“Crew, not Passengers”, the core difference between Fate and D&D
I’ve been reflected on the difference between D&D-style RPGs and Fate. It is a question that comes up a lot when talking about Fate....
Using FoundryVTT to run a Fate Game (Secrets of Cats)
FoundryVTT is a new-to-market virtual tabletop for playing RPGs. It has been in production for a long time now, over in Patreon. It will...
From Reddit: What would you change for a hypothetical new edition of Fate?
Streamline getting people playing the game faster. Both Monster of the Week and Blades in the Dark do this well. The players select playbooks,...
Fate Encounter: Pinned Sniper
I’d like to share an encounter I wrote in the hopes that it helps to inspire other Fate RPG GMs. Thematically this encounter is...
Managing a Long-Term Fate RPG Campaign Online
UPDATE November 2019 — the content of this article still stands. I will periodically review it and keep it up to date. I moved...
Getting Permission to Enter a Foreign Land, Run as a Long Conflict (Fate RPG)
Summary: Conflicts can be more than physical or social and can take place on a timescale that isn’t moment-to-moment. I’m running a Musketeer-style game...
Circumstantial PC Aspects in Fate
One of my favorite things about the Fate RPG is that all of the mechanics of the game are really just ways to redirect...
The Disposable PC, for Fate
Sometimes random people show up for a night of gaming and no one (GM or player) has...
How I Evaluate my Fate PCs
Building characters in Fate is pretty easy, but sometimes I wonder if I’ve made a good one. I’d like to acknowledge that “good” is...
Compilation of Fate RPG Posts
I’ve been writing about Fate off and on for a while now and I thought that I would gather up links to all of...