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MAIN GAUCHE - a chaos supplement for ZWEIHÄNDER Grim & Perilous RPG

Created by Grim & Perilous Studios

MAIN GAUCHE is a chaos expansion for the ENnie Gold award-winning Best Game and Product of the Year ZWEIHÄNDER Grim & Perilous RPG – a gritty, dark fantasy tabletop role-playing game.

Latest Updates from Our Project:

September 4 - Shipment Updates!
over 5 years ago – Tue, Sep 04, 2018 at 07:11:46 PM

Dear cultists,

A few updates to share about international shipping:

1) For EU and worldwide shipping on the offset MAIN GAUCHE and ZWEIHÄNDER books: we are still working on a drop shipper. We're also working to find a way to subsidize shipping across the board for both US and international, but as it stands, no drop shipment options are fully secured yet.

Our goal is to have a Flat Rate Shipping option for all countries by the time surveys are sent out 2-3 weeks after the end of the Kickstarter phase. We will keep you informed here on Kickstarter as we get closer to survey time.

2) For EU and worldwide customs charges: we are marking all packages as "educational material" with a $5 USD value on the receipt of your order and customs declarations paperwork. This should allow those outside the US to avoid customs charges. We did this with our last Kickstarter, and we had just a few packages with customs charges (Poland and Japan) but we refunded al customs charges.

Bottom line: should you incur any customs charges, we will refund you 100% the cost of customs. 

3) EU shipments for POD products: all POD cards (GM Screen, GM Playmat, Arcane Magick, Divine Magick, Injury & Mishap, Purity Condtions, Daemonic Magick) originate out of one facility in the United States. Unfortunately, we don't have an easy option here to drop ship cards.

However, we intend to unlock the Revised All-In-One Card option today, even if we don't hit our goals.

This means for EU and worldwide users who want to get their hands on these cards, shipment charges should be much much lower than ordering card sets a la carte. Basically, if you intend to order 3 or more individual card sets, you should take advantage of this option so you pay the least amount of shipping charges.

4) Packaging! All our books will be sealed tight with waterproof tape, and secured in a mailer with heavy bubble wrap. This should help protect your book from post office mishandling, the elements, etc.

Although we do not anticipate any packaging challenges, trust that we will replace any heavily damaged books, as with our previous Kickstarter.

Questions or comments? Please let Adam and I know, and we'll do our best to respond to each and every one of them as the Kickstarter comes to a close. Put all questions here, instead of private message.

Praise the Purple Prince,

-d.fx

September 4 - Flat Rate Shipping Costs Locked In!
over 5 years ago – Tue, Sep 04, 2018 at 07:04:49 PM

Dear cultists,

Down to the wire, but we have Flat Rate Shipping charges dialed in!

Offset Products

Here's the standard rate for MAIN GAUCHE offset & ZWEIHÄNDER offset only. Each additional book you order has a reduced rate for shipping:

  • United States: $15 USD/$10 per additional book
  • Canada + Mexico: $20 USD/$15 per additional book
  • EU countries: $25 USD/$20 per additional book
  • Everywhere Else: $35 USD/$30 per additional book
  • Customs Charges: 100% reimbursed!
  • Retailer pledge levels: we will work with you personally by email

As an example, let's say you live in the US. You pledged for 1 offset MAIN GAUCHE and 3 offset ZWEIHÄNDER as an Add-On. Your total shipping charges would be $45 USD (15+10+10+10).

You can either add this amount to your current pledge (thereby increasing our chances of unlocking those sweet, sweet special edition books), or as surveys are sent out 2-3 weeks after the end of the Kickstarter.

Should we unlock the special edition books, we will also extend the same shipping rates.

POD Products

Products marked as [POD] print-on-demand (books, cards, screens) will ship out from a printing facility nearest to your shipping address.

Remember: you will receive a special coupon link to get these products from DriveThruRPG/RPGNow with a $1 surcharge + you pick up your own shipping costs.

For those of you who are buying more than three decks of cards, we strongly recommend you take advantage of the Revised All-In-One Card set to get the least expensive shipping cost.

We are working through a few additional shipping options with two fulfillment houses, and should we be able to land a better deal, we'll pass on a reduced shipping rate to you.

Questions or Comments?

Let us know below - please reserve private messages for Retailers only.

Praise the Purple Prince,

-d.fx

September 3 - Zweihander Systems Resource Update
over 5 years ago – Mon, Sep 03, 2018 at 09:39:26 PM

Dear cultists,

For those in the States, we hope you are enjoying your Labor Day! We've spent all weekend working on final touches for Liber Malus - a mechanics engine for making both NPCs and custom monsters! We'll have more to share out as edits come along.

For today, we wanted to share out progress on our Zweihänder Systems Resource Document. It's nearly finished! Our developer is nearly finished, and we plan to bring it live later here in September. It's going to be set up in tikiwiki format, so with the community's help, we can get it hyperlinked up. We're hoping we can hit our $63k Kickstarter goal, so we can add Main Gauche to it later this year. For now, take a look at the four minute video below. It takes you on a tour of its functionality:

For creators within the Grim & Perilous Library - our community content program at DriveThruRPG - we are planning to set up user access to the SRD so you can upload your own content, too. We'll lay out the SRD program in early October.

We'll have new updates to share out about shipping and customs charges on September 4th for our European backers, so stay tuned!

Praise the Purple Prince,

-d.fx

September 3 - Another Stretch Goal unlocked: the Gamemaster Notebook!
over 5 years ago – Sun, Sep 02, 2018 at 11:12:34 PM

Dear cultists,

A late night, and another Stretch Goal unlocked! A useful book for all GMs - the Gamemaster's Notebook:

Gamemasters! Are you running grim & perilous adventures, but tired of having to scratch together your own system to track a variety of tense situations for players? Then prepare yourself with a new Add-On: the 40-page Gamemaster's Notebook!

Paper proof
Paper proof

Designed to be used by Gamemasters to annotate different kinds of encounters, there are multiple sheets inside to aid you as you run a game of ZWEIHÄNDER. Printed in black & white and printed in softcover format, you can write in the book as-is, tear the pages out along the spine to put into plastic protector sheets or print out as needed. Our Gamemaster's Notebook includes:

  • Trackers for Chase Scene events
  • Trackers for Combat Encounters
  • Trackers for Social Intrigue events
  • Trackers for Wilderness Travel events
  • Houserule & Notes section

You need only add +$6.00 to your pledge level to pick up the physical+pdf edition.

Praise the Purple Prince,

-d.fx

ps. never, ever aim a Shrapnel weapons into an Engagement with your friends. Unless you worship the Abyssal Prince of Violence, who demands blood and bone for this throne.

September 2 - Video Series #3 on Main Gauche from Garblag Games + other announcements
over 5 years ago – Sun, Sep 02, 2018 at 05:14:10 PM

Dear cultists,

As mentioned before, we are sponsoring Garblag Games' production of "There's Something About Marie", the adventure found in the back of MAIN GAUCHE.

Garblag Games gets into the thick of it, as the events which have unfolded in Minuet come to its crescendo. Plus: the identity of Marie is revealed at a fateful moment! Check it out here:

Coming out of Garblag Games' adventures, GM Pete begun working on a cool new map of Minuet, which you can check out the WIP here and on Garblag Games' Twitter page:

Ink by Pete Lattimore of Garblag Games
Ink by Pete Lattimore of Garblag Games

With that being said, we are also happy to announce that Pete Lattimore will be joining the MAIN GAUCHE team! He's going to take on cartographic needs for us in MAIN GAUCHE, and anticipate having him work on several other maps for our product line in 2019. Give Pete a fist-bump by checking out Garblag Games' Patreon page.

Finally, we're down to last 72 hours of the Kickstarter! Help us spread the word with the following links on social media. And, we've got a special giveaway for a lucky #ttrpg player outside of Kickstarter. Check it out:

Twitterhttps://twitter.com/ZweihanderRPG/status/1035899029849292801

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pg/grimandperilous/posts/

Google+ https://plus.google.com/u/0/+DanielDFox/posts/14kapxSNTtK

Praise the Purple Prince,

-d.fx