by Anduin
I agree with Scott here...What most people forget is that, except for the remembering part of the cards (which only plays a part for really experienced players - so, not me) the fate deck can completely be replaced by dice.
There is a table here at the geek that assigns a certain outcome to the sides of a D20. So if you REALLY want to chuck dice, throw a D20 for every unit. The look up however is time consuming. Some custom dice could help here, but the gameplay difference is almost completely ignorable.
Aside from the fate deck, I find the combat system to be one of the best of dudes-on-a-map games out there.