https://yags-rpg.net/ 2026-04-14T22:37:56+00:00 https://yags-rpg.net/ https://yags-rpg.net/_media/wiki/logo.png text/html 2019-08-29T18:09:34+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://yags-rpg.net/changelog?rev=1567102174&do=diff Changelog YAGS was first conceived during my final year at university, sometime towards the end of 1994 and beginning of '95. At that time, I was using my Myths system to run campaigns, but my tastes had changed and I decided I wanted to start afresh. Myths was getting too complex to extend (character packages in particular meant there was a lot of work involved in adding a new setting), and I wanted something simpler. And so YAGS was born. text/html 2015-04-19T22:00:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://yags-rpg.net/downloads?rev=1429480852&do=diff Downloads YAGS is a set of Free RPG rules, and all of it can be downloaded from the links below. The rules are released under the GNU GPL version 2, and may be modified and re-distributed either commercially or non-commercially as per that license. text/html 2019-08-24T14:32:11+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://yags-rpg.net/fantasy?rev=1566657131&do=diff text/html 2019-08-24T14:29:05+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://yags-rpg.net/genres?rev=1566656945&do=diff Genres YAGS was originally designed as a system for a fantasy setting and was later adapted for use in a Babylon 5 game. Since then it has been used to run horror, more fantasy and a high powered Traveller game. Rather than try to define a single set of rules that covered all of these settings, originally YAGS was genres index text/html 2015-02-04T22:40:54+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://yags-rpg.net/index?rev=1423089654&do=diff Yet Another Game System YAGS is another game system. It is a set of moderately complex tabletop RPG rules designed around the concept of cinematic realism, allowing gritty adventures where the life of a hero is a dangerous one. YAGS is flexible. text/html 2019-08-11T19:24:37+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://yags-rpg.net/license?rev=1565551477&do=diff License YAGS is licensed under the GPLv2 license. It was originally released under the GNU Free Documentation License. Though a Creative Commons license is more normal for documentation, the GPL ensures that YAGS is kept available in 'source' form. text/html 2015-02-04T22:40:54+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://yags-rpg.net/rules?rev=1423089654&do=diff Rules The intial design brief for YAGS was for something simple to design and quick to explain. More recently, expansions to the rules have progressed in terms of me thinking about how to simulate something using the rules. The term I've used is Cinematic Realism, by which I mean a set of rules based in reality, but allowing some of the heroics seen in the grittier Hollywood action films.rules index text/html 2019-08-24T13:49:22+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://yags-rpg.net/scifi?rev=1566654562&do=diff text/html 2015-02-04T22:40:54+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://yags-rpg.net/settings?rev=1423089654&do=diff Settings YAGS is a generic rule system, but cannot live without actual campaign settings to use it in. Originally, YAGS was designed alongside the Habisfern setting - a mythical dark ages environment designed for realism and low magic. Since then, it has also been used for Babylon 5, HarnWorld and Traveller.settings index text/html 2023-05-22T21:25:51+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://yags-rpg.net/sidebar?rev=1684790751&do=diff Content * Rules * Genres * Settings * YAGSbook Download PDF versions of YAGS can be downloaded for free from the links below. See Downloads for the full list of rules. <https://yags-rpg.net/_media/download/yags-character.pdf> <https://yags-rpg.net/_media/download/yags-combat.pdf> Source YAGS is released under the GNU Public License, and as such the full set of source documentation is available, as well as the final PDFs above. text/html 2019-08-11T09:43:32+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://yags-rpg.net/source?rev=1565516612&do=diff Source Code YAGS is licensed under the GNU Public License, and is considered to be Free Content, in much the same way that Linux is Free Software. This means a number of things. The point of the GPL is to give you, the gamer, certain rights. Firstly, you have the right to download the game for free. You can print out as many copies as you want, and distribute it however you want. This even includes selling it. text/html 2019-08-24T14:16:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://yags-rpg.net/ultratech?rev=1566656180&do=diff text/html 2019-08-22T17:32:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://yags-rpg.net/yagsbook?rev=1566495148&do=diff