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Dungeon World, Masks and Blades in the Dark are some popular TTRPGs that use PbtA as their basis.

I bought DW by mistake and was the best mistake I took buying TTRPG books. Just print the character sheet and play.

Coming from a long background in D&D 3.5/5e/etc TTRPGs, Dungeon World and thus the PbtA systems feel like a breath of fresh air! Especially for a rules-lite, narrative-first game.

However, I will admit... The actual Dungeon World book is pretty bad. Great rules, great player sheets / printables, rather poor book as TTRPG books go.

Oh, yes, but was my first contact with pbta (o/

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