The end of the world is a great setting for RPGs and post-apocalyptic games have existed since almost as longs as there has been role-playing games. Metamorphosis Alpha was the first in 1976 but it was Gamma World in
Tag: Post-Apocalypse
Post Apocalypse Character Concept
I miss my post-apocalypse games. Aftermath! was the undisputed king of the genre and this artwork / character concept from the art studio Massive Black would have made a brilliant character. The patchwork of clothing and armour combined with the
5 Lessons from a Survivalist
Last weeks post, This is not just a +1 Sword, this is a M&S +1 Sword was inspired because I was reading several of Jerry Ahern’s Survivalist series of books. These pulp, action hero, post-apocalypse books were a favourite of
First Survivors, Now Triffids
Killer Plants on the Loose John Wyndham’s classic book, Day of the Triffids, is about to be remade into a new BBC two parter. Written in 1951, the book starts with an unexplained phenomena blinding most of the world’s population.
Poll: Spaceships & Swords – Which Genres and Types of Games do you Play?
D&D dominates the RPG world but there are many different types of games out there. Rather than which specific rule system you prefer, we want to know what types of systems you prefer. [poll id=”11″] [poll id=”12″] [poll id=”13″] [poll
Friday’s Bucket of Links
A round-up of the best RPG writing this week. The D&D Insider Character Builder was opened up for beta testing this week. If like me you don’t have a D&D Insider account, you can see what you missing with this
Post-Apocalypse Tokyo
This image of the Shibuya district of Tokyo is typical of many post-apocalypse artworks. During the seventies and eighties, a lot of SF related art work would feature cities or spacecraft overgrown with plants. Assuming the city had not been
New Products for Aftermath!
After yesterday’s post about adding Aftermath! to our RPG store, I was browsing the net for any Aftermath! related websites. To my amazement it seems that Fantasy Games Unlimited are in production again and selling Aftermath! products. Even better, they
Aftermath! by Fantasy Games Unlimited
One of my favourite games during the 80’s was Aftermath!, the post-apocalypse game by Fantasy Games Unlimited. A highly flexible rule system that could be used for gritty, post-nuclear campaigns to quick zombie filled scenarios based on Dawn of the
Killer Asteroid
As a long-time fan of post-apocalypse scenarios in games, books and TV, massive asteroid strikes have always attracted me. Their unstoppable nature and the amount of damage they can do create the perfect doomsday scenario. The best example of this