The short of what this game is is this: Fiasco is a cooperative storytelling game that's based around powerful ambition and poor impulse control. It is an improv acting game more than a role playing game (although there are tabletop role playing elements in it) wherein you play a character created on the fly with goals and needs, whose relationships will make or break them.
This game is wonderful. Even people who traditionally do not play tabletop role playing games can get into Fiasco, simply because it's so unlike any other tabletop game that I've encountered. All play is done through in character discussion and character interaction. There are no dice rolled to decide things in the game, it's based on what you think your character would do and what is being presented to your character.
While this seems like it might be a broken system to many people who are used to standard tabletop role playing games, it is not at all. You put yourself into the mindset of another person. If they say something that seems like it would jive with your character, then go with it. If not, then try not to. The key is to remain in character and keep focusing on your goals.
This would be the perfect game to introduce people into tabletop role playing, and is also a great game for small gatherings and get-togethers. By the end, it's always interesting to see just how horrible life turned out for your characters - unless they happened to make it big and got away with whatever was going on.
But typically, that won't happen. I have introduced a lot of people to this game; a friend of mine who did improvisational acting in a theatre situation actually said that it was so much like improv that it was easy for him to slip into his role without even worrying about how the game is played. There are few rules, other than how dice are handled (they function like points) and your only real rule is to ensure that your character gets what he or she wants. One way or another.
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A game about powerful ambition & poor impulse control
Fiasco is an award-winning story-telling game inspired by cinematic tales of small-time capers gone disastrously wrong. You’ll tell a story about ordinary people with powerful ambition and poor impulse control! Lives and reputations will be lost, painful wisdom will be gained, and if you are really lucky, you just might end up back where you started. You probably won’t be lucky.
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