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Insanity in The Fantasy Trip

One of the things that is missing in The Fantasy Trip is a simple set of rules for dealing with insanity. Here are some simple house rules that make a stab at guiding players and GMs on insanity (madness!), but keep things as simple as possible.

Magic & Sorcery

Talents, Spells and IQ Levels in The Fantasy Trip

One of the common problems debated in the community is that of IQ levels in The Fantasy Trip. The tie between the number of spells and talents and that of character IQ often leads to super-genius characters--characters that are supposed to be well, dumb.

Worldbuilding

Converting Monsters From D&D

Back in the day, Steve Jackson write an article for Space Gamer #56 that discussed how to convert D&D monsters to The Fantasy Trip. That classic article is a great start, but there is more to making monsters come to life in TFT--a lot more.

Gaming

The Fantasy Trip Returns Home

By now most of you have heard the news that Steve Jackson has regained the rights to The Fantasy Trip. This announcement on December 26th took the TFT community by storm, with an overwhelmingly positive reaction. This is truly great news for lovers of the game, but some things are uncertain moving forward.

Magic & Sorcery

Magical Styles in The Fantasy Trip

In a previous article, I wrote about some suggestions for fighting styles in The Fantasy Trip. As with fighting styles, there can also be magical styles as well. Magical styles can cover a wide range of game effects, but I want to suggest a use similar to that of fighting styles: something to add color and background flavor, treated much like a talent.

Magic & Sorcery

Spells From Heroes & Other Worlds

Since the 1980s, The Fantasy Trip has been a big influence on fantasy gaming. A number of games out there were either influenced by TFT (or its creator, Steve Jackson) or are modern versions of TFT itself. One of those games is Heroes & Other Worlds, by C. R. Brandon. Here are some spells from HOW.