[freeroleplay] Rules light systems?

[Samuel Penn]

On Wed, June 21, 2006 23:09, Troy Truchon wrote:
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> On 6/21/06, Samuel Penn <sam at glendale.org.uk> wrote:
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>> On Wed, June 21, 2006 11:29, Ricardo Gladwell wrote:
>> > On Tue, 2006-06-20 at 14:28 -0700, Troy Truchon wrote:
>> >> I've been toying with the idea of a PBEM game using GPL'd rules. Are
>> >> there any rules lite systems that will work with a fairly serious
>> >> gritty cyberpunk/hard-sf setting? I'm thinking of a game that blends
>> >> elements of both classic cyberpunk, real world tech trends, and
>> shirow
>> >> style anime.
>> >
>> > Sounds like an interesting game. Samuel Penn, a regular on this list,
>> > develops Yags which may be what you're looking for:
>> >
>> > http://www.glendale.org.uk/yags/
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>> I have started thinking about a set of Modern rules, which
>> are more suited for Modern/SF.
>>
>> http://www.glendale.org.uk/yags/modern/character.html
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> I acrually really like yags. You've done a great job. Unfortunately I
> traditionally don't bother with rule systems that use anything other
> than d6's. Its the nothing-I-can't-play-with-a-box-of-drug-store-dice
> rule. Seriousely though I do like it :)

I like d10s and d20s - they give nice range of values. d6s either
restrict you to a small range, or give a steep bell curve if you
use 2 or 3. You could always try Yags with 3d6 instead of a d20,
though some bits would have to be re-thought (though possibly
only the fumble-on-a-1 bit).

Yags did originally use 2d10 instead of a d20, but the players
complained that there wasn't enough randomness.

>> Presumably combat and task resolution is kept very simple.
>
> Again it depends on the free time of the gm. Since resolution can take
> as long as they want a gm can reference as many rules and tables as
> they wan't. PBEM's can take things s-l-o-w

I normally like rules-heavy combat systems because they add more
interest to combat for the players. If the players aren't there,
then a lot of their requirement (as I see it) goes away. I'd
probably be happy with an Amber-like system of highest stat wins
(modified by the player's description of what they are doing).


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