Is there a Fate equivalent to the D&D Beginner box? [closed]

Question

I have the opportunity to run an RPG at the local Library games day, which carries with it some stipulations:

1. The players are likely new to pen & paper RPGs entirely. (And if they're not, they're almost certainly new to Fate since it's not well known around here.)
2. I likely have people for 2 hours, and it won't be a recurring game (as it's an introduction), so I can't spend an hour helping people create characters and the setting on the spot.
3. Given the nature of the event, I won't know who is playing in advance, or their ages (except that they're pretty unlikely to be younger than 12).

Other people have run games like D&D at these before, so I want to run Fate to showcase something different, and because I think it'd be a hit with people here if they get to try it out. The difficulty I'm having is that while D&D has the beginner box, for example, I haven't found an equivalent that really says "if you're new to the game, play this first to get an idea of how things all work."

I don't need a fully written adventure, although I'm not opposed to that. All I really need is a starting point, with a setting set up with some basic goals and premade characters that I can then let people customize and then turn loose. I have seen some published settings from Evil Hat, but given my criteria it's hard to know which of them would work and which wouldn't, as I have no experience with any of them.

It's also worth mentioning that I'm a newbie to Fate as well, and haven't run it at all. I intend to do that with friends a coupe of times before going to the library though. In the case of my friends, as I know exactly who is playing, it was easy to decide on a setting (Pinkie Pie's zany adventures).

Answer 1

The first chapter of the Fate Core rules are designed to be a quick introduction to game concepts; It contains just enough information to get started as a player. There's also a "cheat sheet" that summarises commonly-referenced rules in the back of the book.

As for a starting adventure, I understand that there are a number of example adventures and campaigns around (like these ones), but as recommendation questions are now considered off-topic on this site, I won't discuss their relative merits and disadvantages. Alternatively, you could make your own starter adventure, which would allow you to keep things simple for your target audience.

(To be honest, I suspect that two hours is too short a time to both introduce the concept of role-playing games and to get actual play time in; I'd want at least five hours for that. But that's just me.)

Answer 2

Fate Accelerated Edition is a good start -- it's a cut down version of Fate Core with just 6 "approaches" (Careful, Quick, Forceful, Sneaky, Flashy, and Clever) instead of the more typical 24-ish skills for a Fate game. Using Fate Accellerated Edition, the players just need to rank the 6 approaches (allocating a +3, two +2s, two +1s, and a 0), pick a name, a central Aspect, and use the simplified stunt rules to come up with at least one stunt to get started.

To go even faster, you want to either make pre-gens, or use the excellent "It's not my fault" mini-expansion(http://www.drivethrucards.com/product/162084/Its-Not-My-Fault-A-Fate-Accelerated-Character--Situation-Generator), which gives cards that provide a role and a stunt (helping players decide on which Approaches to favor) and also include a lovely situation generator where players explain how the situation isn't their characters's fault, but some other character's fault and how, thus creating the initial situation and a basic relationship web.

Answer 3

You can ever try Fate Accelerated Edition. They streamlined the system as much as possible, turning it very simple. 50 pages and you can work it in 30 minutes

Answer 4

FAE is good if you know what are you doing as a GM. If you're a newbie, maybe you should compliment it with some setting. Some of the bests IMHO for FAE are (in no specific order) Do - Fate of the Flying Temple, Young Centurions, Strays, Masters of Umdaar, Nitrate City and Good Neighbors