What would be your favourite Gaming Apocalypse?

Blackleaf · January 28, 2008, 08:13:09 PM

Quote from: J ArcaneDarkness. The idea of the sky simply going black is one that's been with me for years, and it still kind of pains me that I've never managed to get a setting/game put together for it.

I'm just not much of an RPG writer, I don't have the patience for it.

Do you watch the new Doctor Who? The episode "Utopia" from last June is set in the year 100 Trillion (!) where all the stars have burnt out, leaving the sky black.

David R · January 28, 2008, 08:21:08 PM

Quote from: StuartDo you watch the new Doctor Who? The episode "Utopia" from last June is set in the year 100 Trillion (!) where all the stars have burnt out, leaving the sky black.

You should check out J's work progress - A Song in the Dark - the link I seem to have lost

Regards,
David R

J Arcane · January 28, 2008, 08:25:05 PM

Quote from: StuartDo you watch the new Doctor Who? The episode "Utopia" from last June is set in the year 100 Trillion (!) where all the stars have burnt out, leaving the sky black.

I've seen every last ep of the new Who, and yeah, that was pretty nifty.

The devblog link is at http://hedgames.blogspot.com

Sadly, I really just haven't worked on it in some time. I kind of lost my patience for the gritty details of game design. It's still something I'd love to see happen, but it would need a team effort I think, as I just don't have it in me to write the whole thing myself.

kregmosier · January 29, 2008, 10:37:04 AM

A Song in the Dark looks pretty cool! I've printed it out to read during lunch, but i'm liking what i've read so far! cool!

i especially like the ideas for the Dark, as they're very much like what i imagined for the Faerie Veil that envelopes Texas for my currently gestating game, "Veil Texas". (yes, liberally cribbed from Falkenstein...)

KenHR · January 29, 2008, 12:22:51 PM

J, I like what's on the blog! Hope you get a chance to work on A Song in the Dark again down the road.

RPGPundit · January 31, 2008, 03:53:08 PM

Quote from: StuartDo you watch the new Doctor Who? The episode "Utopia" from last June is set in the year 100 Trillion (!) where all the stars have burnt out, leaving the sky black.

I have to say, Utopia filled me with creative impulses; its like what I wish Fading Suns had been more like. I'd love to do an "end of time" sci-fi apocalypse.

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RPGPundit · January 31, 2008, 03:54:28 PM

Obviously, my favourite p-a setting is Gamma World, which to me represents the ideal of p-a gaming. Survivalism, the ruins of civilization, and weird gonzo shit.

I like RIFTS too, but most of the stuff I like about RIFTS is the stuff that's similar to GW.

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beejazz · January 31, 2008, 05:06:25 PM

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(The graphic novel version, though.)

Dood. You read my mind. It's expensive as hell, but was totally worth it.

Pete · January 31, 2008, 05:14:26 PM

I know it's dated these days, but give me a good, old-fashioned nuclear holocaust anyday for my post-apoc gaming. You can take your Revelations-style, alien invasion, zombies and incurable diseases and throw them in the fallout shelter!