Post originally by chatterbox at 2004-04-03 03:52:15
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Great review, tetsujin28!

I discovered FATE a couple months ago was was also blown away by it! I've been meaning to write up a review for it, but haven't actually had a chance to try it out in actual play. Aspects are very cool, especially when taken beyond the 'aspects as attributes' and used for items, allies(minions!), enemies and the whole concept of negative aspect invocation. The skill pyramid is an elegant representation that "feels right" for modelling real world skill improvement over time and the picking up of tidbits of knowledge.

One thing I'd like to add is that I found the sidebars throughout (examples, options, and designer's notes) to be helpful and informative, as was the Design Notes appendix.

I've yet to run a game using FUDGE (got geared up for several games that fell through) but FATE is my top system choice for the next game I run!