GM Moves

Whenever a player makes a move, the GM may make a move. Generally this will be a soft move, driving the narrative or setting things up for later.

Whenever a player makes a move and fails (rolls a 6-) the player marks experience and the GM holds 1 against that character. The GM may immediately, or at any time thereafter, spend his hold, 1 for 1, to make a move against that character from his list, even a hard move.

The GM’s moves are:

Soft Moves:

• Announce off-screen badness
• Announce future badness
• Make them buy
• Tell them the possible consequences and ask
• Offer an opportunity, with or without a cost
• Put someone in a spot
• Trade harm for harm

Hard Moves:

• Separate them
• Capture someone
• Inflict harm
• Take away their stuff
• Activate their stuff’s downside
• Turn their move back on them
• Make a threat move

Battle Moves:

• Inflict incidental fire
• Inflict concentrated fire