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		clown_strike on Dec 2, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Every board game rulebook is awful [pdf] You sell 3x as many books that way. I bought two of the Fate books (first the "toolkit" book, then the "core system" book) not fully understanding the differences.

freddie_mercury on Dec 3, 2024 [–]

That's not really relevant to board games, though. Rules all free for essentially every board game.

d3VwsX on Dec 3, 2024 | [–]

The Fate books (at least several of them) are also free to download, with some Creative Commons license or similar, so you can read the rules without having to buy anything if you do not want to.

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