War Stories is a roleplaying game set during the violence and drama of the Second World War. In it, your characters will wage the war of the Greatest Generation, experiencing desperate missions and harrowing exploits across the war-torn lands of Europe and beyond. The stories you create can vary from a one-shot scenario detailing the actions of a brief engagement to a lengthy campaign that stretches from Normandy to the Rhine and into the heart of Germany.With War Stories, you and your fellow players can do all of this and far more. The streamlined Year Zero Engine is the basis of the War Stories ruleset which fades to the background, allowing players to focus on the non-stop action.The rules in this core book contain all you need to run an exciting WWII RPG: • Rules for realistic firefights in fast, exciting engagements, depicting the deadly nature of war • Fatigue and Stress rules fully characterize the physical and emotional hardships of war • Platoon-level Background Character rules provide a pool of replacement characters while simultaneously surrounding the core characters with a plethora of personalities, bringing to life the world surrounding them • Background information equips players with all the historical details necessary • Concise Vehicles rules to fight tank battles and conduct anti-tank missions • A comprehensive arsenal of weapons and gear, accurately represented for the YZ engine rules • Archetype and Life Path creation methods allow players a quick, streamlined system as well as a more in-depth method for creating characters of all kinds and nationalities • Intense mass combat rules implement the YZ dice machine in an innovative yet intuitive way to recreate large scale battles with hundreds or even thousands of combatants to a side • An assortment of optional rules to customize your preferred level of realism • An introductory scenario to introduce players to the game
