Tabletop Gaming

• Shadow of the Weird Wizard (SotWW) is a heroic fantasy tabletop RPG in a setting where refugees are fleeing a civil war into a strange land touched by a Wizard of godlike power who has disappeared leaving treasures, monsters and strange experiments behind
• the author Robert J. Schwalb was the lead designer of Dungeons & Dragons 5e (D&D 5e)

History behind Schwalb

• Schwalb initially proposed a streamlined system for D&D 5e but was rejected
• the streamlined system (character classes, combat etc) became the Demon Lord Engine first published in Shadow of the Demon Lord (SotDL), 2015
• SotDL is a horror fantasy tabletop RPG set in a falling world featuring Insanity and Corruption as a game mechanic that gained popularity
• not everyone was comfortable with the horror themes and Shadow of the Weird Wizard was created to fill that

Kickstarter Info

• uses one d20 and several d6
• earlier beta versions of the game featured zone combat, this has been changed to grid based combat
• free play-test found here
• pledge tier: $49/$99 (digital/physical)

a more comprehensive information on the system and differences with SotDL (may be outdated)

• https://forum.rpg.net/index.php?threads/shadow-of-the.906887/#post-24673561

reviews for Shadow of the Demon Lord

• https://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/16/16505.phtml
• https://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/19/19056.phtml

other 3rd party games running on the Demon Lord Engine are Asunder, and When The Wolf Comes