# Fiasco by Stanisław Lem

4 Hacker News commenters recommended Fiasco by Stanisław Lem and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Praised for nailing genre-focused role-playing sessions; one mixed comment says its aliens are too alien.

## Why people recommend it

- Nails genre-focused role-playing sessions (1 comments): "Fiasco or Dread or Powered by the Apocalypse games which really nail genre focused role playing session" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48017344))

## What people warn about

- Aliens feel too alien (1 comments): "The aliens are too alien, and the humans do what humans often do." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46671354))

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## Where to get it

- [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0241334357?tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)
- [Bookshop.org](https://bookshop.org/a/130825/9780241334355) (affiliate link)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Fiasco by Stanisław Lem", https://hackerapproved.com/p/fiasco/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).