One aspect of the FATE system is the ability to alter the course of your (or your opponent’s) dice roll. However, the Refresh Rate is once per session, and the players may be concerned that there might be one more challenge around the corner and thus, need that fate point. As a piece of advice, spend the point if you need to; don’t save it for what [Read the article]
Good players are golden and as GMs, we need to treat them that way. Here’s a list of ideas to keep your players happy and coming back. Make every player feel like their PC is your favorite character. Focus on each PC in the party for a set period of time: one session, one month, one adventure. The length of time doesn’t matter as much [Read the article]
Some of you may remember the Steam Summer Camp Sale. Some of you, like me, may have spent far more money than you really expected to during that sale buying games that you were merely curious about. Some of you, like me, probably bought something in the Mass Effect series. In my case, it was Mass Effect 2. I was not disappointed. Far from it [Read the article]
John Armor, “Old School Tough Guy,” is a character for the fantastic cyberpunk game of Interface Zero, made up using the awesome Strands of FATE system.
Richard Mortellaro talks a bit more about FATE, helping us envision different scales of zones in the same encounter.
Dixon Trimline takes us through his process of creating a one-shot adventure, and concludes it with an adventure download: Faith Like Venom!
The Setup In the grand ballroom of Lighthouse Castle in the great kingdom of Gullsdeep, a party is beginning. This is no ordinary party – it is a party announcing the engagement of Crown Prince Charel to his betrothed, Temera. Temera is a beautiful and wealthy princess from the kingdom of Steelpeak, which has a surplus of royal children. In attendance are all of the [Read the article]
I’m excited to tell you about our favorite site for November because it’s one of those gaming sites that I go to often. I don’t go there because I like the owner, because the site is pretty and shiny, or because they are an authority on a specific gaming topic. I go there because the site has concrete, useful gaming information that directly improves my [Read the article]
I’m sitting here at my work desk, trying to come up with something witty to say. I’ve deleted paragraph after paragraph because they kept making me sound like a complete tool. Maybe that’s the case anyway, but at least at this very moment I’m just typing whatever comes to me. Quick sidenote: Pour Some Sugar On Me is on the radio right now, and it’s [Read the article]
My, how the tables turn… I’ve been gaming for awhile now, and I’ve seen plenty of different situations at the table: different gamers, different points of view, different likes and dislikes, and on and on. If you’ve been gaming for any decent length of time, you’ve seen it all, too. And then, of course, after we’re sure that we’ve seen it all, we get hit [Read the article]