I’ll take any opportunity I can to link the legendary RPG.net review of FATAL.

https://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/14/14567.phtml

I wish this post was twice as long and went way deeper into each category with examples and use cases.

The discussion around the “Fruitful Void” and Brennan’s initial comment made me think specifically of this story from Chocolate Hammer where a highly-random, highly-lethal small-scale cowboy wargame ended up being an extremely fertile ground for interesting stories despite having no narrative mechanics of any kind.

A system specifically focused entirely on combat gave the GM room to weave a vast web of intrigue and personality based on how everyone knowing the power of violence in the system and trying to avoid getting near it while using it to threaten everyone else.

Or “give your pet lobster a sweater with mittens”