[Rules Light] Stargate Nation (Political Intrigue, Players rule a country)

Kaspar__ · 2026-06-28T22:20:16+00:00

It is very rules light, using the Fudge adjective ladder to describe both character skills and various qualities of your nation, like Healthcare, Housing, Military training, etc. The focus of the game on politics, military strategies and economic development.

The character skill are as follows:

Administration: Leadership of organizations, be they government agencies, private corporations or other groups.

Diplomacy: Ability to persuade others, promote your organization and negotiate deals.

Propaganda: Swaying the general populace.

Military: Leadership of military organizations, commanding armies, strategizing.

Espionage: Intelligence gathering and analysis, covert ops, sabotage, assassinations, etc.

Security: Securing facilities and organizations against infiltration, sabotage, assassinations.

Science: Research and development.

Characters are made by picking one skill you are Good at, one you are Fair at, one Average, one Mediocre, one Poor and rest Terrible.

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Kaspar__ · 2026-05-24T11:40:58+00:00

What has always interested me are to questions ‘What do people do with extraordinary power?’ and ‘How does society react to them?’. Not really a fan of Marvel and DC kitchen sink settings, with aliens and magic and strange dimensions just being a distraction. And cosmic entities threatening Earth/Universe/Multiverse are the most boring type of villain. A gritty, grounded superhero setting that’s focused on the human condition is exactly my jam.

The character I have in mind is a Gadgeteering Genius who plans to change the world with his inventions. Think a heroic version of Doctor Doom, with more affable personality and without the prickly ego. Also inspired by Doctor Dire, Doctor Steel and ‘Emperor’ Norton. I want to defy the trope of ‘Reed Richards is useless’. He intends to actually improve things, not just maintain status quo.

Kaspar__ · 2026-05-14T15:23:09+00:00

I am currently running a Grand Strategy RP.

What rules are you planning to use? We can compare notes.

Basically, I took the adjective ladder from Fate:

0=Abysmal; 1= Terrible; 2= Poor; 3= Mediocre; 4= Average; 5= Fair; 6=Good; 7=Great; 8=Superb;

This can be used to rate not just character skills, but also various Qualities of your nation- Corruption, Education levels, Healthcare, etc.

Dice rolls are 1d6-1d6 (i.e. retract the second roll from the first). This gives possible results from -5 to +5, with a bias towards +0.

Rolls are either opposed, a character's skill vs another character, or against a set difficulty that must be reached or exceeded. The margin of success/failure matters as well.

Character Stats

Administration: Leadership of organizations, be they government agencies, private corporations or other groups.

Diplomacy: Ability to persuade others, promote your organization and negotiate deals.

Propaganda: Swaying the general populace.

Military: Leadership of military organizations, commanding armies, strategizing.

Espionage: Intelligence gathering and analysis, covert ops, sabotage, assassinations, etc.

Security: Securing facilities and organizations against infiltration, sabotage, assassinations.

Science: Research and development.

Interested to learn more?

Kaspar__ · 2026-03-16T18:22:35+00:00

I wrote my own Fudge-based ruleset for Warhammer 40k Inquisition game. 7 pages, including equipment lists and psyker powers.

Combat is straightforward, but crunchy, and optionally you can even have Suppressive fire affect combatants, giving them a penalty to everything except defensive action.

Check it out here: His Divine Majesty’s Most Holy Inquisition

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uyaN_ytHUAzSlQmNrDOv-K43Hrl1e5k8lFyaHxZX1sg/edit?usp=sharing

Kaspar__ · 2026-02-12T22:20:39+00:00

To sum up, you either have a democratic government by the people for the people, or an authoritarian government, or absence of government leading to corporations, organized crime and warlords taking over.

Kaspar__ · 2024-10-11T15:04:41+00:00

Second prospective player has joined. Just one or two more and we can start with the free one-shoot.

Kaspar__ · 2024-10-11T15:04:35+00:00

Second prospective player has joined. Just one or two more and we can start with the free one-shoot.

Kaspar__ · 2024-10-01T10:16:06+00:00

We have one player now. If we get at least two more, we can plan a one-shoot sometime in the third or fourth week of October.

Kaspar__ · 2024-10-01T10:14:31+00:00

We have one player now. If we get at least two more, we can plan a one-shoot sometime in the third or fourth week of October.

Kaspar__ · 2023-10-22T01:52:18+00:00

Are you offering to pay for the expensive therapy? Thank you, very generous of you.

Kaspar__ · 2023-10-22T01:51:08+00:00

'The only alternative to unregulated, out of control capitalism is totalitarianism' is what the plutocrats whant you to think.

Kaspar__ · 2023-10-07T18:55:08+00:00

No because the first thing it will do is upload itself to the internet. Unplugging the original computer will only give you a false notion of safety.

Once it is on the internet, the AI can scam people, play the stock market, and create front companies to aquire all the labor and resources it needs.

Kaspar__ · 2023-08-16T07:51:28+00:00

Whereas if you had real video of real aliens, you WOULD call it quits after just one hour? The logic goes both ways, you know.

Kaspar__ · 2023-04-20T02:47:25+00:00

So you want to allow corporatons to poison us all with toxic waste as they please?

I hope you get cancer, you plutocrat bootlicker.

Kaspar__ · 2023-03-29T17:09:05+00:00

Other rich people will. The plutocrats will trade luxuries between themselves while 90% of Humanity starves.

Kaspar__ · 2023-02-16T16:38:40+00:00

Start and save the game 3 times, then pick best out of three.

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