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How could you forget World Wide Wrestling or Night Witches? Urban Shadows should be coming out soon-ish as well.
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# ¿ Jun 26, 2015 14:21 |
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# ¿ Apr 28, 2024 21:00 |
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Yeah, I'm a fan of the "I am a adjective noun" style of chargen. It doesn't work for every genre, but it can lead to some interesting character types through what seem at the time like random combinations. The old Danger Patrol alpha draft did the same thing. e: I actually just remembered an old PbtA game idea I had where you played monsters in a dungeon working for
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# ¿ Jun 26, 2015 15:32 |
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People run the games they own?
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# ¿ Jun 26, 2015 16:01 |
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Zurui posted:Eleven freaking basic moves. I remember one hack that was kickstarting that had like 20.
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# ¿ Jun 26, 2015 21:10 |
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I just looked it up; it was 23 for a Battle Royale/Hunger Games style game. A few of them aren't even rolled, they're "when you do X, you get Y" but still. act despite danger first attack unprovoked attack someone manipulate someone deceive someone aid or interfere with another's action want to be friends with someone try to befriend someone who would not ally with you attempt to betray a friend sneak around attempt to gain insight into a subject or situation search an area for hidden things spend some time to treat injuries with medical supplies calm someone down secure a place to rest rest for a while jury rig something attempt to cut out the bomb inside someone gather up the courage to perform a horrible act spend a drive point after making a roll put on a show for the cameras spend favor points to request items or other assistance when you die
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# ¿ Jun 26, 2015 21:23 |
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Adam Keobel just announced that he's going to be writing the official Rat Queens RPG, using DW as a base.
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# ¿ Jul 8, 2015 03:04 |
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Cyphoderus posted:And writing for tone is going to be hard. The two things that make Rat Queens stand out in my mind are witty dialogue, that you really can't quantify into an RPG without going at least a little experimental, and a heavy focus on interpersonal relationships. If we get a fantasy RPG focused on relationships, romantic and otherwise, that'd be awesome. That said, there better be a "When you attack Gary, take +1 forward" move.
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# ¿ Jul 8, 2015 14:59 |
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Verr posted:Is there anything along the lines of a Unknown Armies/Mage: The Awakening style hack? I'm interested in a game that allows "Mages" or whatever they might be called to start picking at the fabric of reality, confronting hubris and obsession in the search for power. There's The World Of Our Desires, but I don't know how good it is (someone at the end of the thread says it ran pretty well). e: oh hey new page.
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# ¿ Jul 16, 2015 04:33 |
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Sorry to wheel this topic back so much, but I think the biggest reason people expect gear porn in games is because D&D was (until 4e) a very gear-dependent game. It's pretty much ingrained in people now that you need to have STUFF.
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# ¿ Aug 12, 2015 17:29 |
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I really like the idea of a PbtA cyberpunk game where the corporations and relationships between them are created by and during character generation.
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# ¿ Aug 12, 2015 21:32 |
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Impermanent posted:Everybody makes a runner. Faces, Deckers, Street Samurai and Rigger players all make also make a corp per player. Magician, Shaman, and Adepts make up magical setting details. Sold. When's the Kickstarter?
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# ¿ Aug 12, 2015 21:42 |
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Judging by their G+ feed, it looks like we're going to get a PbtA Bundle of Holding very soon. They posted teasers of World Wide Wrestling, Monster of the Week, and what looks like Legacy. e: and by "soon" I mean "two minutes after I posted that". Base is Monsterheards, a Monsterhearts campaign book, Bootleggers (30's gangsters, new to me), and Cartel ("Mexican narcofiction", also new to me). BtA is Monster of the Week Revised, World Wide Wrestling, Legacy: Life Among The Ruins (generational post-apoc, goon written I think), and Deniable (another one I never heard of; dark British ordianry-people-swept-up-as-spies comedy ). Evil Mastermind fucked around with this message at 20:04 on Sep 1, 2015 |
# ¿ Sep 1, 2015 19:59 |
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Meinberg posted:I finally got around to reading World Wide Wrestling and it is awesome. Have there been many PbPs of it? I'm curious how the timing works in the PbP format. I'm in one now, and it's been working pretty well. http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3719524
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# ¿ Sep 5, 2015 18:48 |
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Golden Bee posted:I contend The Parent is more playable than 80% of custom skins for this game.
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# ¿ Sep 5, 2015 19:17 |
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Cyphoderus posted:If you want to read the game, keep in mind that the entirety of my experience with wrestling is watching a match here and there during 2 months of "research" for the game, and most of those weren't modern WWE So our game is definitely an example of how things can turn out when the GM is not a card-carrying Wrestling Fan.
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# ¿ Sep 6, 2015 01:25 |
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I'm going to go ahead and multiquote myself from the KS thread because y'all need to get up on this.Evil Mastermind posted:Magpie Games (the folks behind Urban Shadows) just sort-of* launched the kickstarter for Masks: A New Generation, a PbtA superhero game focused on teenage heroes along the lines of Young Avengers and early Teen Titans. Evil Mastermind posted:Okay, just going through the playbooks first without looking at the general moves sheets. Also kind of jumping around and writing this during a boring-rear end phone meeting I don't need to be in so I apologize in advance. Evil Mastermind posted:Oh man I think I'm going to be gushing about this game for a while. Sorry folks. Evil Mastermind posted:So that's a good reason to talk about Influence!
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# ¿ Sep 29, 2015 19:10 |
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I admit I would like a few more options for powers, or the ability to snag a power choice or two from another playbook, but I think they made the right choice because they're going more for "teenagers, who happen to be superheroes" rather than "superheroes, who happen to be teenagers".
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# ¿ Sep 29, 2015 19:52 |
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I can't verify since I'm not backing the Patreon, but rumor has it we're going to be getting a PbtA game based on Kill 6 Billion Demons.
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# ¿ Sep 30, 2015 00:57 |
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Covok posted:What's the comic about? Also it has poo poo like this:
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# ¿ Sep 30, 2015 02:38 |
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Thanqol posted:My mind is also blown by the MC getting new moves based on what Playbooks the players picked! I never thought of that and it's such a good way to bring the fundamental questions of each type into play.
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# ¿ Oct 1, 2015 20:17 |
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unseenlibrarian posted:The Last of Us." Your people are no more; you're the last of them. When time passes and you've spent it with a monument to your fallen species, roll +Superior. On a 10+, hold 3. On a 7-9, hold 2. On a miss, Hold 1, but mark a condition to reflect your survivor's guilt. Spend your hold 1 for 1 to: Ooh, interesting idea. The only real concern I have is that the "take a Condition" thing on the 7-9 feels kinda short-term for the weight of what it is narratively. But that said, I don't know if you'd want to tack something on to make that particular Condition harder to clear. Related: I've been working on a Masks playbook for your Jamie Reyes-style "I found an artifact that makes me part of this huge galactic organization" hero. It still needs work, but the basics are there.
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# ¿ Oct 8, 2015 19:07 |
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Covok posted:I thought this would fullfill one of the missions for The Masks Kickstarter, but it appears I was mistaken. I love your move names. Did you post this on the G+ group or anything? I don't know if "Fellow Adult Guy" should work off Freak, though. I want to say it should work of superior instead, given that Superior is about being "being right, correct, intelligent, clever, stubborn, type A", which could be a kid's interpretation of being an adult. You have "unlock your moment of truth" listed twice under advances.
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# ¿ Oct 9, 2015 14:22 |
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Covok posted:Thanks for the feedback. quote:Secondly, my reasoning for Freak instead of Superior is because you're a kid in an adults body and the assumption is few know. So, like the move says, you're appearance and antics are off putting and ergo confusing and weird. So, the move is trying to suggest the whole thing should be awkward and more happens out of your weirdness than any attempt at maturity. Ya know? quote:Also, every official playbook lists "Unlock Your Moment of Truth" twice. I think it's so you can lock two labels.
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# ¿ Oct 9, 2015 16:28 |
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Made a few changes to The Wielder, one of which was to rename it to the better-sounding "Bearer". I added a few moves, and put in a note that you can't use your powers and such if the Artifact is taken from you.
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# ¿ Oct 10, 2015 20:05 |
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I think it'd help more PbtA games if designers would split moves out between "Basic Moves" (the stuff you're going to use all the time) and "Special Moves" (the stuff that comes up only in specific circumstances or only every few sessions). Yeah, it's the same number of moves, but it helps the perception of your moveset.
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# ¿ Oct 27, 2015 18:03 |
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It also helps the designer really pare down the list; which of these are actually important? I've talked about this thing before; it has 23 basic moves. But so many of them could be combined, or are really situational. Do you really need separate moves for "first attack unprovoked" and "attack someone"? Or "secure a place to rest" and "rest for a while"? Hell, one of the moves is basically just assigning a tag to someone without a roll. That's like listing "if your weapon has +foreful, it knocks things over" as part of the basic moves.
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# ¿ Oct 27, 2015 20:24 |
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Just a head's up: physical copies of Urban Shadows are available for sale.
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# ¿ Nov 6, 2015 16:02 |
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Yeah, go with MotW. One of the bonus playbooks is The Summoned, which is straight-up Hellboy, with the weapon option "Red Right Hand".
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# ¿ Nov 9, 2015 19:55 |
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Covok posted:Funny enough, Urban Shadows is similar, if my player is to be believed.
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# ¿ Nov 9, 2015 20:15 |
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Gerdalti posted:I think they are, I'll be buying it tomorrow (payday). I was looking to see if there were some extra playbooks or anything out there. I did manage to find a few (Meddling Kid, Luchadore, etc.). There are a few; The Summoned, The Hardcase... I don't remember them all but I have a bunch. I can link them later.
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# ¿ Nov 12, 2015 18:05 |
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Yeah, that's all the ones I have, so you're set. There was an Action Scientist playbook too, but I don't seem to have it...
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# ¿ Nov 12, 2015 19:39 |
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It is indeed! Thanks!
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# ¿ Nov 12, 2015 19:50 |
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Josef bugman posted:Heya guys, quick question but has anyone got something a bit like Hunter the Vigil for apoc world? Was wondering about running it either IRL or on here. Thanks!
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# ¿ Dec 7, 2015 00:03 |
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It seems like they're doing the old mistake of adapting an existing *World game (DW in this case) instead of designing things specifically to the setting.
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# ¿ Dec 21, 2015 02:11 |
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Thanqol posted:Also, the Monster Hearts guy is doing a heavy metal sci-fi hack
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# ¿ Jan 4, 2016 18:30 |
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I can't imagine what kinds of stretch goals he could do, apart from maybe a hardcover (which I'd love). e: I mean, hell, Dungeon World still hasn't delivered all its stretch goals and that funded in 2012.
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# ¿ Feb 2, 2016 18:02 |
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Captain Foo posted:Hardcover would be very good and cool
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# ¿ Feb 2, 2016 22:08 |
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The first new AW2 playbook was just released: The Waterbearerquote:Every once in awhile there’s a place worth being, even in Apocalypse World. And if you’re in that place, sometimes you wind up becoming more than you were. You’re not about the grasping, gasping thirsty mess of the world, you’re not afraid of the howling wolves, and you could give a drat about what October wants or who T-Bone is loving. You have the Source, and it can quench any thirst they have.
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# ¿ Feb 24, 2016 03:47 |
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I like how it's got elements of the Hardholder, the Maestro'D, and the Hocus, but takes the ideas in a different direction. Man, I'd love to play a Maestro'D in the same game as a Waterbearer. You could get some really interesting dynamics going on there.
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# ¿ Feb 24, 2016 04:17 |
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# ¿ Apr 28, 2024 21:00 |
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Yeah, this thread happened because back when I made the AW thread hacks were still pretty rare. I've kind of been wondering if it's worth closing the other thread once AW2 just to keep the discussion all in one place. Saguaro PI posted:I'd really love to see a game where are four of those playbooks are together. Watch the various forms of hard and soft power butt up against each other.
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# ¿ Feb 26, 2016 22:19 |