The link to the podcast appears to be down. Is there any other address where we can hear this?

If I'm including a shout out to Sledgehammer as an influence on a game of mine how would you prefer to be credited?

really dig your game. Also love the podcast episode. Also from MA and also spent a brief time at the GW store in the mall. Cheers 

I am wondering if it would be possible to heal wounds without marking Corruption, through rest for example. Or is it intended that the only way to heal is through Corruption?

So, this is basically a simplified version of Dark Heresy and all those other Warhammer 40,000 RPGs.

Neat!

Hi! I love your game system and I wrote an hack woking deeply with your base game system.

Is it possibile to publish an hack of Sledgehammer (it is not a small booklet :P) with the sentence ""Based on Sledgehammer by Gayhalforc. [INSERT NAME HERE] is an independent work compatible with Sledgehammer but not affiliated with Gayhalforc."" and without any commercial purpose  under the CC-BY 4.0 licence?

The new derivated game  is totally wrote in italian :)

Thanks for this game!!!

How would you handle magic in this game? 

Very cool stuff! Can I translate your game for the Brazilian community, gayhalforc?

I really like the escalating advantage/take +10% forward system, and how you can give it up for a retreat. Really clean and simple, pushes gameplay towards certain tropes.

Like many rules-light systems, you'll have to fill in the blanks with your own preconceptions. e.g. how does initiative work, and do NPCs have similar stats to players? The "take the 10s digit of a successful attack, this equals damage dealt" would suggest this, because The Black Hack-style "roll over player's stat to hit" would produce only really high damage numbers.

edit: I missed the ref booklet, which answers this question. NPCs deal static damage on a failed roll by the player.

(this isn't meant as a criticism--there's necessarily gaps when a game fits onto a single-sided A4 sheet. Just a forewarning for people not sure what to expect)

Sledgehammer might be the first d100 system that I would recommend with absolutely no reservations.

It's two pages total, including both a GM and player document, and it has a fun and extremely readable hand-lettered and illustrated visual style.

Mechanics-wise, it's direct and simple. You're trying to roll d100 under one of your four stats, and adding bonuses for any relevant backgrounds or equipment.

However, to negate the swingyness of d100 systems, when you get into combat, every time you deal damage or create an opening you increase your odds of hitting. This gives combat a sense of continuous acceleration.

Damage is still pretty swingy, with your tens die determining how many wounds you deal (5 is your max, unless you take corruption to get to 6), and there's hit locations and critical damage rules to make things even more potentially brutal. So this is probably not a system where you get *extremely* attached to your character, but there's also neat progression rules if you do stick around.

For GMs, there's some short but solid advice sections and some potential NPCs, but Sledgehammer feels like it's so easy to write for that bashing together a scenario or borrowing a scenario from another d100 fantasy game wouldn't be any burden.

Overall, this is a well-made, easy to use thing with a clear aesthetic and strong mechanics. If you want to tell a mud-and-blood fantasy story and don't want to finely machine together a complex statline to do so, Sledgehammer should probably be your go-to.

“If an attack roll is successful, deal damage equal to the first digit of the tens die. EX 25 = 2 damage.”

Probably just being dense : ) but how do you determine is the roll is successful? Thanks!

Is there any downside to spending corruption? Especially since demons deal corruption instead of normal wounds, it seems odd that it's a consequence-free resource as long as you keep spending it before it fills up.