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amnesiack

GPNW: Saturday Edition

Jul 11, 2011 11:02

Continued from here.

Saturday
1) Dungeon World: Friday evening I cajoled Adam into running DW during this slot, and I'm very glad that I did. Our Fighter/Thief/Cleric/Wizard party was on a mission from the local baron to track down a wayward tax collector. Little did we know that we would encounter insidious cultists of the ancient snake god! The ( Read more... )

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infinidimincorp July 11 2011, 19:06:30 UTC

What goes on behind the scene in Dungeon World? I mean, what's driving things the way that fronts and threats are pushing the story in AW?

amnesiack July 11 2011, 19:19:06 UTC

I have not actually read the game, so I can't say for certain, but I got the definite impression that the game includes MC Moves, Threats, and Fronts similar to those in AW but geared towards dungeon crawling. However, the AW world principles (make your move but don't say it's name, address yourself to the characters not the players) seemed to be in effect in DW, so there wasn't any obvious transparency in that regard. I have access to the beta draft of the rules now, so once I've gotten to look through it I'll come back and confirm if I'm right or wrong about this.

amnesiack July 11 2011, 19:42:18 UTC

Yes, a quick flip-through of the beta confirms that DW has it's own versions of MC Moves, Threats (called Dangers), and Fronts (divided into Campaign Fronts and Dungeon Fronts).

infinidimincorp July 12 2011, 06:58:03 UTC

Oooh, that divide between Campaign and Dungeon fronts is interesting. Cool! I shall look out for further developments.

Ghost/Echo anonymous July 15 2011, 15:27:11 UTC

Your description of our impromptu game of G/E is tone perfect, Lukas. Great fun and one of my top three gaming sessions for the con. I am chagrined I've waited this long to take it out for a spin and am eager to play it again soon. Three cheers for John Harper!!

Matthew (Vixen) Klein