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Post by The Northman on Nov 19, 2014 1:40:11 GMT -8
After hearing about it forever, I finally got to play Apocalypse World; in this case, a Viking-skinned Dark Ages hack at the con I attended over the weekend. We had the benefit of an awesome GM, and his world was incredibly developed for a con game.
I have to say I really enjoyed the whole system. The rules were simple enough that gameplay was lightning quick, and having features on my sheet like "not to be fucked with" really communicated the feel of the game from the start. More than anything, I was a big fan of how totally disparate characters of vastly different skill sets could all function as part of the story without anyone feeling left behind.
I'll definitely be picking up the bass game pretty quick.
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Post by HyveMynd on Nov 19, 2014 3:50:07 GMT -8
Noice! Do you know if this was a reskin of "standard" Apocalypse World or if this was Apocalypse World: Dark Ages?
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Post by The Northman on Nov 21, 2014 17:17:40 GMT -8
I haven't bought the books yet so I can't say for sure, but based on the banter between the one experienced player and the GM I thought it was Dark Age. If archetypes like the Angel and Shield/Battle Maiden help at all those were some of the things mentioned.
One of my favorite things that the system lent itself to was my preference for campaigns being the beginning of a story but not the beginning of my character's story.
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Post by The Northman on Nov 24, 2014 0:05:23 GMT -8
Noice! Do you know if this was a reskin of "standard" Apocalypse World or if this was Apocalypse World: Dark Ages? Upon further review, it was a reskin of AW. My Huscarl was a Gunlugger, the Skald was a Skinner, etc.
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Post by HyveMynd on Nov 24, 2014 4:22:57 GMT -8
Ooh. You played a reskinned Gunlugger? Cool. Did you still have the move NOT TO BE FUCKED WITH?
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Post by The Northman on Nov 27, 2014 1:31:35 GMT -8
Yeah. NtbFW, Blood Sworn (+1 Hard when fighting in defense of sworn leige) and a big fookin blue steel ax. I legitimately had one of my favorite RP moments of all time when I fought his only battle of the game.
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Post by joecrak on Dec 10, 2014 8:28:40 GMT -8
Noice! Do you know if this was a reskin of "standard" Apocalypse World or if this was Apocalypse World: Dark Ages? I'm fairly positive Baker hasnt released Dark Age yet. I feel all my friends would have informed me.
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