Full Metal Plate Mail is a retroclone of popular pen-and-paper roleplaying rules from the 1970s, reorganised and clarified and with a few gaps filled, but as little altered as necessary. This book is a complete ruleset in one volume and contains three unique character classes, dozens of magical spells and wondrous items, over a hundred monsters – all ones needs to play, apart from a set of dice.

Softcover and hardcover print versions of Full Metal Plate Mail are available on Lulu.

Full Metal Plate Mail 1.7
Full Metal Plate Mail Character Sheet

The Gothic Age is an RPG set in the Holy Roman Empire of the 15th century. It has a simple 2d6-based mechanic, requires only one type of die and is a less than 20 pages long. The Gothic Age is a no-magic spin-off of the unreleased Dark Realms RPG.

The Gothic Age

Shinobi & Samurai is a fantasy roleplaying game. The rules are very short compared to the tomes required to play many recent (and also many older) roleplaying games, but contain everything necessary to run a fantasy campaign. Shinobi & Samurai is designed for campaigns in an Oriental setting with honourable samurai and agile ninjas. It is in no way an accurate historical game. Magic exists, and so do malicious oni, mighty dragons, evil spirits and heroes ready to face them. The latest version of Shinobi & Samurai can be found below. For more options, different character races and alternative rules, there is the Companion. link

Shinobi & Samurai 1.1
Shinobi & Samurai Companion
Shinobi & Samurai Character Sheet
Shinobi & Samurai Character Sheet with Skills

Grey Six is an OGL retroclone of popular roleplaying games from the 1970s and intended for low-level gaming. The Grey Six core rulebook is a complete ruleset in one volume and all one needs to play apart from a set of dice. Grey Six is for everyone who wants to be a hero, a treasure hunter, a thief or anyone else searching for gold, power, glory or justice.

Grey Six
Grey Six Character Sheet

Zero Edition Classes: Lost Classes for OD&D

Zero Edition Samurai
Zero Edition Alchemist

First Edition Classes: Lost Classes for AD&D 1e and OSRIC

OSRIC is an excellent clone of the first edition of the world's most popular fantasy roleplaying game, However, the OSRIC core rules do not include a number of classes like the bard or the monk. If you would like to add these classes to your campaign, OSRIC-compatible versions can be downloaded below. Custom character sheets are included for all classes except knight and duellist.

First Edition Monk
First Edition Bard
First Edition Knight
First Edition Barbarian
First Edition Duellist
First Edition Scout

AD&D 2e Character Sheets

Most character sheets for AD&D 2nd Edition are a complete mess (this includes the official one). Here are some clean alternatives:

AD&D 2e Character Sheet
AD&D 2e Character Sheet (Thief)
AD&D 2e Character Sheet (Cleric, with Turn Undead chart)
AD&D 2e Wizard Spell Sheet
AD&D 2e Cleric Spell Sheet
AD&D 2e Spell Description Sheet

Official D&D Character Sheets

Here are a couple of the official character sheets for various editions of D&D:

OD&D Character Sheet
BD&D Red Box Character Sheet
BD&D Rules Cyclopedia Character Sheet
AD&D 1st Ed. Character Sheet
AD&D 2nd Ed. Character Sheet
D&D 3.0 Character Sheet
D&D 3.5 Character Sheet
D&D 3.5 Character Sheet, Revised
Pathfinder Character Sheet
Pathfinder Beginner Box Character Sheet
Pathfinder Mythic Character Sheet
D&D 4th Ed. Character Sheet
D&D 4th Ed. Essentials Character Sheet, Single Page
D&D 4th Ed. Essentials Character Sheet, Two Pages
Gamma World 7th Ed. Character Sheet
D&D 5th Ed. Character Sheet
D&D 5th Ed. Basic Rules Character Sheet