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There's an implied setting created by a combination of the psychic maelstrom, the playbook types, the Hot and Weird stats, the sex...

I don't have Apocalypse World to check directly myself, but per John Harper (from the crossing the line article): This is a pretty trad...

Because in many cases, that preference is based on an incomplete or incorrect understanding of the rules. Look at all the people still...

Well, if you can't align on X but can on Y, Z, A, B, C, etc., then play those other games. If you can't align on most of those games, or...

There's a difference between a farrier and the runes, though. With the farrier, they're part of normal life in a typical settlement...

Especially when nobody complains that the fighter somehow magically got a new combat-oriented ability or feat out of nowhere without...

I'm sorry, but "you didn't roll high enough, you cannot open the lock" simply isn't "pregnant with possibility". It is nothing but a...

Well, it implements the second flavor as something that isn't a failed roll, but rather, a weak successful roll. In D&D terms, the...

Maybe because you're friends, everyone feels comfortable doing their own thing, even if that means not aligning with the tone.

I think this is part of the communication problem that plagues this thread and keep it going, despite it having been pointed out...

This makes me wonder. If alignment were rare by default, nearly everyone would share your frustration. If alignment were common by...

They used plastic all over the place. They just didn't have plastic bottles and bags. And they used plenty of toxic chemicals and...

I've only run it for 4 players which I think is normal rather than large but the following points come to mind (you may already have...

Yeah, OK, but if they (generic they here) are actively messing up the game because they can't or won't agree to the tone and rules, then...

This never occurs in Dungeon World--and, IMO, it should be extremely rare anywhere else. And now you're doing what all sorts of OSR...