Rating: [ 5.27 / 10.00 ]

Game Info

Title  JAGS-2
Author  Marco Chacon
Book Type  Core Rules
Rank: [ 1007 / 4196 ]
Genre  Generic
Setting  Generic
Edition Info  Self-published (2004)
Stock: None
ISBN: None
System  JAGS-2

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Game Summary

JAGS2 (JAGS-2 when subscripts are not available) is a version of JAGS (It's not Just Another Gaming System) with roughly half the rules, though it still doesn't qualify as a rules light game. This version eliminates the fractional math in skill costs, reduces the number of enchancements and defects, simplifies combat, and reduces the number of specialized rules. Since the two versions are largely though not completely compatible, most of the supplements are designed using the full ruleset.

JAGS2 is available for free, including versions (minus the artwork) released under the GNU Free Documentation License. A POD softcover with a full color cover is also available.

Game Editions

Notes on This Edition
The "Distilled Concepts" print on demand version is a 65 page, USD$8.96 perfect bound book with a full color cover available at Lulu. The primary PDF version with everything except the cover art is a 5.89 MB, 65 page PDF. The version released under the GNU Free Documention License (sans art) is a 4.72 MB rich text format file. The "small" FDL, art-free version is a 914 KB PDF. All available for free download at JAGS: It's not Just Another Gaming System.

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# Title System Publisher Released Stock Status
1 JAGS-2JAGS-2 1Self-published 2004 None ---

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4 + 2migo. JAGS-2 is a genreless, universal, point buy gaming system. Or in other words, a GURPS Heartbreaker - it has some good ideas but it fails to make them work.

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7 / 10ThanuirThe resolution system is kinda clunky. Other than that, the skills are handled with beauty and there is continuous and excellent designer commentary running through sidebars. Well worth reading for design insights only.
7 / 10Zachary The FirstSolid rules-medium system.

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