Using Apocalypse World to Outline and Draft Your Own RPG Here in Part 7, I’m setting aside some time for a good old straightforward Q&A. I’ve gotten enough questions, and they’re challenging enough, that taking them in rounds. Here’s round 3: the lightning round! This article was made possible by the generous support of my patrons. Please consider […]| lumpley.games
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It travels by moonlight, small wagons creaking in the night silence. It travels lost roads, where fireflies and whisps hover to watch it pass, where goblins peer down from their treebranch perches, and owls. It travels the night world and the day world, fairyland and the living earth, and places otherwise, and no border can keep it. It has mysteries to pose, drama to perform, it has music, juggling, acts of death-defying peril, pratfall comedy. It has dangerous secrets to tell.| lumpley games
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Using Apocalypse World to Outline and Draft Your Own RPG Here in Part 6, I’m using an Ursula K. LeGuin quote — you probably already know the one! — as an outline for alternative models to Apocalypse World’s model of conflict. This article was made possible by the generous support of my patrons. Please consider joining them by […]| lumpley.games
Using Apocalypse World to Outline and Draft Your Own RPG Here in Part 5, I’m taking a quick aside to talk about some different ways that moves can fit into the conversation of play. This article was made possible by the generous support of my patrons. Please consider joining them by supporting me on Patreon. Here’s What Apocalypse […]| lumpley.games
Using Apocalypse World to Outline and Draft Your Own RPG Here in Part 4, I’m talking about playbooks, by request. What are they, do you want them in your game, and what are the alternatives? This article was made possible by the generous support of my patrons. Please consider joining them by supporting me on Patreon. Thanks to […]| lumpley.games
Using Apocalypse World to Outline and Draft Your Own RPG Here in Part 3, I’m diving back into Apocalypse World’s basic moves. I’ll go through them one by one to talk about how and why they work the way they do. This article was made possible by the generous support of my patrons. Please consider joining them by […]| lumpley.games
Using Apocalypse World to Outline and Draft Your Own RPG Here in Part 2, I’ll walk through the beginnings of taking Apocalypse World’s parts and using them as the basis for a whole new game. This article was made possible by the generous support of my patrons. Please consider joining them by supporting me on Patreon. This is […]| lumpley.games
Using Apocalypse World to Outline and Draft Your Own RPG Here in Part 1, I’ll lay out Apocalypse World’s philosophy and foundation, describe the fit and purpose of its systems, and talk about which features are central to its workings and which aren’t. This article was made possible by the generous support of my patrons. Please consider joining […]| lumpley.games
Using Apocalypse World to Outline and Draft Your Own RPG Here in Part 11, I explore a few of the dice systems we’ve used in our games. This article was made possible by the generous support of our patrons. Please consider joining them by supporting us on Patreon. Dice: an Accident of the System Back in Part 1, […]| lumpley.games
Using Apocalypse World to Outline and Draft Your Own RPG| lumpley games
Using Apocalypse World to Outline and Draft Your Own RPG| lumpley games
Using Apocalypse World to Outline and Draft Your Own RPG| lumpley games
Using Apocalypse World to Outline and Draft Your Own RPG| lumpley games
Using Apocalypse World to Outline and Draft Your Own RPG| lumpley games
Using Apocalypse World to Outline and Draft Your Own RPG| lumpley games
Using Apocalypse World to Outline and Draft Your Own RPG| lumpley games
Using Apocalypse World to Outline and Draft Your Own RPG| lumpley games
Using Apocalypse World to Outline and Draft Your Own RPG| lumpley games
Using Apocalypse World to Outline and Draft Your Own RPG| lumpley games
Using Apocalypse World to Outline and Draft Your Own RPG| lumpley games
Using Apocalypse World to Outline and Draft Your Own RPG| lumpley games
Using Apocalypse World to Outline and Draft Your Own RPG| lumpley games
PbtA stands for “Powered by the Apocalypse.” It means games inspired by our original game Apocalypse World, and now games inspired by other PbtA games more generally. It’s a self-applied label: because it depends on a game’s inspirations, only the game’s creator can really tell you whether their game’s PbtA or not.| lumpley games
Using Apocalypse World to Outline and Draft Your Own RPG| lumpley games
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