DM2017 Apocalypse World playset

A quickstart playset created for use at the Dragonmeet 2017 convention.

Playbooks used: Hardholder, Maestro’D, Angel, Battlebabe

Our hold is called:

• Frozen Pines
• Barter Town
• Fort McGowan

The Apocalypse manifests as:

• The Zone, an area of constantly fluctuating emanations of energy physical and psychic
• The Cloud, a roiling mass of pollution, ash and rubbish that is only partially kept at bay by the prevailing winds
• The Forest, endlessly advancing the trees seek to smother everything and swallow everyone within their depths

Travel is impossible without a guide.

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The hold is factionalised, choose two:

• The Unchosen, a spiritual cult with a charismatic leader and secret rites
• The Feral, a group of children have banded together against the abusive adults that surround them
• The Dog Pack, a rowdy group of toughs who want to get loaded and have a good time
• The Preppers, a cliquey militia who are well-armed, hoard all manner of things and hear strange whispers on the wind
• The Sunflowers, a ratty collective of free-loving hippy perverts
• The Fountainhead, a cartel of traders and mercenaries who are looking to control what they can and profit from that control

Names

• Maestro D: who is in the picture behind the bar?
• Hardholder: who did you bury in the hold’s graveyard wayback when?
• Battlebabe whose name is tattood on your neck?
• Angel: who couldn’t you save?