Grrr, so role-based playbooks are going to be a pain in the ass, I think. Maybe going with  breed playbooks, and throw variation in with the stat blocks, maybe a shared pool of available "Ape Moves" to pick from in addition to the playbooks.

Starting to work on a hack based on the Planet of the Apes, focusing on the Apes and in the early context of the current reboot series. Not necessarily set in the cinematic world, but at a point that the apes are a mostly tribal community, with at most limited contact with humans. Given that AW already has mechanics for psychic/supernatural effects, I'd like to play up the spiritual aspects of a tribal society.

With that in mind, some thoughts on playbooks. Being tribal, I'm thinking the playbooks would fall mostly along roles within the tribe. some examples:

Caesar/Chief
Hunter
Teacher
Healer
Warrior
Scout

I'm thinking Ape breed would be mostly window dressing, but possibly adding bonuses to a single attribute or something similar.

The Operator is my favorite playbook, but I've yet to actually play it.

My model when I started really getting into the bones of the book is Lenny Nero (Ralph Feinnes) from the film Strange Days. Not only a consummate businessman, but a constant businessman. Everything is a hustle. Lenny doesn't ask favors from his friends, he makes deals with them. He makes promises of future payment, whether or not he's actually capable of fulfilling those promises. Her certainly intends to make good, and sees no reason he won't be able to when the check comes due. Of course, the fact that he's wrong as often as he's right is a big part of what drives the character forward.