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Message: <blockquote data-quote="overgeeked" data-source="post: 6680810" data-attributes="member: 86653">Read up on the actual mechanics before asking a question like this. The mechanics (what few there are) are incredibly simple and have almost nothing directly to do with the setting. Further, there's no attributes or skills to speak of, so don't think of this as an RPG, it's far more like a movie emulator. Specifically the kind of movie the Cohen Brothers are so good at making. If you have characters with powerful ambition and poor impulse control, you have a game of Fiasco. The setting is basically irrelevant to the mechanics in play, but the setting is vital to the set-up of the game and the creation of the relationship web, which is where the real fun is. The "setting books" for Fiasco are called playsets, and there's <a href="http://fiascoplaysets.com/" target="_blank">a couple of free ones over here</a>. There are a few fantasy playsets.Most games are tricky in a PbP environment, Fiasco is no different. But it's a lot simpler to manage and deal with as PbP than something like D&D, GURPS, Hero, FFG's Star Wars, and many other heavier games. Fiasco is a crazy super-light game that's about 2% rules and 98% collaborative storytelling. If you can make regular enough posts to keep any RPG going in a PbP environment, you can play Fiasco in a PbP environment.There are also games like <a href="http://www.indiepressrevolution.com/xcart/product.php?productid=16594" target="_blank">Primetime Adventures</a>, which is all about creating a convincing replica of a television show. Then there's <a href="http://glyphpress.com/talk/shock-2" target="_blank">Shock: Social Science Fiction</a>, which is all about the fun and wild worlds of soft science fiction. There's also games like <a href="http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/60734/The-Extraordinary-Adventures-of-Baron-Munchausen" target="_blank">The Extraordinary Adventures of Baron Munchausen</a>, which is all about competitive... erm, exaggeration. Then there's games like <a href="http://www.lamemage.com/microscope/" target="_blank">Microscope</a> and <a href="http://www.lamemage.com/kingdom/" target="_blank">Kingdom</a>, which are a bit more involved so you should read up on them. There are also dice games, such as <a href="https://www.storycubes.com/" target="_blank">Rory's Story Cubes</a>, and card games, such as <a href="http://www.atlas-games.com/ouat3/" target="_blank">Once Upon a Time</a>.In short, yes. There's quite a few collaborative storytelling games.</blockquote>

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