Its not just a guide on how to play in a grim and perilous world, its a free resource for players to get a character sheet and more.

Narrators, GMs, DMs: When starting a game of Zweihander I highly recommend sending a copy to your players. Plenty of printable resources in here to make playing the game easier and more enjoyable for everyone involved.

Session Zero changes the way to build characters in the good way. I used it in my last Zweihänder campaign and I felt it as an improvement to the core character creation, reads more clear and streamlined.

Now your bonuses aren't modified by your ancestry, but your attributes are slightly boosted by your upbringing and profession. I find this to be more sensible and logical.Ancestries retain their distinctive selection of traits.

The other big change (for our game at least) was the Fortune Point's mechanic. FP now fly between players and the GM in a more dynamic and fun way. Hoarding of FP was rarely seen again at our table.

The only thing missing in Session Zero compared to the Core Rulebook is the mention and use of skill Focuses, something you can easily integrate once you choose to jump to the full rules (and in all honesty, I as a GM always left the Focus explanation and implementation for a later time, though I love it).

I'm late to Zweihander, but picked up the corebook and I think this definitely builds on that book and breaks things down to help new players and gms not feel overwhelmed. Great work as always. I can't wait for the Starter Kit to come out!

This is a great addition for ZW. New layout is simple incredible, and it is Grim & Perilous :D

This session zero PDF has honestly sold me on the game. It has me excited to play it and learn more about it. I might even try DMing for the first time with Zweihander. I like the simple, yet in-depth creation of player characters. I was having fun rolling along and creating my first character just to see what I would get. Obviously it's only a preview and you can only go so far with it, but it's the reason why i'm going to back the starter kit on kickstarter and buy the full books as well.