The intent and purpose of the OSR Conservation Process is to keep free valuable gaming artefacts permanently available. Gamers worldwide can ill afford losing legal access to useful game material: the so-called "OSR movement" was born out of retroclones written by enthusiastic people putting in a stupid amount of effort using the Open Gaming Licence.
This material, unless properly licenced, would be lost if right holders stopped distributing it, for example due to data loss or untraceable copyrights. One of the main reasons is the virality of the Open Gaming Licence, which prevents cross-licencing of products with other, more open, licences.
Using really simple words, you give us permission to distribute your free games, and we'll take care of it.
Forever
Well, at least we'll try to: the submitted files are immediately backed-up offsite and, after a period of grace (mostly to give time to users to catch improper uploads) the files will be bundled and distributed as both torrents and downloadable archives. We also plan to make available a virtual machine image of the OCP so, in case both our volunteers and servers die in a fire or something and the cleric didn't show up for the session, the next party of adventurers will be able to continue with the quest to keep free games freely available.
To upload a file, click here. You'll need to be registered. If you don't have a user you'll be asked to create one
You can download the files as bundles using bittorrent with trackerless protocols.
Bundle 1: OCP files from 1 to 43.
| Document Name and Number | Publisher | Uploaded by | Upload date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43: MOSTROTRON | Paolo Greco | Tsojcanth | 2012-04-12 09:27:18 | |
| 42: Flying Swordsmen RPG | Dennis Laffey | LordGwydion | 2012-03-31 04:04:55 | |
| 41: Cathay | Kellri | Tsojcanth | 2012-03-30 09:53:49 | |
| 40: Wild in the Streets | Kellri | Tsojcanth | 2012-03-30 09:48:45 | |
| 39: Kellri's Random Weird Science | Kellri | Tsojcanth | 2012-03-30 09:47:41 | |
| 38: Kellri's Random City Blocks | Kellri | Tsojcanth | 2012-03-30 09:47:04 | |
| 37: CDD#4 - Encounters Reference | Kellri | Tsojcanth | 2012-03-30 09:35:21 | |
| 36: CDD#3 - Dungeon Geomorphs | Kellri | Tsojcanth | 2012-03-30 09:34:25 | |
| 35: FFG3 Spitting Image | Mark Morrison | baronzemo | 2012-03-18 03:20:48 | |
| 33: Into the Odd - Playtest Version | SoogaGames | SuperSooga | 2012-02-22 10:35:50 | |
| 32: Labyrinth Lord Character Record Sheet | Nicoḷ Maioli | IlMale | 2012-01-28 14:53:55 | |
| 31: Humanspace Empire Character Record Sheet | Nicoḷ Maioli | IlMale | 2012-01-28 13:44:43 | |
| 30: B/X Dungeons & Dragons Character Record Sheet | Nicoḷ Maioli | IlMale | 2012-01-28 13:41:58 | |
| 29: The Yaqqothl Netbook | Nicoḷ Maioli | IlMale | 2012-01-28 13:37:15 | |
| 28: Eldritch Spell Attempt Cthulhu Die Table | 2011 | mwschmeer | 2012-01-24 18:35:42 | |
| 27: A Field Guide To Doomsday Presents,,, Devastation Drive-In | JustinSDavis | 2012-01-18 07:09:32 | | |
| 26: Lights, Dice, Action! | Relative Entropy Games | jhiggins | 2012-01-18 03:59:14 | |
| 25: Retro Phaze | Relative Entropy Games | jhiggins | 2012-01-18 03:58:03 | |
| 24: Engines & Empires | Relative Entropy Games | jhiggins | 2012-01-18 03:56:54 | |
| 23: Blackmarsh | Robert Conley | robertsconley | 2012-01-18 01:19:35 | |
| 22: Terminal Space | Albert Rakowski | omlet | 2012-01-17 20:57:48 | |
| 21: Pars Fortuna: Basic Rules | John M Stater | jmstater | 2012-01-17 19:25:00 | |
| 20: NOD #6 | John M Stater | jmstater | 2012-01-17 19:22:45 | |
| 19: NOD #1 | John M Stater | jmstater | 2012-01-17 19:14:40 | |
| 18: The Mirrored Hall | theskyfullofdust | theskyfullofdust | 2012-01-17 19:09:12 | |
| 17: Fight On! Issue #1 | Fight On! Publications | Ignatius | 2012-01-14 15:57:07 | |
| 16: Tomb of Forgotten Toad People (One Page Adventure) | Hereticwerks | hereticwerks | 2012-01-11 16:36:07 | |
| 15: Impressionable Young Shoggoth | Hereticwerks | hereticwerks | 2012-01-11 16:35:08 | |
| 14: HJM1-Temple of the Ghoul | H. John Martin & Rended Press | mwschmeer | 2012-01-11 01:03:10 | |
| 13: HH1 - Nashka's Lair | Erin Bisson & Rended Press | mwschmeer | 2012-01-11 01:02:02 | |
| 12: Gorgonmilk Community Project - Dungeon Funk Table | Gorgonmilk & Rended Press | mwschmeer | 2012-01-11 00:57:26 | |
| 11: Old School Heretic Community Project - Inside the Tome | Hereticwerks & Rended Press | mwschmeer | 2012-01-11 00:55:04 | |
| 10: Gorgonmilk Community Project - Paranoia Table | Gorgonmilk & Rended Press | mwschmeer | 2012-01-11 00:53:52 | |
| 9: Gorgonmilk Community Project - The Goblin Market | Gorgonmilk & Rended Press | mwschmeer | 2012-01-11 00:51:03 | |
| 8: Bandits & Basilisks | Albert Rakowski | omlet | 2012-01-10 23:19:49 | |
| 6: Miscellaneum of Cinder | Retro Stupid Productions | jrients | 2012-01-09 21:55:09 | |
| 4: Dramatic Personae | RogerGS | 2012-01-08 12:10:01 | | |
| 3: Homicidal Transients (Preview Copy) | A. Miles Davis | tester | 2012-01-07 16:50:30 | |
| 2: AFG: A Fantasy Game, Second Draft | Tsojcanth | 2012-01-07 16:48:15 | | |
| 1: Transcriptions of the Lost Pages, vol 1 | Tsojcanth | 2012-01-07 03:41:42 | |