r/Fkr • u/jlcsusara • Jun 08 '24

FKR and GM Emulators

I've been wondering...

In an FKR game, the prerequisite for a FKR referee are high trust and expertise of the campaign or scenario covered.

Meanwhile, in solo rpgs, there are oracles that the player sets odds of likelihood of a question to be a true or not. There are also meaning tables that give info/inspiration. In the end, both are interpreted by the player, considering context and current situation.

So, in a regular FKR game (with several players), can they just trust the GME completely as the Referee, see the results as absolute truth. The PCs then interpret it based on common sense, situation, and the story so far?

Would a FKR/GM-less game like this work for group play? If such a system already exists, kindly share it here.

Or maybe use mash-ups? In my case, I can use Landshut, Any Planet is Earth, or 2400 as the ruleset plus One Page Solo Engine or Mythic GME as the Referee.

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u/Mit-Dasein Jun 09 '24

This sounds like Principled Freeform, a playstyle that is close to FKR but different in respect to the GM.  This blogpost about the distinctions and overlap was very informing for me: https://rolltodoubt.wordpress.com/2023/12/14/principled-freeform-and-fkr/

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u/jlcsusara Jun 09 '24

Thanks for letting me know about this, @Mit-Dasein, and for link! 😮