D&D include d20-style ascending armor class and separation of character race and class. Gonnerman first announced BFRPG on theDragonsfoot.org website onJanuary 20 ,2006 , when the rules were at Release 9. BFRPG Release 62, released onFebruary 17 ,2007 , was marked as the First Edition and made available on the print-on-demand site Lulu [ [http://www.basicfantasy.org/news.html#62core "Core Rules 1st Edition (Release 62) -- February 17, 2007"] . Retrieved on2008-08-09 .] . BFRPG Release 75, released onJuly 15 ,2008 , was marked as the Second Edition and is currently available from Lulu [ [http://www.basicfantasy.org/news.html#62core "Core Rules 2nd Edition (Release 75) -- July 15, 2008"] . Retrieved on2008-08-09 .] .Gonnerman drew on his previously designed RPG,
Project 74 [ [http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/9/9267.phtml "RPGnet: REVIEW OF PROJECT 74"] . Retrieved on2008-08-09 .] [ [http://tower.newcenturycomputers.net/project74.html "Alderon's Tower -- Project 74 Role-Playing Game"] . Retrieved on2008-08-09 .] , as well as some descriptive text from theD&D 3.5 SRD, for material to create Basic Fantasy. The game has been positively received [http://arcona.wordpress.com/2008/08/02/labyrinth-lord-vs-basic-fantasy/ "Labyrinth Lord vs. Basic Fantasy << The Dwarf and the Basilisk"] . Retrieved on2008-08-16 .] [ [http://mythadvocate.blogspot.com/2007/12/basic-fantasy-game.html "Random Acts: The Basic Fantasy Game"] . Retrieved on2008-08-09 .] [ [http://www.dragonsfoot.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=48&t=28519 "Basic Fantasy Greatness"] . Retrieved on2008-08-09 .] [ [http://szieser.blogspot.com/2008/07/back-at-it.html "Steve Zieser Has Nothing to Say: Back at it."] . Retrieved on2008-08-09 .] . Criticism of BFRPG has focused on its deviations from B/X D&D, particularly in comparison toLabyrinth Lord , another "retro-clone" RPG.References
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