A Grim World of Perilous Adventure Revisited

Back in 2016, I wrote this post, whistfully wishing for a new edition of Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay"

http://jrl755.blogspot.com/2016/06/a-grim-world-of-perilous-adventure.html

Well, Yesterday my wish was granted when I downloaded to PDF of the new edition from Cubicle 7.  I haven't had much time to read it in detail, but so far the game feels true to the first and second editions with none of the "fiddly bits" from third edition.  The artwork looks great, and I'm hoping that there will be a lot of support for it in the future.  Since wishes do seem to come true, my next wish will be for a Chaos supplement so that I can play a Norscan Reaver.  Time to dust of my Chaos Warrior miniatures!

Check it out here: http://cubicle7.co.uk/our-games/warhammer-fantasy-roleplay/

You can get the PDF of the new edition as well as PDFs for the 1st and 2nd edition rules, perfect for all of us old grognards!

So is anyone else as excited about this as I am?

Also, don't forget about Zweihänder, which is an awesome WHFRP clone and is running a  new Kickstarter as we speak!

A Grim World of Perilous Adventure.

Heavy metal orcs, punk rock elves, chaos, mutation, and madness.  What's not to love?  Ever since I picked up a copy of the first edition rules to Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay at Phantom of the Attic back in 1989, I've been hooked.

I loved the cover of the first edition.  The image was so evocative and so not D&D.  Trolls and dwarves with mohawks, goblins who looked like they would eat you as well as kill you.  This looked like my kind of game.  I loved the character creation and the fact that you could start as a rat catcher with a stick and some dead rats or some other equally ridiculous and potentially doomed career.  The second edition cleaned up a bit of the game and produced a large quantity of supplements, while still holding onto the feel of the game.  Sadly, the third edition just didn't do it for me.  All of the fiddly pieces just seemed unnecessary, and in fact turned out to be when they published the hardcover books which included rules for not using them.  Still, it just didn't feel right to me, so I sold off my third edition gear.  In any event, I kept first and second edition books and still turn to them frequently when I need some inspiration.  I would like to see an updated edition someday though that returns more to the system's roots, but we shall see.

The Lord of Plagues

Evil from the Warhammer 40K universe.  Typhus, the Herald of Nurgle spreads his plague across the galaxy!