What is Weird Weird West?

It's a Powered by the Apocalypse (PbtA) hack with bits of Forged in the Dark (FitD) thrown in for good measure

• For fans of cinematic RPGs and narrative-focused story telling.
• Very little focus on numbers or stats going up and down.
• Heavy focus on characters making interesting decisions.
• Just about everything the characters do comes with a consequence, and we play to see how they deal with those consequences.

Light on setting, heavy on feel.

• Make the weird 1800s your own.
• Play Books, Moves, items and descriptions to spark the imagination, instead of a giant boring essay at the start of the rules.

Light on setting, heavy on feel.

• Make the weird 1800s your own.
• Play Books, Moves, Descriptions and Art to spark the imagination, instead of a giant boring essay at the start of the rules.

Light on rules, heavy on character impact:

• Entire rule book is about 30 pages.
• 4 Play Books (the FIGHTER, the SNEAK, the THINKER and the WEIRDO)
• 9 Backgrounds (informing character and initial equipment, like MEDICINE, VICE, OUTLAW or NATURE)
• Each playbook comes with a WEIRD RUINATION, a power the character can unleash, that comes with a terrible cost...
• Simple Trauma system, based on the FitD "Harm" system.
• Character creation takes <5 minutes.

Moves give you choices, not things to remember.

• No Moves about "adds +2 to X rolls", etc.
• Any time you roll the dice, you're pushing the story forward and making an interesting choice.
• Lots of moves with huge potential for changing the narrative and story, based on player choice.

Western tropes and themes.

• Gun slingers, weird spell casters, obsessive scientists.
• Core rules are written for 1800s American Wild West, but Moves are designed to be loose enough to be used in Space Westerns, Contemporary Westerns, etc.

A whole bunch of original art

• Made by yours truly.
• Hand curated from ACTUAL museum collections of 1800s photography.
• Hand edited to be weird and psychedelic.