Foreword
When I launched Wyrdcry to the public 7 months ago, I expected a handful of snide comments and a quiet shame about how many hours I’d sunk into the project. Instead, hundreds of you answered the call, from all corners of the world. And you were enthusiastically challenging my every decision.
I’ve spent months debating cover rules, free Youngbloods (not my proudest moment) and balancing game-breaking warbands (The all-dominating Zombie meta was unalived before it began). You started creating your own faction homebrews (some of them meticulously crafted with sharpies and tape) and suddenly, battle reports started trickling in. Pictures of insane table setups, fatalistic injury rolls and smudged warband rosters.
Seeing your own game played in real life is a special kind of feeling, and I want to express my deepest gratitude to everyone who joined me on that journey. You’ve been the HEROES of my warband, and you’re the reason this project is finally setting sail.
To the newcomers – Wyrdcry was born out of my life-long obsession with the cursed city of Mordheim. I wanted to re-invigorate my gaming club with a fast and rules-light hack, with less focus on dice and more on the action. A Mordlike where the battles are just as fun as the campaign mechanics.
If you've got the guts (and a rope and hook), I hope that you're willing to join us as we descend deeper into the madness.
Thanks to
Ola Juhlin, Emelie Markström, Jacob Müller, Makram El-Shagi, Pål Lövendahl, Tragic Fucks of Society, John Boss, Magnus Olsson, Linus Lindgren, Martin Ericsson, Pontus Liljegren, Paul & Angela Kadrovach, Tib, Jonathan Nilsson, Peter Seyfarth and Søren Fischer, Lauri Ekman, Niko Virtanen, Juha Kuusjärvi, Daniel Olin, Fredrik Bergman, Alexander Engström, Victor Lerbrandt, John Hurst and Oscár Pineda for your contributions to the madness.
To Tuomas Pirinen, Rick Priestley, Alessio Cavatore & John Blanché for introducing us to the madness. To Jervis Johnson and Sam Pearson for Warcry.
And finally to Leif Westerholm of Devs & Dice for letting us hijack your masterpiece of a battlefield for our playtest sessions