Category: Urban Shadows RPG: Discussion

I have question about my play sessions and their value for you.  I have a large group.

I have question about my play sessions and their value for you.  I have a large group.

I have question about my play sessions and their value for you.  I have a large group. It will be 7-9 players most likely.  I know this is large for a *World game but this is the weekly group we have so we make it work.  We have found that *World games actually handle large group play well.

The problem this creates is do I use the 2.0 archetypes only or mix them with 1.1 as well.   I had released the 1.1 list to the players to be thinking and they have chosen: Wolf, Immortal, Hunter, Tainted, and Hallowed so far.  Will it not be useful for you if I blend them? 

I suspect the remaining players will choose Veteran, Vamp, and Oracle.

Really looking forward to these sessions.

Could folks who have played talk about the Session Intro move and how it has worked in their games?

Could folks who have played talk about the Session Intro move and how it has worked in their games?

Could folks who have played talk about the Session Intro move and how it has worked in their games?

Spotlighting a faction is just like highlighting a stat in AW?

Thanks!

I must be missing something but gearing up to run a few sessions and I see it mentioned to allow players to do…

I must be missing something but gearing up to run a few sessions and I see it mentioned to allow players to do…

I must be missing something but gearing up to run a few sessions and I see it mentioned to allow players to do opening moves but I cant find any opening specific moves.

Thanks

In the future, if you were able to gather writers/resources, do you see yourselves making/releasing more city guides?

In the future, if you were able to gather writers/resources, do you see yourselves making/releasing more city guides?

In the future, if you were able to gather writers/resources, do you see yourselves making/releasing more city guides? They sound really cool from what I’ve read about them, and I can think of some cities I’d really love to see a game take place (Buenos Aires, Paris, Reykjavik, Johannesburg, Mexico City).

In a few hours I’m headed to a local game meetup and I’ve pitched Urban Shadows in the hopes of getting at least two…

In a few hours I’m headed to a local game meetup and I’ve pitched Urban Shadows in the hopes of getting at least two…

In a few hours I’m headed to a local game meetup and I’ve pitched Urban Shadows in the hopes of getting at least two sessions in to be named Champions in the book. 

Any advice for a first time Urban Shadows GM? I’m relatively new to running Apocalypse World games in general – ran a PbP AW game, a session or two of DungeonWorld, and a few play test sessions of my own dark fantasy hack.

Hi all!

Hi all!

Hi all! I am really diggin Urban Shadows! I do have some feed back as I ran a demo tonight at Con-bravo here in Hamilton Canada-land. First time using the 2.0 sneak peak pack. Nice new layout, like some of the changes and additions. Drew, we’ll prob chat about this tomorrow but gotta say I wasnt too keen on the new xp mechanic. The new and experienced players found it quite confusing and I don’t think we had a single advance or maybe 1. I tried to regularly suggest to the players to use the faction moves and explained how they worked…but i was like a broken record and the action was focused more p vs. p. in this game, so not allot of opportunities for faction moves. Also had trouble with xp from when you settle a faction debt…this means that if a faction has a debt on you like an npc if you get rid of it or do it then you get xp? Unclear to me and the players. Since xp is no longer tied to moves/stats what about keeping the xp on a miss option also or work this in?  Also I have always really like “let it out” but seems that it’s used all the time as there is no read t. sitch move. I know the aware has r. t. sitch but any thoughts of changing this move or adding /removing a current option – I think that the take hold of something vulnerable is better suited for unleash.

There’s my 2 Cents! 

Thanks! Hank : )

Anyone have any thoughts on PCs developing different kinds of Workspaces that they may not start out with?

Anyone have any thoughts on PCs developing different kinds of Workspaces that they may not start out with?

Anyone have any thoughts on PCs developing different kinds of Workspaces that they may not start out with?  I could easily see an Immortal having/wanting one, and possibly a Hunter, vampire, etc. as well.  I don’t want to detract from the specialness of a veteran or Wizard having one, but I suspect that for some character concepts it would work as well.