Why the Year Zero Games Are My Favorite Type of Trad

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I've been working on a modification of the #YearZeroEngine from #FreeLeaguePublishing to turn it into the engine for my own #TTRPG, which I've been developing over the past couple of years.

It's hard working with only the YZE SRD.

It would be nice if FLP published an actual book for their engine, like Chaosium does with the BRP.

Sadly, because R3DSHIF7 is a story- and character-drama-heavy game that uses D6 dice pools, the #Chaosium #BasicRoleplaying engine wouldn't really fit.

:(

The rogue Nexus-9 replicant finally surfaces to hunt her victim as Matt tries to stop her. The finale to Case File 01: Electric Dreams.

@foundryvtt #freeleaguepublishing #bladerunnerrpg #yearzeroengine #ttrpg #actualplay #podcast

https://youtu.be/Bha3Xtg2GIw

Matt finally confronts the Memory Lab about what they did to the fugitive Nexus-9 that remains at large.

@foundryvtt #freeleaguepublishing #yearzeroengine #bladerunnerrpg #ttrpg #actualplay #podcast

https://youtu.be/Jxq-Rdc4aj4

After nearly catching his prime suspect and escaping an assassination attempt, Matt takes the investigation back to headquarters.

@foundryvtt #freeleaguepublishing #bladerunner #yearzeroengine #ttrpg #actualplay #podcast

https://youtu.be/IvSFvRYGzG8

Things get more intense as the investigation's second day comes to a close. Art stumbles clumsily through his first ever combat as a GM.

@foundryvtt #freeleaguepublishing #bladerunner #bladerunnerrpg #ttrpg #actualplay #podcast #yearzeroengine

https://youtu.be/vTh12tuR-m8

Coriolis: The Great Dark Review

One small step for the Year Zero Engine, one giant leap for Coriolis…

Free League has been shepherding the Coriolis series for nearly a decade now. Originally published by Jarnringen, the original designers of Symbaroum, Coriolis was released in 2008 to much acclaim in Sweden. Free League first got on board creating additional material for the game, but ended up the stewards of the series, releasing their first version in 2016. Now, we get the newest edition, a ‘standalone sequel’ set 200 years after the events of Coriolis: The Third Horizon.

Coriolis won accolades for being a solidly original sci-fi setting, and The Great Dark carries on that legacy by managing to be different even from the version of the game that came before it. At the same time, Free League didn’t mess with the formula of the YZE mechanics too much; we’re staying closer to home with the version of the mechanics established in Mutant: Year Zero and Forbidden Lands than many other recent YZE games have. While I don’t think that The Great Dark is going to win over all existing Coriolis fans, I do think that its combination of strong premise and continued originality is going to help it make a case for itself, either on its own or sitting on the shelf next to all of your Third Horizon books.

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https://cannibalhalflinggaming.com/2025/08/21/coriolis-the-great-dark-review/

Blog: Coping with the Blurring within #ttrpg Game Engines

TL;DR some musings on the challenges I've found with the multiple variations of #2d20 and the #yearzeroengine. Does anyone else find the tweaks to mechanics tend to cause some blurring and confusion in play with folks that have played multiple versions? Would a quick reference on how they vary from the SRD help?

https://delta-pavonis.blogspot.com/2025/05/coping-with-blurring-within-game-engines.html

Teilzeithelden: NEWS: „Invincible“ als Rollenspiel: Free League kündigt Superhero-TTRPG an

Superheld*innen-Fans aufgepasst: Invincible bekommt ein eigenes Tabletop-Rollenspiel! Free League und Skybound bringen das actiongeladene Universum von Robert Kirkmans Kult-Comic an den Spieltisch – mit der bewährten Year Zero-Engine. Das Kickstarter-Projekt startet bald, und erste Details versprechen ein episches Erlebnis voller Drama, Kämpfe und unerwarteter Wendungen.

Dieser Beitrag wurde von Roger Lewin geschrieben

#Pnpde #AdamBradford #ComicAdaption #CoryWalker #FreeLeague #Invincible #Kickstarter #PenPaperIdeenGedanken #PrimeVideo #Rollenspiel #RyanOttley #Skybound #Superhelden #SuperheldenRollenspiel #TomasHärenstam #TTRPG #YearZeroEngine

Ich habe am Wochenende mal wieder #Vaesen geleitet und es war wieder sehr schön. Ich mag dieses Spiel, wegen seinem einzigartigen Setting und Flair, und ich mag generell die #YearZeroEngine. Zu Weihnachten habe ich das #AlienRPG Starter Set geschenkt bekommen, aber was ich wirklich gern mal wieder spielen würde, wäre #Coriolis. #Dragonbane schaffe ich hoffentlich auch noch mal und irgendwann muss ich mal was mit #DieVerbotenenLande machen.

Ich spiele leider viel zu selten Year Zero Spiele.