Can I ask about the modifications? I am totally of the view that Polar Fudge Adventures is there to be hacked, just curious what direction your crew took.

I'm afraid I don't know specifically, although from playing it looks as though Roger was trying to meld a few elements from the licensed Alien RPG, as this is an adventure from that line. I'll mention it to Roger, and you could always ask on his forum at the link above.

Edit: Roger is going to detail the changes and either post here or pass along to me to do so, but he's busy right now and should be able to reply in a few days.

Sure, there is no rush. The general tone of the Polar Fudge games is pretty light hearted so I can definitely see the case for importing concepts like Stress and Panic from Alien (not that I've actually played the new Alien game).

What might be of interest in this instance are the Exploration Mode rules in Polar Fudge Medieval Adventures. What this does is suspend the automatic healing at the end of the scene, which is useful for dungeon crawls or any location that contains ongoing hazards. It does make the game play more tense and just a little more tactical.

Session two of Chariot of the Gods is now available.

Hi, Polar Blues!

This is a very rough-and-ready conversion. I use the stat and skill lists from Alien rather than the Polar Fudge ones.

FUDGE stats: Alien stat - 3.
FUDGE skills: Alien skill - 1.

A skill roll is stat + skill + 4dF. Stats very depending on the sort of task.

HP = Strength + 4
Story Points (i.e. Think points) = Wits + 3

Special abilities get converted ad-hoc, but True Grit and Reckless become "you can spend two Think points on [this class of roll] rather than just one".

I'm using the Agendas - at the end of act 1 I awarded 0-2 Story Points depending on how well each player felt their PC had done.

I'm not using the stress rules because I think my players are quite capable of playing stressed characters without the mechanics forcing them into it.

RogerBW wrote:

…my players are quite capable of playing stressed characters…

We're stressed enough in real life, it's hard not to play stressed characters.

BigJackBrass wrote:

RogerBW wrote:

…my players are quite capable of playing stressed characters…

We're stressed enough in real life, it's hard not to play stressed characters.

No kidding!

The third session is now available simply by clicking this handy hyperlink.

The final session of our alien adventure is now available for your listening pleasure.