Post by Sully the Raptor on May 7, 2013 19:08:54 GMT -5
I'd like to kick of the forums by running Apocalypse World for anyone interested. For those unfamiliar with the game, here's the pitch straight from the book.
Go here to view the full playbooks. Those familiar with the game know that there are other playbooks since added into the mix, but for this go around I'd like to stick to the core books.
Everyone pick a book and post it here to throw your hats into the ring. There are no repeats! There can only be one angel, one battlebabe, and so on. I will probably set up a google document for each of the playbooks chosen for you to fill out once we have a final head count. Then we can establish the history your characters share (everyone starts as acquaintances and more or less allies), and some setting stuff, and then we can dive into our first scene!
That should be enough for intro, let's see who's biting.
—S
Why to Play
One: Because the characters are fucking hot.
Two: Because hot as they are, the characters are best and hottest when you put them together. Lovers, rivals, friends, enemies, blood and sex — that’s the good shit.
Three: Because the characters are together against a horrific world. They’re carving out their little space of hope and freedom in the filth and violence, and they’re trying to hold onto it. Do they have it in them? What are they going to have to do to hold it together? Are they prepared, tough enough, strong enough and
willing?
Four: Because they’re together, sure, but they’re desperate and they’re under a lot of pressure. If there’s not enough to go around (and is there ever?), who’ll stick together and who’ll turn on whom? Who do you trust, and who should you trust, and what if you get it wrong?
Five: Because there’s something really wrong with the world, and I don’t know what it is. The world wasn’t always like this, blasted and brutal. There wasn’t always a psychic maelstrom howling just out of your perception, waiting for you to open your brain so that it can rush in. Who fucked the world up, and how? Is there a way back? A way forward? If anybody’s going to ever find out, it’s you and your characters.
That’s why.
One: Because the characters are fucking hot.
Two: Because hot as they are, the characters are best and hottest when you put them together. Lovers, rivals, friends, enemies, blood and sex — that’s the good shit.
Three: Because the characters are together against a horrific world. They’re carving out their little space of hope and freedom in the filth and violence, and they’re trying to hold onto it. Do they have it in them? What are they going to have to do to hold it together? Are they prepared, tough enough, strong enough and
willing?
Four: Because they’re together, sure, but they’re desperate and they’re under a lot of pressure. If there’s not enough to go around (and is there ever?), who’ll stick together and who’ll turn on whom? Who do you trust, and who should you trust, and what if you get it wrong?
Five: Because there’s something really wrong with the world, and I don’t know what it is. The world wasn’t always like this, blasted and brutal. There wasn’t always a psychic maelstrom howling just out of your perception, waiting for you to open your brain so that it can rush in. Who fucked the world up, and how? Is there a way back? A way forward? If anybody’s going to ever find out, it’s you and your characters.
That’s why.
Go here to view the full playbooks. Those familiar with the game know that there are other playbooks since added into the mix, but for this go around I'd like to stick to the core books.
Everyone pick a book and post it here to throw your hats into the ring. There are no repeats! There can only be one angel, one battlebabe, and so on. I will probably set up a google document for each of the playbooks chosen for you to fill out once we have a final head count. Then we can establish the history your characters share (everyone starts as acquaintances and more or less allies), and some setting stuff, and then we can dive into our first scene!
That should be enough for intro, let's see who's biting.
—S
