Though it may seem a bit complex at first, Fabula Ultima is a very intuitive and easy-to-run, easy-to-play system. There are loads of optional rules and features to customize your game, and my party has been having a blast playing for months now.

Encounters are really easy to design (and there is an upcoming bestiary book with new guidelines to make encounters even easier to make). Creating new areas that are thematic and interesting is very simple, and the game has intense flavor.

I can thoroughly recommend this game to anyone who wants to try it. My players love the game and are already talking about future/additional games they want to run with Fabula Ultima; my other friends are currently doing a Pathfinder adventure path (Jade Regent) with Fabula Ultima rules.

Beautifully presented, very good at inspiring collaborative jrpg style stories, with easy to learn mechanics, combat reminiscent of NES Jrpg's.

This is a very refreshing system with interesting mechanics. The concept of the world is the whole groups', not only the game master's.

This was slightly shorter than the previous books; but is full of a lot of useful wisdom for Game Masters. I haven't encountered a Fabula Ultima book that I don't like so far - and this one continues the trend of being enjoyable reads that I look forward to running at my table.

I'll be perfectly frank. Read the description off the back of the book. If that sounds interesting, then go and write up a backstory and flesh out the setting of the Bastion. If you don't feel like doing the legwork...well, tough, because buying the book isn't going to do anything for you. Somehow they managed to present the entire setting, from the oppressive Bastion to what you will encounter within the Breaches, in the broadest and vaguest context possible. The game seems to think this is a feature, not a bug. I disagree. I look to game settings to fill in important details I don't necessarily have time to build into my game myself. A setting that does no world building of its own beyond the broadest and vaguest of terms is a setting that is failing my expectations. I will always prefer specificity that I can tweak or remove as needed over vaguaries I have to fill in. Otherwise I see no purpose in buying a setting book over just saving my money and homebrewing the game's history. Reading through the book is an exercise in frustration, filled with vague hints at something more robust but ultimately failing to deliver anything substantial enough to be useful. The book remains so vague I can only recommend crafting your own parallel worlds setting and perhaps taking some inspiration from the blurb on the back. I didn't find much in the way of value regarding the rules and certainly not the setting details to justify the purchase.

Brilliant example of a game that is aiming for a particular RPG experience, and tailors its rules to absolutely perfect it. It is a wonderful experience as a longtime player to read a rules system and be continually impressed by mechanics that might not work or make sense in other systems, but here truly shine. Everything from the use of inventory points to the calculation of damage based on the high dice of a to-hit roll contributes to this. The designers have achieved a truly remarkable feat through this rules system for players looking to bring the feeling of classic JRPGs like Suikoden, Secret of Mana, and Chrono Trigger to the table. Very excited to see future products in this line!

Gosh what a great system, and what a great addition to this system. This is full of lovingly made content that's pretty easy to read. I adore it and everyone who wants to play a narrative came with room for combat, this is the one to play. Get your JRPG on with your friends!

Very cool. Perfect JRPG vibes. Very easy to follow.

In true Fabula Ultima style there are additional tools in which to build your 8 pillars from. After a quick read, there are so many additional options in this book that can be adopted to hybrid campaigns. What I most like, is that the core mechanics are intact. Making this 100% useable with the High Fantasy Atlas as well. Looks initially that you can mix and match pillars from the Core Book, High Fantasy and Techno Fantasy. This just makes me even more excited to get the final Atlas for Natural Fantasy.

This is what most, if not all, TTRPG quickstarts should aspire to be. Press Start tutorializes the game's mechanics scene-by-scene, "unlocking" parts of the character sheet as the adventure continues. The pre-gens have just enough to them that they're good platforms for the RP prompts given, which let my players really make their Press Start characters and setting their own. This was a SMASH HIT with my table and everyone's raring to go for a campaign of Fabula. Highly recommend even if you're just interested in the system, Fabula Ultima has some great ideas that I'll certainly be implementing across other games!

One of, if not the most creative and immersive adaptations of JRPG for tabletop! Loved it.

I bought the Atlas a while ago but only now got to read the book. I love the artwork, it simply oozes the charm of old-school jrpgs. Getting the pdf copy free of charge on top is simply the icing on the cake. Fabula Ultima does a great job of bringing the fun and vibe of jrpgs to the table. The classes included in this atlas make great aditions. The optional rules for heroic quirks and zero powers are solid. The zero powers are incredibly powerful, but the book warns about that and this being the high fantasy book perfectly fits the bill. Most of the book gives story hooks and ideas how to craft a high fantasy themed world, expanding beautifully upon the core rulebook.

All in all I can only highly recommend the High Fantasy Atlas and can't wait to see the Techno and Natural Fantasy supplements.

Does exactly what it sets out to do mechanically while givin the dm and table myraid tools to world and character built with

a fantastic JRPG experience. easy to run and teach. so good that my players are all running their own campaign

Great game, but reading this core rulebook makes it too painfully obvious that the creators are super excited for this game.

I know that it's an ITA => ENG translation, but it's a really tough read. I would recommend that you just find a "How to Play" on this game and just use the core book to figure out some of the nitty-gritty rules.

5/5 Game, 0/5 Reading Experience.