The Regiment Alpha Playtest Kit 1.0

Here's the alpha playtest draft for THE REGIMENT, an Apocalypse World hack about soldiers in war.

• Playbooks for the Soldier, Officer, Sergeant, Medic, Commando, and Sniper.
• Moves and Weapons tri-fold.
• GM toolkit tri-fold.
• Regiment/Unit tri-fold.

Should you try this out?
You're a good candidate if you 1) Have played Apocalypse World and know it well, 2) Are a fan of war movies, 3) Can playtest a game from bare-bones components. If you're not all three of those, then I don't know. Maybe it's not the thing for you yet.

http://www.onesevendesign.com/regiment/the_regiment_alpha_1_0.pdf

I'll post some comments on the alpha and questions for playtesters shortly.

Thanks!

I love you.
So much.

Wahoo! I have a couple of players who would probably LOVE to check this game out.

Thanks for all your (continuing) hard work, folks! It's greatly appreciated.

Oh God yes.

John, how do you feel about online playtests?  
I know some folks don't like their IP spread all over the internets, and other people like being able to watch a game in progress.  I've been excited about Regiment, and I think it would make a great one-shot.

Thanks, everybody!

@DannyK: Go for it! And feel free to share the playtest kit with anyone you want.

If anyone wants to run a play by forum, I'm super excited to play in a game.

Officer Playbook
Re-write, harsh lessons move:

After a battle, if you lost any men during the engagement, mark xp.

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Sniper Playbook
Spotter typo:

If your sniper spotter is another PC, tell them they gain call the shots.

All Playbooks
"Gear & Spoils of War" should read "Loadout & Spoils of War" (as Soldier playbook).

Close assault seems like 7-9 and 10+ seem like the same option set.
Consider adding "or shell shocked" to the Lost in the fog of war.
Smokes - wasn't this also when soldiers started giving out chocolate?  I bet chocolate gives you a bonus when dealing with children...

Close assault options are similar, but different.

10+ they choose:
- take your harm (they don't do any harm back)
- break and flee (they're broken and separated)
- surrender (captured)

7-9 they choose:
- trade harm (they do harm to you)
- orderly withdrawal (not broken or separated)
- barricaded (take no harm, not captured)

"Smokes" represent all barter items, especially including chocolate. :-)

You should totally bring candy cigarettes, Hersey's chocolate bars, spam, and saltines as snacks for your players.  Plastic canteens of water too.

Halfway considering this rewrite.

Assess the Situation
When you assess the situation, roll+tactics. On a hit, ask the GM questions about what the fuck is going on. On a 10+, ask three. On a 7-9, ask two.

Heh. That's pretty good. If I was in the middle of a firefight, I'd sure want to know what the fuck was going on.