OZ ORC

07/08/2026

Wondering what to do with your Saturdays? Why not come along to Oz ORC on September 12th!

We're quickly filling up, but there are still games available like "Bank Robbery" - a scenario for Cowpuncher Reload, a rules-light western, that is fast and deadly.

The town of Steeptrail is under attack by bandits! They are robbing the bank! They have taken hostages! Are you a bad enough Cowboy to take on Quickgun's gang of no-good rustlers? Or maybe your gang is out to steal Steeptrail's riches, too. Ye haw.

Don't miss out, visit https://ozorc.com to find out more and sign up!

03/08/2026

🇦🇺 AUSTRALIAN BASED OSR CREATORS 🇦🇺

A massive congratulations to Tim Molloy and the team behind the now ENNIE award winning Painted Wastelands!

There's a lot of great talent in the Australian scene but sometimes it can be hard to find, so we want to know if you are a creator of OSR products or you have a blog (or similar) - drop it in the comments below! We'd love to build a directory to celebrate all the talent and creativity.

Some of our favourites include:
- Tales of Argosa by Pickpocket Press. https://lowfantasygaming.com/
- Mausritter by Losing Games https://losing-games.itch.io/
- The Elfmaids & Octopi Blog https://elfmaidsandoctopi.blogspot.com/
- The d12 monthly zine from YUMDM https://yumdm.com/

So let us know, whose games should we be playing and what blogs should we be reading!

Our convention is running Saturday 12th of September in Adelaide - seats are filling up so visit our website to find out more https://ozorc.com

31/07/2026

🎲 FILLING FAST — OZ ORC 2, Saturday 12 September 2026 🎲

Three quarters of our seats are already gone, seven tables are completely full, and waitlists are forming. Thank you all for the amazing support.

There's still room, but not much. In the morning you can still get into Secret Wars II, Mothership or Mörk Råtta. The afternoon is nearly sold out, with seats left for Goatquest. The evening has room for Hero's Gambit, Down Into The Long Stairs (Elfmaids & Octopi) and Cthulhu Now.

And to help with the overwhelming demand we've added two brand-new tables, both in the evening: S1: TOMB OF HORRORS, Gygax's infamous meat grinder run as a high-speed tournament, and VEILED VAULTS OF THE ONYX QUEEN, the classic Dungeon Crawl Classics level-0 funnel where you play hapless peasants who mostly don't come home.

📅 Saturday 12 September 2026, 9am - 8pm
📍 Colonel Light Gardens RSL, Adelaide
🎟️ $15 per person, GMs play free

📨 Sign up → warhorn.net/events/ozorc-adelaide-september-2026
💬 Join the Discord → discord.gg/vVqQNBtFbZ
Visit the website for more info→ ozorc.com/

And we may yet add more tables. If you've got a game you've been itching to run, get in touch - GMs play free.

🎲 Pitch a game → ozorc.com/gm-submission

Adelaide's premier old-school D&D, OSR and NSR gaming convention — September 12th, 2026 at Colonel Light Gardens RSL. Classic tabletop RPGs with expert GMs.

24/07/2026

🎲 SIGN-UPS ARE LIVE — OZ ORC 2, Saturday 12 September 2026 🎲

The day is locked in, the tables are set, and sign-ups are officially open. You don't want to miss out, so go and sign up here: https://ozorc.com

We quietly opened things up to our Discord and to our GMs' friends and family first - and it's already moving fast, with several tables already full.

14 games are on the board this round, spanning BFRPG, Cairn, Cthulhu Now, DCC, Elfmaids & Octopi, Hero's Gambit, Marvel Super Heroes, Mothership, Mörk Råtta, OD&D and Shadowdark.

Whether you're a grizzled grognard who still remembers THAC0 fondly or you've never picked up a d20 in your life - dust off your old-school instincts or try your first old-school game - there's a seat with your name on it.

📅 Saturday 12 September 2026
🕗 Registration 8:30am - 9am, games 9am - 8pm across three sessions
📍 Colonel Light Gardens RSL, Adelaide
🎟️ $15 per person, GMs play free

📨 Sign up → warhorn.net/events/ozorc-adelaide-september-2026
💬 Join the Discord → discord.gg/vVqQNBtFbZ
👍 Hit Interested on the event https://www.facebook.com/events/1646856873058040
🌐 https://ozorc.com

Tables are already filling. Fight On!

The Oz ORC Team

Adelaide's premier old-school D&D and OSR gaming convention returns September 12th, 2026 at Colonel Light Gardens RSL. GMs wanted — submit a game to run.

10/02/2026

Oz ORC 2026 #1 is officially done - and we couldn't be prouder of how it turned out. It was fantastic to see so many new faces and to meet so many of you in person.

While putting this event together was no small effort (thank you to everyone who helped, big and small), it truly wouldn't have been possible without our amazing GMs and Players. So, thank you all. We knew it was going to be a fun day, but we never expected the level of success it reached: 14 tables, 80+ seats filled and around 50 different people taking part.

Our goal with Oz ORC is to be more than just a convention. We want to introduce players to new and different gmes and build a welcoming community that grows the old school roleplaying hobby. So please get involved, we have more events to come this year and would love to continue talking and playing through out.

We have one order of business - announcing the winner of our Ozzie the Orc contest - the winner is Steven's fantastic entry (we'll be in touch regarding the prize) an honourable mention also goes to Shaun for his Dragon Bane stat block (both pictured).

Enjoy some actions shots of the day, hopefully it will encourage others to come check us out in the future.

P.S. I sent an email to the attendees and have been told its ended up in peoples spam, so please check and have a read. Thank you all again.

Fight On!

06/02/2026

Oz ORC 2025 is TOMORROW! We have 14 games across the day (almost) fully booked with around 50 players!

I've got my bag packed ready to play and run - what do you use as a GM bag and what do you pack? Did I forget the snacks?

A huge thank you to everyone who signed up - we're so excited to see you all there. It's going to be a blast!

Fight On!

https://ozorc.com

12/01/2026

MEET THE GM!
Riley is an organiser and GM at Oz ORC, who loves Old School Roleplaying.

While he’s still technically young (for now), Riley is bringing the OLD to Old School by running 1974 Original Dungeons & Dragons. At Oz ORC, he’s running an adventure that asks the important question: Would the Fellowship actually survive Moria if it were a D&D game?

That session is currently full — but if the other evening games also fill up, more seats may appear. Riley has run for large tables before, so keep an eye out 👀

Outside the convention, Riley writes a small blog, records a podcast, builds tools to help run games, and publishes adventures — all of which you can find at:
👉 https://www.dungeons-and-datums.com/

Check out the reviews in the comments — or give it a read yourself and leave one!

11/01/2026

GLOG at Oz ORC – Curious? You Should Be.

One of the sessions at Oz ORC (Feb 2026) is running GLOG — and if you’ve never played it before, that’s not a problem. In fact, that’s half the point.

So what is GLOG?

GLOG (the “Goblin Laws of Gaming”) isn’t a single rulebook. It’s a loose, modular OSR framework that grew out of the blogosphere

Fast to learn, brutally practical, and endlessly hackable. Think classic D&D bones, but stripped back, reassembled, and tuned for creativity, rulings over rules, and strange character concepts.

Here is one of the original posts: https://goblinpunch.blogspot.com/2016/05/the-glog.html

This session also leans into the idea of the Fantasy Heartbreaker — a term for games that passionately rebuild D&D from first principles, often fixing exactly the things the designer found frustrating. GLOG embraces that spirit unapologetically: weird classes, custom magic, dangerous choices, and mechanics that exist because they do something interesting at the table.

And here is a really old post about fantasy heartbreakers:

http://www.indie-rpgs.com/articles/9/

Written more than 20 years ago - before the days of DriveThru RPG, Crowdfunding and Print on Demand - its more accessible that ever to get your hearbreaker out there....

If you like OSR, but enjoy seeing how far the edges can be pushed or if you’re curious about the design space between “classic D&D” and “DIY innovation” — this table is for you.

Seats are limited in fact only ONE spot left. Sign up via Warhorn:

https://warhorn.net/events/oz-orc-adelaide-feb-2026/schedule/sessions/deffed52-df72-45ca-934d-7ff8d2c87822

10/01/2026

What's a "Quantum Ogre"? This was a topic of discussion among the GMs on our discord the other day, first time some of us had heard of it! How do you handle choice and player agency at the table?

08/01/2026

One of the sessions running at Oz ORC (Feb 2026) is “Into the Mansion of Baron Thrasp”, a fast-moving heist adventure using Swyvers — a game about criminals, opportunists, and bad decisions in worse places.

Baron Thrasp and his retinue have left the city. His mansion is largely undefended.

Naturally, every swyver in The Smoke has noticed.
Your gang has one night to get in, grab what you can, and get out again — preferably alive. The estate is a maze of puzzles, traps, hidden dangers, rival crews, and rumours of a truly legendary treasure. You won’t be alone, and you won’t have much time.
This is a medium-sized dungeon crawl framed as a competitive urban heist, where speed, planning, and knowing when to cut and run matter more than heroics.

Swyvers is designed by Luke Gearing, whose work is well known to fans of Mothership. Like his science-fiction material, Swyvers focuses on pressure, consequences, and situations that spiral when plans collide with reality. The rules are lean, the tone is uncompromising, and the game assumes the world is hostile, unfair, and already in motion before you arrive.

If you enjoy OSR-adjacent play with a strong heist focus, urban grime, and the constant question of “can we carry any more before this all collapses?” — this table is worth your attention.

Register via Warhorn:

https://warhorn.net/events/oz-orc-adelaide-feb-2026/schedule/sessions/4aa5c522-9d84-4478-9107-1ce81a7bf5f1

The mansion is open. The clock is ticking. Other thieves are already inside.