Diaspora is a "Hard" Sci-fi role-playing game based on the FATE engine from Evil Hat Productions.
Diaspora is a "Hard" Sci-fi role-playing game based on the FATE engine from Evil Hat Productions.
VSCA Publishing of Canada released the first edition of the science-fiction game, Diaspora in 2009. [1] : 426 The game used the third-edition of FATE . [1] : 321 Diaspora was one of the FATE games to include a method for players to create a campaign by working together, and its rules for creating new worlds in space collaboratively were extensive. [1] : 429 Fred Hicks considered Diaspora one of his favorites, and used his Evil Hat Productions to republish the game in 2010 to release it into wider distribution. [1] : 426
M Harold Page reviewed Diaspora for Black Gate , and stated that "Buy Diaspora if you want to enjoy exploring a Hard Science Fiction universe and don't have much patience for fat rule books and fiddly minutiae." [2]
Diaspora won the 2010 Gold ENnie Award for "Best Rules". [3]
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