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<blockquote data-quote="pemerton" data-source="post: 9145359" data-attributes="member: 42582">John Harper is cited in the (original) Apolcalypse World rulebook (I don't know about 2e). And he has excellent online commentary - see eg this one on soft and hard move: <a href="http://mightyatom.blogspot.com/2011/05/apocalypse-world-guide-to-hard-moves.html" target="_blank">The Mighty Atom</a>This seems wrong to me. Apocalypse World is clear on when to make as hard and direct a move as you like - when a 6- comes up on the dice, or when you're handed a golden opportunity on a plate by a player's action declaration (ie they proceed in disregard of an earlier soft move).And a hard move is something that is irrevocable.**************Anyway, there are a few RPG books that have taught me more than all the others I've read:Robin Laws's HeroWars and HeroQuest revised;

Luke Crane's Burning Wheel and Adventure Burner;

Vincent Baker's Apocalypse World.For insight, and for clarity, they can't be beaten.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="pemerton, post: 9145359, member: 42582"] John Harper is cited in the (original) Apolcalypse World rulebook (I don't know about 2e). And he has excellent online commentary - see eg this one on soft and hard move: [URL="http://mightyatom.blogspot.com/2011/05/apocalypse-world-guide-to-hard-moves.html"]The Mighty Atom[/URL] This seems wrong to me. Apocalypse World is clear on when to make as hard and direct a move as you like - when a 6- comes up on the dice, or when you're handed a golden opportunity on a plate by a player's action declaration (ie they proceed in disregard of an earlier soft move). And a hard move is something that is [I]irrevocable[/I]. ************** Anyway, there are a few RPG books that have taught me more than all the others I've read: [indent]Robin Laws's HeroWars and HeroQuest revised; Luke Crane's Burning Wheel and Adventure Burner; Vincent Baker's Apocalypse World.[/indent] For insight, and for clarity, they can't be beaten. [/QUOTE]

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