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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Campbell" data-source="post: 7403385" data-attributes="member: 16586">He's not like wrong to do so. The Standard Narrativist Model basically lays down the framework for what most people in the indie scene at the time saw as The Alternative to orthodox 1990's style design. Apocalypse World uses a fundamentally different set of techniques and principles of play. Unlike the clear protagonists with clearly defined dramatic needs that thrown into conflict Apocalypse World places the player characters into a pressure cooker situation where we find out who they are and uses a more naturalistic pace that is centered more on character exploration than conflict resolution. It does so in part by embracing a combination of principles and techniques that are reflective of Story Now games in some places, but in other places are more reminiscent of the play principles and techniques of Moldvay B/X that Vincent Baker cut his teeth on. It also leans on techniques more familiar to the free form community in other places.Back in the day the indie community all questioned orthodox play in basically the same way. What's exciting now is that there's an interest in experimenting with the form in different ways. I love Sorcerer, but I don't always want to play Sorcerer. The sort of experimentation with the form we are seeing with Blades in the Dark, Masks, Dream Askew, Murderous Ghosts, The Quiet Year, and Undying just within the vaguely Powered By The apocalypse sphere is amazing.Note: There is such a wild variety in Powered By The Apocalypse games I would hesitate to address them collectively. It's mostly a design language rather than a family of games. You can't really or at least should not run Dungeon World in the same way you would run Apocalypse World. Same goes for Masks. Or Blades. Or Space Wurm vs. Moonicorn. The only real requirement to be Powered By The Apocalypse is to say you are. It's more like saying you want to be part of a particular design community and culture than saying something in particular about your game.</blockquote>

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