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This game has a very interesting premise: return from the dead with a bad case of amnesia, and find out who you were back when you were alive, and how you came to die. Uncover your unfinished business, and finish it!

The design is also pretty! It's simple, consistent, and sleek, so reading through the one-pager doesn't tire out the eyes, guiding you along its contents smoothly.

Yet, Unforgotten Memories' strongest point is not the premise or its sleek aesthetics, it's the mechanics. When you're in a stressful scenario, roll to see how you deal with it/what happens, and choose which emotion is most relevant in the scenario. Each emotion comes in a pair of 2 (think like "Love and Hate"), which is quite elegant. This isn't just a "succeed or fail" either! The results on those rolls will push the world closer to breaking apart, and yourself closer to figuring out who you were, and what you desired when you were still breathing.

But, what I like most about this is the "Memories" mechanic. When your character remembers something, you get to choose what question a flashback will answer, paint the scene, add some characters in there, then you play the scene out. The other players, INCLUDING the GM, plays out as these characters, and you decide when the question's been answered, and when this scene ends. So, in a session of play, you're going to play more than one character, whether or not you're the GM or a player. That's just... such a cool idea!!

But, my table found that we would've liked some more information, especially as we're not familiar with the source material. More prompts for Memories and the questions we can ask, clearer wording in some places, clarity on how Starting Connections work and how many people they're meant to affect, and for how long. However this is a natural drawback of the one-sheet style.

We also found the game to last about 2 to 3 sessions, rather than one, but such is the way of things!

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Ah, I see! Yeah, I'd recommend erasing the digital guides/numbers from the fields before printing and then pencilling the numbers in, so you can adjust your points as needed!

Thank you very, very much for the kind words! I'm happy you found Fate Stories to be to your liking – if you're keen for more, drop me a follow! I'm planning on at least 2 games based on Fate Stories (called Fate Stories Experiences) which will be similarly concise, but focus both mechanically and thematically on the premise of the game!

The "Now" field is correct - as you start the game with 3 Fate Points, your starting sheet should have 3 in Start and 3 in Now.

You can grab the character sheet as a PDF only in the "Download Demo" section on Itch! Hope this helps!

Thanks again!

More copies have been added!

Thank you for the kind words! :)

Review: If you're looking for a feel-good, JRPG-inspired PbtA game, I can't recommend this enough. Your character is a Shepherd (with a choice from a variety of Playbooks, each with their own prototypical history and issues), helping out those in need all while dealing with your own problems and getting to know yourself better.

Of course, you're part of an adventuring party, so get ready for mechanics that actually make team-work and your relationships with your teammates matter!

As a playtester, I'm a fan of this update! Hope your break goes well, take care of yourself!

Just added one for you now! ;)

Hi Romani8! I've added 2 more Community Copies to the reward pool! :)

Let me know what you think of the game once you've got a chance to play it

PoD version available here: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/468153/Fate-Stories

Great generator for an interesting and unexpected backstory! If you're on the fence about using this, I'd definitely recommend giving it a go - it's one page, and you can tailor it to what you need it to do with the amount and type of cards you select. (Full review below!)

*For reference, I tested this solo game by myself, without having made a character in any system to begin with. So, when the game asked me to use a multiple of 10 cards, I used 11, with the first one acting as my end state.

This is a really interesting game, with a lot of good ideas I'd love to see expanded. I was pleasantly surprised to see it was only one page, which meant it would be a quick read and I could jump straight into playing, which I did after 5-10 minutes worth of reading.

Separating suits of a deck into different themes (like Clubs being Misfortune) is a great idea, and the added element of dice rolling to get a bit more detail (like a result of 1 being "Foe" for example) was a nice addition to help nudge me in a given direction.

Despite having no concept to begin with, I came up with the tragic story of a vigilante, Tony, AKA "The Legendary Knuckleduster" as he survived an explosion because of his friend, Mark the police officer for the Venture City PD, who jumped in front of the blast. The whole story had ups and downs, and I only had to move a result once to make better sense of what was going on - obviously a lot of thought went into this. I really enjoyed the story created, and I'm not sure I would've come up with it had it not been for this game!

That being said, the non-printable PDF is very hard to read, and the printable version looks a bit less interesting than the overall aesthetic presents itself to be.

The game also tells you that you can play "with a friend", but I personally don't see the benefit of doing this, as you are coming up with a sole character's backstory, using tools like cards and dice already. More minds are better, of course, but it feels odd that you'd want two, even when the game itself says that any more is untested waters. Odd!

While the game itself is definitely really well designed, the language used to explain it leaves a bit to be desired. Unfortunately, the "building the story deck" section suffers the most, where it isn't clear what you should do and when as you are building a deck from different suits. A numbered list would've been great here, but for anyone reading: separate all cards into suits, shuffle each pile, then choose how many cards your final deck will have. Then, you just take cards from each pile and form a final deck, which you then shuffle. When you play, you're going to draw cards, and if you want a specific ending, you add/make sure one card is at the top. At least, that's what I did.

I was a bit confused with the Foreshadowing mechanic as well, so much so that I chose not to implement it. "Flipping" cards to save them for later is also a great idea, especially when you're not make sure what to make of them yet. I'd say that you only need Flipping, as it renders Foreshadowing a bit redundant.

Finally, "Foe", "Family", and "Friend" all are quite universally applicable as details, but "Item", "Conviction", and "Memory" aren't. I wonder if the designer was struggling with the last 3, because they seem to apply less to the other results than the first 3. That being said, when Item and Memory came up, I did use them to my advantage, though I feel like it might skew stories in a certain way - depending on how often they come up! Conviction was an odd one, when my dice landed on it I just rolled it again as I wasn't make sure what to make of it.

All in all, a great backstory generator, with a great idea and a great implementation. With a bit of added TLC, this could be one of the greats for sure! Hope to see a version 3 sometime soon!

Death Delivery Service is a FREE table-top role-playing game where you make your own assassin, form a team of criminals, and perform tasks for The Palace - the headquarters of assassination! The simplicity of Lasers & Feelings, the structure of Blades in The Dark, the action of John Wick, and the slice of life found in Sakamoto Days, all converging into one unique experience!

Your assassin will be UNIQUE. Mix-&-Match your Expertise (Brawler, Telepath, Gadgeteer, to name a few), your preferred Lethality (from Harmless to Deadly), and your Special Action (Flashback, Perfect Tool, Ally, etc.) to start off with! Then, choose a number between 2 and 9 to decide what you're good at, un-redact your Codename, and start dreaming about your life's Goal. BOOM! Assassin made!

Time for ASSIGNMENTS! Eliminating high-profile targets, dismantling operations, protecting The Palace from criminal factions, and much more! Combine Targets, Tasks, and Complications to craft interesting missions for your criminals to handle!

You're an assassin, you have a Handler, and you have a mission. Time to get to work!