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Apocalypse World / Difficulties with the Operator and Moonlighting
« on: August 14, 2014, 02:18:21 PM »
Hey all, so I've started a game and run a couple of sessions now, but I'm having trouble getting a handle on the Moonlighting move. What I'm having difficulties with is dealing with the consequences of the Operator's multiple gigs at the same time, especially now that the Operator activated his Special and has 3-Juggling.
How do you narratively handle the Operator working 2-3 gigs at once? Since it's rolled at the beginning of the session, I feel like I need to address it based on the outcome of his roll, but I'm finding it difficult to resolve up to 3 situations simultaneously. I'm also having a bit of trouble figuring out how best to address his failures; out of 3 sessions, he's 3 for 3 on catastrophe all around (can't roll above a 3 on the dice when rolling for Moonlighting). Obviously things should be falling down around his head, but the nature of the gigs' (implied?) simultaneity leaves me feeling like I have to keep some of it off-screen, and like I just don't have the economy of game attention to Announce All That Off-Screen Badness.
Has anyone else dealt with this, or have any advice? This is my first time MCing AW, and I'm definitely used to less fiction-driven games as both the host and a player. I really like the potential here, but this particular playbook is proving a bit hard for me to grasp and deal with.
How do you narratively handle the Operator working 2-3 gigs at once? Since it's rolled at the beginning of the session, I feel like I need to address it based on the outcome of his roll, but I'm finding it difficult to resolve up to 3 situations simultaneously. I'm also having a bit of trouble figuring out how best to address his failures; out of 3 sessions, he's 3 for 3 on catastrophe all around (can't roll above a 3 on the dice when rolling for Moonlighting). Obviously things should be falling down around his head, but the nature of the gigs' (implied?) simultaneity leaves me feeling like I have to keep some of it off-screen, and like I just don't have the economy of game attention to Announce All That Off-Screen Badness.
Has anyone else dealt with this, or have any advice? This is my first time MCing AW, and I'm definitely used to less fiction-driven games as both the host and a player. I really like the potential here, but this particular playbook is proving a bit hard for me to grasp and deal with.