[freeroleplay] Yags update

[Ricardo Gladwell]

On Wed, 2006-05-17 at 19:17 +0100, Samuel Penn wrote:
> It's been a while since I've had time to say much on the list, but
> the workload and stress is dropping off now, so it's probably about
> time for me to give a quick update on what I've been doing as far
> as free gaming is concerned.

If you'd like me to publish a press release for your Yags updates on the
FRPGC web site please let me know.

> Anyway, there's now some genre specific rules for Bushido and Modern
> settings.

Nice addition. I especially like the Bushido martial arts stuff. BTW,
what is Bushido exactly?

> I've also added the concept of Traits, which represent aspects of a
> character's personality (bravery, greed etc), and which are campaign
> specific (e.g., a Bushido campaign might use Honour and Duty, whilst
> a horror setting might have Insanity, Curiosity and Bravery).

Good idea: are you working on a way of letting Traits work the same
across all genres?

> Finally, I've been playing a bit with a computer game implementation
> of Yags. The basic skill and combat resolution stuff is there and
> working, and the idea is to use it in a web based adventure game
> called Kingdoms.

This sounds really exciting. Please let us know if you need any help
with this project.


Kind regards...

-- 
Ricardo Gladwell
President, Free RPG Community
http://www.freeroleplay.org/
president at freeroleplay.org