Year Zero Nano

YEAR ZERO NANO (YZN) is an even lighter off-shoot of Year Zero Mini -- both of which are designed to provide lightweight frameworks for quickly jumping into your favourite setting. 

Where other rules-light games might emphasise action or heroics, YZN is more down to earth - telling stories of a more gritty and relatable nature.

The preview has the full PDF if you would like to try before you buy.

SIMPLE D6 DICE POOL SYSTEM

Using the Year Zero Engine as its basis (covered by an OGL from Free League Publishing), YZN uses a pool of standard six-sided dice, but differs slightly by looking for both 5s or 6s in the rolled dice pool. 

SUITABLE FOR ONE-SHOTS OR CAMPAIGNS

While YZN is best experienced in one-shots, conventions, or short campaigns (around a dozen sessions), it's also suitable for longer-term play.

INFLUENCES

YZN is inspired by a whole host of games. Whilst its core is based on the award-winning Tales From the Loop, it is also sprinkled with a bit of FATE Core, Abenteurspiel, and the FKR.

PHONE PDF

The PDF is provided as a "phone PDF" -- designed for seamless vertical scrolling on mobile phones. It is both bookmarked and fully hyperlinked.

YZN has 20 pages (1 title page, 15 pages of content, and 4 pages of OGL) formatted as  a phone PDF (4.25 x 6.875 in). It weighs in it at roughly 2,800 words (ignoring the title page and OGL text).