I have been a long time Fudge fan and was just checking to see who else digs Fudge and why.

BTW, anyone no where I can get a fully bookmarked and index version of the Fudge SRD?

I can do it myself no problem, but don't want to if it's already been done.

I love the concept, but I've never actually played it.

Quote from: VellorianI love the concept, but I've never actually played it.

I like it because it is the ultimate do anything system. It can do more than GURPS, Savage Worlds, or any other generic system. It mught not do things the way some people like but it will do it.

I like it. I think I've mentioned it both in my 5 games post and in the how many stats post.

I like it for quick light gaming. Being the sort of gamer I am, I tend to slather on the detail compared to what its mainstream fan base might do. But FUDGE is good at accomodating me that way.

I do enjoy FATE, which is related to FUDGE.  A nice, rules-light, do-anything sort of system.

I prefer chocolate myself, but divinity is nice. As a change of pace a square of butterscotch is good, but I'm not touching strawberry. Strawberry is just not right for fudge.

:confused: What?

Quote from: mythusmageI prefer chocolate myself, but divinity is nice. As a change of pace a square of butterscotch is good, but I'm not touching strawberry. Strawberry is just not right for fudge.

:confused: What?

:pimpdahoe:

I like it but haven't used it much.  

I think it doesn't get that much play as some games because it's actually a bit too wide open. So little is defined that you're almost as well off starting from scratch.  When I've used it, I wound up with things that were pretty far from base fudge.

Quote from: NicephorusI like it but haven't used it much.  

I think it doesn't get that much play as some games because it's actually a bit too wide open. So little is defined that you're almost as well off starting from scratch.  When I've used it, I wound up with things that were pretty far from base fudge.

Yeah, I think that is the biggest thing. It's so open in any of the basic fudge editions that it requires a good amount of work to get the game to play the way you want it to. Once you get it configured for your type of game there is little or no prep time.

Quote from: NicephorusI think it doesn't get that much play as some games because it's actually a bit too wide open. So little is defined that you're almost as well off starting from scratch.  When I've used it, I wound up with things that were pretty far from base fudge.

:heh:

Been there, done that.

I think you'd be surprised at what a rules-heavy monster I errected where FUDGE once stood. Or maybe you wouldn't :shrug:

Quote from: Caesar SlaadI think you'd be surprised at what a rules-heavy monster I errected where FUDGE once stood. Or maybe you wouldn't :shrug:

It woudldn't surprise me.  

Quote from: Caesar Slaad:heh:

Been there, done that.

I think you'd be surprised at what a rules-heavy monster I errected where FUDGE once stood. Or maybe you wouldn't :shrug:

Oh...yeah, you can most definitely make a rules heavy Fudge. IIRC Gatecrasher is pretty heavy.

Quote from: McrowI have been a long time Fudge fan and was just checking to see who else digs Fudge and why.

My group has done a lot with Fudge.  The big attractions for us are (A) word-based levels and results, (B) the better you hit, the more damage you do (a feature of a lot of our homebrew systems going back over 25 years), (C) wound levels instead of hit points, and (D) the strong bias toward performance at your level which limits how random outcomes are.  

We've used Fudge for a long D&D-esque fantasy campaign and a bunch of shorter campaigns including Bronze Age fantasy, a couple of Westerns, a science fiction game, and a Thundarr game.  The Fudge we use is grafted on to elements that we used in our homebrew systems (e.g., attributes
and skills) and also includes custom elements designed for certain games.  We made a lot of minor tweaks to get it to consistently produce high fantasy results which I discussed on the Fudge list.  In fact, we were successful enough at getting the system to produce the sorts of results we wanted that we limited characters to two Fudge points per (10-12 hour) session and most people didn't even use that many.

I'm in the process of merging in some concepts from d20, other systems, and our old homebrews to create a version of Fudge that I'm happier with.

Big kudos to Ann and Steffan for making Fudge OGL after a lot of pestering by a bunch of us to fix the license.

Quote from: Caesar SlaadI like it. I think I've mentioned it both in my 5 games post and in the how many stats post.

I like it for quick light gaming. Being the sort of gamer I am, I tend to slather on the detail compared to what its mainstream fan base might do. But FUDGE is good at accomodating me that way.

I tend to go the other direction with it - Fudge on the Fly is my preferred version - but I'm a Fudge fan nonetheless.

I actually meant to say this in the "what game you know nothing about" thread...

Where can I find fudge?  What's it like exactly?  I have a pack of the dice, which I needed for The Shadow of Yesterday...so I guess if the game is available for free I'd like a copy.