Following a successful crowdfunding run, Oddity Press has released the digital edition of Grimwild: Cinematic Fantasy Roleplaying. The game promises a low prep, rules light narrative approach to D&D inspired fantasy adventuring. The 180 page PDF can be had at DriveThruRPG for $20.00. There’s also a 137 page free edition to introduce you to the system too.
About the game:
Grimwild is a streamlined, character-driven, cinematic fantasy RPG.
The goal with Grimwild is simple. Take D&D-inspired heroic fantasy, with its 12 classes and super tropey monsters, and match it up with a super fast, cinematic narrative rules system.
- The rules are concerned with the dramatic over the realistic, and minimizing detailed tracking.
- The game is very low-prep for the GM. The fiction maps to the rules simply, on-the-fly.
- Designed to run in your own setting (or a published one), or use our pointcrawl exploration system and collaborative worldbuilding to create emergent storylines.
- Characters earn bonus dice for pursuing self-set goals, pushing the story in the direction they want.
- The GM is given a clear GM framework of principles and moves to run the game by.
- Get strong player buy-in with the adventuring party creation system and creative freedom for the players.
- The rules create fluid action and gets rid of the mechanical slog that bogs down D&D.
- And all of this with GREAT ART from artist Per Janke, creating a consistent vision throughout the book.
So who is Grimwild for?
- D&D 3.5E, 5E and Pathfinder players will appreciate the low-GM prep, easy-to-learn mechanics, and the focus on character goals and letting players push the story.
- OSR/NSR players will enjoy the straightforward resolution system, sandbox-friendly gameplay, and ease of adapting modules from other systems. Lots of rollable tables help as well.
- Narrative game players will like the fiction-first resolution system, with a focus on player agency, and narrative currency that fuels drama.
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