Ryan sits down with Leonard Balsera of Evil Hat Productions and talks about a design concept central to the FATE -- the system used by Spirit of the Century and the upcoming Dresden Files RPG -- called the Fractal. They talk about this concept that treats elements larger and smaller than characters, like planets & possessions, the same way as characters are treated mechanically. Leonard also gives us a bit of an update on the Dresden Files RPG.

FATE & The Fractal:

• FATE: Fantastic Adventures in Tabletop Entertainment
• Spirit of the Century
• Dresden Files RPG
• Fred's post on RPGnet & his blog entry on the Fractal.
• FATE Yahoo Group, where you can get Rob's macro-level rules for FATE 2.0
• Wikipedia entry on fractals

Jason Morningstar's Sight & Sound Game Design Challenge:

• Main contest page
• My entry, "Only the Guilty Run" (requires a Story Games login, which is totally free)
• Jared Sorensen's entry, "1000 Words" (requires a Story Games login)

Other Games Mentioned:

• Birthright, the classic AD&D setting
• Burning Empires by Luke Crane
• Dogs in the Vineyard by Lumpley Games
• GURPS by Steve Jackson Games
• Over the Edge by Atlas Games
• PDQ by Atomic Sock Monkey Press
• The Storytelling System by White Wolf

My blog entry where I ask for any questions about the card production for Know Thyself: http://macklinr.livejournal.com/561019.html

Running time: 27:48 / File size: 19.7 MB

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