Samuel Penn has released the 0.7.1 version of Yags. Updates include:

• Tweaks to the character creation rules.
• New Skilled option to allow for mundane characters with large skill sets.
• New rules for training and gaining experience.
• Tweaks for skills, techniques and advantages.

Download the updated books from here.

The Yags web site has been updated with a great new design and graphics. Other new features of the site include a new Alfresco-based content management system, and an RSS feed to subscribe to news stories. While you are there check out the new 0.7.1 version of Yags.

Samuel Penn, author of Yags and Mapcraft, has released the free software Worldgen tool. Worldgen is a utility for generating random star system for your science fiction campaign settings, including text descriptions. You can also view your planets in glorious 3D.

Jerry Stratton has published The House of Lisport, a new adventure for his fantasy roleplaying game, Gods and Monsters. Mysterious goings on in the gambling town of Fork point the way to the forsaken Lisport Manor. The adventurers must piece together the clues to figure out the mystery at the heart of the House of Lisport. As always, the PDF and source are available for free.

After running for almost seven years, Ryan Dancey has announced that the Open Gaming Foundation web site will shutdown. The OGF mailing lists, once a vibrant community at the heart of the open gaming movement, have already closed. Instead, two new forums at ENWorld have been opened.

Announcing the creation of a new FRPGC project, Freemini - the first free content, miniatures wargame. Blake Heatly is leading the project. If you want to get involved join the discussion on the mailing list, or start editing the wiki page.

There are some big changes in the latest version of Jerry Stratton's fantasy RPG, Gods & Monsters. Updates include all new creatures, specialties, encounters, as well as:

• all new fields system to replace the skills system
• first level mojo
• updates to the spell system

Get the latest version of Gods & Monsters here.

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The Free Software Foundation have announced the final release of the GNU General Public License, Version 3. The GNU GPL is the most widely used free software license worldwide: almost three quarters of all free software packages are distributed under this license. The new version of the GPL brings the license up-to-date with better internationalization, gentler termination, support for BitTorrent, and compatibility with the Apache license. For more information please see the GPLv3 FAQ and and Richard Stallman's article, Why Upgrade to GPL Version 3.