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Thank you for your support!  I'm a little sad you probably won't use this stuff, but I totally know how that goes too. ;)  Let me know if you do end up having any feedback -- I'm planning a gentle revision of at least the core game at some point this year.

I'm expecting the next DirectRelief payment to go out relatively soon, just waiting for a few more Itch payments to clear first.

I think this could be a fun game, but it's hard for me to tell.  A little bit of feedback:

• I suspect the "odds" chart is wrong -- -2 says "Slim chance. Roll 3 dice, and choose the best result." and you probably mean "choose the worst result"?
• "if it takes to much effort to justify" should be "if it takes too much effort to justify"
• " (or you injury yourself)" --> " (or you injure yourself)"
• Generally probably want to run a basic grammar check on this. =(
• I appreciate the printable tri-fold format, but please provide one for screen reading as well -- it's really very confusing to try to make sense of things without printing.

Today, I learned that Apocalypse World is not tagged "PbtA" on Itch...

FYI to folks who might be looking for a community copy, I don't tend to add them while the game is in a charity bundle, as it is right now, but when the No ICE In California bundle ends in 2 weeks, we're going to have a bunch of copies added.

So please support the bundle if you can, but if you can't, please be patient, thank you!

Aha! That makes sense! That's my habit of not reading the "lists of stuff to pick from" when going through a game coming back to bite me. Thanks!

A quick question:

How do I improve my rating in Core Skills? Secondary skills can be improved by Tutoring and by rolling crits, but it seems like neither of these is an option for Core Skills, and given how modest attributes are, it seems like Secondary skills would rapidly surpass Core Skills in modifier? (Though Core skills will have Tricks)

Well done, well done indeed.

It's June 1, but we don't seem to be live?

Excellent! I know how it goes! Thank you very much!

Thanks for the interest!  Please consider leaving a rating if you like the game!

There are more Community Copies now. :) Let me know if you don't manage to nab one.

No problem! Glad you're getting the work!

I'm enjoying the vibes here, but I think you definitely need to do another proofreading pass -- in addition to the issues other folks have mentioned, it seems like the text for Operate and Tinker is the same, and Cook and Sharpen have the same "flavor text", as do Ritual and Research.

Further, did you...change the name of your game at some point? In a few cases, it seems to refer to itself as "HSS"? 

I also found the explanation of tokens somewhat confusing -- some are applied to characters and some to leviathans, but it's not clear to me if you "spend" tokens on yourself or on your target, and whether tokens on the target are "character specific"; If I apply Target to a part, can someone else use that Target to attack? 

I could also really use a...checklist? Bullet list? for how Leviathan actions should go.

Looking forward to future revisions!

Excellent! I hope you have a good time, and let me know if you have any questions or anything you need!

Hey, thanks for your interest!  Always glad to field questions.

You spend 1 Insight or take 1 Arthic hold on 7-9 AND on a 10+ -- I wrote this as "When you roll a 7+" which might not have been the clearest.  Basically: Anytime you get the effect of your Art, you pay a little bit of Insight/Arthic hold to represent the sort of "MP cost".  Arthic Hold clears fast, but is a problem if you expect to be casting repeatedly in a single scene, while Insight recovers slowly, but there's no penalty for using it other than not having it.

On a 6- on a support Art, the GM should still make a move per page 53;  What that move is will depend on the situation in which the art is being used, but you can usually fall back on Deplete Their Reserves (and make them spend Insight even without getting the effect), Inflict a Condition (Give them Drained, with or without getting the effect), or Ask Them What It Costs (and ask them what goes wrong.).   Alteratively, you could use the opportunity to Foreshadow Something Ominous and just cut away to bad things happening elsewhere. 

I probably should add information about this to the rules text though, since I think the support Arts are the only Moves that don't have an explicit 6- instruction.

It's in a charity bundle right now, so I probably won't be adding any more until that ends in two weeks;  That said, once it does, there will definitely be a few more copies added, so I can drop a reply to you here when that happens if it will help.

No problem! Glad to help out! Good work on the game, I'm going to keep it in my back pocket for a oneshot sometime!

In the Keepsakes section"The GM gives a Keepsakes to a PC for succeeding a Romance Roll with an NPC." should probably be "The GM gives a Keepsake to a PC for succeeding on a Romance Roll with an NPC."

This is an elegant twist on the Lasers & Feelings formula, and gives it just enough extra 'game' to mix things up. 

I particularly like the Keepsake mechanics -- both for awarding them and the fact that you need to spend -all- of them to clear Heat -- and the Emotional Encounters table, which gives me EXACTLY the vibes I want from a game like this.

Honorable mentions to the mech 'sketches' with the snail tank.

Awesome, thanks!

I really like this game, but the text seems to have a number of errors - usually game elements being referred to by the wrong name, presumably reflecting changes that have been made but not thoroughly implemented. 

Are there plans for an update? 

Wanted to add a comment here since I just cracked open my copy for a look for the first time in a while -- it seems like you've got some sort of weird issue with your PDF bookmarks; While there are correct bookmarks in the document, there are preceeded by a whole bunch of bookmarks with names like "_heading=h.pp6px1afcjnd" which clutter up the pane and are probably not intended?

Ah! Thanks for the reminder! I had been putting off adding more community copies while the Trans Rights West Virginia bundle was running, but now that that is over, I've added the backlog, so there should be a few around for you to grab!  

Good luck! Let me know if I can help.

I was able to open the PDF in Affinity publisher and edit it easily, but in so doing I lost the fonts. If you know what fonts they are, you might be able to do something similar but more effective.

Can anyone verify for me if the issue with the play materials that exists in the DTRPG edition of this game is a problem here too?

Specifically, in the reference materials (but not in the actual book) Comfort and Support says:

When you assist a fellow PC, roll.

On a hit you lift them up: they may choose to give you a Bond with them or clear a marked Element.

On a 7-9 you may also clear an Element yourself, ask them a question they must answer, give them a Bond with you, or gain +1 Influence (Courtly).

In a scene, you may use this move to aid someone before or after a roll. Spend a Bond you created with them to give them a +1 to their roll.

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Fiddly nitpicks:

• You have a typo. "Someone Else›s Coat"
• heroic should have the ‡ traumatized mark
• The "stories were once told..." section seems to appear twice, once on page 4, and once on page 5.  They seem to be the same.

Works for me at this time.

Even something simple would be great. :)

I'm still learning to try to do real layout too. If I ever get done with all my own projects, I'd be happy to help out. x.x

I really like what you've done here.  Hopefully at some point you'll be able to create some at-the-table reference materials?

This is an excellent, concise and Aspect-focused implementation of Fate. I've always been a fan of aspects and I'm glad to see a version of the game that really puts their importance front and center.

I will probably be using this the next time I bring Fate to the table.

Looking forward to seeing what you do with this. I definitely found the initial version kinda rough, but I'm still hunting for a really good shonen game, so I'll be keeping an eye on this. :)

No problem. Let me know if you have any questions! Thanks for your interest! 

Did you manage to grab one? There's one left, but I can add more if there are zero when you come looking.