Fudgerylog

I have reached the conclusion that having multiple default skill levels is not desirable in my Fudge games. I had formerly believed that the standard default skill level of Poor (and skill difficulty of Average) was fine for free-form games and creating characters on the fly (with certain exceptions), but I now think it’s best [...]

One of the most infamous tropes of the cliffhanger movie serial is that of the superhero with the flimsy secret identity. Whether it’s reporter Clark Kent’s curious absence whenever Superman appears or Batman and Robin driving Bruce Wayne’s automobile (or even being chauffeured by Alfred),* somehow the hero is able to maintain a separation of [...]

As I mentioned previously (q.v.), I like to use different rules options depending on my mood in any given session. Some options are too good not to use, so I try to use them all. Another combat-related example is hit locations. I like called attacks. I also like random hit locations. I also like hits [...]

One of my quirks as a Fudge GM is that I enjoy shifting from one rules option to another depending on circumstances and general mood. For example, I see no reason not to use story elements, simultaneous combat rounds, and alternating combat turns at different points during the same session as long as it feels [...]

I was inspired to create this skill for Fudge after watching the 1949 serial, Batman and Robin. Appropriate for most action-packed cliffhanger scenarios (and indispensable for any movie serial adaptation in which there are motorized vehicles), I bring you… Jumping Out of Speeding Vehicles (Default: Poor; Difficulty: Average) This is the skill of exiting a [...]

Granted that the ultimate rule of Fudge is “just fudge it,” I am contemplating the best way to deal with poisons. Rather than transmute actual poisons into abstract game concepts such as all-or-nothing saving throws (or, in this case, attribute checks) or even marks on a wound track, I’d like to try doing what Fudge [...]