Zweihander Reforged Is Out In PDF On Drivethrurpg

[Spectral Anomaly]

I don't think so, at this point. I know the author is pretty big on running sales, and/or giving his book away here and there. I'd say, keep an eye out, and be patient, you'll find it discounted (and possibly free!) sooner than later, if you just wanna peep the changes.

I wonder if this will remain true now that he's not affiliated with Andrews McMeel anymore and thus not privy to royalties from them for number of copies moved.

 

[Some Dude]

I wonder if this will remain true now that he's not affiliated with Andrews McMeel anymore and thus not privy to royalties from them for number of copies moved.

I dunno. I only hopped on the Zweihander train at Revised. Though I'd expect him to continue doing it, based solely on my observations. Guess I can't say for sure, though?

 

[Some Dude]

Zweihander Reforged is free today: ㅤhttps://sllswrd.games/

 

[Aldarc]

Zweihander Reforged is free today: ㅤ

Did you forget to put the link in your post?

 

[Some Dude]

Did you forget to put the link in your post?

Why yes. Yes, I did. Fixed now. Thank you.

 

[Benjamin Olson]

Well free is a very good price.

I have the old edition. I've never actually played it, but I've found it a good resource for game design ideas.

 

[Some Dude]

Now Zweihander is having a sale for Labor Day weekend: Reforged Edition

 

[Heilemann]

Ugh, missed the free copy.

Not sure when the kickstarter ran, but there’s no print edition out?

Also, how compatible is it with eg. WFRP 4e material?

 

[Some Dude]

Ugh, missed the free copy.

Not sure when the kickstarter ran, but there’s no print edition out?

Also, how compatible is it with eg. WFRP 4e material?

No, print edition hasn't shipped to backers yet.

You'd need to do some converting. Zweihander runs on a D100 engine, similar to WFRP. Zweihander has 7 Attributes to WFRP's 10 Characteristics. WFRP's Weapon Skill and Ballistic Skill are combined as a "Combat" Attribute for example. Though similar in range to WFRP, Zweihander characters' starting Attributes do start on the higher end of the WFRP scale, at 2D10+30. Zweihander Reforged has a much smaller list of Skills. Revised (the previous edition of Zweihander) had a similarly small list of "Skills," which were offset with by "Focuses," more specific applications of these Skills. These Focuses took the place of many of the Skills in WFRP (in fact, many were named for WFRP Skills). I liked this system, though I feel it was underexplained in Zweihander Revised. Sadly, Reforged has done away with Focuses, leaving a Skill list that feels too short to me. But, since Reforged is fully back compatible with Revised, I can simply add them back in.

I know there were several conversions of WFRP 2e adventures to Zweihander Revised floating around out there, but I haven't seen any for 4e. Overall Zweihander is closer ro 2e than 4e, and Zweihander Revised is closer to WFRP than the new, Reforged edition is. But Reforged is back compatible with Revised.

I'm currently running a WFRP campaign (A Private War by Tim Eccles) using Zweihander Revised. Since Zweihander has such a big Bestiary in its corebook, I've been just picking creatures from there instead of converting. Most of the WFRP stuff is there, if you squint. Human characters have required a bit more work, but not much.

The thing about Zweihander Revised was that lots of things, though renamed, were a 1:1 for WFRP. Reforged seems to move farther from that, into being more of its own thing. Which is great, but for purposes of WFRP conversions, I'd probably stick with Revised. Sure, Reforged is back compatible, but I'm a "shortest distance between two points" kind of guy (e.g., I'm lazy).

 

[GMMichael]

. . . I've found it a good resource for game design ideas.

Zweihaender is excellent for this. I feel nefarious characters with palmed stilettoes all around me when I read the book.