Thursday, 23 October 2025

Grim Up North

Yesterday I received the Vaesen starter set and a few books from the Kickstarter. In many ways it's a pretty standard Starter Set with basic rules, character sheets, initiative cards, "what you can do on your turn" cards, a mini bestiary and some handouts for the included adventure. 

The print quality is very good too, with full colour art, glossy covers and a nice feel to the paper. If anything is off-putting it's the shortness of everything. If the basic rules are anything to go by, the main book isn't going to have a lot in it that isn't filler. The adventure comes to 12 pages plus cover.

I'm still looking forward to running it, though. The system is based on d6 rolls and count 6s for levels of success. I'll post again when I can fully describe the experience.