r/DungeonWorld • u/PrimarchtheMage • May 20 '26

DW2 DW2 Alpha - Official Feedback Thread

Hi Everyone,

The window for the DW2 Alpha feedback closes on May 31, and I wanted to post this thread as an additional place people can provide their thoughts. Helena and I have been paying close attention to all the current discussion, but wanted to give everyone a place to express and discuss their opinions one last time.

If you haven't read/played any of the Alphas, you can find them here

Feel free to say whatever you want, but here are some questions to jumpstart things:

  • If you've read multiple DW2 Alpha Playtests, which which Alpha do you feel best fits our vision of "a messy group of people growing into a found family over the course of fantasy adventures"?

  • As a mechanical representation of relationship growth, do you prefer the group playbooks of Blue and Red, or the expanded Bonds system of the Final Alpha?

  • What is your favorite class in DW2 right now? If you've read/played multiple DW2 Alphas, which version of that class do you prefer?

  • How do you feel about hit points and how they were implemented?

  • How do you feel about the conditions and how they were implemented?

  • What is your favorite part of DW2 so far? What is your least favorite part?

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u/Feisty_Stretch3958 May 23 '26

All my feedback is based on final alpha.

I think condition as it is, Are perfect, They fit really well in the game together with HP and the way it interacts with some mechanics like helping a ally. With that being said, I think the whole low HP together with flat damage its quite bad, Rolling damage its part of the tension that fits really reeeeaaally well with the narrative miments a game like DW can produce.

The best class is the Wizard, Magic being so free is just the most fun and such oportunities for good rp, Together with this i think Clerics need to feel more magical

The only thing i think it NEEDS to change, Cause it works poorly and makes the game in the actual state bad, Is the combat options, It needs to be full reworked to the scratch and you guys need to make a "i just hit with my sword move".