It’s more of a love letter to the original game than one that tries to replicate it word-for-word. OSE isn’t officially a D&D game itself - it just takes heavy inspiration from the rules and play of that era. Old-School Essentials is one of the growing number of tabletop RPGs in the Old-School Revival movement (or Old-School Renaissance, depending on who you ask), harping back to the classic Dungeons & Dragons play style of old. However, OSE has all the necessary updates to make it more easily digestible for playing today. So it was as much a surprise to me as anyone that I recently fell in love with what is effectively a clone of Dungeons & Dragons’ Basic/Expert sets, released in 1981.
I love Dungeons and Dragons 5E I play in multiple games a week and would never change that. That is to say: I've been playing Old-School Essentials. I’ve spent my weekend exploring the strangest, but most interesting dungeon I’ve ever encountered and being thrilled by combat in a way I haven’t for a long while.
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