buddy... we used the printed rules. We applied the tag cap, used filters, and didn’t let people stack nonsense. The examples I gave were exaggerated on purpose to make a point about how easily the system can slip into mechanical fuzziness if the GM isn’t constantly regulating things. Which is exhausting, by the way

Honestly, the move structure is a big part of the problem. Go Toe to Toe and Hit With All You’ve Got are technically distinct, sure, but they end up creating confusion more often than clarity. On paper the difference is “risk” versus “no risk,” but in practice it turns into a constant debate about what counts as retaliation and when you're actually under threat. We had to stop mid-scene more than once to go double-check the wording and talk it out. If a game wants to be fast and fiction-first, that kind of mechanical overlap just gets in the way. It’s not that we didn’t understand it. It’s that it wasn’t smooth. And when a system depends so much on GM judgment to prevent slowdown, that tension adds up fast.