Diaspora (role-playing game)

Diaspora is a "Hard" Sci-fi role-playing game based on the "FATE" engine from Evil Hat Productions.
History.
VSCA Publishing in Canada released the first edition of the science-fiction game, "Diaspora" in 2009. The game used the third-edition of "FATE". "Diaspora" was one of the "FATE" games to include a method to collaboratively create a campaign among the players, and gave extensive rules for collaborative creation of worlds in space. Fred Hicks noted that "Diaspora" was one of his favorites, and got it into wider distribution by reprinting it through Evil Hat Productions in 2010.
Reception.
"Diaspora" won the 2010 Gold ENnie Award for "Best Rules".