Fate Core does this extremely well, so much so that after one read of this book you will be ready to run a session. The first thing a rulebook needs to do is to teach the GM (and players) how to play the game. That said, Fate Core is easily one of the most GM friendly games I have ever run. A good RPG rulebook needs to do a lot of things: teach you the game, be a reference while playing, show you how to run a game and how to run a campaign, etc. Gnome Stew is a GMing blog, and I want talk about Fate Core from the GM’s perspective. If you are unfamiliar with Fate Core, start there and give it a read. My favorite is by my good friend Chris Sniezak, from the Misdirected Mark podcast, who does a great job at giving a Primer and Review. There have been a number of straight up reviews on Fate Core that detail the book, mechanics, etc. Here’s a Fate Point, let me compel you to read on… Is This A Review? I will be upfront that I love this game, and so I am going to share with you the reasons why, as a GM, you are going to love this game as well. I have been playing Fate Core for the past few months, and happily agreed to cover this game. In this year’s You Pick It roundup, one of the games you asked us to review was Fate Core.

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