From the introduction: Five-point Fudge is a character creation system for Fudge, suitable for newcomers to Fudge, both new and experienced role-players...Five-point Fudge is specifically aimed at those players who feel lost when first reading Fudge. It can be intimidating and confusing at first to read a game with so many options – one doesn’t know where to begin. Five-point Fudge gives you an easy beginning point: a set way to make a character to see if you might like this game.