Tag Archives: YZE

A Hopeful Ending and a New Beginning

Posted on April 10, 2024 by AJ

We played our final session of The 23rd Letter play test this week, and wrapped up the story of Poppy and her baby. After recuperating overnight (under Joy’s watchful care, and a handy saline drip), Poppy recovered enough from her … Continue reading →

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Rise of R’lyeh – Apocalyptic Mythos Horror

Posted on April 1, 2024 by matt

Playtest copies currently available Rise of R’lyeh is designed to work with the Year Zero Engine (Step Dice) shared by games like Twilight 2000, Bladerunner, Terminal Shock, The 23rd Letter and Excession. It can be mixed with other third party … Continue reading →

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Venting Pyrokinetics

Posted on April 1, 2024 by AJ

Our fourth and fifth in-game sessions of the 23rd Letter saw quite a lot of action! I’ll give a brief summary, and then talk about some of the rules that I think were interesting. I’ll put a * and a … Continue reading →

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The 23rd Letter, 3rd Edition playtest doc

Posted on March 21, 2024 by matt

It’s out there in the wild. We are inviting you to the Playtest. Either join our little Discord or, if you already own The 23rd Letter 2nd Edition, check your inbox as you’ll have been sent a link. The highlights … Continue reading →

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Power Armour (Living Steel) for YZE-Step

Posted on March 20, 2024 by matt

An M.I. lives by his suit the way a K-9 man lives by and with and on his doggie partner. Powered armor is one-half the reason we call ourselves “mobile infantry” instead of just “infantry.” (The other half are the … Continue reading →

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A precog walks into a bar …

Posted on March 14, 2024 by AJ

Now a few weeks into the first play-test of the 3rd edition of The 23rd Letter, I wanted to post some updates on what’s been going in the game, and a few reflections as both Referee and game designer. First … Continue reading →

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