So … WFRP 3e
A new edition of Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay was announced at Gen Con this week, as we expected it would be. It’s looking pretty different. There’s a summary of the known facts here, but in short:
- It’s being sold in a box set, with special dice and cards and stuff
- It still has careers but it won’t be a percentile based roll under system like the previous editions.
- Our of the box there will be Humans, Dwarves, High Elves and Wood Elves. Plus there are party mechanics and a party ‘character sheet’ sort of thing.
- Out of the box you’ll get enough stuff (funny dice and cards I guess) for 3 players and a GM. There’s an expansion pack to allow more players but it’s not clear what the actual limit is, or how necessary the cards will be to play. What has been said is that the cards reduce a lot of book look up stuff, so that might be cool.
- The basic box will cost US$100. In Australia I can see that being $150 easy.
It sounds like a really interesting idea but it also sounds pretty unlike my beloved WFRP. So we’ll see. There’s so much speculation at the moment that it’s hard to know exactl what to think, but if they can make it faster and less annoying in combat while retaining the grit and deadliness I’m in. I’d sort of want to play it before I bought it, but there’s bugger all chance of that happening unless I go to a con where it’s being demo’d. So I reckon, provided I’ve got some players, I’ll pick it up.
Here’s some more links:
- Pictures of the box set: pic 1, pic 2, pic 3, pic 4.
- Some encouraging comments from on of the Strike To stun regulars who playtested it (his name is RuneFang, but you have to scroll down).
PS. FFG aren’t calling it 3e but everyone else is, and so will I.