FIST: Ultra Edition is a high camp tabletop roleplaying game about paranormal mercenaries doing tough Cold War jobs: stopping disastrous science experiments, infiltrating occult compounds, neutralizing eldritch horrors, and the like. FIST agents tend to be outcasts and misfits with military expertise, but the game isn't about hoo-rah good guys with guns. Players are typically outnumbered, easily killed, and disliked or hunted by most sources of authority. You, a motley crew of underground, underfunded mercenary terrorists, must make ends meet and likely meet your ends fighting this war on an otherworldly front. 

If you work for FIST, you do the missions no one else can do, no one else wants to do, and which no one will let you do undisturbed. You don't have tons of money and gadgets backing you up, just your wits and a few tools. War is hell, and you're one of the little guys. 

FIST is inspired by a slew of classic video games, action movies, and pulp fiction, designed to be simple to play and easy to modify. Primary ancestors include Metal Gear Solid, the A-Team, and Grant Morrison's Doom Patrol. In terms of gameplay, it's its own funky little thing, mechanically descended from John Harper's World of Dungeons, Ben Milton's Maze Rats, and Offworlders, by Chris P. Wolf and Olivia Gulin.

You can browse all previous FIST game jams here:

• FIST JAM OPS (May-June 2022): https://itch.io/jam/fist-jam-ops
• FIST JAM OPS II: MAD SCIENCE (September-October 2022): https://itch.io/jam/fist-mad-science-jam
• FIST JAM OPS III: ZINE MONTH (February 2023): https://itch.io/jam/fist-zine-month-jam
• FIST ULTRA JAM (May-August 2023): https://itch.io/jam/fist-ultrajam
• FIST JAM OPS IV: FINISH LINE (January-February 2024): https://itch.io/jam/fist-jam-ops-iv
• FIST JAM OPS V: FORBIDDEN ZONES (October-December 2024): https://itch.io/jam/fist-jam-ops-v

FIST: ANNIVERSARY JAM is our first "just chill out"-type event. There's no theme, no competition, no prizes, and more time to develop than we've ever given you beautiful freaks before. If you've got a project you've been messing around with for ages, or an idea you've always wanted to do, now's the time to do it. If this is your first jam, we encourage you to hop in and show us what you've got! The ANNIVERSARY JAM is meant to be a celebration of the FIST community, and we'd love to welcome you into it.

There is no theme, and since it's not a ranked jam, there's no downside to submitting as many projects as you want. Find a topic, inspiration or aesthetic that calls to you, and explore it - maybe even come brainstorm with us in the FIST Discord server!

FIST is licensed under CC-BY-SA 4.0. You can create whatever you want to create with it, no OGL required, and we won't ever stop you or charge you money for it. FIST and homebrew are fast friends. 

• No bigoted content will be entertained. FIST is set in a fantastical version of the 20th century (similar to Wolfenstein, Metal Gear Solid, and various superhero universes), and oppression is part of the subject matter; handle it with tact and consideration for the impact of your narrative, and remember that bigots and warmongers, fictional or not, are always the enemy. 
• Please keep your entry free for the duration of the jam so everyone can check it out.
• After the jam, whatever you make is yours to sell—you can charge for anything you make that's compatible with FIST, you don't need permission. 
• FIST is licensed under CC-BY-SA 4.0. You can get the game here: https://claymorerpgs.itch.io/fist. Also, it's been in a ton of bundles - you might already have it!
• The FIST compatibility mark (and an itch.io thumbnail template with the mark included) can be downloaded here: https://claymorerpgs.itch.io/compatible-with-fist. You don't have to use this compatibility mark, it's just there if you want to!
• You can join the FIST Discord server here: https://discord.gg/4jPNPyfq7c

Thank you, everyone. It's been a great two years for FIST: Ultra Edition, and we can't wait to follow you into the third.

All the best,

CLAYMORE