The Game System

The Dice

Utopia uses a combination of ten sided dice and six sided dice for all rolls in the game. You can play the game with as little as one of each, but I'd recommend 3 d10s and about 5 d6s, since it's always more fun rolling a fistful of dice than it is rolling one over and over again. 
 

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Rolling the Dice

In Utopia, most actions are resolved by making a skill roll. Skill rolls are made by rolling a pool of dice, adding the results of the roll together and comparing it against the difficulty rating to determine if you succeed or fail. 

 

Each dice pool begins with 2 d10s, to which you add additional d6s based on your characters skills, knowledge and other bonuses from their equipment or bravado.

Combat or Confrontation

Utopia has combat abilities and equipment aplenty, however, not every characters story is all about action, guns and gore. For some characters, words will be their weapons of choice and the human heart and mind their battlefield. For this reason, Utopia comes equipped with a dual system called combat and confrontation where characters can engage in physical combat or rhetorical debate. (Utopia is designed so you can play without ever engaging in violence)

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In either combat or confrontation, you or your GM will set the difficulty rating of your opponent based on a handy table and some loose guidelines, then you will choose from 4 combat/confrontation actions and roll against the difficulty rating. The difference between your roll and the difficulty rating will determine the effectiveness of your move.