Featured Project: Little But Fierce print edition shows a mock up of the print edition and pdf version of Little But Fierce

Featured Project: Little But Fierce print edition, live on Kickstarter!

I’ve featured Little But Fierce a few times before (enough to make a website sub category). It’s one of my go-to recommendations folks looking to play specifically D&D with little kids, and it’s now funding a major update + print edition! Check out the latest on the project below, and go visit the campaign on Kickstarter to support!

*As a note, the intro above was written by Steph from TTRPGkids, and the article below was written by the project’s creator since content is in pre-release/crowdfunding. The article has been reviewed by TTRPGkids before posting to the site.

Little But Fierce cover banner image showing children who are: a spellcaster in a wheel chair, a barbarian with a hammer, and an owlfolk bard

Little but Fierce is based on the creative commons version of the popular 5th Edition ruleset. It has been simplified and streamlined to become easily accessible to kids as young as six, as well as those with additional needs or players who just fancy a more streamlined ruleset. 

The changes cover three main areas:

  • Rules, ensuring that unnecessarily complicated rules have either been simplified or removed entirely, keeping the spirit of 5E there without the scope for pedantic “rules lawyering”.
  • Language, making sure that both key terminology and prose explanations are as simple as possible, so either a young child can read it themselves or a parent can read it to them without need for paraphrasing.
  • Tone, keeping the fantasy fun but avoiding unnecessary mentions of more adult concepts (such as death) and removing any antiquated harmful tropes.

Back in 2022, DC Bradshaw released a digital-only Starter Edition that included the bare minimum you’d need to run a campaign, with a very limited range of classes, creatures, magic items etc. The Starter Edition has since gone on to become a Platinum best seller on DriveThruRPG.

Little But Fierce stats

Heroes in Little but Fierce have four abilities: strength, speed, smarts and smiles.

character sheet for Little But Fierce focusing on pictures being used for stat identifiers

Each of these then has a number of special skills that go with them:

Strength:

  • Fitness
  • Toughness

Speed:

  • Hiding
  • Stealing

Smarts:

  • Finding
  • Knowing
  • Understanding

Smiles:

  • Performing
  • Talking

As well as including the names for these abilities and skills, your hero sheet also includes bold icons to represent them, making the sheet easy to navigate for players who might struggle with their reading.

Little but Fierce: Kickstarter Edition

This release is a significantly expanded version of the Starter Edition and will be available in both Hardback and Digital PDF formats.

a mock up of the Little But Fierce physical book and PDF

It includes:

  • Comprehensive rules and guidance for both players and storytellers
  • 11 classes: barbarian, bard, druid, fighter, knight, mage, monk, priest, scout, thief and tinkerer
  • 10 kin: birdfolk, dragonfolk, dwarf, elf, faun, gnome, goblin, halfling, human and orc
  • Basic equipment and over 100 magic items
  • Over 200 spells for spellcasting classes and creatures
  • Dozens of talents, both general and class-specific
  • Over 100 premade creatures for your adventures

In addition, the book will be fully illustrated by Catarina Eusébio.

Stretch Goal Actual Plays

If the kickstarter meets its initial funding goal, there will be stretch goals to commission four actual plays from The Kids Table, EUphoria, Deck of Many Aces and the incredible team at High Rollers.

The Creative Team

photos of the team members for the project. From left to right: DC Bradshaw, Catarina Usebio, Sebastian Yue, and Jennifer Kretchmer

  • DC Bradshaw (he/him)
    Lead Designer and Writer
    https://dcbradshaw.com/
    An ex-teacher who still works in the education sphere by day (and may or may not fight crime by night). Dave is a writer, game designer, occasional voice actor and also a charity content creator for Great Ormond Street Hospital. He’s also dad to an adorable six-year-old who continues to be the inspiration behind Little but Fierce.

  • Catarina Eusébio (she/her)
    Art Director and Illustrator
    https://aergia.portfoliobox.net/
    A Portuguese illustrator who has been immersed in fantasy books since she was little, Catarina’s path as an sartist is tightly linked with bringing some magic into her own life. That remained to be true when she discovered the world of TTRPGs and the community that she found with it. When her cats allow, she can be found drawing, reading or creating stories with her friends.

  • Sebastian Yūe (they/them)
    Editor
    https://www.sebastianyue.ca/
    Game writer, editor, and designer based in Canada. They’ve freelanced for Brotherwise Games, Critical Role, Evil Hat Productions and more. Sebastian is excited to help introduce younger players to TTRPGs with the Little but Fierce team.

Little but Fierce is crowdfunding on Kickstarter from March 3rd to 31st: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dcbradshaw/little-but-fierce-streamlined-5e-for-children-of-all-ages

Little But Fierce logo

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