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Message: <blockquote data-quote="fluffybunbunkittens" data-source="post: 9146056" data-attributes="member: 7037492">PbtA is great, but it rests entirely on how well the Moves have been written, which changes from game to game. As already well established, you cannot say 'just play a PbtA game', you need to give specific titles, as there is so much trash PbtA games out there that just miss the point entirely (relatedly, avoid Dungeon World).And then, whatever title you pick, its genre/mood/expectations need to match those of the table, as a vampire game where you can be socially smooth with 5 different social Moves is vastly different from one where your only social Move is DOMINATE. PbtA is not a generic package to run kitchen sinks in - to make use of its strengths there needs to be a clear focus on what you're supposed to be doing (that fits into preferrably 7-ish core moves).I love that it exists. It was a great leap ahead in RPG design, being simultaneously rules-y (every roll-worthy action can be its own sub-system) but light (you don't really need to know more than your stats + see the names of the basic moves) but very hackable (just remove/add to moves, make up new ones to cover a specific action your group keeps doing, change the dice being rolled, etc)... But while I have played in multiple PbtA games, I haven't yet run into one that I'd love.</blockquote>