The Post-Apocalypse in Your Neck of The Woods

vytzka · July 23, 2013, 01:20:48 AM

Quote from: Shawn Driscoll;673507Detroit. 'Nuff said.

So, business will continue as usual?

Shawn Driscoll · July 23, 2013, 01:26:13 AM

Quote from: vytzka;673523So, business will continue as usual?

It needs to become New Detroit.

LibraryLass · July 23, 2013, 05:47:46 AM

I grew up in the shadow of the Sandia mountains, home of the National laboratories of the same name.

So... a glowing crater, is basically what I'm driving at.

danbuter · July 23, 2013, 07:29:12 AM

My hometown is already detailed, which is handy: Allegheny Uprising

mcbobbo · July 23, 2013, 10:46:06 AM

I think the DFW metro would endure, and depending on the suitability of the food, would probably return to a frontier style trading hub. I imagine squatters holed up in the stadiums, at Six Flags, etc. I also see the law-of-the-gun ruling the land.

Exploderwizard · July 23, 2013, 02:27:10 PM

Quote from: mcbobbo;673635I think the DFW metro would endure, and depending on the suitability of the food, would probably return to a frontier style trading hub. I imagine squatters holed up in the stadiums, at Six Flags, etc. I also see the law-of-the-gun ruling the land.

Dude. Its Texas. Law-of-the-gun already rules the land.

Ronin · July 23, 2013, 06:45:18 PM

Quote from: danbuter;673570My hometown is already detailed, which is handy: Allegheny Uprising

First off thats sweet!:)

Quote from: Exploderwizard;673764Dude. Its Texas. Law-of-the-gun already rules the land.

Secondly thats unfortunately no true. I family in Texas. Yuppy scum that wouldn't know what end the bullets come out, till it was to late.

According to Nukemap my city would be straight fucked from the typical chinese 5MT warhead. So I'm gonna say dust in the wind.

Eisenmann · July 24, 2013, 09:09:13 AM

Quote from: Ronin;673846
First off thats sweet!:)

My old stomping grounds are covered by Allegheny Uprising too. No Russkies are getting through Sleepy Hollow on Route 30.

Vile Traveller · July 24, 2013, 09:23:50 AM

Hong Kong would be abandoned pretty sharpish. Insanely dense metropolises are not terribly sustainable once the supplies dry up.

Short-term just after the zombie apocalypse? It would be fantastic for as long as you managed to keep paying attention. The sheer quantity of nooks and crannies would mean a nip in the bud fairly quickly, unfortunately. And firearms and decent gardening tools are pretty hard to come by, so meat cleavers would be the most common weapon. Hmm, again, unsustainable.

Tetsubo · July 24, 2013, 06:10:32 PM

In a full scale nuclear exchange I am toast. But in a 'soft' apocalypse things would fair better. We have a hydro plant, 2 hospitals, good library, National Guard Armory, some light industrial facilities and of course, my personal collection of books and weapons. I fear that some of the minority community might not fare well however. I do live in a very white, Christian area.

Spinachcat · July 26, 2013, 02:34:51 AM

Whenever I run Gamma World, I either run Gamma Mars or Ruins of Lost Angels. My LA gamma world has been nuked and shattered by a mega-quake, leaving a massive archipelago of islands to be looted and port cities along the new coast, beyond which is mostly desert.

But I don't do "realistic" apocalypse, more crazy mutagenic bombs ala Classic Gamma World with the occasional glowing crater to spice up the place.

RPGPundit · July 27, 2013, 04:13:22 AM

Interestingly enough, I don't know that Montevideo would look all that different; the place has a "ruined city" aesthetic as it is; in fact, it was once famously described as a "ruined city that still happens to have people living in it".

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