'A spirit mostly lost in modern D&D'

Old-fashioned dungeoneering in Elden Ring

- By Robin Valentine

ROBIN VALENTINE

THIS MONTH Spent a lot of time with a lantern on his belt.

ALSO PLAYED Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga, Death’s Door

I Recently in my tabletop gaming, I’ve been exploring something called the ‘OSR’, a movement to recapture in modern role-playing the very specific feel of the earliest days of Dungeons & Dragons. What have I learned? Well, one thing at least: Elden Ring is 70s-era D&D.