https://yags-rpg.net/ 2026-05-15T12:34:33+00:00 https://yags-rpg.net/ https://yags-rpg.net/_media/wiki/logo.png text/html 2015-02-04T22:40:54+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://yags-rpg.net/genres/contemporary?rev=1423089654&do=diff Contemporary By contemporary, we mean mundane as well as modern. Contemporary campaigns are those set in the real world during a time period close to the modern day - the twentieth century or early twenty-first. The standard character generation rules work well for any point in this period, though there's a few skills which would be rare or non-existent during the early twentieth century. The text/html 2018-03-31T08:11:15+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://yags-rpg.net/genres/fantasy?rev=1522483875&do=diff Fantasy YAGS Fantasy covers generic swords and sorcery settings, as inspired by various flavours of Dungeons & Dragons and its various spin offs. Magic is common and flashy, monsters are large and lurk in dungeons and wilderness regions. fantasy index text/html 2015-02-04T22:40:54+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://yags-rpg.net/genres/historical?rev=1423089654&do=diff Historical Historical games are set during real historical periods, though may be based on fictional or fantastical events. Those which diverge greatly from history are best described as fantasy, though mythical might better describe a setting such as text/html 2015-02-04T22:40:54+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://yags-rpg.net/genres/horror?rev=1423089654&do=diff Horror From the alien mind-bending horrors of Lovecraft, to the modern Hollywood slasher flick, Horror is a wide ranging genre that can be difficult to pull off correctly. Most forms of Horror works best when characters are relatively weak compared to their adversaries. It is suggested that non-heroic characters are used, with most skills probably focused on everyday professions. For modern horror, a group of teenagers, academics or tourists can work well. text/html 2015-02-04T22:40:54+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://yags-rpg.net/genres/scifi?rev=1423089654&do=diff SciFi YAGS SciFi is one particular view onto future history, which models itself on a softer, more heroic view of technology and exploration. Just as in Hollywood, SciFi characters can travel the galaxy, exploring exotic worlds and meeting green skinned aliens (clothing optional). text/html 2015-02-04T22:40:54+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://yags-rpg.net/genres/ultratech?rev=1423089654&do=diff Ultra Tech Hard SF is a term used to describe science fiction with a plausible and self-consistent use of science and technology. It doesn't necessarily mean near future (though it often can). Cyberpunk is well suited to Hard SF, though not all Cyberpunk is Hard SF.