Lots of worldbuilding, including the current internal political structure, criminal organizations, and a rundown of the major and minor movers and shakers are included. There is a lot of detail – at least a hundred pages for just one of the two major alien races – in the core book, which is currently being Kickstarted.
But then, another alien race shows up and holy crap, the US and CCCP and, um, I guess the Contras and Sandinistas must work together to fight off… China? I’m really stretching the metaphor. To summarize that in a review would be rather tricky, so let’s try a barebones version: In the future, Earth descends into barbarism and an alien race uses us to fight a covert war against another alien race, much in the same way the United States and the Soviet Union used proxy nations to fight each other’s proxies in the 1980s. The setting history reads as if it’s a quite complex background that’s distilled into a one page summary (which in the starter kit, it is). Live by your god’s commandments and you start unlocking special near-magical abilities granted by your belief.įAITH is in the far future with interstellar travel via wormholes. The game gives five Gods to play with, each with a list of four commandments. There are belief systems at work here, but there are gods as well, but these gods were created from the beliefs of people: enough people believe a certain thing is true, such as “it is best to use one’s genius and power for the common good”, and the embodiment of that belief becomes real.
For a starter set, FAITH had a lot of production value in that box.īut what’s the game? With a name like “FAITH” and a subtitle “A Garden in Hell”, one might suppose that we’re looking at a religious game, something based on a real-world religion, like maybe we’ve been tricked into playing Scientologists…in spaaaaaace! Well, no.
The 30€ Starter Set contains two full-color books, a 36-page rulebook and a 72-page campaign that should take a gaming group through about ten game sessions two decks of cards, one a playing deck full of artwork and a gear and NPC deck four character folios and a few other playing aids for the GM. Skimming through the set, it’s easy to see why: the layout and illustrations are very well done. About two weeks after Burning Games sent a review copy of FAITH: A Garden in Hell’s starter set, they won runner-up for RPG of the Year at BoardGameGeek’s annual Golden Geek Awards.
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