Fate: Core System

Characters Live at the Core of Fate.

Grab your plasma rifles, spell components, and jetpacks! Name your game; Fate Core is the foundation that can make it happen. Fate Core is a flexible system that can support whatever worlds you dream up.

Have you always wanted to play a post-apocalyptic spaghetti western with tentacle monsters? Swords and sorcery in space? Wish there was a game based on your favorite series of books, film, or television, but it never happened? Fate Core is your answer.

Fate Core is a tabletop roleplaying game about proactive, capable people who lead dramatic lives. Create your characters and develop instant group dynamics with our unique phased character generation system. Use those characters as a springboard to storytelling in our GM world-building chapters.

For the Fate-familiar, take advantage of the new and improved approaches to character actions, aspects, compels, and more. With Fate Core, your story is up to you. But whatever you choose, you can expect a fun storytelling experience full of twists… of fate.

~300 pages, black and white interior, free PDF included with purchase of hardcover

Choose your Fate!

• Looking for an in-depth walk-through of the system? Fate Core contains copious examples and under-the-hood design philosophy.
• Want beginner-friendly, streamlined play? Check out Fate Accelerated, designed for speed.
• Seeking a tight, refined, wallet-friendly rules reference? Put one (or more!) copies of Fate Condensed in easy reach, break out your dice, and start playing.

Whatever way you want to play, there’s a Fate that’s right for you!