FATE Accellerated ITA versione almost ready!

    Attached picture does not mean anything for the most, but for me it's a little big satisfaction. After a lifetime as RPGs lover, a passion now standbyed because I'm unable to find a group with which I am comfortable, I was able to tie my name to a commercial work belonging to this world.

    It is a small book, more an introduction to a wider world, but still I was part of his birth and growth, something that makes me proud and satisfied, although there will probably not a continuation on thise field, as it can keep you very busy: translate decently from English to a good Italian it's not easy at all!!.

    The project concern the FATE role playing game, and in particular the "Accelerated" version, which allows you to quickly approach the complete game with simplicity.

    FATE is more a "game creation system" than a classical RPG, as it allows the game master and the players to shape they'r own game experience by detailing both the characters and the world as they like more, and with the participation of everyone.

    The game will be published by http://www.dreamlordpress.it/, both in PDF and printed form.

    You can find additional details on the italian FATE website: http://www.fateitalia.it/ or on the Dreamlord Press facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/dreamlordpress.

FATE STAR WARS on paper!

    I just received the printed version of the FATE STAR WARS book, translated in Italian language by MAMMUT RPG . Both the translation and the final physical result are quite satisfying.

    When I want to print a book from PDF (or another digital format) to paper, I use YouCanPrint services .

    You can build an estimate directly from the website, and the final costs are always quite good, if you print in Black&White. For most of the books I printed so far, the shipping costs have always been higher than the book itself, because YouCanPrinte uses SDA Courier instead of taking advantage of the lower costs Itialian Post Office can offer for books delivery.

    Preparation times aren't incredibly fast, because they prepare a draft of the final product you need to approve before they proceed with print and delivery. All of this took around 3 weeks, if you answer quickly to their mails.

    They publish your books, too, as eBook or paper: the one YOU write, I mean :), taking charge of everything is legally needed.

    I'm quite satisfied by this print-on-demand service, and I strongly reccomend it to anyone who needs somthing similar.







   

Evolution Pulse for FATE Core/Accelerated

    So, I got the chance to read the beta rulebook of this interesting new setting for FATE.

    The project is an Italian one, and I don't really know if there will be an English version, but if you can understand my native language, you should definitively have a look at this rpg.

    Evolution Pulse is a dark and cruel reality, set in a far future where technology is far beyond our actual standard and where flesh and machinery are now melt together.

    A spoon of cyberpunk, mixed in a mug of horror with some drops of mysticism and esotherism, all served on a plate of post-apocalyptic moral sci-fi, make this game a shiny pearl for tastes like mine. Yeah, ok, it don't have lightsabers, but it's cool anyway!

    Everything about this game is very inspired: the manual, the graphics, the history, the background, the way it uses FATE mechanics and the adult approach to a reality teared apart by a massive and unbearable change.

    Even if I will not be able to play this game easily, it will be a pleasure to support it and buy the final version if it will be released for money.

    If you like to deepen your knowledge about Evolution Pulse, Alberto Tronchi is the author, while Evolution Pulse is the Facebook page; you can ask for the beta PDF directly to the author, but only in Italian language ;) (I think, at least...).

FATE ACCELERATED EDITION ITALIAN TRANSLATION! (Traduzione Italiana)

    So, after a couple of weeks of intense work, I finally ended the first translation of FATE ACCELERATED EDITION, which is now readable in italian language, too. Around half of this book was already translated by another guy, and I just gave it a quick revision, while the other half is all my work.

    I think it will require some tweak and arrangement, and must be merged with the work of other guys, before it reach it's final installment, but it is quite satisfying to have such a work done for the most part.

    If you're interested in having a look to the actual book, here is the link:

    - FATE EDIZIONE VELOCE (FATE Accelerated Edition)

    Please fell fre to give advice and opinion on the translation if you like, in order to help us to reach the best version we can think of.

The FATE affair

    This month I started working at a wonderful project, which I sincerely hope will be successful. This project concerns the Italian translation of FATE Core. FATE is a very interesting free RPG based on the FUDGE system, which aims to allow a group of players to create their game together, through a narrative collaboration that allows the group to build the setting, the characters, the theme, the mood, the powers and all those aspects of an RPG which are usually preset, the way they like most.

    It is therefore a product different from usual, which encourages players to shape every aspect of the game to their liking, instead of providing tomes of rules, data and statistics about something already settled.


    The collaboration began by chance, after reading an interview with Nicola Urbinati, project manager, on an Italian site dedicated to the world of RPGs. In this interview Nicola raised the possibility to participate in the publishing future of the Italian version of FATE. So I decided to write to him, proposing to help with the translation. It was quickly decided to give me the job of translation revisionist. My work is to smooth the original translation, in an attempt to make it more enjoyable to read. I hope to do a good job!

    This is a stimulating and interesting experience, but unfortunately, having another job, I will be forced to proceed slowly.

    After all, let's face it: who among those who truly love RPGs does not dream of seeing their name printed among those of the staff responsible for the publication of a manual?!? I really hope this will happens to me thanks to this opportunity !

    If you care to delve a little more into FATE, here are some useful links:

    - FATE at Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fate_(role-playing_game_system)

    - FATE at Evil Hat Productions: http://www.evilhat.com/home/fate-core/

    - FATE dedicated blog: http://www.faterpg.com/

    - Italian FATE site: http://www.fateitalia.it/