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<blockquote data-quote="aramis erak" data-source="post: 9033627" data-attributes="member: 6779310">I also found Baker's writing to be too deeply into the weeds of Forge-speak to grasp on first 3 reads. So I got help. (From Luke Crane and Thor Olavsruud)...Still haven't (and won't) play nor run AW - I don't care for the setting elements included. But one particular PBTA game has my interest (MASHed). The most important element that's different is the way actions happen. Players narrate until...<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">they narrate doing something covered by a move</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">they pass off to another player</li>
</ul>If no one is ready to narrate, the GM then does a move. Usually not one of the majorly unpleasant ones.Moves are always thematic to the ruleset's setting tropes; they're about bringing the pain when you don't get full success. They're the only actions which get rolled; others are all in &quot;say yes&quot; mode.Moves have 3 outcomes: Success, partial success, or failure. Partial may be literal partial, or may be success with complication. Whichever way, it's over, move onIf you narrate doing something that's within scope for a move, narration stops, and the dice get rolled.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="aramis erak, post: 9033627, member: 6779310"] I also found Baker's writing to be too deeply into the weeds of Forge-speak to grasp on first 3 reads. So I got help. (From Luke Crane and Thor Olavsruud)... Still haven't (and won't) play nor run AW - I don't care for the setting elements included. But one particular PBTA game has my interest (MASHed). The most important element that's different is the way actions happen. Players narrate until... [LIST] [*]they narrate doing something covered by a move [*]they pass off to another player [/LIST] If no one is ready to narrate, the GM then does a move. Usually not one of the majorly unpleasant ones. Moves are always thematic to the ruleset's setting tropes; they're about bringing the pain when you don't get full success. They're the only actions which get rolled; others are all in "say yes" mode. Moves have 3 outcomes: Success, partial success, or failure. Partial may be literal partial, or may be success with complication. Whichever way, it's over, move on If you narrate doing something that's within scope for a move, narration stops, and the dice get rolled. [/QUOTE]

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