Frostgrave Creator Looks Ahead To A 2nd Edition Release
June 22, 2019 by brennon
The designer behind Frostgrave, Joseph A. McCullough, has announced that there are plans in the works to take Frostgrave to its 2nd Edition.
Clarifying after the leaked information popped up on the internet, Joseph went on to say that his aims for the new edition were to make it much more fun for players and also clear up the rules, making them more balanced and streamlined.
Some examples were also mentioned. He talked about spells and how many of them were just not used because they were too specialised or weak. So, things have been tweaked, chopped and changed to make it more desirable to look beyond to other options.
The entire experience is also getting tweaked, from the first game through to your final quests during a campaign. The idea is to make things, again, more streamlined and fun for those involved whilst also avoiding weird dead ends and such during the advancement step and beyond.
Most of the game will remain exactly the same and all of the supplements will continue to be viable, even if they might need a bit of FAQ work. But, this is set to just make the game more inviting and entertaining for everyone involved.
The game will still us a D20 and be, as he has stated "wacky". I think this sounds great and should be a great step forward for a game which has received a lot of support and love from wargamers.
You can see his full statement HERE.
Will you be cracking on with more Frostgrave when a 2nd Edition hits?
"Most of the game will remain exactly the same..."
I have all the stuff, but still not had chance to play it… that pesky work thing is so time consuming.
Do what I am doing. For me, I am taking the full week of Independence Day here in the USA off. Wife is allowing me two full days to do whatever hobby I want. I plan to pack that week with full hobby immersion even if I do not eat.
I had a week off in January and plans fell through for social life, so I painted 78 miniatures.
There are many more to go…
Carnevale, Mythic Battle Pandora box and Pelennor Fields being the three biggest projects.
I also have a Drukhari army and the fantasy marines of Soul Wars in partially completed form… and there are smaller RPG projects, plus several board games.
A month off would give me a fighting chance.
I guess I’ll just wait until second edition gets released before getting into Frostgrave.
If you purchase Ghost Archipelago version of the game, you will see most of the new rules. It is a different take on the game but still fun and still give you a feel for the game.
I might have a look, thanks for the tip.
sounds an interesting option to see the new streamlined rules.
Not sure it’s going to be streamlined, more tidied up (from what other have said), it’s pulling bits from the suppliments (like the reworked experience system) and pulling it all into one “readable” book that doesn’t have you diving into different books for the extra rules that where added.
He’s right about the Spells however, most of them get ignored/not picked (probably about 1/3rd in our campaigns are used). so that bit might be some tlc from Joe.
still worth a good look through the rules.