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                            Introduction
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'Labyrinth Lord' ('LL') is a fantasy role-playing game written and
edited by Daniel Proctor and published by Goblinoid Games. It emulates
the rules and feel of 'Dungeons & Dragons' ('D&D') using the
Open Game License (OGL) from Wizards of the Coast. 'LL' is based on
the 1981 'D&D Basic Set' edited by Tom Moldvay and its
accompanying 'Expert Set' by David "Zeb" Cook.


         Compatibility with classic ''Dungeons & Dragons''
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Any adventure intended to be played with classic 'D&D' can be run
using LL with little or no adjustment. However, there are a few
differences between the two games. It extends the rules so characters
can advance to 20th level (the 1981 Expert set only included levels up
to 14). In addition, the cleric class in LL can cast spells at first
level, unlike in the 1981 rules.


                            Distribution
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Goblinoid Games was the first retro-clone publisher to both make most
content open under the OGL and create a free trademark license with
few restrictions. The material contained in the LL rules is available
to others with few restrictions, allowing fans and other publishers
alike to create their own derivative material for use with the system.


                             Reception
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'Labyrinth Lord' was a runner up in the Indie RPG Awards Best Free
Game category in 2007, and it received an Honorable Mention in the
Best Game category of the 2010 ENnies.

'The Escapist' recommended 'Labyrinth Lord' in their 2009 Holiday
Buyer's Guide. Comparing its tone to 4th Edition D&D's "zany,
over-powered sensibility", they wrote, "'Labyrinth Lord' feels like a
Vietnam War movie, where the dungeons are dark, wet, and terrifying,
goblins murder all your friends with spiked-pit traps and crossbow
bolts from the shadows, and you start to develop a thousand yard
infravision stare from the spell shock."

'Labyrinth Lord' has been translated in German, with the subtitle
'Herr der Labyrinthe' under the original English title. Bastian Ludwig
made a positive review in 'Ringbote - das online Spielemagazin'
published by 'Pegasus spiele', and also reviewed 'Labyrinth Lord'
material released in German, 'Die Larm-Chroniken' (Moritz Mehlem,
Mantikore-Verlag 2010). An Italian translation, subtitled 'Il Signore
dei Labirinti' has been published in 2009 under the 'Goblinoid Games'
logo.


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