# FIST (Freelance Infantry Strike Team) tags: #game/rpg/fist #game/rpg/forged-in-the-dark ![[FIST (cover).jpg|600]] **FIST: Ultra Edition** is a paranormal mercenary RPG steeped in the glorious paranoia of the Cold War — a game about the "exceptional misfits" assembled for covert and unusual operations when the line between science and superstition has broken. Inspired by the stellar trio of *Metal Gear Solid*, *The A-Team*, and *Doom Patrol*, it drops you into a world where you're always outgunned, underfunded, and generally despised, fighting monsters that should only exist in nightmares — and you might be a bee-controlling mutant or a ghost while you're at it. Mechanically, **FIST** runs on a simplified, streamlined d6 dice pool that sits in the **[[Blades in the Dark]]** lineage — it takes the FitD spirit and strips it down to go fast, low drag, and high lethality. You roll a pool of d6s and count successes, with a lean, player-facing resolution that keeps the crunch light. It's the FitD engine's action-forward cousin: less bookkeeping, more "go big or go home." The Ultra Edition is the definitive version of the game. ## References - [FIST: Ultra Edition - itch.io](https://claymorerpgs.itch.io/fist) - [Uncertain Times and Exceptional Misfits: FIST Paranormal Mercenary RPG - Geeknative](https://www.geeknative.com/160813/uncertain-times-and-exceptional-misfits-fist-paranormal-mercenary-rpg-box-set/)