"This is a new game, with rules-light mechanics designed for the kind of gameplay popular in the early days of role-playing games. The look and feel is classic, from the races, classes, spells, monsters, and magic items included down to the very typeface and layout chosen. This is Old School. Modern game systems are heavy, both in terms of the sheer weight of the books as well as the amount of players and Game Master must learn to play them. Here, in this one volume, are all the rules needed to create and run adventures the old fashioned way. An experienced player can create and equip a character in under ten minutes, and even a novice can be ready to play in under half an hour. Game Masters will find that the brief and simple rules for monsters and magic make the job of adventure creation just as easy. Combat can be completed by moderately experienced players with little or no need to stop and look up rules..." -- back cover.