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The Brainer VS The Brain-Picker (Apocalypse World 2e/3e) with the Bakers

Nov 11, 2025
1h 12m

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Apocalypse World 3rd edition is on Kickstarter right now. In many ways, it hasn’t changed much. In many ways, it's a whole new apocalypse. So I thought it'd be fun to have on the Bakers and go through a playbook - the Brainer in 2e vs its equivalent the Brain-Picker in 3e - and ask them about every single change on the sheet, from updating the basic moves all the way down to a single name on a single picklist.

Further Reading

Apocalypse World: Burned Over 3e on Kickstarter and a preview of The Brain-Picker

Apocalypse World 2e handouts, including the Brainer

Designing a seduce or manipulate replacement on the Dice Exploder Patreon

Preview the Bakers’ seduce or manipulate replacement on their Patreon

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