Lulu often has coupons (check here & here) so you can get your RPG fix a bit cheaper than usual. But what to buy? Here’s a list of things that I like.
I recommend changing the LULU storefront to the US store (for USD) or the Ireland store (for €) because they have the best coupons.
I’m listing the paper book option, but sometimes there are ebooks or hardcovers available as well.
If you are interested in some more lists, check out Martin Ralya’s recommendations (OSR and other stuff), Tim Short’s list (OSR) or Wayne Rossi’s page (OSR).
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Lulu Non-OSR
- Adventures on Dungeon Planet a sci-fi-pulp hack of Dungeon World
- Augmented Reality generic cyberpunk supplement, PDF is PWYW
- Barbarians of Lemuria: Legendary Edition great light-weight Sword & Sorcery RPG by Simon Washbourne, a second edition (Mythic Edition) is only available trough DrivethruRPG
- Class Warfare alternate and expanded character and class creation system for Dungeon World
- Doodle Temple part illustration book, part random dungeon, review by Martin Ralya here
- Hollowpoint a narrative game about violent agents with a scene-based-resolution mechanic, awesomesauce
- METAL SHOWCASE 11PM a solo RPG by Jason Morningstar where you try to win a Metal band contest
- Movie Night RPG an all-ages storytelling roleplaying game inspired by the movies of the 80’s and shows such as Stranger Things, free PDF
- Pandemonio splatterpunk action
- Play Unsafe the best source for incorporating improv techniques into your GMing
- Rivers and Lakes interesting Wuxia RPG with free PDFs to check out
- Stalker RPG a diceless RPG in the universe of the sci-fi/post-apocalyptic setting of Roadside Picnic
- Adventures on Dungeon Planet a sci-fi-pulp hack of Dungeon World
- The Age of Shadow a D100 game - think BRP/RuneQuest - with a Middle Earth feel, free PDF of the core rules
- The Metamorphica Revised a collection of biological, psychic, and supernatural mutations
- The Supercrew a rules-lite narrative superheroes RPG which is explained in a comic book style
- World vs. Hero a two-player card-based game where one plays a group of heroes and the other the game world
Lulu OSR
- 3d6 In Order a small and complete retro-clone, “the rightful successor to Holmes Blue Book”
- Advanced Adventure Compendium 1 tons of old-school modules for OSRIC, the quality of the adventures does vary, but overall it’s a sweet collection
- Advanced Adventure Compendium 2
- Advanced Adventure Compendium 3
- Anomalous Subsurface Environment ASE1 - 3 megadungeon
- Basic Fantasy one of the first retro-clones out there, it’s based on the 3.5 SRD with ascending armor class etc. – rules-lite and open-source, free PDFs and at-cost books; also check out Amazon!
- Blood & Treasure 2e the “rosetta stone” of OSR, contains everything from OD&D up till 3.x, very easy to tinker with
- Bloody Basic a stripped down version of Blood & Treasure, modeled more after B/X, there are also other versions available (i.e. Weird Fantasy edition), my review here
- Book of Lairs a collection of 26 lairs with accompanying colour maps, several new monsters, with illustrations
- Burgs & Bailiffs a zine full of articles on the European Middle Ages
- B/X Essentials: Core Rules a restatement of the classic Basic/Expert fantasy adventure gaming rules by Gavin Norman; B/X Essentials: Classes and Equipment also available
- CC1: Creature Compendium great flavorful monster book with 200 individual monsters
- Crimson Blades 2 RPG dark fantasy/sword & sorcery role-playing with a modified version of Swords & Wizardry/Woodland Warriors by Simon Washbourne, PDF available at DrivethruRPG
- D30 DM Companion tools and tables for the sandbox GM
- D30 Sandbox Companion tools and tables for the sandbox GM
- Deep Carbon Observatory OSR adventure
- Dyson’s Delves books with adventures and maps by the most famous old school mapper
- Epées & Sorcellerie (English translation) a spin of the original D&D from 1974 with a heavy influence of Chainmail and some own interpretations by author Nicolas Dessaux, uses only 2d6, free pdf
- Fire on the Velvet Horizon an interesting monster book check out the review by Ramanan Sivaranjan
- Hack & Slash Compendium I collected works of the Hack & Slash blog
- Hack & Slash Compendium II
- Hack & Slash Compendium III
- Heroes And Other Worlds a retro-clone and remix of The Fantasy Trip with Moldvay’s B/X, supplements and adventures are available as well
- Hubris: A World of Visceral Adventure DCC setting book, review here
- KEFITZAT HADERECH - Incunabulum of the Uncanny Gates and Portals a generic RPG supplement about portals and dimensional gates, PDF here
- Labyrinth Lord: Revised Edition a straight retro-clone of the B/X 1981 version of D&D
- Low Fantasy Gaming 180 pages gritty fantasy OSR game (softcover), or hardcover, free PDF
- Mischievous Monsters low-level adventure for LotFP, review by Tim Shorts
- old school adventures by Corey Ryan Walden
- Pits & Perils an original OSR game (not a retro-clone) with a charming layout and very simple rules, supplements Fires & Foes & Infernal Realms are also available
- Retrophaze 8-bit-roleplaying with d6s: free pdf, here is a review by Jeff Moore
- Return of the Woodland Warriors RPG a fork of Swords & Wizardry using only d6s and playing critters by Simon Washbourne
- Seven Voyages of Zylarthen a “neo-clone” on the basis of the original 1974 version but with own changes to re-imagine the game (no clerics!). Free pdfs. The game has a recommendation from the Save or Die Podcast.
- Sharp Swords & Sinister Spells lightweight Sword & Sorcery turned up to 11, PWYW PDF
- Sharp Swords & Sinister Spells - Addendum a variety of additions and options for SS & SS, plus generators and tools for the Referee, PWYW PDF
- Stay Frosty an OSR game of future marines versus whatever the universe can throw at them
- Swords & Wizardry Whitebox a retro-clone of the original D&D from 1974, free PDF
- Teratic Tome OSRIC-compatible strange bestiary
- The Dungeon Dozen a book with lots of cool and weird random tables by Jason Sholtis
- The Hero’s Journey Fantasy Roleplaying, a fantasy heartbreaker based on Swords & Wizardry
- The Nightmares Underneath by Johnstone Metzger, free PDF without art, also check out this Let’s Read thread on rpg.net
- The Rad-Hack a game set in a weird, post apocalyptic future where Mutants, Robots, Psionics and Humans team up against the dangers of the wasteland in search of Tech, Slugs and Adventure! DrivethruRPG PDF, free SRD
- The Wizard’s Scroll, a Sword & Wizardry fanzine
- White Box unofficial S&W WhiteBox with some changes, PWYW PDF
- White Box Compendium
- White Box Gothic
- Whitehack an OD&D-retro-clone with some modern twists, very rules-lite, check out my review series