God dammit, I'm making a fantasy PbtA game, aren't I?
September 25, 2026 at 3:17 AM
God dammit, I'm making a fantasy PbtA game, aren't I?
I'm getting pretty excited about my fantasy PbtA game
September 25, 2026 at 11:51 PM
I'm getting pretty excited about my fantasy PbtA game
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!
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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!
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November 11, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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!
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!
@lumpley.bsky.social knocks out pt2!
AW & PbtA pt 2
YouTube video by Vincent Baker
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September 25, 2026 at 8:30 PM
@lumpley.bsky.social knocks out pt2!
For 15 years, there's always somebody proclaiming the end of PbtA or wishing it would come already.
They especially seem to hate it when they see someone say "I heard bad things about PbtA, but..." or "I didn't used to like PbtA, but..."
It must be pretty frustrating and disappointing for them.
They especially seem to hate it when they see someone say "I heard bad things about PbtA, but..." or "I didn't used to like PbtA, but..."
It must be pretty frustrating and disappointing for them.
May 22, 2026 at 12:57 PM
For 15 years, there's always somebody proclaiming the end of PbtA or wishing it would come already.
They especially seem to hate it when they see someone say "I heard bad things about PbtA, but..." or "I didn't used to like PbtA, but..."
It must be pretty frustrating and disappointing for them.
They especially seem to hate it when they see someone say "I heard bad things about PbtA, but..." or "I didn't used to like PbtA, but..."
It must be pretty frustrating and disappointing for them.
clever spin on pbta, I like these big interlocking pbta games that are coming out, i also like rules that tell you shit happens to your character and don't let you wiggle out of it
June 12, 2026 at 5:16 PM
clever spin on pbta, I like these big interlocking pbta games that are coming out, i also like rules that tell you shit happens to your character and don't let you wiggle out of it
It's only PBTA if it has sex moves, otherwise it's just sparkling FITD
December 10, 2025 at 4:45 AM
It's only PBTA if it has sex moves, otherwise it's just sparkling FITD
A rather eye opening bit of reflection tonight as I word vomit onto this PbtA / FitD document.
September 25, 2026 at 2:55 AM
A rather eye opening bit of reflection tonight as I word vomit onto this PbtA / FitD document.
I've been keeping track of a PbtA project called Dungeon World 2 trying to basically adapt a D&D style to the PbtA ruleset and I'm 👀👀
I like a lot of things about D&D, but after playing Masks on D&Dorks I've been entirely won over to the PbtA approach to mechanics.
I like a lot of things about D&D, but after playing Masks on D&Dorks I've been entirely won over to the PbtA approach to mechanics.
September 25, 2025 at 5:36 AM
I've been keeping track of a PbtA project called Dungeon World 2 trying to basically adapt a D&D style to the PbtA ruleset and I'm 👀👀
I like a lot of things about D&D, but after playing Masks on D&Dorks I've been entirely won over to the PbtA approach to mechanics.
I like a lot of things about D&D, but after playing Masks on D&Dorks I've been entirely won over to the PbtA approach to mechanics.
you cannot fucking fathom how tightly this game is designed, playing a pbta spin off will give you ZERO idea
November 7, 2025 at 2:15 AM
you cannot fucking fathom how tightly this game is designed, playing a pbta spin off will give you ZERO idea
Every once in a while I'll get to tell someone, and they'll suddenly understand what I mean, that PbtA doesn't begin and end with the fiction, it begins and ends with the conversation.
"Fiction first" is an idea that came to PbtA later, from I don't really know where.
"Fiction first" is an idea that came to PbtA later, from I don't really know where.
Whenever I hear someone dogmatically saying "the moves MUST begin and end with the fiction" I always want to crack open Apocalypse World and pull out pretty much any example from the book.
March 29, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Every once in a while I'll get to tell someone, and they'll suddenly understand what I mean, that PbtA doesn't begin and end with the fiction, it begins and ends with the conversation.
"Fiction first" is an idea that came to PbtA later, from I don't really know where.
"Fiction first" is an idea that came to PbtA later, from I don't really know where.
OSR and PbtA kissing is the future of game design.
September 25, 2026 at 5:30 AM
OSR and PbtA kissing is the future of game design.
my entire stance on PBTA is that it's a fine enough system but there was a period where it felt like a solid 50% of gamebooks coming out were PBTA, and PBTA just doesn't feed me mechanically. Can't tell you how many times I'd get excited for a game announcement and then see "And it's PBTA!"
May 24, 2026 at 4:36 PM
my entire stance on PBTA is that it's a fine enough system but there was a period where it felt like a solid 50% of gamebooks coming out were PBTA, and PBTA just doesn't feed me mechanically. Can't tell you how many times I'd get excited for a game announcement and then see "And it's PBTA!"
"This PbtA game might end up feeling TOO MUCH like a PbtA game and that's bad, actually"
December 25, 2024 at 5:13 AM
"This PbtA game might end up feeling TOO MUCH like a PbtA game and that's bad, actually"
highly rated nb pbta designer call me mx success. did anyone do this one yet
April 5, 2025 at 7:50 PM
highly rated nb pbta designer call me mx success. did anyone do this one yet
to my mind, the core of pbta is not "2d6+stat with mixed successes", it's the system of "when x trigger happens in the fiction, apply y specific mechanic". Codified, genre specific moves are its main innovation.
If you think pbta is just 2d6+stat with varied levels of success, you missed the point
If you think pbta is just 2d6+stat with varied levels of success, you missed the point
May 26, 2026 at 5:23 AM
to my mind, the core of pbta is not "2d6+stat with mixed successes", it's the system of "when x trigger happens in the fiction, apply y specific mechanic". Codified, genre specific moves are its main innovation.
If you think pbta is just 2d6+stat with varied levels of success, you missed the point
If you think pbta is just 2d6+stat with varied levels of success, you missed the point
If your PBTA Pick lists for chargen don't look like this, you're not trying hard enough.
June 16, 2025 at 11:58 AM
If your PBTA Pick lists for chargen don't look like this, you're not trying hard enough.
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 !
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If you know or have heard of #ApocalypseWorld, check out #AW3RD !
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Coming soon: Apocalypse World: Burned Over
The 3rd edition of the groundbreaking original.
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October 26, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Counting down 'til someone else insists it should be PbtA...
Olivia Rodrigo Releases Fantasy Tabletop Game ‘The High Winter Elves Of Girlville’ https://theonion.com/olivia-rodrigo-releases-fantasy-tabletop-game-the-high-winter-elves-of-girlville/
September 19, 2026 at 2:52 AM
Counting down 'til someone else insists it should be PbtA...
medium.com/@isabellerue... looking at a bunch of different PbtA and Belonging Outside Belonging games and discussing how they handle setting up PC bonds. I think this one is pretty good #pbta
PC Bonds: Looking at PbtA & Descendants
Player Character (PC) Bonds are a common staple in Powered by the Apocalypse (PbtA) games, and Belonging Outside Belonging (BOB) by…
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February 19, 2026 at 2:41 PM
medium.com/@isabellerue... looking at a bunch of different PbtA and Belonging Outside Belonging games and discussing how they handle setting up PC bonds. I think this one is pretty good #pbta
Playbooks in "In Another World, Who Writes This Shit?", the incredibly shitty PbtA game Lexie and I somehow vomited up quite nearly whole in like three days
October 2, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Playbooks in "In Another World, Who Writes This Shit?", the incredibly shitty PbtA game Lexie and I somehow vomited up quite nearly whole in like three days
My day job (self-employed) includes wandering around the internet and keeping track what people say about PbtA. Occasionally a new one will pop up.
Lately I've been seeing "in a PbtA game, you shouldn't be rolling dice that often anyway."
I'm like, you shouldn't what now? Where did THIS come from?
Lately I've been seeing "in a PbtA game, you shouldn't be rolling dice that often anyway."
I'm like, you shouldn't what now? Where did THIS come from?
April 16, 2026 at 3:51 PM
My day job (self-employed) includes wandering around the internet and keeping track what people say about PbtA. Occasionally a new one will pop up.
Lately I've been seeing "in a PbtA game, you shouldn't be rolling dice that often anyway."
I'm like, you shouldn't what now? Where did THIS come from?
Lately I've been seeing "in a PbtA game, you shouldn't be rolling dice that often anyway."
I'm like, you shouldn't what now? Where did THIS come from?
Sometime recently I saw a conversation scroll on past that was like, "what's the difference between moves in PbtA and skills in other rpgs?"
I can't speak to PbtA in general, of course, but in Apocalypse World, moves aren't skills, they're actions. You know how in a D&D-like game...
I can't speak to PbtA in general, of course, but in Apocalypse World, moves aren't skills, they're actions. You know how in a D&D-like game...
July 8, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Sometime recently I saw a conversation scroll on past that was like, "what's the difference between moves in PbtA and skills in other rpgs?"
I can't speak to PbtA in general, of course, but in Apocalypse World, moves aren't skills, they're actions. You know how in a D&D-like game...
I can't speak to PbtA in general, of course, but in Apocalypse World, moves aren't skills, they're actions. You know how in a D&D-like game...
"The time for a softer, gentler Apocalypse World was gone."
Apocalypse World: Burned Over represents the complicated ways that both the Bakers and reality have changed since the original RPG's release.
Apocalypse World: Burned Over represents the complicated ways that both the Bakers and reality have changed since the original RPG's release.
Apocalypse World: Burned Over is kinder and much angrier
The end of the world isn’t what it used to be. It might be better.
www.rascal.news
October 23, 2025 at 5:46 PM
I just backed Mars Watch | PBTA space military + survival horror on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/wun...
Mars Watch | PBTA space military + survival horror
An almost tenth-anniversary second edition of award-winning RPG The Watch by Ash Kreider, with a new setting and playbook
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September 22, 2026 at 3:29 PM
I just backed Mars Watch | PBTA space military + survival horror on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/wun...