Incline WFRP 2e spiritual successor Kickstarter (5 days left)

[Andhaira]

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

A gmae being made by WFRP fans as a spiritual successor to WFRP 2e. Lots of previews up, looks pretty cool although I am not yet sure why I should get it if I have and still play wfrp 2e. Still, I am liking what I see of the previews.

Full version of the game without art is avaialble as an immediate download when kickstarter ends (so no pledging, downloading then unpledging )

 

[Excidium II]

Dunno what's the point. WFRP still works and the core mechanics seem to be the same.

 

[vonAchdorf]

It was a reaction to 3e I think. I followed the project for a while now, and I mostly like what I see. Sure, 2e is still good, but maybe this will be supported with more stuff - even if it's a long way until it can read the amount of material released officially and unofficially for 2e.

 

[Andhaira]

They have added some things that appear cool; each career (clled professions here) for instance has it's own special ability which allows it to be good at what the career is actually about. For example, the Agitator can now sway and influence crowds better than a non Agitator who has pumped skills into persuasion.

 

[Commissar Draco]

Looks like WHFP before being chained, dipped into FEV and turned into Age of Shitmar.

 

[Xathrodox86]

These guys got it right. Getting rid of the retarded 3ed mechanics and going old school. I wish them all the best. Zweihander looks great.

 

[SmartCheetah]

I absolutely adored Warhammer 2ed, except for combat system. It was full of flaws and stupid shit (parrying/dodging/blocking especially) so I had to remake it from scratch. I wonder how those guys handled it.

 

[Andhaira]

I absolutely adored Warhammer 2ed, except for combat system. It was full of flaws and stupid shit (parrying/dodging/blocking especially) so I had to remake it from scratch. I wonder how those guys handled it.

Combat previews/actions are available from their site, along with the entire talents chapter.

Also sometime after the kickstarter is over they will be seeding the PDF of the core rulebook sans art onto major torrents for free sharing.

 

[Night Goat]

It looks promising, but...if the physical books are Kickstarter-only limited runs, does that mean the game will be PDF-only once the KS ends? That seems unwise.

 

[Havoc]

If the mechanics are good, it will need only some kind of hack to port everything from WFRP 2ed to the new system, make the game be in the Warhammer world.

 

[nikolokolus]

It looks promising, but...if the physical books are Kickstarter-only limited runs, does that mean the game will be PDF-only once the KS ends? That seems unwise.

Especially since you can do POD via Lulu or RPGNow.com