# The Grimoire

The Grimoire is a board game.

- **Complexity:** 3 out of 5
- **Year published:** 1992
- **Categories:** Sourcebook (rules/options to enhance play)
- **Mechanics:** Skill Based (buy or gain skills), Point Based (allocate points to get skills, powers, etc), Dice (Primarily d6), Attribute/Stat Based (STR, CON, PER, etc), Dice Pool (Roll multiple dice vs target), Exploding Dice (Die may 'explode' into a second roll), Race Based (Player Race/Species affects gameplay)
- **Owned by:** 1 Ludoya players

**Designers:** Mark L. Chaffe, Paul Hume, Tom Dowd, Steve Kenson, Carl Sargent, Christopher Kubasik

**Artists:** Dell Harris, Joel Biske, Dana Andrews, Tony Szczudlo, Mike Medynsky, Tom Baxa, Karl Waller, Jeff Laubenstein, Mike Nielsen, Janet Aulisio, James Nelson

## Links

- [This page](https://www.ludoya.com/games/the-grimoire)
- [The Grimoire in the Ludoya app](https://app.ludoya.com/g/the-grimoire)
- [BoardGameGeek entry](https://rpggeek.com/rpgitem/47726)

_Data from Ludoya, updated 2026-10-31. Ratings, ownership and play counts are Ludoya's own._