I’ve just come across, Simple World, by Joe Mcdaldno from buriedwithoutceremony, and it seems to scratch and itch for me for AW based games.
Hacking AW has always been fairly intimidating to me, not only to do, but also to convince a group to play the hack, but there are lots of things I’d like to run with AW, that I haven’t seen existing (well-regarded) versions.
However, Simple World was hard to find (I got it off the internet archive), and so I’m wondering whether I should be using, both from a copyright position (I can’t find any licensing information on it), and how good the process is for delivering a good setting/game/hack.
If you have anything to share regarding any of the above, I’d appreciate it.
Copyright doesn’t apply to running a game, or to game rules.
That’s true Aaron Griffin, but the Pdf was so hard to find (it doesn’t seem to be available through buriedwithoutceremony.com that its enough to give me pause before using it. Perhaps if the author has taken it down it’s because they don’t want anyone to use it.
well, for starters, if you do use it, it should be credited to Avery Alder, as she doesn’t go by the other name anymore.
She removed it back in February due to lack of perceived demand, but seemed willing to provide it to interested parties (“email me if you want it”): twitter.com – dreamaskew simple world – Twitter Search
Use it,, play it, credit it to Avery Alder, also the designer of Monsterhearts.
I’m a big fan of Avery Adler’s work. Monsterhearts hits just the right note for some of the more dark/chaotic/hot moods of rp.