Welcome to CInder Gulch

Hello, reader.  Cinder Gulch is a Weird Western tabletop setting for the FATE system. In the game world, Cinder Gulch is a small town in the western frontier of New Mexico during the late 1800s.  In this time in American history, a lot of different forces are in play.  The town is largely occupied by settlers of European descent, but there are populations of Latin Americans, Chinese, Black Americans, and members of native tribes. The town sits at the edge of the American frontier, but also a frontier to a much stranger reality, inhabited by monsters, bizarre humanoids, and supernatural forces that bring unique challenges to the universal struggle to survive.

This website is a blog and repository for the game setting, and might someday become a formal game book published through Kickstarter.  On this website are articles and psots that will prepare you to play a story-focused game of FATE in this unique setting.  All content for Cinder Gulch is written for an audience that is relatively new to tabletop gaming and being a game runner.  The game is best played with three to five people, with one of them acting as a Master of Ceremonies, or MC.  The MC is in charge of designing situations and non-player characters to interact with and fleshing out the world the players inhabit.  The players are responsible for own characters and deciding how they want to interact with the world and resolve conflicts.  The group will work together to tell a story, with players making decisions and the MC weaving the decisions and their consequences into the world. 

When you play Cinder Gulch, you will need:

·        Character sheets for each player

·        FATE dice, also called fudge dice – special six sided die with pluses, blanks, and minuses

·        Paper and pencils to take notes

·        Cheat sheets to help keep track of the rules