{"product_id":"grimdark-deadly-nasty-rules-for-the-worlds-most-ubiquitous-rpg","title":"Grimdark: Deadly, Nasty Rules for the World's Most Ubiquitous RPG","description":"\u003cp\u003eMany fantasy games, if not all of them, follow the lead given by Dungeons \u0026amp; Dragons, and rapidly become superheroic parodies of themselves. This has been especially true of the newer editions, since AD\u0026amp;D Second Edition. ItÕs great, but itÕs not for everyone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAt least not all of the time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThere are many kinds of fantasy, and Dungeons \u0026amp; DragonsÕ increasingly sanitised, fluffy, generic, high-escapist fantasy - dripping in magical weapons and character invulnerability, isnÕt necessarily what people want.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA Grimdark game is in part made from difficulty. In this context, that has to come from encouraging the players to play tactically and carefully. To do everything they can to swing advantage in their favour.\u003c\/p\u003e \n\n\u003cp\u003eItÕs also as much about encouraging players to deal with difficult and horrifying role-playing and decisionmaking consequences, all with less resources and power than they might be used to. It also encourages them, when necessary, to run away.\u003c\/p\u003e \n\n\u003cp\u003eWe need to take that, lustrous, heroic, Ôfantasy-PortlandÕ edge off 5th EditionÕs default rules-set, to amp up the difficulty and make people play more carefully. At the same time, we donÕt want to just turn it into an unfair meatgrinder.\u003c\/p\u003e \n\n\u003cp\u003eSo why not a game designer, literally known as ÔGrimÕ, to do it?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"James Desborough","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44261587452065,"sku":"9781111147065","price":49.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0462\/1120\/3233\/files\/y99jem-front-shortedge-384_0e2c5522-abd3-44d2-a654-33d828f98368.jpg?v=1747375367","url":"https:\/\/bookswholesale.myshopify.com\/products\/grimdark-deadly-nasty-rules-for-the-worlds-most-ubiquitous-rpg","provider":"BooksWholesale","version":"1.0","type":"link"}