OOC Chat

Hello one and all! This will be an OOC chat, open to discussion of just about anything... within reason. I'll be throwing up subforums soon, so stay tuned!

So, anyone want to help me build a checklist for things we need before we can launch? I'm almost ready, but I'm not sure if this needs anything else... I've never run on here before, so any advice is welcome!

So this is my first PBP game for, what, a decade? Got no idea how it's going to work when it comes to us conversing with each other since there's always a lot of talking in AW, so some kind of guidelines or something about that would be good. Also how you want us to do dice rolls; will we finish our posts with the dice roll we plan to make, or do we wait on you to confirm what move we're doing as we do it?

Regular game wise, we're getting the setting ironed out, so then we just need some pertinent, mean questions for you to build your threats out of and our Hx doing before you kick the First Session (First Thread?) off for us.

Good stuff all around. Talking will just be handled in the appropriate thread, depending on whoever's in the scene at that particular moment. I'm probably just going to keep a running clock somewhere, and when people move on to a different location or mutually agree to it, we'll advance the clock.

Example: Twilight drops his DANGERGUN off with Lattice for an upgrade, and decides to go grab a coffee at Pop's while he waits. Lattice and Twilight separate at 1200, and agree to meet up again at 1800; their characters can then have their own scenes at other locations, in case Twilight get into a brawl outside of Pops, or Lattice determines she needs something from Below to finish the job. As for the abilities that allow people to spontaneously appear in scene... I plan to have that be a little surprise relating to the Maelstrom.

As for dice rolling, I think we'll start with me calling the moves, just to make sure everyone's on the same page. Once we get into the flow of things, I'm perfectly all right with letting you all call the shots if you feel like it. I'm here to make sure everyone has fun, and the best way for me to do that is to keep us moving like a well-oiled machine, I think.

Last but not least, I've already got a handful of threats rolling around in my skull, but I'm eager to see what kind of chaos will arise from the Hx questions and backstory. Did you mean that you need pertinent, mean questions FROM me, or to one another?

I really like that clock rule. Sounds like a very good way to organise it. All the rules sound good to me.
Both :D

Always good to try and tie us into the PC-NPC-PC triangles we didn't expect to be tied into, so trying to connect our threats up with each other so that we're stepping in each other's way narrative-wise is part of the fun with this game.

Thanks much! I think most of the early questions are going to be survival focused, so I think I'll make a separate thread for that. It'll be fun to throw up questions from time to time and see who answers, and how!

Hey guys, just joined. I love me some Apocalypse World, even backed the kickstarter and got one of those gameplay relics. I've mostly MC'd, but being a player is nice as well.

We have a Savvyhead, Brainer, News, Maestro'D, Gunlugger, Child-Thing, and Battlebabe so far? I'm thinking of being a Hardholder or a Hocus.

Also, I'm reading the main thread to get caught up on the world you've guys made so far.

Glad to be here!

Edit: Had to keep adding stuff as I read.

Nice to have you. :)
Some of us hid stuff away on our character sheets so go have a read of those as well. Out of the two you mentioned, Hardholder sounds like it'll fit in the best in the imminent turf war that's about to break loose. We've also got a LOT of weird floating around at the moment if I remember correctly and not a lot of Hard if that kind of thinking leans you either direction.

Can't wait to go to Hx and see this get started. Am refreshing this forum every hour looking for new posts. :)

Since someone said something about dirigibles, I think I want to make a hardholder who has taken up residence near the center of the city. He'll be a former pirate-turned-businessman who figured out that transporting cargo/people was way more profitable than raiding them. I figure his holding could be the top half of a building that has plenty of ports for ships, and ziplines connecting to other holdings.

I'd say he's definitely ambitious, but doesn't care about a specific governing style. He just removes those who make business difficult, and protects the people who make it easier. Usually it only takes a quick introduction and judge of character to be allowed a spot in his holding.

What do you guys think?

I'm game for that; different take on the holder who's trying to control shipping lanes rather than just turf. I imagine there's plenty of fun to be had with you trading with Pops the Maestro for supplies and each of you one upping each other for commercial control of the city.

Got my character up, pending approval. Excited to do HX moves and see how everyone's ideas come together!

Hey all! Sorry, got a mite busy yesterday; I'm going to be getting the Hx up today. Do you all want to do intro posts, or would you like me to open with an event that everyone can react to?

I think regular intros are fine since most of us have been living in the city for a while now, yeah? I like the idea of an event kickstarting things though, would be a good way to pair us up in unique ways.

Either sounds good to me, but I figure we'll get most of our intros and what we know about each other out of the way as part of Hx so I'm leaning towards kicking us off with an event as soon as we're done with forging some deep personal bonds. :)

**EDIT: And we're live! Head on over to the Hx thread: Friends, Foes, and Everything In-Between!

I think I've got my character all set up, let me know if there are any problems.

All square! Everything looks good to me.

Awesome, ready to get rolling. My Hx is pretty straightforward. I'll throw a post soon.

Read my mind; I was gonna ask you if you wanted to go first!

Question: I have the 1st edition PDF, but nothing for 2e. Can anyone speak to differences in moves that would be an issue? I know most changes came in characters with the removal of operators and everyone getting gigs. What else do I need to know?