Editing Apocalypse World (section)

==Powered by the Apocalypse==
'''[[Powered By the Apocalypse]] (PbtA)''' is the term used to identify games that use the Apocalypse World game engine. In an open letter, [[Awesome|the creators of Apocalypse World allowed anyone in the world access to make a game using their mechanics.]] With that came a deluge of games, not all of them good. For every game like [[Monsterhearts]] and [[Masks: A New Generation]] which do something unique with the system you get [[Fail|spinoffs that someone put together in five minutes.]] Since the system is open to anyone there is no quality control. The rules are simple enough that a game designer could crank out several playbooks for specific setting within a few days, because narrative based rpg systems don't really require a lot of balancing and playtesting. 

What does this mean? Well you should [[Awesome|be able to find or create any setting you want with the Apocalypse World Engine]], but you are going to have to be careful that the playbooks you buy are worth the money.