Yin Yang Panda – Cyberpand 1997 by Łukasz Kołodziej is a free role playing game supplement published by Skavenloft. This is a supplement for Yin Yang Panda, which is based on Lasers & Feelings and is covered by the CC BY 4.0 license.
The supplement is available as a 16-page PDF for free from DriveThruRPG. Two pages are the front and rear covers, one the front matter and one the Table of Contents.
The Introduction explains this is a splatbook for Yin Yang Panda, containing details of a possible future for the Dragonfly Empire during an age when the machines are supreme.
How to Use This is a standard section explaining that this, the core book and the standard items are needed.
Once Upon a Time… has the characters travel from the past to the future, with d6 tables of methods and goals.
White Noise Sky has the characters travel into the past with a d6 table of goals.
Dragonfly Empire of 1997 gives an overview of the period.
Timeline is a short timeline of events from 1760 to 1997 of how the setting came to be.
Landscape gives details on what the country looks like in this era.
Culture explains there are two main cultures; machines and organic beings. Organic beings are currently used for maintenance and may become unnecessary at some point.
Martial Arts explains that weapons and martial arts are forbidden by the machines, but old arts are being rediscovered and new ones created.
Playing Aids has d12 tables of names, nicknames and surnames, d6 tables of machine’s important assets, weaponry, tricks and weak points and d6 weapons to master.
Cybernetics explains that, in 1997, instead of training and meditating to learn a new technique when using a fight, you can instead have cybernetics instead, with three options for ear, eyes, hands, legs, hides, tails and wings. Also, instead of connecting with a grandmaster, you will connect with a machine.
Cybernetics Manufacturers lists the three main companies.
Yin Yang Panda – Cyberpand 1997 in Review
The PDF lacks bookmarks and has enough sections that these would have been useful. The Table of Contents covers the major sections. Navigation could be better. The text primarily follows a single column format and appeared to be free of errors. There is a single black and white illustration. Presentation could be better.
This book is a bit different, in that in can change the setting and certainly provides new options. For once in this kind of book, there are no new martial arts; instead, the cybernetic options fill that role. Yin Yang Panda – Cyberpand 1997 provides some definitely different options for the game and can be downloaded for free by clicking here.
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