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.