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Jazz began in 1997 as a game system called Heroin. Heroin was intended as a variant of the Fuzion game system published by R. Talsorian and Hero Games. A year later, the name was changed to Fuzion Jazz. In 2001, the "Fuzion" was dropped, along with what remained of the Fuzion-based game mechanics, leaving only Jazz.
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Despite its origins, the current version of Jazz owes far more to games like [http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/product_info.php?products_id=1447&it=1&affiliate_id=43463 Amber], [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1887801529/rpglibrary/ Over The Edge], and [http://www222.pair.com/sjohn/risus.htm Risus] than it does to games like Fuzion or Champions.
Jazz officially began in 1997 as a game system called Heroin. However, some parts of Jazz are even older. For example, the concepts of "aspects" originated with a homebrewed game called "Mystery Powers", which we played at Campaign Headquarters in Norfolk, VA in the 1980s.


In early 2010, Jazz was converted into a wiki, in the hope that others might like to participate in Jazz's development.
Heroin was originally intended as a variant of the Fuzion game system published by R. Talsorian and Hero Games. In 1998, the name was changed to Fuzion Jazz. In 2001, the "Fuzion" was dropped, along with what remained of the Fuzion-inspired game mechanics, leaving only Jazz.


See also: [[Jazz:Copyrights]]
Despite its origins, the current version of Jazz owes far more to games like [http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/product_info.php?products_id=1447&it=1&affiliate_id=43463 Amber], [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1887801529/rpglibrary/ Over The Edge], and [http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/product_info.php?products_id=170294&it=1&affiliate_id=43463 Risus] than it does to games like Fuzion or Champions.
 
In early 2010, Jazz was converted into a wiki, in the hope that others might like to participate in Jazz's development. To my surprise, one or two did.


==Changes==
==Changes==


;2022-06-10
:[[Jazz 4.0]] is a major revision. Literally everything has been significantly revised. Jazz 4.0 is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 license.
;2008-10-03
;2008-10-03
:[[Jazz 3.0]] eliminates set lists of abilities and skills.
:[[Jazz 3.0]] eliminates set lists of abilities and skills.

Latest revision as of 11:55, 10 June 2022

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Jazz

Jazz officially began in 1997 as a game system called Heroin. However, some parts of Jazz are even older. For example, the concepts of "aspects" originated with a homebrewed game called "Mystery Powers", which we played at Campaign Headquarters in Norfolk, VA in the 1980s.

Heroin was originally intended as a variant of the Fuzion game system published by R. Talsorian and Hero Games. In 1998, the name was changed to Fuzion Jazz. In 2001, the "Fuzion" was dropped, along with what remained of the Fuzion-inspired game mechanics, leaving only Jazz.

Despite its origins, the current version of Jazz owes far more to games like Amber, Over The Edge, and Risus than it does to games like Fuzion or Champions.

In early 2010, Jazz was converted into a wiki, in the hope that others might like to participate in Jazz's development. To my surprise, one or two did.

Changes

2022-06-10
Jazz 4.0 is a major revision. Literally everything has been significantly revised. Jazz 4.0 is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 license.
2008-10-03
Jazz 3.0 eliminates set lists of abilities and skills.
2008-04-07
Jazz 2.2 is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 license. Significant changes have been made to the core task resolution mechanics.
2004-01-01
Jazz 2.1 is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 1.0 license. The JazzCore module is a reasonably complete game system, while the JazzFurry, JazzPsychic, JazzSorcery, JazzSupers, JazzVoodoo, and JazzWizardry genre modules are still unfinished.
2001-12-16
Jazz 2.0. The JazzCore module is a reasonably complete game system, while the JazzFurry, JazzPsychic, JazzSorcery, JazzSupers, JazzVoodoo, and JazzWizardry genre modules are works in progress (some with more progress than others).
1998-10-30
Fuzion Jazz 1.2.
1998-08-07
Heroin 2.0 is renamed to Fuzion Jazz 1.0.
1997-12-26
Heroin 1.0, originally intended as a variant of the Fuzion game system published by R. Talsorian and Hero Games.