#2 - first steps

In our seventh and final episode, we bust out all kinds of mechanics in a flurry of climactic player vs player action. Then we watch these characters waltz into the sunset... or, knowing Apocalypse World, somewhere far, far weirder and worse.For an extended epilogue for Sam's character Ty, you can listen to Sam and Aaron talk about Love Letters in Apocalypse World over on this episode of Dice Exploder.Party by the Apocalypse is:⁠Sam Dunnewold⁠ of ⁠Dice Exploder⁠⁠Aaron King⁠ of ⁠RTFM⁠⁠KeganEXE⁠ of ⁠PlusOneEXP⁠⁠Essay⁠ of ⁠Three of Hearts⁠Our theme song is ⁠Phantasm⁠ by Purely Grey

In our sixth episode, we look back at the session we just played and debrief on how it went, particularly how we made our best efforts to check in with each other while deciding whether two characters would fuck last session, and how we'd been laying groundwork as far back as before we hit record on our first episode to make sure that scene was a good one we were all comfortable with.Party by the Apocalypse is:⁠Sam Dunnewold⁠ of ⁠Dice Exploder⁠⁠Aaron King⁠ of ⁠RTFM⁠⁠KeganEXE⁠ of ⁠PlusOneEXP⁠⁠Essay⁠ of ⁠Three of Hearts⁠Our theme song is ⁠Phantasm⁠ by Purely Grey

In our fifth episode, our characters take a breather on the ride home after all the action from our session in episode three.But that just means it's time to dig into the interpersonal mechanics. We highlight the start of session "highlighting stats" procedure and the read a person move, particularly how it functions when used on other player characters.Then two players negotiate sex between their characters, and we cover Apocalypse World's moves for what happens mechanically when two characters get down.Party by the Apocalypse is:⁠Sam Dunnewold⁠ of ⁠Dice Exploder⁠⁠Aaron King⁠ of ⁠RTFM⁠⁠KeganEXE⁠ of ⁠PlusOneEXP⁠⁠Essay⁠ of ⁠Three of Hearts⁠Our theme song is ⁠Phantasm⁠ by Purely Grey

In our fourth episode, I ask Aaron about how they go about prepping Apocalypse World, both before the campaign starts and between sessions once we're in the thick of it. We also reflect on the session we played in episode three.Party by the Apocalypse is:⁠Sam Dunnewold⁠ of ⁠Dice Exploder⁠⁠Aaron King⁠ of ⁠RTFM⁠⁠KeganEXE⁠ of ⁠PlusOneEXP⁠⁠Essay⁠ of ⁠Three of Hearts⁠Our theme song is ⁠Phantasm⁠ by Purely Grey

In our third episode, we get into the meat of play with a focus the read a charged situation move as well as how combat and violence work in Apocalypse World - they move surprisingly quickly!Party by the Apocalypse is:⁠Sam Dunnewold⁠ of ⁠Dice Exploder⁠⁠Aaron King⁠ of ⁠RTFM⁠⁠KeganEXE⁠ of ⁠PlusOneEXP⁠⁠Essay⁠ of ⁠Three of Hearts⁠Our theme song is ⁠Phantasm⁠ by Purely Grey

On our second episode, we walk through our beginning of session moves and what it feels like as a player to take those first few steps with a new character while you’re still getting comfortable with them, with the world, and with each other.Party by the Apocalypse is:⁠Sam Dunnewold⁠ of ⁠Dice Exploder⁠⁠Aaron King⁠ of ⁠RTFM⁠⁠KeganEXE⁠ of ⁠PlusOneEXP⁠⁠Essay⁠ of ⁠Three of Hearts⁠Our theme song is ⁠Phantasm⁠ by Purely Grey

Hello and welcome to Party by the Apocalypse, an actual play miniseries where we play Apocalypse World while breaking down how it works and the choices we're making as players so you can learn how to better play it.On this first episode, we talk about what Apocalypse World is and our personal histories with the game. Then we get into character creation and end up with a parade of weirdos.Party by the Apocalypse is:Sam Dunnewold of Dice ExploderAaron King of RTFMKeganEXE of PlusOneEXPEssay of Three of HeartsOur theme song is Phantasm by Purely Grey