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 | Apr 10, 2023 | Blog, Design, News
I had the absolute pleasure to speak with Garry from the Dieku Games Youtube channel. We talked about the origins of Freeform Universal, Hard City and my upcoming dieselpunk game, Tomorrow City. Check it out and give the channel a “thumbs up” if you...
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...
by Nathan | Jan 6, 2022 | News
Hi and happy new year to you all! A new year means new resolutions and a fresh start to things. In this instance, it means brief blog posts in the form of news bulletins and other thoughts related to Peril Planet and game design in general. I used to blog fairly...
