So Ricardo's post over at Fantalonia
got me thinking about Post Apocalyptic games again. He basically was
reviewing 15mm.co.uk rules for the USE ME system. His review focused
on it's differences with the Ganesha Games title Mutants & Death
Ray Guns (MDRG) which is a homage to TSR's Gamma World. Back in the
day we (meaning my gaming group, not the royal we) played a fair
amount of Gamma World and no game was complete without some kind of
DethmöbeelTM
(ie
a big vehicle with armor and Guns all over it).
Image from: http://www.waynesbooks.com/GammaWorld.html
For
what USE ME: PA was all about I thought that this post on DropshipHorizon was a little more illustrative. I'm tempted to buy it, but
perhaps I need to play one of the other five rule sets I own and
haven't played first.
Other
titles that are in development are Ganesha Games Apocalypticum, you
can see some playtests and some cool PA vehicle models at ChicagoSkirmish Wargames. It looks cool but it appears that combat is not
deadly enough, yet.
Two
Hour Wargames also has After the Horsemen in development and the
Yahoo group has some files on playing Fallout with the old Chain
Reaction 2.0 rules. (What's that? Some one should update that to
CRFV?) [As a side note you can download the Chain Reaction Final
Version and Chain Reaction Swordplay Final version for free at the
Two Hour Wargames store.]
And
in my search for “Post Apocalyptic Rules” I found this site
http://www.darkshire.net/jhkim/rpg/freerpgs/bykeyword/postapocalyptic.html
with a bunch of interesting looking free rpg alternatives to Gamma
World.
Also
if you like John Carter, THW has just put out a free add on for
gaming the Warlord of Mars on their blog here.
And
today is the last day to put your name on the list here to win a free THW
ruleset.
