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Overview

Toolkit
Entities
Structure
Streamlined Core Rules
Tokens & Aspects
Value-based design
Core Game Mechanic
System Components

Rules Layers

System Rules
Game Rules
Entity Rules
Rulings

Play

Campaign Setup

Game Genre
Social Contract Options
Character Discussion
Dials & Knobs

Character Creation

Preparation
Define Character Concept
Pick Aspects & Flaws
Select Skills
Assign your Primaries
Calculate Thresholds
Calculate Pools
Refine Your Character

Character Tips

Character & Campaign Focus
Skills First, Then Stats
Useful Skills
- Combat
- Out of Combat
Useful Stuff
Optimization Strategies

Core Mechanic

TLDR
Action Diagrams
- Overcome Action
- Attack Action
Task Definition
- Skill
- Stat
- Equipment
- Action Type
- Outcome Type
- Difficulty
Rolling the Dice
- Token Modifiers
Compare Roll
Calculate Effect
Compare With Thresholds
Check Off Pools

Using Skills

Actions & Outcomes

Action Types
Outcome Types
Actions vs Outcomes

Aspects & Flaws

Valid Aspects
Examples

Using Tokens

⭐ Invoke
🔗 Bind
🩹 Compel
🔭 Double Range
⚡ Extra Action
🩸 Limit Break
💨 Double Move
🛡️ Reduce Damage
⚔️ Increase Damage
🔥 Advantage
🍀 Beginner's Luck
NOT Using Tokens
- 🔄 Autobind
- ♻️ Recycling

Conflicts

Describing the Action
Initiative
Rounds
Turns
- Actions
- Movement
Damage
Knock Out
Ending Conflicts

Run

The Ladder

Ladder Structure & Columns
An Example Ladder
Using the Ladder
Examples

Building Encounters

XP Values
Focus
Range
Challenging Your PCs

Skinning

Rewarding Players

Token Rewards
XP Rewards
Item Rewards

Character Death

Design

Adding Entities

Motivations
Type
Reference Material
Target Value
Aspects as Needed
Applicable Stats
Generated Stats
Finishing Touches

Base Rules

Pros
Cons
Using a Base Rule Set
Kinds of Changes
Ensuring Completeness

Main Die

Picking Primaries

Stats vs Aspects
How Many?

Picking Skills

Skill Categories
Finding Inspiration
Picking Primary Stats

Starting Bracket

Value
Balance
Composition

Setting Defenses

Deciding Pools
Number & Name of Thresholds
Formulas
- Threshold Formulas
- Pool Formulas

Formula Operators

Literals
- Number
- StatRef
Unary Operators
- Best
Binary
- Add
- Divide
- Multiply
- Subtract
Array
- Average
- Max
- Min
- Sum

Building Formulas

Selecting Stats
Balancing Contributions
Complexity
Testing

Example Formulas

Calculating The Ladder

Parameters
Calculation
Template
Examples
- D&D-like
- D6 system

Downloads

Sheets

Character Sheet
Handy Charts
Calculation Sheet

Sgs Console

Download
How-To

Sample Game Rules

Fantasy Sample Rules

Primary Stats
Tactical Stats
Thresholds
Pools
Skills
- Academic
- Combat
- Espionage
- Social
- Special
Limitations
Default Enabled Generated Stats

Feedback

Testing

starting conditions
Test Matchups
Report Info

Feedback Channels

Discord
Bugs
Issue Tracker

Sample Game Rules

This section covers several sample game game rules documents.

Fantasy Sample Rules 📥 Download fantasy.md Rules Primary Stats Agility Type SGSCore.

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