Quote Originally Posted by Martin Greywolf View Post
FATE Core has 300-page rulebook, it's not exactly rules-light. Some other FATE versions can be (Accelerated, for one), but Core isn't, especially once you start to add in optional rules for magic.
Page count isn't everything. Those 300 pages include both the player and GM rules, including hefty examples of play, and all of it is in a huge font size. It's not the lightest game out there but I'd definitely say it's towards that end of the spectrum.