Actual Play - Apocalypse Galactica (10/22/2011)

[seannittner]

GM: Sean Nittner
Players: Xander Matthews, Antonio Morton, Eric Ullman, and David Gallo
System: Apocalypse World (Hacked to BSG)

Signing up to run this game was a bad idea. Two weeks after Big Bad Con, I was going to have a BSG hack of Apocalypse World ready for showtime? Well, foolishly I thought I could port playbooks over and just change the

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[seannittner]

David,

Thanks, I'm really glad you had such a good time. Remus and Lorna were to total rock stars of the group. Your interactions were just awesome, even before revealing! As soon as Lorna revealed, the game instantly felt like it was an episode right out of the show. Especially given the setup she had done BEFORE revealing.

Yeah, I think the clocks will be a good optional component. Want to run a game based on love letters? Do that and focus on the specific and immediate threats they present. Want a more pickup style game? Advance a clock and talk amongst the group about what that means. Want to run a long term game (or feel comfortable with lots of disparate threats)? Do both.

There were formatting issues for sure, especially in the love letters, they were copied into In Design literally 30 minutes before I had to get on the road, so I printed them out with very little cleaning up. Next time they will be much easier to read.

Yay, my game tied with Paul's! That is a huge compliment for me, Paul is a fantastic GM.

P.S. Woops, sorry Eric. Mistake corrected!