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Updates:

20260515

  • pre-saved PDF for the 8 page rules booklet for YARNS

20260514

  • example skill sets now available in the optional combat pdf
  • added an errata document that explains things that might be too ambiguous in the ’zine; and also a lot of notes about why and how I designed YARNS

20260513

  • added download for optional combat rules PDF and MD

To be added:

  • larger character sheets
  • example characters from games played with YARNS

Just a random thing:

Why is Manipulate and Sleuth the same skill?

Do you know the old TV show Columbo? He’s a master homicide detective because he can: (1) get into people’s heads, (2) understand them to manipulate them, but (3) also figure how they commited the murder because he’s inside their head. Empathy & Read Intent are in-the-moment gut read of someone, where Manipulate & Sleuth are calculated. Columbo is good at both in YARNS.