January 2025 Update - PDF Chapters 1-11 Now Available!
about 1 year ago
– Tue, Jan 28, 2025 at 02:16:01 PM
Hey gang,
Happy New Year! We're excited to share two new chapters with you. You can download Chapters 1-11 at this link.
Chapter 10: Grimoire Overview
In Chapter 10, we've put a lot of effort into making the spells easy to use. We know it can be frustrating to flip back and forth between pages, so we've designed this chapter with the user experience in mind. Each spell is designed to be printed and cut out onto its own card. Eric Alsandor, our graphic designer, did a fantastic job with the layout:
Chapter 11: Game Mastery Overview
We're incredibly proud of Chapter 11: Game Mastery. It's packed with everything you need to run ZWEIHANDER Reforged Edition, including:
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Lessons learned: We've incorporated years of experience running ZWEIHANDER, along with your valuable feedback, to create a comprehensive guide to game mastering.
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Crafting compelling villains and stories: Zac Goins provides expert advice on creating memorable antagonists and engaging narratives.
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Campaign seeds: A variety of campaign ideas and adventure starters to inspire your games, with contributions from Will Tramp, Danny Lee Grimes, Steven Hamilton, Patrick Rehse, Eric Alsandor, Zac Goins, and myself.
What's Next?
We're in the final stages of development! Here's what remains ahead of us:
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Chapter 12: Bestiary: This one's going to be a beast (pun intended!). We expect the layout to take about 3 weeks.
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Chapter 13: The Chateau Adventure: This chapter is already laid out and should be ready for proofing by the end of this week. We will share an early sneak peek on our Discord (hint hint: join us there!)
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Appendices: We'll be wrapping things up with a few helpful appendices.
We're working hard to finalize the PDF and anticipate sending it to the printer around mid-to-late February. Once the files are confirmed by the printer, we can communicate a firm date for the books to arrive in the warehouse for fulfillment.
Once the files are confirmed by the printer, we will send you the final PDF and charge cards for shipping. Digital files for the GM screen and cards will follow that in short order. Please make sure your shipping address is updated in Backerkit.
Got questions? Join us on Discord! The whole team is there to help you start running ZWEIHANDER Reforged Edition.
Cheers,
Daniel & Team ZWEIHANDER
December Update - PDF Chapters 1-9 Now Available
over 1 year ago
– Thu, Dec 12, 2024 at 08:59:29 AM
Hey gang,
Daniel here.
We've been working hard to finalize the PDF for you all. We're so close, but we want to make absolutely sure everything is perfect. To that end, we've decided to push the release date back. This isn't the news we wanted to deliver, but we need to do what's best for the book and give us the time needed to get everything right before we go to print. Right now, we are elbows deep in Chapter 10, with Chapters 11-13 ahead of us over the rest of December and early January.
How To Play Today
But here's the exciting part: we've put the first nine fully laid-out chapters into a PDF on Google Drive, and we'd love for you to take a look. Feel free to download it and even start using it in your games!
Reforged Edtion Chapters 1-9
If you're interested in helping us polish things up, we'd be incredibly grateful for your feedback. We're looking for any layout issues, typos, font problems, or mechanical errors you might spot. We've done several rounds of proofing, but a fresh set of eyes is always helpful.
If you find anything, please use the Comment feature in Google Drive. Just highlight the text or area you want to comment on and click the comment button. Example follows:
Final 2024 Update
This will probably be our last update for the year as we head into the holidays. We'll share another update in mid-January with our progress. We'll also be sharing future chapter updates on our Discord server, so come join us there if you'd like to stay even more up-to-date:
https://discord.gg/Zweihander
Thank you so much for your continued support. We really appreciate it. Have a wonderful holiday season!
Cheers,
Daniel & Team ZWEIHANDER
November Update
over 1 year ago
– Sat, Nov 30, 2024 at 09:19:50 PM
Hey gang,
This is Daniel, and I've got our November update here for backers. This is a big update for us, as we just received our early sample copies of the book! But first . . .
PDF Updates
We are continuing through layouts and anticipate delivering the PDF before the end of the year. We will update you once it's ready for download here, on our social channels, and on Discord.
Play Today
You don't have to wait until later to begin playing. You can access the manuscript from Google Drive here.
Shipping Charges
As noted before, we will charge for shipping in Backerkit once the files are sent to the printer. If you haven't already, be sure to update your credit cards in the Backerkit Pledge Manager.
Sample Book In-Hand
So, the big reveal . . . our sample book! This is a very early printer sample, including the book's first five chapters. We printed this out before sending the files to identify any alterations we wanted to make for color grading, embossing on logos, foil treatments, and text placement. Do note that this is a work in progress, and you will see errors in the photos (all of which we have already caught).
Our Discord
If you have any comments or want to meet others who are already playing ZWEIHANDER RPG Reforged Edition, please head to our Discord at https://discord.gg/Zweihander in the #reforged channel.
Cheers,
Daniel D. Fox
https://sllswrd.games
October Update
over 1 year ago
– Sun, Oct 27, 2024 at 06:44:12 AM
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September Update
over 1 year ago
– Mon, Sep 16, 2024 at 01:10:51 PM
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