Very Useful
With this app I finally have a chance to look at what Fate Decks are capable of and I'm really impressed. The two major arcana are interesting and I'm looking forward to investigating them further. I know I'll be using this in games in future when I want to use Fate cards and I don't have room to pull out a deck. It's also pushed me over the edge in my decision to buy a few physical decks because I finally have an idea what using them will be like.
The interface is really intuitive and the experience will work well in the midst of a game. I'd recommend this app to anyone who plays Fate on a regular basis.
The interface is really intuitive and the experience will work well in the midst of a game. I'd recommend this app to anyone who plays Fate on a regular basis.
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Nerd friendly
The app serves up card draw in a way that looks and feels satisfying. That may seem like a small thing, but as anyone who has used their phone as a die roller knows, there's an ephemeral something lost in switching away from the physical. Attention to small details of animation and performance make the card draw feel a little bit more satisfying, and I really appreciate that.
Audience for this is, by necessity, pretty narrow. As someone who plays and runs Fate, I can immediately see myself using this, especially in places where dice may be inconvenient (I'm already pondering LARP uses). If that's not your bag, the tarot-like decks (reminiscent of the Everway deck, for you old nerds) are still fun, but they're pretty small.
If you think this might be for you, it probably is. If you already know it's not, you're also probably correct.
Audience for this is, by necessity, pretty narrow. As someone who plays and runs Fate, I can immediately see myself using this, especially in places where dice may be inconvenient (I'm already pondering LARP uses). If that's not your bag, the tarot-like decks (reminiscent of the Everway deck, for you old nerds) are still fun, but they're pretty small.
If you think this might be for you, it probably is. If you already know it's not, you're also probably correct.
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A perfect compliment for your Fate game.
Evil Hat does it again. Putting together the perfect compliment for their Fate RPG. This is customizable for your game and features the same card art from the printed deck. You even have the option to reshuffle the Fate Deck after every draw giving you the same distribution as rolling dice with the added benefit of the card descriptions. This will be useful for my home game as a space save for convention season. I highly recommend picking this up if you play any sort of Fate games.
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Great and Useful
I found this to be great looking, fast loading and super-quick to use. I love using the actual analog Deck of Fate for my Fate-based games, and this app takes the ease of use and handiness to the next level. This is going to be at ready for *every* Fate game I run moving forward.
Animation on deck draws / flips was minimal and fast. The cards display beautifully, and drawing the next card was as fast as a tap. Great fidelity to the hardcopy Deck of Fate.
You can include the various Fate Arcana in your deck (via the Deck Manager), or go strictly dice cards.
Additional features provide a copy of the standard Fate and Fate Accelerated Skill and Approaches, and the ability to create and track custom ones. If you do much Fate system hacking, this highly convenient ... yes, I've occasionally forgotten the Skill list for a home few game - this feature keeps it handy for me.
Load-up time was brief - I didn't find it long, flashy, or forget why I was here.
Animation on deck draws / flips was minimal and fast. The cards display beautifully, and drawing the next card was as fast as a tap. Great fidelity to the hardcopy Deck of Fate.
You can include the various Fate Arcana in your deck (via the Deck Manager), or go strictly dice cards.
Additional features provide a copy of the standard Fate and Fate Accelerated Skill and Approaches, and the ability to create and track custom ones. If you do much Fate system hacking, this highly convenient ... yes, I've occasionally forgotten the Skill list for a home few game - this feature keeps it handy for me.
Load-up time was brief - I didn't find it long, flashy, or forget why I was here.
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