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Mecha World

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Mecha World seeks to capture the feeling of high octane mecha on mecha and mecha on alien fun of shows like Gundam, Macross and, Aldnoah Zero. This is a hack of Dungeon World, and the Apocalypse engine and so can use moves and rules from those systems. Knowledge of those systems will make using this product far easier. While there is enough here for you to play with it as a stand-alone product, having access to the Dungeon World SRD will help.

This Product includes

  • A Combined Rule Book
  • A Main Rules 2 sided spread.
  • 5 Character Playbooks
  • 15 Compendium Roles
  • 4 Basic Mecha Playbooks
  • 2 Alternative Mecha Playbooks
  • Basic Moves Spreads
  • Mecha Moves Spreads
  • Series Examples
  • A Lot of Moves

I look forward to receiving feedback on this product and to continually improving this initial offering for several years to come and writing new expansions. 

May your waging of war across the stars be exciting!

I added a set of solarpunk world questions and finally spelt Apocalypse right.

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Jeremy W. S December 15, 2022 2:11 pm UTC
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Which version is the latest? I’m confused by the large number of files available. I suspect the main ones I need to worry about are the single rule books, but there aren’t version numbers or dates, and the Greek alphabet designations aren’t consecutive.
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Matt D December 15, 2022 10:46 pm UTC
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Hey, sorry I'm a fool. I've just updated them with latest and original prefixes, Zeta is the current version.
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Jeremy W. S December 16, 2022 12:08 am UTC
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Thanks for the quick clarification! DriveThru must be processing your updates, because they haven’t sent me the “updated version available” email yet, but it is enough for me to know where to focus my attention.
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Joel S April 25, 2022 9:20 pm UTC
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While I haven't played it yet, since I just saw it right now, I will say that I look forward to playing it as it looks like something I've been looking for for quite a while.
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Matt D April 27, 2022 7:08 pm UTC
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I hope you enjoy it!
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Andrea P September 27, 2021 9:29 pm UTC
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Hi Matt. I supported you with a fair price (for a beta... ;-) ). I see potential, here, however I'd like to give you my feedback (sorry if it seems dry, I'll try to keep it short):
- I don't like how the moves are presented. Particularly, the Partial Hit put before the "standard" Hit. Usually, I find easier to read something like "This move does this think. With a hit, you gain xxx. On a partial, you also need to choose 1 of this: -list1 -list2 -list3 etc." I suppose you did it on a purpose, but that's my preference.
- Some move could be clearer, or simpler. For example, in Assess Situation, you could remove the "holds" thing, 'cause I think it's clear enough that you take +1Forward in the moment you act on the answers.
- Hand to Hand and Shoot Out could be condensed in a single move, 'cause they are identical; you just need to specify that you can use ammo only for ranged attacks.
- I feel there are too moves. For example, the PC harm: we have Mortal Wound,...See more
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Matt D September 27, 2021 10:39 pm UTC
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Wow, hey Andrea! Thanks for all that feedback, I'll have to digest it. I think that some of my thinking already echoed yours, especially around the damage rules.

As I said before my time to work on it now is a bit limited but with feedback like this it really makes me look forward to getting back to the grindstone and fix some of these loose ends.
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Matt D September 27, 2021 10:53 pm UTC
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Oh, I'd also like to say it really means a lot to see that you've read what I made in such detail and thought it worth your while to give feedback! I can't promise to be speedy (I have some time off over Christmas) but I'll keep striving to get everyone a better version out there.

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Andrea P September 28, 2021 3:40 pm UTC
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Fantastic. I'm looking forward to the new rendition.
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Orin T September 08, 2021 11:39 am UTC
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I think this is a great Mecha game and has great potentials. As is right now i think Mecha World offers quite diverse mecha builds already. I cannot speak about balance since i have not played it much but the rules are explained clearly and easy to understand. I really like this game.

My advice to Legion Zero is to cover the basic of playing owered by The Apocalypse TTRPG so newbie GM and players don't have to rely on DW SRD.

Thank you so much for making and sharing this with all of us, Legion Zero team! I'm really looking forward to it to the final build of this great game. Best regards!
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Matt D September 08, 2021 11:55 am UTC
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Thanks! That really means a lot, really gives me more drive!

I think you're definitely right, I will look to incorporate the basics, but I recently got employed so I have a less time than planned.

If you have any more thoughts please feel free to reach out, I'd love to hear about your experiences.
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Orin T September 08, 2021 3:03 pm UTC
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Good for you Matt. I'm glad to hear that too.

Please by all means, take your time, Matt! Yes, i love that we sort of be able to choose the chassis and can combine different parts to make our mecha our own. The choices are already quite robust too, but being PbtA games it still plays fast and easy.

I love Mecha World like Beneath A Cursed Moon by Karrius and Homebrew World by Jeremy Strandberg.

The sort of "unfinished yet but already awesome PbtA games" hahaha.
It would help too if we can help promote it too if you have any social media or itch.io page, Matt. It's really fine if you don't by the way.
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Seth C P August 13, 2021 10:03 pm UTC
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Is that the Hyaku Shiki lineart?
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Matt D August 14, 2021 12:11 am UTC
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Howdy, As mentioned all the art was licensed via adobe stock images. The Cover is https://stock.adobe.com/uk/images/line-art-mecha-is-a-tough-fighter/423678912

But I will say I was trying to find decent looking stuff that wasn't a pure 100% trace of a gundam or valkyrie.
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