Editing Apocalypse World (section)

==Should I play this?==

Give it a try. Everything you need to play is available for free online, the rulebook is only necessary for in-depth preparation, explanations of certain design choices and guidelines on how to be good at improvising as you go along (in short, the MC should probably at least skim it over).

A word of warning - the MC will need to be good at improvising and making compelling events up as the game progresses, because the way moves and MC influence on the game work, it’s impossible – and feels restraining on the player abilities – to prepare a defined plot in advance. 

As a player, you’re probably not going to enjoy this game if you expect to “win”, because it’s a narrativist game. The goal of the system is to allow the players and the MC to cooperatively establish an interesting and compelling story of the players and supporting characters, not necessarily to the characters’ best interests or beneficial outcomes.