Apocalypse World to Get Third Edition, Kickstarter Launching Soon

Apocalypse World is getting a new edition, with original creators Vincent & Meguey Baker running a Kickstarter to fund a new edition of the influential TTRPG. Over the weekend, Vincent Baker posted a Kickstarter preview page for Apocalypse World: Burned Over, promoting the "3rd edition of the groundbreaking original". No other details about the new game was announced, but the Kickstarter page has attracted 1,300 followers as of press time.

As its name suggests, Apocalypse World is an RPG based around surviving in post-apocalyptic settings. The game notably launched the "Powered by the Apocalypse" game engine that uses a 2D6 system with successes, partial successes, and failures, as well as "playbooks" for characters. The Powered by the Apocalypse game engine has been a hallmark of modern TTRPG design and is used by everything from Dungeon World to Monster of the Week to Avatar Legends.

 

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I love how the AW:BO moves are designed, with far more of the guidance encoded within the move itself rather than in a separate discussion.

I love that they've shown that designers can reevaluate their rage filled designs speaking to a specific era in both games and society and adjust.

I love that it's an update that greatly expands the audience, and is more the game they've wanted to make since they started thinking about a 2e.

I love the fantasy side hack that Vincent has been steadily releasing truly fascinating playbooks for.

I wish there was space for an intimacy realm a la Urban Shadows or their work in Under Hollow Hills. Intimacy can be so much more than sex, and I love when mechanics interact with this.