F.A.T.A.L.

F.A.T.A.L.
The cover illustration shows a half-naked, winged man swinging an axe at silver-skinned humanoids who try to kidnap a nude woman. The game's title is printed in a large, red font at the top of the image.
Second edition cover
Other names
  • Fantasy Adventure to Adult Lechery (1st ed)
  • From Another Time Another Land (2nd ed)
PublishersFatal Games
Publication
  • October 25, 2000 (alpha)
  • 2002 (1st ed)
  • 2004 (2nd ed)
GenresDark fantasy, grimdark, low fantasy

F.A.T.A.L., an acronym of Fantasy Adventure to Adult Lechery (first edition) or From Another Time Another Land (second edition), is a dark fantasy tabletop role-playing game first published in 2002[note 1] by Fatal Games.

F.A.T.A.L. is known for its graphic violent and sexual content, as well as the complexity of the underlying game system, involving higher-level mathematics and an unusual amount of randomization in character development. It acquired a strongly negative reputation in the tabletop roleplaying community, being universally panned[3] and described as one of the most controversial games ever released.[4] It is particularly known as the subject of a 2003 review published on RPGnet by Darren MacLennan and Jason Sartin, which described it as "the Necronomicon of role-playing games", in addition to "fundamentally broken in its attitude towards sexuality" and characterized by "bitter misogyny".[5]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference 1e was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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  3. ^ Furino, Gianco (4 April 2015). "The New Generation of Sex-Centric Tabletop RPGs". Vice Media.
  4. ^ Grabianowski, Ed (16 December 2013). "The most controversial pen-and-paper RPGs ever made". Gizmodo.
  5. ^ MacLennan, Darren; Sartin, Jason (10 April 2003). "Review of F.A.T.A.L". RPGnet.


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