Spirit of the Century is an RPG Pulp (and by now I will not explain what is the pulp, nice people) based on the FATE system. Yes, the rare normal dice, or six-sided dice with the signs +, - and nothing to be so much cooler. Although the bulk of the Open Game sitema is, download this LINK!, not I can only recommend buying the manual, required not only for any rolero that claims to be but also to anyone who has even the slightest interest in writing. The authors made a study of the adventure genre in general and pulp in particular narrative structure, characters, relationships, hooks, etc ... much better (and more fun, of course) than any writing manual. "Robert McKee? A shit compared to these guys.
FATE system is more dangerous than a monkey with a biplane .
FATE is the only RPG of the last novel years. Only because, regardless of settings, and number of faces to use your dice, so far there was only the normal role, which began with D & D and whose goal is to live an adventure, and then the system more or narrative that will appeal less but diverted attention from action to character. FATE offers something different as long as the players involved in the narrative, but not thoughtlessly, but offering some tools to do so in an orderly fashion ... or so they say.
Spirit of the Century has a more than obvious literary vocation. More than an RPG is a game narrative, and that makes it very difficult implementation at the table. The destinations not only serve to alter the outcome of a run or repeat, but also for the player to make changes to a scene or play a grand soliloquy. The latter can not be done at random. Need to think to write at least 10 minutes. Well, okay, they are 5, you caught me, but the fact is that for this mechanism, the improvisation that is the game table is poison.
"I spend a destination and the kitchen is a refrigerator
that if you get into will protect you from the explosion of a nuclear bomb. "
Do you understand now the danger of this?
addition, the characters have some stuff called aspects, adjectives like" cool "or short phrases and colorful as a bride in each port "that define and can be invoked by the player to receive some benefit or be imposed by the game director for complications. On paper it is wonderful, a new world of play and performance, adventure and wonderful ... to have a civilized group of players, of course. Do you know why cerraditos use and detailed regulations? To avoid holes that can take advantage of my players. The FATE is a huge hole by definition, a game for civilized people, a concept totally antithetical to role play. I dare not to wonder play this with my home group for fear (justified, better call it "precognition") to endless discussions as to when an aspect can be used in a situation and when not to, or meet a character ends up with look like "On my balls."
I'm already watching the games:
Director: There is a locked door and barred it prevents you from continuing.
Player: I call "from my balls" and my balls that shot down.
Director: The Baroness is beautiful but cold and unreachable.
Player: I call "from my balls" and my balls than me picking up girls.
Director: The building is on fire and running unless you win, because impose "with your balls" and that you get your balls.
Player: But I also invoke "by my balls" and my balls that I did not impose.
Weird Tales, Stories Rare ...
Stories do not know, but the aunt does have a pint of rare, yes.
In short, the Spirit of the Century seems specially designed for game forum, which allows us to think before writing, and not to traditional rolero.
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