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<blockquote data-quote="pemerton" data-source="post: 9597928" data-attributes="member: 42582">I can't comment on Monster of the Week, which I know only by reputation - but what you say here is not true of Apocalypse World, for at least two reasons:* If a player declares an action for their PC that hands the GM a golden opportunity, then the GM can respond with as hard and direct a move as they like - and that hard move may have a mechanical/rules-defined component to it (eg inflict harm; make the player change their gear list; take a penalty forward; etc);

* The GM is quite at liberty to come up with custom moves - the AW rulebook has a whole chapter devoted to that.The principle difference between AW and a &quot;rulings not rules&quot; RPG is that AW has strict rules about when the GM is permitted to make a hard move, and when the GM is permitted to make a soft move; the RNR RPG does not.This is related to the different ways that prep is expected to be used in the two games.I think identifying the difference in terms of rigidity of mechanics is a misdiagnosis: it's focusing on the technical minutiae of resolution procedures rather than the more significant differences in what the GM is permitted to say, and when.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="pemerton, post: 9597928, member: 42582"] I can't comment on Monster of the Week, which I know only by reputation - but what you say here is not true of Apocalypse World, for at least two reasons: [indent]* If a player declares an action for their PC that hands the GM a golden opportunity, then the GM can respond with as hard and direct a move as they like - and that hard move may have a mechanical/rules-defined component to it (eg inflict harm; make the player change their gear list; take a penalty forward; etc); * The GM is quite at liberty to come up with custom moves - the AW rulebook has a whole chapter devoted to that.[/indent] The principle difference between AW and a "rulings not rules" RPG is that AW has strict rules about when the GM is permitted to make a hard move, and when the GM is permitted to make a soft move; the RNR RPG does not. This is related to the different ways that prep is expected to be used in the two games. I think identifying the difference in terms of [I]rigidity of mechanics[/I] is a misdiagnosis: it's focusing on the technical minutiae of resolution procedures rather than the more significant differences in what the GM is permitted to say, and when. [/QUOTE]

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