ZWEIHÄNDER Grim & Perilous RPG - a Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay retroclone

[Daniel D. Fox]

John Polack of YouTube received his copy of ZWEIHÄNDER Grim & Perilous RPG. John gives a high level view of Zweihänder, and digs into some of the highlights of the system and its many options.

[video=youtube_share;kBse1NFKS4Q]https://youtu.be/kBse1NFKS4Q[/video]

 

[Daniel D. Fox]

On Saturday Oct 21st, we recorded a one-shot session for Night Of Blood on YouTube! Night of Blood is a well-known one-shot from Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay, originally written by Jim Bambra and adapted to Zweihänder Grim & Perilous RPG by Danziger Eckhardt.

Our four protagonists were:

* Lyndon Geneveux, a human Rake and cast-down aristocrat (played by Adam Rose)
* Gwyddeon ‘Iron Eye’ Forrester, a human Man-At-Arms and general curmudgeon (played by Jeremy Jones)
* Grover ‘The Huxster’ Caldwell, a human Diabolist with a shady past (played by Nick O’Hare)
* Reynard Rudger, a human Sellsword and loyalist/fatalist of the Empire (played by Jake Waid)
* The Gamemaster is Daniel D. Fox, creator of Zweihänder Grim & Perilous RPG.

If you’re interested in running Night Of Blood using Zweihänder, you can download the WFRP to Zweihänder mini-bestiary here: https://grimandperilous.com/video-night-of-blood-liveplay-using-zweihander-mini-bestiary-conversion/

[video=youtube_share;7zNM6pX2OBg]https://youtu.be/7zNM6pX2OBg[/video]

 

[Daniel D. Fox]

At Grim & Perilous Studios, we don't believe in a grim & perilous economy.

IF YOU BUY A PHYSICAL BOOK OF OURS FROM A REAL, BRICK & MORTAR STORE AT FULL PRICE, WE’LL GIVE YOU THE PDF. PERIOD.

It’s as simple as that. We want to support local gaming stores the best we can, and we don’t want our fans to feel they have to choose between loving us (by buying a Print+PDF bundle at DriveThruRPG, IPR and elsewhere) or loving their local game store. Why not get both?

With the Grim & Perilous Studios Retailer PDF Guarantee, you don’t have to choose! But we WILL need you to confirm that you’ve purchased the book. Drop us a line (or have your FLGS do it!) at daniel@grimandperilous.com and show us your proof of purchase. Scanned purchase receipts are the best way to do this, but we’ll take a photo of you and the printed book or the word of your FLGS as equivalent. And while you’re at it, tell us where you bought the book, and make sure they know that the Grim & Perilous Studios Retailer Brick & Mortar PDF Guarantee sealed the deal!

We are also a part of the Bits & Mortar publisher coalition. Head on over to that site and find out who else offers free PDFs together with the books you buy from your FLGS!

https://grimandperilous.com/brick-mortar-guarantee/

 

[Daniel D. Fox]

One of our favorite reviewers Prince of Nothing takes on the ‘brobdignagian’ proportions of ZWEIHÄNDER Grim & Perilous RPG over at his website Age of Dusk. This is part one of god-knows-how-many entries.

Seriously – if there ever was a review of Zweihander Grim & Perilous RPG you should read, this is the one. This guy gets us. But more importantly, it’s very, very humorous and informative. Finally, it’s a reminder to never take the hobby too seriously, because in the end, we’re just a bunch of people sitting around pretending/playing a very complex version of cops & robbers.

Without further ado, read onwards…

It is no secret among manly men with giant beards and skull tattoos that Warhammer Fantasy kicks butt. Between its goofy and messily designed but flavourful 1st edition and its stripped down lean-and-mean-but--you-buy-the-bestiary 2nd edition (and an unnameable 3rd edition where conflict is resolved via playing cards or kissing competitions or something even less hetronormative ask Von he knows) there exists a hypothetical vacuum which may be filled up by the cunning entrepeneur. Enter Daniel Fox.

Paradoxically the arch-nemesis of both 7chan and RPGPundit, the man known as Daniel Fox hit the rpg community like a gauntleted fist to the face of a small, innocent child playing Bunnies and Burroughs or some other girlish pasttime that men were forced to partake in before Daniel Fox rescued them with his brobdignagian ZWEIHANDER core rulebook. Clocking in at a jaw-dropping, face-melting and sanity-blasting 692 pages, ZWEIHANDER is… (read more)

https://princeofnothingblogs.wordpr...-zweihander-wfrp-retroclone-pt-i-introducing/

 

[Flexor the Mighty!]

That's probably going to set people off.

 

[Daniel D. Fox]

Trick or treat? We say…. TREAT!

Zweihänder Grim & Perilous RPG is FREE for the next 48 hours! Share this link across social media, and let your friends know to grab the illustrated edition entirely for free until November 1st!

Grab your copy here: http://drivethrurpg.com/product/210516/ZWEIHANDER-Grim--Perilous-RPG--Core-Book?src=hottest

 

[Daniel D. Fox]

All Hallows’ Eve is nigh!

Dejan has been steadily penciling away at new Professions for our next mysterious supplement. We’ve got a host of cool new paths for characters to follow, including both regular and Expert Professions for all the Daemons we spoke of in the core rulebook. This includes the Howling Marauder, and over 58 others!

If you couldn’t tell, we just came off of a re-watch of Blade Runner. There’s a little bit of Pris in the artwork.

You heard us right – we are going to tackle all Daemonic gods with their related Professions and Magick spells included!

You can download the Howling Marauder at the article over on our home webpage at: https://grimandperilous.com/all-hallows-eve-is-nigh/

 

[Flexor the Mighty!]

I can't read the entire thread, but if you can point me to a post that answers this I'd be grateful. Why run this over WH 1e or 2e? I've got both, and also a copy of these rules.

 

[Daniel D. Fox]

I can't read the entire thread, but if you can point me to a post that answers this I'd be grateful. Why run this over WH 1e or 2e? I've got both, and also a copy of these rules.

Thanks for the inquiry!

ZWEIHANDER Grim & Perilous RPG is a 'greatest hits' album for Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay. Zweihander has an old school approach, written through the lens of new school design. It takes the last 15+ years of WFRP in every edition, cleans up the rules and better balances them against themselves. It uses bounded accuracy, and exceptions-based design. It's a true OSR product, much like LotFP in that it takes inspiration and improves upon everything. And like other OSR products, it's released under Creative Commons License Share-alike.

The hallmark of WFRP has always been its Career system, and Zweihander is no different. In fact, Zweihander puts forth that every Profession (our analogue to a Career) has a unique trait that sets it apart from all others. Although Skills, Talents and Bonus Advances may be shared between Professions, they're given something specific to them that makes them stand out.

It's also open-ended and world agnostic. You could plug this system into the world of Game of Thrones, the Witcher, Black Company, Lies of Loche Lamora, Darkest Dungeon and yes, even the Old World.

Plus, it has over 500 pieces of art inside. That means all 144 Professions and 120+ beasts are fully illustrated. It's an all-in-one book (weighing in at 688 pages), so it has a PHB, GM guide and monster manual all wrapped into one beautifully illustrated tome. You can take a peek at some of the artwork here:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/grimandperilous/zweihander-grim-and-perilous-rpg/posts/1820863
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/grimandperilous/zweihander-grim-and-perilous-rpg/posts/1820820

 

[Flexor the Mighty!]

To be honest the all in one book thing is a turn off for me, a huge book like that is often unusable at the table. But I'll look at the PDF. Thanks!