Party by the Apocalypse – Details, episodes &amp; analysis

Our theme song is ⁠Phantasm⁠ by Purely Grey

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#6 - checking in

Season 1 · Episode 6

Tuesday, June 3, 2025 • Duration 15:50

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.

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Our theme song is ⁠Phantasm⁠ by Purely Grey

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#5 - highlighting stats, read a person, and sex

Season 1 · Episode 5

Tuesday, June 3, 2025 • Duration 51:38

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.

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Our theme song is ⁠Phantasm⁠ by Purely Grey

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#4 - prep

Season 1 · Episode 4

Tuesday, June 3, 2025 • Duration 15:30

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.

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Our theme song is ⁠Phantasm⁠ by Purely Grey

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#3 - read a situation, violence

Season 1 · Episode 3

Tuesday, June 3, 2025 • Duration 01:20:31

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!

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Our theme song is ⁠Phantasm⁠ by Purely Grey

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#2 - first steps

Season 1 · Episode 2

Tuesday, June 3, 2025 • Duration 28:16

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.

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