JARLS

Prelude: The Age of Manuals Every field eventually drowns in its own documentation. Software did it. Government did it. Tabletop role-playing games certainly did it. By the late 2010s, game shelves and digital libraries were groaning under the weight of 300-page tomes for what were once five-page ideas. A GM

Just Another Rules-Light System (JARLS) is a fast, flexible framework for modern and near-future tabletop play. Handle tense negotiations, desperate firefights, and high-stakes improvisation without slowing the table with charts or canon. It’s designed for one-shots and short arcs and for scaling up with theme-specific add-ons when you want