by Nathan | Sep 27, 2023 | Blog, Design, Freeform Universal
So, this comes up a lot. It was never my intention to be provocative, contentious, or just damn rude. In fact I always have and always will call my little game “foo”. It never entered my mind that “F – U” might mean something else until after I had shared it. I guess...
by Nathan | Sep 19, 2023 | Blog, Freeform Universal, Roleplaying Games
I have been giving some thought to the dice mechanism in FU lately. A lot of thought. In fact, I have been chasing myself in circles thinking about how actions are resolved, what is important and why. I decided I would write this post so that; I could clarify for...
by Nathan | Sep 17, 2023 | Blog, Freeform Universal
This is a set of optional, untested, experimental rules to introduce a more traditional damage system to FU. This is quite a departure from the standard FU rules, as it is more prescriptive in how things work, and has a list of tags that should be used in...
by Nathan | Mar 4, 2023 | Freeform Universal, Roleplaying Games
I had a great conversation with Christoffer over on the FU Facebook page about setting stakes in your games of FU. At the core of the discussion was how do we ensure that our games don’t grind to a halt when a player rolls a “no” results.Up until now the process I...