A downloadable roleplaying game

Erstwhile is a rules-light roleplaying game set in an abridged early middle ages. Players take on the roles of ordinary folk living through an ignorant, savage, and superstitious period of history.

The Erstwhile SRD is a constantly evolving document being updated to include new modules and supplements as they release. Therefore, all of Erstwhile is and will be 100% free in SRD form. 

Included now as well is a neutral/setting-free version, which eschews the more medieval-inspired terminology for ones more common to modern roleplay.

The SRD is 100% free and released under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. You are free to share and adapt this material for any purpose as long as you credit Jason Christopher Burrows as the original creator of Erstwhile. 


Ersthwhile is inspired by Ben Milton's Knave, Jason Tocci's 2400, Chris McDowall's Into the Odd, Kingdom Come: Deliverance, The Green Knight, Kingdom of Heaven, Macbeth, various OSR bloggers, The Dark Ages podcast, Gone Medieval podcast, and The Middle Ages: A Concise Encyclopedia.

Free fonts used are Crimson Text, Germania, & Blackwood Castle

Updated 25 days ago
StatusReleased
CategoryPhysical game
Rating
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
AuthorJason Christopher Burrows
GenreRole Playing
Tagsdark-ages, erstwhile, Historical, Medieval, One-page, OSR, srd, Tabletop, Tabletop role-playing game

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Erstwhile SRD 8 kB
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Erstwhile SRD Neutral Version 7 kB

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