I think that’s a accurate assessment, and it’s an ongoing challenge to get my players to play toward the fiction and not the mechanisms.

Since a lot of what makes a PbtA game unique is its relationship between moves and the fiction, I think my players often feel insecure about where it’s possible to mechanically impose their wishes on the fiction. Like last night, because it was a heavy intrigue driven game, someone straight up asked “okay but how do I lie to someone so they believe it? Is that a Bargain? Is it Meddling?” Which is a very different question than intent-focused play, which Meddle totally demands (hence stating your stakes up front). They’d just gotten used to Seduce or Manipulate!