apocalypse world

A few days ago I had the chance to interview Vincent Baker, one of the greatest innovators in the field of role-playing games. His Apocalypse World started the PbtA trend. Towards the end, his wife Meg, also a game designer, joins us. It's amazing how such a strong synergy, in the family and at...

The title is a bit of a clickbait, in as much as I am not really trying to get any conflict in preference between the two, as much as suggest that they both have quite a lot in common. This is remarkable because they both nominally are part of gaming movements that are sometimes seen as being...

Okay so since the controversial 'sex moves' of Apocalypse World often come up when discussing it or even other PbtA games that don't have them (the vast majority don't btw) I thought it would be good to have a thread with the actual rules for reference available for those who don't have the game...

I think this looks cool, I've listened to one of the designers talk about it on The Gauntlet podcast and it seems to have a nice emphasis on a rules light approach to PbtA with the traditional AW strengths of clear GM structure. A different aspect of the game is the players take turns playing...

@Trippy and @Edgewise talking about this convinced me to take the plunge and I ordered a hardcopy, reading the pdf and about half way through The Black Madonna campaign while I wait for it to arrive. First off, yes it is a modified PbtA mechanic. If you hate that system this won't change your...

I didn't find a thread to talk about PbtA games in general, so here it goes. Post your questions, experiences or whatever you feel like. Something curious I've found today: you know those suggested names in the Gunlugger playbook in AW? They're all names of Rutger Hauer characters from his...

A useful list with links to the many PbtA games that is close to comprehensive and does get updated.