Today on Dice Exploder I talk with @megueyb.bsky.social and @lumpley.bsky.social about Apocalypse World 3e. We took the 2e Brainer playbook and broke down every change as it became the 3e Brain-Picker. It's fascinating to me how AW from the jump has been designed around the Baker's kids.

Hey, I'm doing an AMA over on r/PbtA, if anybody's interested: www.reddit.com/r/PBtA/comme... I've answered a bunch of questions and a bunch more to go. If you want to read up or add to the pile, please come!

Apocalypse World taught me a lot about RPG design, and I'm excited to try the new edition. @lumpley.bsky.social has taught me many things over the years, and it's thrilling to see the success that he and @megueyb.bsky.social have achieved. www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...

In this game, a character is... ...A person with needs and desires that'll inevitably bring them into conflict with others, because there ultimately isn't enough to go around, who's capable and prepared to fight for what they need.

Four more days of funding! ⏳ If you like: - struggling against the patriarchy of 1815's Bavaria - grieving your beautiful friend's disappearance - chambermaids - slacking on your job to investigate an occult mystery Then check out The Girls of the Genziana Hotel: gamefound.com/en/projects/...

I'm micro-enraged that it isn't part of the core set.

Hey look that old playbook I made is a possible future stretch goal.

In other news, Vincent and I will be at #Metatopia2025 in about...8 hours? We'll be doing Breakfast With the Bakers, and some panels, and showing up in games as @avonelle.bsky.social sees fit to put us to work. If you're there, come say hi!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum... THANK YOU for already putting us past a stretch goal that will mean we give the animator for our KS video more money for her art! Annika Sturmer is a graduate of MassArt and a dear friend. You can check out her work here: www.youtube.com/@annie_thepi...

If you haven't, do watch the KS video. The animation segment is by Annika Sturmer and we're absolutely thrilled: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wvno...

And away we go. www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...

Meg's picture:

Huh. Strange light in the sky flying north above us. It disappeared below the trees on the horizon after about a minute. During that time it shared the sky with stars, the moon, two planes, and a satellite. I've seen pictures of starlink. It wasn't like any of them.

Such a fun conversation this was!

NEW FROM TTRPG INSIDER: We spoke with @lumpley.bsky.social about what changed in APOCALYPSE WORLD 3rd Edition and how watching their kids play their game inspired the changes www.ttrpginsider.news/p/how-the-mi...

You know that part of the roller coaster where the chain is cranking you up to the top of the first hill, and you're like, oh boy oh boy oh boy? That's us. T minus 1, part 2! Double fingers crossed for tomorrow! www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...

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DUCKS ON THE RUNWAY

THIS Monday!! T minus 2!!! Whaaaa!

🚀 One Mo'gin The Apocalypse World 3rd Edition Kickstarter is on the horizon — but before it lands, I’m running one last campaign with Burned Over 2E. This is my farewell tour for AW:Burned Over 2E — a love letter to the game that changed how we gamed. open.substack.com/pub/playfear... #ttrpg

T minus 3! We've got just a few add-ons planned for the campaign, but they're pretty cool. I'm working hard today to pull together the preview for one of them. I can't wait to show you! (If you're on our Patreon, you'll see it early, just saying...)

T minus 5 Meg's away to a gig this week and won't be back until sometime o'clock on T minus 2. Will I get done what I need to, in her absence? We'll find out!

@islanderscaper.bsky.social posting about the itch Halloween sale (go check out her games!) inspired me to join in. Get The Fantastical Houses for 33% off! That's only 40 cents per house! What a steal! 😂 Every sale adds a community copy to the pool. 💕 #ttrpg asteyni.itch.io/the-fantasti...

Working on the AW3rd kickstarter (T minus 6 btw) and I notice that listed under Meg's and my name it says "11 created • 347 backed." Okay first of all, 347 backed, wowie. But of those 347, probably around 300 have been PbtA. That's a lot to be confronted with on a Tuesday morning.

T minus 7. We're launching the KS next Monday, one week from today! www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...

T minus 8, already. Workity-work-work. #AW3rd #PBTA #TTRPG

Well, we saw the world's tallest filing cabinet.

It must be exasperating to by my working partner. Somebody recently asked me how I know when a game's finished and it's time to stop working on it and publish it. I'm, "when it's what now?"

T minus 10! We have a lot to do by November 3rd, when we will be launching the 3rd edition of our best-known #ttrpg, the one that started #PBTA. If you know or have heard of #ApocalypseWorld, check out #AW3RD ! www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...

Play some spooky Swords Without Master! Join @epidiah.bsky.social this coming Sunday, Oct 26, to tell a sword & sorcery tale of Horror, Dark Magicks and Beauty. Drop-ins and new players welcome! Join our Discord: discord.com/invite/cgJa5... Scheduling Post: discord.com/channels/130...

I've been playtesting this for years now & following along its development. I can say, unequivocally, it is my favorite rpg. Anyone who cares about roleplaying games—as a player, as a game master, as a critic or academic or designer—owes it to themselves to see what Apocalypse World is all about!

I'm telling you all, this game! momatoes.itch.io/what-dust-re...

Talking to @lumpley.bsky.social and @megueyb.bsky.social is always a delight. Their work is inspirational and also so much damn fun. Burned Over is worth getting excited about.

Hey check it out! 11 days to launch. www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...

T minus 11. An #ApocalypseWorldBurnedOver thread. In case you were wondering what we're cooking up in #AW3rd edition.

Took a break from Over/Under to play Apocalypse World in the meatspace and I simply must tell you that my character is a 15 year old Volatile boy named Godammit which I think tells you all you need to know about him.

T minus 12

He’s deleting comments about the strike! Remember: hiring internationally is a common union-busting strategy. @kickstarterunited.org is striking to: —demand fair wages for their entry- and low-level employees, who are not making ends meet. —codify the 4-day work week.

Meg and I were talking to Rob literally last week. A shocking loss. www.gofundme.com/f/family-of-...

I just had a good idea for a new horror game. It'd be called "Vulnerable," inspired by like Host, Insidious, Talk to Me. You're a family trying to deal with your kid's murderous haunting. Maybe if I had good ideas for horror games in March, I'd have a new horror game to release in October instead!

Join August, @roomwherepod.bsky.social and @cado.bsky.social as we play Mobile Frame 0: Firebrands by @lumpley.bsky.social On Bantral, 3 factions vie for control of the colony. Will our heroes find a way towards peace & unity, or will the conflict tear them apart? ftlcast.podbean.com/e/bonus-fire...

Tis the season! The spooky season. Murderous Ghosts is a great one-shot for 2 to 20 players. You're a resourceful urban explorer, lost in a haunted building. Can you find your way out before the ghosts find you? Outlook uncertain! lumpley.itch.io/murderous-gh...

the portland chicken guy 🥰

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

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Hey, there's this genre of games that should have a name but I don't know what to call it. Do you have a name for it? They're casual social/party games. You can play them easily in a dorm room or on a train. At the start, one or two people know the trick. The object is to figure it out —

I'm writing rules orientation text for this game I'm working on with Tovey, and it's coming together pretty well: "Treat these rules as the baseline agreement you’ve made, as players, for the procedures you’re going to follow to play the game.

Wolfspell is a brilliant game and a beautiful object.

Earlier this year, Dr. Jane Goodall sat down for an interview for Brad Falchuk’s new Netflix series, Famous Last Words. The premise of the series is to interview people on the condition that the interview not air until the subject has passed away.

Meg and I just signed up to talk about underlying conceptual models at Metatopia. If you're in the neighborhood, come by! tabletop.events/conventions/...