We’ve got a video and a post or two about it over on faterpg.com.

The other thing I really enjoyed with the emphasis on the ‘Truth’ of aspects. I know it isn’t particularly different from FATE CORE but at least in the first draft (I haven’t read the most recent version yet) there seemed to be a sense that when you wrote down an aspect on your sheet, you created a truth in the world. So taking the aspect ‘Last of the StarKnights’ means that there used to be StarKnights in the universe and now they are gone for some reason. This adds a level of complication if you have players putting down conflicting aspects.

I am really looking forward to sitting down and running this with my son.

Fate Core is the new (4th) edition of Fate (kickstarter’ed in Dec 2012, just sent off to the printers this week).

Fate Accelerated Edition (FAE) is a simple version of Fate Core (a stretch-goal from that same kickstarter project, and also sent to the printers this week).

So, the difference is: newer, more up-to-date, and clear rules. And then “dialed down” to be a very simple version of the updated rules.

Besides that, I’m working on a personal project to make a compact fantasy (as in non-D&D, non-Tolkenian fantasy) setting using FAE as the core engine. We’ll see how it goes.

In fact… in the Fate Core kickstarter, I got the consultation pledge level, and asked them to help me finish my conversion of WRM to FATE, using FAE (using 3 Approaches of “Warrior”, “Rogue”, and “Mage”). The consultant is looking over my initial notes right now, and helping me fill in the gaps using the same mindset I was already using (a more direct conversion of WRM). He’s also going to give me an idea about doing a less literal, but more “in the spirit of” translation that wont need as much wording.

Once they are done, my _plan_ is to get a more full fledged write-up done, something that has a similar format (in terms of wording, not graphic-layout) to WRM. Then I’ll ask Evil Hat to look it over, to be sure I haven’t put in anything they object to. Then I’ll ask you the same thing. If there aren’t any objections or major problems, then I’ll release that as a draft, under the same CC license as WRM.

Hopefully, I’ll actually get that far :-} I’ve only been talking about a FUDGE version of WRM for, what, 2 or 3 years?

Harder to do that in the PDF era though. Instead, you get $2 PDFs that are of varying quality on DriveThru. Low cost, so low risk of a bad purchase… but the quality of organization and writing varies by quite a bit.

(as for the sins you put forward, I agree entirely. I’ve been _mostly_ happy with Goodman Games / Dungeon Crawl Classics for some basic dungeon crawl though).

I actually really like purchased adventure modules but only when I do a lot of work on them. So the way I’m using them, they’re not saving me LOTS of time…just a little. I’m finding they’re facilitating the storyline in directions I probably would not have – which I like…call it the unpredictability of real life, if you will.

There are still some good published adventures out there, but it’s very rare that I find one that actually makes it easier to run a game, hence me arguing against relying too heavily on them. http://shortymonster.co.uk/?p=97

Do you know, that there is a pretty neat Pen-and-Paper RPG-Version of Fallout for free download?

Here is the link: http://www.paforge.com/fallout.html

I remember playing that (or its predecessor) like ten years ago and we had a lot of fun. Don’t remember if that was due to the GM or the system, though.

Check it out!

Johannes

100% agree with the mass effect series. I’m playing through Mass Effect 2 right now and its easily one of the best game experiences I’ve had.

Ultima VII is the best of the Ultima series and probably the closest to a ‘roleplaying’ expereince.

I imagine you’ve been exposed to/played Baldur’s gate series? The second is fantastic.

Also Dragon Age:Origins is a great game too. You really can “roleplay’ a wide variety of characters through dialogue and choices.

My problem with the games I listed above (BG and DA:O) is that the “tabletop’ expereince is lost to me the more I have to control and manage an entire party. I like the illusion that other NPCs and party members act on their own accord so I can focus on my own character.

That’s one reason I think the best CRPG in my book (others may disagree on this one) is Neverwinter Nights 1. The original campaign is fairly lackluster and the expansion campaigns are better but still nothing to get excited about. Its the custom content that is absolutely amazing. The original NWN was shipped with an adventure editor. Do yourself a favor and go to http://nwvault.ign.com/ . There are literally thousands of user created adventures taking place in the D&D world and worlds of the designers creation. They have a whole slew of old school D&D module conversions (Dwellers of the Forbidden City! Tomb of Horrors!). There is such a vast variety of module types from hack and slash to full on adventure/heavy roleplaying modules.

I’ve only played through one full module which was a Dance with Rogues. Definitely ‘R’ rated but an amazing module. I basically played about 3 hours before even fighting anyone but was totally engrossed making really difficulty questions. I don’t think I’ve been so fascinated/immersed in a gameworld before. Definitely the closest experience to playing a pen & paper rpg style game on the computer.

Its also possible to play with a GM. I haven’t done this yet but I’m excited to try it sometime. Not sure how it works but am excited to try.

My 2nd favorite RPG of all time is Quest for Glory 1 + 2. Fantastic game. google it if you don’t know them.

I’m interested to see how Project Eternity turns out as well.

You win the game by being the best example of 8 different Virtues, like honestly, sacrifice, justice, etc…

No final boss, you beat the game by just being a good person.

If only to see how a genre that has killing everything as its goal can have alternate win conditions.

I’ve played the crap out of ToaSK, the Encounter Critical Zork-clone.

I also have to recommend Eye of the Beholder on the SNES; it’s 2e handling a megadungeon and it expects you to map it out yourself. No sissies allowed. And Shadows Over Mystara if you want to see the Basic Set / Labyrinth Lord in action!

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/inxile/wasteland-2?ref=live

It was successfully funded (and well over-funded). I’m looking forward to it, since it’ll have Mac and Linux support. (one of the reasons I haven’t played some of the newer Fallout titles is: I have been happily without a microsoft based computer for over a decade)

I’d really love to see those modernized and re-done… not as FPS’s, like the latest installments, but as turn based RPG’s like the originals. That was probably my favorite C-RPG franchise of all time.

I even ran a d20 game based on some aspects of it, well before there were any sci-fi variants of d20 (half way through, I was able to borrow a few elements of FFG’s Dragonspace (?) game, for tech items, but this was well before Darwin’s World, etc.). If my current girlfriend was into post-apoc games, I’d probably try to do a spin-off of that game, using FATE.

The graphics aren’t great, they are very old school. However, it scratched my rpg itch for over a decade. It’s a sandbox adventure but there is a story going on in the world.