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“What the hell happened to you?”

We return to Sunktown three years later for the conclusion of our two-part Apocalypse World campaign.

A lot has changed.  A lot has not.

This session is quite long because we do “love letters”, get to know the new characters, and catch up on what’s happening in the old characters’ lives before the actual play starts.  This one is a little slow because we’re feeling out the characters and the new environment, but over the course of Season 2 we make huge improvements in play speed and scene framing (we learned a lot playing this campaign).

Dave is the MC. Here’s the cast:

• Caitlin as Big Fucker, the Faceless and Boo, the Angel
• Will as Found, the Hocus
• Yanni as Eliza, the Savvyhead and Twice, the Operator
• Duncan as Absinthe, the Battlebabe and Ricarra, the Hardholder

IPMM 09: Apocalypse World Season 2 Episode 1

“The Final Showdown”

In this final episode of Season 1, we get to see Boo and Ricarra as PCs for the first time – defending Skull Head from the Sunktown invasion! Back in Sunktown, Found finally makes his move, and something Caitlin had been keeping in Big Fucker’s back pocket suddenly becomes relevant.

Hold on to your seats, folks, because it’s gonna be a wild ride!

IPMM 06 – Apocalypse World Season 1 Finale

“Bad Religion”

In the penultimate episode of Season 1, we watch a church service, delve deep into the psychic malestrom, and finally get a good look at Found’s god.

This was actually the first half of the last session, which was a marathon. We never had a session this long again; optimal Apocalypse World (and Powerd by the Apocalypse games) session length seems to be 2-4 hours with breaks.

IPMM 04 – Apocalypse World Season 1 Episode 6

“Two Funerals and a Wedding”

This is the second recorded (and fifth overall) episode of our Sunktown Apocalypse World campaign. It features a lot of Krin, our wonderful, creepy, religious fanatic NPC doctor.

It was hot when we recorded this so you can hear the A/C when it’s running (and the bugs outside when it’s not).  This goes away after a couple of recordings as the weather settles down.

IPMM 02 – Apocalypse World Season 1 Episode 5

“Battle at the Tanks”

A recording from our first play of Vincent Baker’s Apocalypse World. Just like Star Wars, we’re starting three episodes in (Dave didn’t have his microphone yet for the first three). Don’t worry – you’ll figure it out quick enough.

Dave is the MC for this campaign.  The players and their characters are:

• Caitlin as Big Fucker, the Faceless
• Will as Found, the Hocus
• Yanni as Eliza, the Savvyhead
• Duncan as Absinthe, the Battlebabe

The game takes place in Sunktown, a flooded, post-environmental apocalypse city (or really, part of a suburb), somewhere in the American northwest.  The local hardholder is Mercer, who runs Sunktown with his partner Shan.  They tolerate Found’s cult because they can’t afford not to.  The closest rival settlement is Skull Head, run by the wily Ricarra.

The world itself is perpetually wet and overcast, and there is a pervasive, parasitic rot that affects anyone who spends too much time in the swamp.

And the swamp is everywhere.

IPMM 01: Apocalypse World Season 1 Episode 4