Hello Again,
Looking at the currently most well know OSR Systems (DCC, OSE and Mork Borg) there seems to be a problem with price and availability. I am in no way saying that any of these systems aren't worth their price tag and indeed I own a copy of all three of these but issues with price, availability of books and specialist dice (which are a pain to get outside of the US) may make these systems not the best option for your first OSR system.
Thankfully there are a wide range of books available for free in PDF and cheap in print that can serve as an affordable option for those looking to try OSR gaming. Here are a few of my suggestions as well as links for their PDFs:
1.OSRIC, in many ways the start of the OSR, OSRIC or Old School System Reference Index Compilation is a retro clone of AD&D, it cleans up the format of the original books, if you want to try AD&D 1e this is a great option though it uses descending armour class instead of ascending which may be confusing to those unfamiliar with such a system.
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/359869/OSRIC?filters=45582_2141_0_0_0
2.Whitebox: Fantastic Medieval Adventure Game it is a retro clone of OD&D based off another retro clone "Swords and wizardry white box" character sheets and monster stat blocks are possibly the simplest they can come outside of minimalist or rules light systems. a great option if trying an OSR system for the first time it has rules for both ascending and descending armour class as well as some guidance and optional rules that would be helpful to new DM's (I recommend using the alternative death rules and the binding wounds optional rules especially for groups smaller that 6 players)
3.Labyrinth Lord: Revised edition, a Retro clone of B/X with some house rules such as Clerics starting at level 1 with spells, it is a good option for any looking for a B/X Retro clone but also suffers from only having Descending armour class, if you enjoy this system you may also want to try Mutant Future, a post apocalyptic system using mostly the same rules.
4.Swords and Wizardry Complete, this is another system based off OD&D but with a considerable amount of house rules, it contains both Ascending and Descending Armour class and is overall a simple system with a good amount of depth.
https://www.froggodgames.com/product/swords-wizardry-complete-rulebook/
5.For Gold & Glory, this is a retroclone of AD&D 2nd edition, again like with OSRIC this should appeal to any looking for a fairly complex system with a lot of depth then this system may have what your looking for, however like it uses descending armour class.
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/338979/For-Gold--Glory-2e-Core-Rules?filters=45582_2141_0_0_0
6.Worlds Without Number and Stars Without Number, last but in no ways least we have two systems by Kevin Crawford, both of which are less retro clones and more original systems. these systems offer a large degree of character options with different skills, focus(like Feats from 3e and 5e) and duel classes, as well as a lot of tables for world building, deluxe versions of theses books are available which contain more optional rules such as rules for epic hero's.
7. Basic Fantasy Role-Playing: forgot this gem, not only is this system available for free but so are many adventures and supplements. this is based of B/X with some notable house rules such as there being no Race as Class. a fantastic starting point for the OSR the books are ridiculously cheap off amazon too if you want physical copy's
8.Dark Dungeons and Dark Dungeons X, forgot to mention these two, they are BECMI Retro clones Dark Dungeons being the more faithful of the two and Dark Dungeons X having a lot more tweaks and house rules (including changing the mystic class to the lupin class) this is another system that used Descending armour class
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/177410/Dark-Dungeons
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/310711/Dark-Dungeons-X
9. Mazes and Minitours: this is a slightly tongue and cheek game that imagines a version of D&D from a universe where the 1963 Jason and the argonauts movie and Greek myth was the main inspiration instead of Swords and Sorcery fiction, an interesting game that uses ascending AC and even has a companion supplement also available for free.
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/205080/Mazes--Minotaurs-Companion?manufacturers_id=11095
Let me know what you think of these systems as well as any others options that I might have missed.
EDIT: Thank you Eron for reminding me i forgot Basic Fantasy Role-Playing
EDIT2: Added Dark Dungeons and Dark Dungeons X to the list
EDIT3: Added Mazes and Minitours to the list
M.C.
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