I've literally never heard of anyone playing it [PbtA]
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It’s my favorite TTRPG! I’ve probably played more Apocalypse World than anything else.
I will say that it won’t work for every group; it has a tendency to go PVP, and the players need to be able to handle that. However, because it doesn’t shy away from PVP conflict, the MC gets to be more of a player than in most other systems (even other PbtAs). I’ve run in so many different settings, too: an interstellar colony ship 200 years into it’s voyage (and 50 years after a war), a military base that got time-portaled to dinosaur times, a waterworld archipelago, etc. I’ve played campaigns where I ran a taco truck or killed an eldritch god, and they were both just as compelling.
Play some Apocalypse World!
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My fiancee played a whole campaign of Apocalypse World! She enjoyed it!
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I might have preferred Monsterhearts initially, but after that it was easier to get Apocalypse World. Not my favourite Baker game, that’s probably In a Wicked Age, but it does clearly show a more mature design.
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Which is very amusing, because a lot of PbtA games don’t really follow Apocalypse World that closely! Its a game that has intricate mechanics for driving and combat, not to mention running gangs/cults and being fairly deadly.
2e also has sex moves, which not a lot of people are fond of (and Burned Over/3e made off with those)
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I’ve played a fair amount of PbtA and close relatives, mostly at a meetup I go to that does one shots. Never seen anyone playing apocalypse world.
I don’t really like pbta that much, though, so I’m not seeking it out.
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Which is very amusing, because a lot of PbtA games don’t really follow Apocalypse World that closely! Its a game that has intricate mechanics for driving and combat, not to mention running gangs/cults and being fairly deadly.
2e also has sex moves, which not a lot of people are fond of (and Burned Over/3e made off with those)
Wait, wasn’t Burned Over a toned down version of 1e, with 2e being later?
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Oh, hey, I love your comics! I wonder which edition it was: 1e, Burned Over, or 2e?
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monster of the week is fantastic, ran a campaign for a couple years and loved it
I actually just finished my weekly session running MotW, our second in the campaign.
I’m really liking it so far; it’s probably my favorite PbtA other than the original AW so far. They seemed to understand the design philosophy better than most.
The investigate a mystery move in particular works really well to keep the momentum of the game up.
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Have played Apocalypse World. And kp4s, too. Baker’s best game is the one he disowned, Dogs in the Vineyard. I dislike PbtA systems - any game whose dice rule could’ve been used to play Monopoly isn’t an RPG with mechanics that interest me.
Plus, I hate the core concept of having to constantly describe my own failures. If the DC is so high that I can barely ever succeed, I just won’t do anything that requires a roll where I don’t have at least a +6 and some variety of points to spend. That behavior has gotten me to have to leave two different PbtA one-shots early, because I refused to make moves that weren’t guaranteed in some way, or where failure wouldn’t be able to hurt me or allies.
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I’ve played Monster of the week and Apocalypse world and Dungeon world. It’s a great game!
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Huge fan of PBTA’s.
I’ve played a masks campaign for two years, ran some Thirsty Sword Lesbians (love it), Dungeon World (not a fan), Blades In the Dark and might get to play some Urban Shadows.
I would love to play Apocalypse World since pbta’s are my favorite styles of systems so far and playing with the original material would be fun.
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Oh, hey, I love your comics! I wonder which edition it was: 1e, Burned Over, or 2e?
I am assured it was 2e