I backed this on Kickstarter, but I honestly haven't dug into it too deeply yet. This is the most self-contained and thorough option. Very short at one page, with excellent layout, but also requires the most books for reference (Holmes, Little Brown Books, and probably Greyhawk at the very least).īlueholme Journeymanne Rules is a complete game in and of itself, essentially a retroclone of Holmes but with a huge expansion of new material, including a bunch of playable races and advancement to at least level 20. It's a cool piece of work that's inspired me before. It's ideal for starting with just Holmes and incorporating more OD&D material over time. The Holmes Basic + OD&D Reference Sheet can be found at this page. Also short and sweet at four well-organized pages. This is perfect for the Holmes DM who wants more than just three levels of growth for PCs, but still wants to keep things fairly limited in scope overall. This page at the Zenopus Archives seems to be one of the most reliable places to download it.

Meepo's Holmes Companion is a classic I've seen posted many places on the internet.

Simple, elegant, great for anyone who wants to focus specifically on low-level play but bring in just a few more features to make the game feel more complete. I think this might have been what got me pondering Holmes again, actually. Holmes Complete, Redux Edition was recently posted at the excellent blog Pits Perilous. Different DMs are going to care about supporting or modifying different aspects of the rules - here's my criteria for choosing one set of house rules over another, depending on what I want to get out of my Holmes campaign or one-shot. These are my favorite fan-made expansions at the moment. A lot of people have expanded on Holmes Basic in different ways.

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