Welcome to the Home of Fate:
Fantastic Adventures in Tabletop Entertainment
What is Fate?
Fate is a free RPG system that focuses on telling stories and
balancing characters based on story significance, rather
than points and cool powers. It's the system of choice for
GMs who are looking for rules that get out of the way
of the story, but still provide enough structure to get
the job done.
The Fate system is based on the Open Gaming
License version of Fudge, and was
previously based upon the Fudge License version. A rich
text system reference document, and the PDF version of
the game, are available in our downloads section
If you think you'd
be interested in using Fate for one of your own projects,
free or commercial, please contact us
and let us know!
Join the Fate Community
We have an active chat group going on Yahoo!
Groups. It's lively and full of folks eager to discuss your ideas and answer your
questions. Drop on by!
About Fate 3.0
Fate has recently undergone a major revision (dubbed
"Fate 3.0"), which is slowly getting released to the
public in the form of specific games, to be followed up
with a general, free electronic release of the core
system.
Spirit of the Century
The first such Fate 3.0 game is the smash hit Spirit of the
Century. SOTC is an exuberant entry into the arena
of pulp RPGs, and has been called by
Adventure! designer Bruce Baugh, "by a
wide margin the best pulp game I've yet read, and yes, I
do include the one I co-developed in that."
If you're looking
for some fast, crazy fun, Spirit of the Century is
the game for you. Spirit of the Century is currently on sale in softcover, hardcover, and PDF formats.
(Learn More!)
The Dresden Files RPG
The authors of Fate are currently hard at work on The Dresden Files
RPG, which will use a version of Fate 3.0 similar to that found in Spirit of the Century, but changed to better suit the darker, grittier nature of the series of novels written by Jim Butcher.
(Learn More!)
About Fate 2.0
Fate 2.0 was the recipient of several Indie RPG Awards for 2003!
We're incredibly proud to have won the following distinctions:
THIRD PLACE - INDIE RPG OF THE YEAR
FIRST PLACE - BEST SUPPORT
RECIPIENT - ANDY'S CHOICE AWARD
FIRST PLACE - BEST FREE GAME OF THE YEAR
August 19th 2003: The Revised Fudge Edition of Fate (Fate 2.0) was released!
You can find it in our download area.
What people have said about Fate
Here are a few of the things people are saying about the
Fudge Edition of Fate:
" Fate is one of the best written rule sets I have ever come across. The examples are quite helpful, the layout is professional, the language is light without trying to be funny, and all important things are covered." - Harald Wagener
"This is a very fine piece of work, here, folks. I'm impressed with the balance you've managed to strike between Fudgey-options and specific game elements. The next time I run Fudge, I'm using FATE." - John Harper of Shooting Iron
"I'm here to tell you that even die-hard, rules-crunchy ex-Amber DRPG d20-fanatic world-building freelance designer joes like myself can find endless and glorious potential in FATE. It is to Fudge what Tiramisu is to espresso and ladyfingers." - Cam Banks
"The players all really like the aspects. The idea that they - as one of the players put it - 'allowed a character to play to his strengths' - was a big hit." - Darren Hill
"This system has made me say AHHHHHHH more times than anything has in quite some time. I like it, and I like it a lot. It seems an excellent combination of both rules and story/cinema." - Uruz
"I think Fate is changing the way I think of Fudge, and is fast becoming my favorite implementation of it." - Jim Dickinson
"This is an amazing piece of work, both well-thought-out and presented. And certainly the best pre-packaged Fudge bit I've seen." - Mike Bowling
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