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Tabletop Role-playing Games Guide

A guide for Tabletop Role-Playing Game resources

What Is Fate Core?

Fate Core is a system that can be used for any kind of story, whether it's science fiction, medieval fantasy, modern times, or something else entirely. It doesn't come with a built-in story, so the players can create whatever tale they like in any setting they choose. If a player has a special idea for a setting, but is unsure about how to add rules to the game, Fate could be a great fit.

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Fate Core Inspiration From The Library

The Arabian Nights

Call Number: Garden Level: PJ7715 .O99 2014

This collection includes stories from Persian, Arabic, Greek, Indian, and other traditions. The tales are packed with magic, bandits, genies, and monsters. It is regarded as one of the most well-known story collections in history.

Two figures wear traditional middle-eastern clothes. One figure lies in a bed, eyes closed. The other kneels nearby, preparing to tend to the person.

Big Trouble in Little China

Available through Feature Films For Education. Users may need to login through the library website before accessing this page.

This film tells the story of a truck driver who helps his friend save his fiancée. Together, they travel to Chinatown in San Francisco, where they encounter a world filled with magic and danger.

Various characters and images from the movie. The largest figure is Kurt Russell as his character in the film.

Going Postal

Call Number: Garden Level: PR6066.R34 M35 2014

This fantasy story is set in a bustling city-state full of magic. It follows a con artist who unexpectedly becomes the Postmaster for the local Postal Service. While it may seem simple, delivering mail ends up being much more of an adventure than they ever anticipated.

A scene of mountains is drawn in blue colors. In front, five figures stand upon a pile of letters. The highest figure is clad in golden colors and holds aloft a single letter.

Highlander

Available through Feature Films for Education. Users may need to login through the library website before accessing this page.

This film tells the story of a never-ending fight between immortal warriors, showing events from both the past and the present.

The main character, a man, wears modern clothing and holds a sword forward in his hand. Behind him is city lights and a figure with a fanged, skull helmet.

Howl's Moving Castle

Call Number: Video: PN1997.5 .H695 2013

Based on the book by Diana Wynne Jones, this animated movie is about Sophie, a hat maker, who lives in a magical world. After she is cursed and transformed into an old woman, she sets off to find adventure and a way to break the curse, leading her to the notorious wizard Howl.

One figure is a man in a magical, winged form, covered in dark feathers. He holds onto a woman with silver hair. Below them is another scene of a young boy holding a sparking ball of light.

Irish Science Fiction

Call Number: Garden Level: PR8807.S34 F46 2014

This book looks at Irish science fiction and explores how it is different from other types of science fiction.

A futuristic rocket launching while a man in a suit watches.

Magical Arrows

Available through ACLS Humanities.

This e-book explores Maori, Greek, and other folklore.

This purple book has large, lighter purple arrows flying diagonally across the cover.

Shaun of the Dead

Call Number: Video: PN 1997.2 .S538 2009

This comedy movie is about a salesman in London who gets stuck in a zombie apocalypse with his friends.

Three figures stand in the center, surrounded by zombies reaching for them. The left figure is a man wielding a shovel. The right figure is a woman holding a chain. The center figure is the main character, a man in univorm holding a cricket bat.

Star Wars: Original Trilogy

Call Number: Video: PN1995.9.S695 S695 2013

These three films are considered some of the pioneering science fiction films. They tell the story of a galactic civil war between rebels and a cruel empire, mainly following a small group of heroes.

Darth Vader fills the cover. Within his armor reflection are images of various characters and scenes from the film, all with a blue tint.

The Werewolf Book: The Encyclopedia of Shape-Shifting Beings

Available through CREDO Reference.

This e-book looks the legends around werewolves.

This dark book has a full moon in the upper right corner, and clouds in the sky. The lower half of the book has a sinister, furred face with yellow eyes glaring at the viewer.