Wild, Wild Wasteland

The celebrate-the-grind stories where some famous artist held down two grueling part-time jobs to make ends meet and got by on four hours of sleep a night so they'd have time to write their novel or paint or whatever, so what's your excuse are absolute bullshit. We should look at those about the same as we look at long-haul truckers doing a lot of amphetamines to handle driving for 16 hours a day or AAA game studios and crunch time.

Goodneighbor Pictures presents: THE BIG DIG starring the one and only, Sole Survivor!

coffee and a puff makes the road a bit easier

i know a handful of you guys have asked if i’ll be selling prints, so i finally made an inprnt! here are some of the available prints i have listed!

(This is the fourth in my ongoing postmortems about my older games. You can find similar posts on SpeedRune, Patchwork World, and Domesday 10XX.)

After the Bomb is a FREE post-apocalyptic RPG inspired by the Fallout video games, built on the OSR-meets-storygame Together We Go system. It contains:

a simple rules system

character options representing both abilities and equipment

tools and tables for creating factions and filling a map

a sample setting and campaign set in Minneapolis

a playlist of royalty-free oldie mp3s

The rules are simple and flexible, especially for those familiar with d20 games. There are no classes; instead, players choose Advances to represent their skills and equipment. Additional rules simulate, in an abstract sense, the dangers of traveling the wasteland.

Exploration and faction rules can simulate an “overland travel” feel, with map knowledge being a key loot component. As players explore and discover, the can clear paths and assist communities to make travel easier.

Wasteland of 10,000 Lakes (or Wasteland 10k) is an entire setting and campaign that’s included with the game. It includes factions, locations, encounters, goals, and a proposed campaign timeline. Choose between enforcing the chaos of the wasteland and embracing it! Join the Hard Times Bike Club and drive a fire-breathing dragon cycle! Discover the hidden source of Swamp Girl Radio!

Speaking of Swamp Girl Radio, the download includes a zip file of royalty-free music from the ‘40s and ‘50s that you can use as diegetic music during your session, including “Swamp Girl” by Frankie Lane.

So bravely emerge from your sterile vault, squint into the cruel sun, and dare to make your way into the jagged, burning land that remains…after the bomb.

1. OK, THIS IS NOT YOUR GRAVE, GET OUT OF THIS HOLE

2. OK, THIS IS ALSO NOT YOUR GRAVE, GET OUT OF THIS HOLE

3. THIS IS ALSO NOT YOUR GRAVE, GET OUT OF THIS HOLE

4. THIS IS NOT OUR GRAVE, GET OUT OF THIS HOLE