An idea for Hardholds

I love the idea, Pheylorn.

Some critique on the implementation though:

The clocks should be countdown clocks, i.e. counting down to midnight, like all the others in Apocalypse World. That means 0:00 is “no problems so far”, and movement clockwise is a bad thing. The last three segments, from 9:00 to 12:00, are where the harmful shit happens, and it's all over by 12:00.

So, “Food” for example becomes a “Hunger” countdown clock:

0:00 ? year of plenty! Treat want: hunger as no effect, or treat want: famine as want: hunger.
3:00 ? food is in good supply. +1 to wealth/fortune/moonlighting rolls.
6:00 ? you have some extra food to throw around.
9:00 ? there's just enough to go around.
10:00 ? food is getting scarce, if you don't start to ration you're all dead in days. Move the despair clock one tick forward.
11:00 ? your stores are empty, whatever is out there is all that's left. Move the desertion clock one tick forward.
12:00 ? your hardhold is wracked with starvation and desertion. Move the morale and desertion clocks one tick forward; if either is before 9:00, they're at 9:00 now.

Similar changes for the other clocks, which become countdowns to bad shit. “Morale” becomes “Despair”; “Water” becomes “Thirst”; “Population” becomes “Desertion”.

The moves by PCs to improve the clocks become “remove a marked segment from the countdown”, just as with other countdown clocks in Apocalypse World.

So for Morale....

When the hold has had enough of your shit, roll +Hard. On a 10+ You and your gang are able to keep order. On 7-9 You are able to keep your head and your hold for now, not everyone is happy about the cost. Pick One. On a Miss, choose two.

? You have to crack a few eggs to make an omelette (whatever the fuck that is), some people died to keep the peace, just hope it was the right people dying. -1 Pop, either killed by your gang or ran off. either way, there is blood on your hands.
? The People are hoarding (-1 Food) and preparing for the shit to hit the fan.
? Internal Threats are created or fueled by your actions, people are talking revolution.

Or maybe, you know your p's and q's

When the people start talking about putting a knife in your back, roll +Cool. On a 10+ You spread some honey around and everyone is like little fonzies. On 7-9 You lay down the law and some people feel a little cheated and left out of your plans. Pick One. On a Miss... Fuck, you like to talk shit a little too much... choose two.

? Maybe your words were a little too sweet for some people to swallow or they just didn't think you could do what you promised (maybe they were scare you would do it). Whatever,they packed up their shit and left or they tired and you had to put them down. -1 Pop.
? The people are not happy and jobs are not getting down. Add +Striking to the hold and followers in the hold. -1 Water or -1 Food
? Internal Threats are created or fueled by your words, people are talking about who should replace you.