I am a huge fan of Urban Shadows(Apocalypse World Hack) by Andrew Medeiros. The second I finished reading through US a couple of months ago, I felt that I had finally found the great starting point for having the World of Darkness fix that I wanted in an AW gaming mechanic.
A few weeks ago, I began writing an Add-On for US adding many of the WoD clans, tribes, orders and creeds. Along the way, I have picked up a great team of Anton Dominic, John Layton, and Steve Moore in writing material for FOUR WoD books, currently we have the Vamp (Vampire the Masquerade,) the Wizard (Mage the Awakening,) the Wolf (Werewolf the Forsaken,) and the Hunter (Hunter the Vigil.)
This is our first draft write up, as you will see not quite complete, but I would love feedback from both WoD fans, US, fans and AW fans. Any advice would be great, there is a lot of material here. We are starting play test on it next week and will keep you informed of how it goes.
If any of you want to playtest this as well, that would be awesome and would love feedback, videos, ect…
Here is a the document:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vAfokBManOfs96xyvhPB2q6P1lR3PrN1OGNmjkLoqk8/edit?usp=sharing
Here is a first draft proof of the the Wizard (mage) from what it will look like once finish:
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Hhx1yXlz-OTXlkbnVCdGRIdEU/edit?usp=sharing
Link to Urban Shadows if you haven’t played it:
Any feedback is noteworthy. You think a clan is represented? Tell us! You don’t like a move? Tell us! You have a great idea for a move? Tell us!
The first thing I thought when I saw this: “You know, you could do Auspices as alignment and Breed as race…”
Sean Dunstan Maybe not exact, but both are in there! BUT I guess if you were translating this over for DW, that would be possible.
So, are you now thinking of a hack of an addon for a hack of aw, to add to a hack of AW?
Thinking about, yes. Given my history of such things, I would never finish it though.
First draft of Werewolf is done, now just need feedback!
Mage should be done by this afternoon, with Vampire by end of week and Hunter closely after that.
Just text right now, I won’t be doing the designs till playtest and feedback. Just takes too much time.
That’s the one.
Within that document, we have Vampire, Werewolf, Mage and Hunter …… was just pointing out that Werewolf was at a fully written level, and the status of the other items.
Trust me, I want to get to the design stage as I love the way that Mage example looks.
Tommy Rayburn that’s great!
/gone to check it out
I have some great updates with some new moves/spells that if anyone is interesting, I can send.