No one knows Apocalypse World here!!!
I’ve played a ton of Powered by the Apocalypse games with great people in Korea (Blades in the Dark, Apocalypse World, Tremulus, The Warren, The Veil, a friend’s creation about magic cats). Now I’m in Minnesota, playing board games, starting a Blades in the Dark campaign, hanging out at game stores and getting to know the gaming scene here. I still haven’t met a single person who has even heard of Apocalypse World. What the hell is up with that? I went to a meetup dot com event to hook players and GMs up. Not a single person knew a single thing!!!!! What the hell?!? Does anyone have any idea why this might be? Or where everyone is hiding? Thanks in advance 🙂
The twin cities is heavy on pathfinder, but there are a few people into story games. I’m in Bloomington and would love to play.
BitD has some AW DNA.
It sounds like you should attend Minniloco this fall.
They also have a G+ community where your search for PBTA players will be much easier.
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Tim Jensen, how could I have completely failed to plug MinnLocco. I am a horrible person and should feel nothing but shame in my heart.
Sounds like you have the opportunity to be the guy who introduces everyone to it, hari capra.
Non-D&D/Pathfinder/Star Wars RPGs are a niche within a niche.
Seconding Robert Bohl, now is your chance to be a Prophet of the Apocalypse (World).
Minneapolitan here, and I run Apocalypse World. But yes, it’s a niche game. We’ve got a couple big fans in town, though, and we have some play sessions from time to time.
Not a regular here so just getting back to this now. Yeah, I thought I might have to introduce people to it, like Robert Bohl said. I’m still trying to learn how to navigate the landscape here a bit. I did, however, start a Blades game on Wednesday nights at Tower Games in south Minneapolis. Only two regular players and two “when i get back” or “when DnD isn’t happening” players, but it’s a start.
Lemmo Pew, I’d love to meet other people who are into Powered by the Apocalypse games. Also, do you all connect by knowing one another? I’m guessing there isn’t any kind of online place to communicate about these games?
David Rothfeder, I’m on bike and near Tower Games. I’ve been out to Bloomington for the once a month Saturday board game marathon in a hotel by the mall but mostly am into playing games at Tower Games if at all possible. You’d be very welcome in the Wednesday evening game of Blades in the Dark I’m running. We’ve done creation and 2 sessions so far.
I might be able to swing by tower tomorrow to say hello at your game. We can figure out if our schedules will line up later, but in the mean time minnloco is totally worth signing up for.
hari capra my email is hotsoup @ gmail, reach out and we can coordinate. I’d be happy to run a game at a local shop. Or join a game.
I’ll probably pass on bitd. I was a big supporter early on in the campaign, but it git edited into a much different game and I really lost interest.
Lemmo Pew, if there’s room I’d totally be on board (ps, I used to read your webcimics back in the day)
David Rothfeder that’s awesome, and yeah, shoot me an email. We’ll see what works.
I’ve looked into Minnloco, I’ll remember it and sign up for it later. Thanks for pointing me its way.
David Rothfeder, I know what you mean about BitD totally changing. It’s now so detailed that it feels a fair bit more constraining to play in. I really like the system, the resolution and the faction part, that’s what draws me. I’m not as big a fan of the setting itself (been in it too long). I find it very important to regard everything in the book as a suggestion, not canon, and to make that clear to the players. I have some issues with the city map for one.
I really was expecting something more lady blackbird, but Harper ended up moving to a WoD sort of game.
Due to interest in the BitD system but waning interest in the setting itself, I was actually thinking about putting together a BitD hack involving stone age tribes politicking with one another and with the animal spirits around them. It’s a possibility anyways.
Lemmo Pew, I just sent a simple little email to you 🙂
There was a time that I was working on a students at a creepy boarding school causing trouble hack. That was before the rules kept getting updated.
They’re done being updated. You should do that, it sounds good!
David Rothfeder, Good of you to come out today. Maybe next time we can talk more about Apocalypse World games and less about BitD. Have you seen the new Legacy kickstarter that’s going live in a few days? It looks awesome. Make a family, play it through generations. Sci-fi though, you don’t like sci-fi I take it?
it’s not that I don’t like sci-fi, just that I find it difficult to find games that do it in an interesting way. I know of legacy and that James was doing another edition, but I’m not likely to back since I don’t see enough of a difference between it and AW. I think if you’re looking for something cool to kickstart, take a look at mispent youth 2nd ed, I don’t think that one has ended yet.