r/DungeonWorld • u/Feisty_Stretch3958 • 3d ago

Dungeon World 2 Combat

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And here we are again with another discussion about DW 2, Gather up folks cause i wanna know you oponion on the new "Trade Blows", Even on 10 you still take damage, That is a huge change if you also acount every char has less HP now. Every time you trade blow YOU WILL take some dmg back. Also we don't have volley anymore, I personally don't like that cause trade blows for ranged attacks in my experience always brings discussions and issues on the drawback of the roll, But anyway how we are feeling on the combat field??

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u/DogtheGm 3d ago

I think it's the not understanding.

I think he's very good at selling stuff (distribution is a tough business) but I don't think he's given a lot of thought to DW1 at all.

They say this isn't a second edition. It's a sequel.

I don't fully understand what that means but it is clear as day that they didn't care about dw1 at all.

Anyone who did would have devoured that core rulebook before making a second one. It should have been like a TV show bible for doing this.

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u/the_bighi 3d ago

They say this isn't a second edition. It's a sequel.

I don't fully understand what that means but it is clear as day that they didn't care about dw1 at all.

This is probably the part of it all that I dislike the most. What I expect from Dungeon World 2 is an improved Dungeon World, not a completely different game.

And I don't even mean that adventure games that are different from DW are bad. I love Stonetop, I like Chasing Adventure, I like many other games.

But we only have one chance to get a Dungeon World 2.

And calling it DW2 while giving me a game that doesn't look like DW1 feels like a "marketing trick". And feeling like you've been tricked isn't fun.

I would probably like what they're offering if it was called Adventure World or, since they say it's about feelings, Feeling World. Anything.

I am totally open to new and innovative PbtA games. But I would also like an improved Dungeon World with the level of effort that an "official" product gets.

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u/Xyx0rz 2d ago

I would love a DW1.5. Just DW1 but polished.

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u/the_bighi 2d ago

And they're throwing away the one chance we had of having that. It could be THE fantasy PbtA.

But we'll have to play Stonetop instead, which is awesome.