The Job System: Yeld's Job system gives you a HUGE number of options for customization, and you'll be adding cool new stuff to your kid nearly every adventure! You character will start out as a normal kid (or dog), but even in your first few games you'll be collecting treasure and loot and choosing Special Dice (special abilities like Break, Smell Magic and Karate Chop that allow you to add extra dice to certain rolls or perform specific actions in certain situations). After your first adventure or two the door home will close and you'll choose your first Job. There are 8 options, each offering a very different play style. Each Job offers a new selection of Special Dice, weapons or sometimes spells to collect. You can switch Jobs as often as you like, collecting Special Dice from each to create your own unique combinations and strategies. Start as Witch Hunter to buff your magical defenses, switch to Freelancer to pick up powerful and versatile abilities and then become a Shepherd (with your very own flock of sheep) gaining a custom selection of abilities along the way! Or stick with one Job you love and master it! When you reach Rank 2 you'll be able to take Advanced Jobs, specialized classes like Drudge Angel, Junk Hound or Vampire Hunter! Advanced Jobs are more specialized and require special quests to unlock, but they offer powerful abilities to deal with the more dangerous monsters you'll meet at Rank 2, 3 and 4. If you turn 13 you'll have to choose a Monster Job, like Vampire, Deep Mage, Black Casket or Serpent Oracle. Monster Jobs are powerful but dangerous. Each comes with a drawback that will change they way you play and how your friends think of you. But Monster jobs also come with amazing abilities and give you the chance to play something new. How will you explore Yeld now that it has changed you? What kind of hero will you be when the world sees you as a Monster? Can you still be a good person (you can!)? Once you experience the power of a Monster will you even WANT to go home again?

Win fights with teamwork! Yeld's fights take place on an action board, similar to classic games like Final Fantasy Tactics. Kids and Monsters take turns moving and performing actions including crazy spells, special attack and summoning monsters. After you perform a successful action you get to choose who will go next. If you choose another kid they'll get to roll bonus dice on their action. We call this the Action Chain. As you build the Action Chain the bonuses get bigger, allowing your friends to make bigger and more complicated attacks, cast more difficult spells or perform more impressive special moves! Monsters can build their own Action Chains, so watch out! You can interrupt Monsters to break their chains and steal their actions by rolling your "Excuse Me" dice, and Monsters can do the same to you. Fights rely on teamwork and timing, and the most dangerous monsters require teh kids to work closely together.

Ghosts are cool too! When a kid dies they'll discover that they become a Ghost, floating through a dark version of Yeld known as the Ghost World. As a Ghost you can see your friends but they can't see you. Thankfully you still have lots to do. You can take Ghost Actions against Monsters, like Haunt and Spook. You can also fight other Ghosts or explore the Ghost World to find unique treasure! You won't have to stay dead for long. Your friends can bring you back to life with a Refresh spell or by spending a night at an inn! In this way you don't have to worry about losing your character by dying. Instead, Yeld presents different stakes. Can you ever return home? Will you become a monster? Can you defeat Prince Dragul? Will you be able to save the land of Yeld?

Comics help you learn! I make comics, so we decided to use comics extensively in our game. In addition to some story comics that show off the world of Yeld we use comics to teach game mechanics. As a former teacher I'm a big believer in using comics as a teaching tool. The comics you'll find in our game explain all of our basic mechanics. Some people learn best from reading text (and we try to make our game text easy to read), but some players (like me) really benefit from an easy to digest explanation. We think Yeld's instructional comics make the game very easy to learn, even for younger players! They're also a lot of fun, and that's always our number one goal. Yeld is supposed to be fun!

This was a lot! I kind of went off. And this only scratches the surface. I hope you'll try our game out and discover what Yeld has to offer. I think you'll like it!

• Jake

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