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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:

August 26 - All 18 Regular Professions for download
over 5 years ago – Sun, Aug 26, 2018 at 07:53:42 PM

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August 23 - Let's play a game of dice poker with Viktoria Koren
over 5 years ago – Thu, Aug 23, 2018 at 08:22:34 PM

Dear cultists.

Meet Viktoria Koren: local Jackdaw and famous gambler. Today, she's going teach you how to run a game of dice poker at your game table, inspired by the award-winning game The Witcher 2: Assassin of Kings by CD Projekt Red.

Gambler by day, jewel thief by night
Gambler by day, jewel thief by night

Using Viktoria's tutorial, you'll be able to run your own 'mini-game within a game' of dice poker at your own table now. Plus, this mini-game is enhanced with Gamble Skill Tests! This is no simple bolt-on mini-game, it works within the framework of the ZWEIHÄNDER Grim & Perilous RPG d100 system.

Download the MAIN GAUCHE Sneak Peek (Dice Poker) today, and embrace the left-handed path of MAIN GAUCHE - where chaos awaits!

Praise the Purple Prince,

-d.fx

ps. Some GMs may simply prefer Players to roll dice contests in order to resolve high stakes gambling. Others may require you and the other Players around the table to play out an actual game of cards or dice amongst each other. This can be an exciting change of pace, presenting a colorful distraction from your normal gaming schedule. You should feel encouraged to continue staying in-Character during these sort of side games.

August 22 - Another Stretch Goal unlocked: Purity Seals for Conditions
over 5 years ago – Wed, Aug 22, 2018 at 11:59:56 AM

Dear cultists,

Another one down, another one down, another one bites the dust! Say hello to these sweet, sweet Purity Seals for Conditions, an exclusive POD product for this Kickstarter:

Players! Are you running grim & perilous adventures, but tired of erasing your conditions over and over on your Character Folio for ZWEIHÄNDER Grim & Perilous RPG? Then prepare yourself with our color blind-friendly Purity Seals for Conditions!

Every Purity Seal is marked with one of 11 Conditions Characters will face. This set includes 2 pages, with 22 Purity Seals for you to cut out and apply to your Character Folio (or stick inside your Witchhunter's #StatHat). Printed on high quality stock (same stock and gloss as the GM Screen and GM Playmat), you're guaranteed to get the best quality for your dollar.

You need only add +$1 to your pledge level to pick up the physical+pdf edition.

Praise the Purple Prince,

-d.fx

ps - everyone in this Kickstarter is getting the PDF for the Witchhunter's #StatHat for free. It is both a joke product, and a really, really real hat you can cut out from a PDF and assemble. Don't want to wait until the end of the Kickstarter to get your hands on a hat? You can download the #StatHat in preparation now!

August 20 - We asked, you spoke. All Stretch Goals officially revealed!
over 5 years ago – Tue, Aug 21, 2018 at 12:16:02 AM

Dear cultists,

Today, we conducted a poll to see if we should reveal our hidden Stretch Goals. And, you all voted an overwhelming YES!

So, here we go...

 $47K STRETCH GOAL - PURITY SEALS FOR CONDITIONS

Players! Are you running grim & perilous adventures, but tired of erasing your conditions over and over on your Character Folio for ZWEIHÄNDER Grim & Perilous RPG? Then prepare yourself with our color blind-friendly Purity Seals for Conditions!

Every Purity Seal is marked with one of 11 Conditions Characters will face. This set includes 2 pages, with 22 Purity Seals for you to cut out and apply to your Character Folio. Printed on high quality stock (same stock and gloss as the GM Screen and GM Playmat), you're guaranteed to get the best quality for your dollar.

You need only add +$2 to your pledge level to pick up the physical+pdf edition.

$56K STRETCH GOAL - DEJAN MANDIC KICKSTARTER EXCLUSIVE COVER

 We previously had Dejan do a MAIN GAUCHE alternative cover for Kickstarter that was solely exclusive, never to be printed again. And now, it's back!

Once this goal unlocks, you will be able to add Dejan's Kickstarter-exclusive MAIN GAUCHE offset print edition to your pledge. This warp-around cover will be inspired by the original chaos cover by Les Edwards. Read more here about the artwork.

You need only choose either the original Ken Duquet cover, or the Kickstarter exclusive cover by Dejan Mandic, at the time that MAIN GAUCHE surveys are sent out. Please note that there will never be another print run of this exclusive cover, nor will it be made available as POD on DriveThruRPG.

You need only add +$65 to your pledge level to pick up the physical+pdf edition.

$63K STRETCH GOAL - MAIN GAUCHE SRD

We will contract our developer to rework the entire book into searchable SRD format! The above version is our ZWEIHÄNDER Systems Resource Document, which is being prepared for release by mid-September.

The MAIN GAUCHE SRD will be ready by January 2019, and will be released entirely for free.

$75K STRETCH GOAL - MAIN GAUCHE & ZWEIHÄNDER SPECIAL EDITIONS

Our final Stretch Goal is for a special edition version of MAIN GAUCHE and ZWEIHÄNDER!

These special edition books will be printed in limited quantities. We are working with our printer to sort out the precise number, however we feel confident we can get at least 500 copies of each printed. This will be encyclopedia quality with foil pages and an inlay of the original covers by Jussi Alarauhio for ZWEIHÄNDER and Ken Duquet for MAIN GAUCHE.

We will provide further details as we move forward with our printer. However, we anticipate that these will be in extremely limited quantities:

ZWEIHANDER exclusive edition book (add +$200 to your pledge, MSRP $350)

  • 688 pages 8.5x11 size (black & white interior)
  • Red lexitone cover, 5.5x7 color inlay of original cover by Jussi Alarauhio
  • Smythe sewn case bound, head and foot bands
  • Silver foil front and spine
  • Interior black ribbon Black end sheets

MAIN GAUCHE exclusive edition book (add +$200 to your pledge, MSRP $350)

  • Approximately 300-400 pages
  • 8.5x11 size (black & white interior/color exterior)
  • Black lexitone cover, 5.5x7 color inlay of original cover by Ken Duquet
  • Smythe sewn case bound, head and foot bands
  • Gold foil front and spine
  • Interior red ribbon Red end sheets 

YOU CAN ALSO PURCHASE BOTH BOOKS AS A COMBO ADD-ON FOR +$375.

Praise the Purple Prince,

ps. you can increase your pledge now to unlock these Stretch Goals. Help us out, and let's make MAIN GAUCHE and ZWEIHÄNDER the very best versions they could ever be!

August 20 - Question for the audience on Stretch Goals
over 5 years ago – Mon, Aug 20, 2018 at 03:26:00 PM

Dear cultists,

Happy Monday! As you can see, we're getting really close to our next Stretch Goal. However, this has raised some questions internally, particularly as we begin to plan out our book printing options.

As you are likely aware, ordering prints in bulk dramatically reduces the price point for us. When we looked at our Stretch Goals, we swagged together a best-estimate cost to determine what the baseline price would be for us to place an order.

With that being said, we'd like to better understand your expectations by posing this question:

If we revealed all of the Stretch Goals now, would you consider upping your pledge before the end of the Kickstarter? Please go to our poll, and let us know! No registration is required to vote. 

Praise the Purple Prince,

-d.fx

ps - any time you receive free Focuses from your Professional Trait (such as with the Astrologer), it does not count towards your maximum number of Foci your Character may possess.