By now you may have glanced over my latest work in progress, Wallaby Task Force, a partial half-total conversion of FIST: Ultra Edition. I’ll go more into the design intent later, but for now I’m excited to share one of the game’s few secrets.

You see, the Ashcan Edition is lacking two of the things I think really set WTF apart. One of them is cards.

Croc jaws icon by Lorc under CC BY 3.0

Unlike FIST, characters in WTF are comprised of three things: a Weapon, Training, and their Fauna. While you can randomly roll up a character, in the final game you’ll optionally be able to pick from four face-down piles of cards.

I’m experimenting with a pre-game swap where players reveal their cards one at a time, with the option of trading for another player’s face-down Fauna card. Just in case you don’t want to be a Crocodile, or were really hoping for an Emu.

That’s it for now! But there’s more to come.