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The Joker.  The Penguin.  Magneto.  Lex Luthor.  Legendary villains of various heroes.  However, one of the scariest is one you’ve only heard of on this blog: 2-Rock.  After civilization collapses, he elevates his game to a whole new level, but it’s his beginnings that help show who and what he is, and how he became [...]

With all the talk of Armeggedon here the last week, one thing I haven’t done is talk about the cause.  I mean, sure, the Dow tanked another 500 points yesterday and it’s a sign we’re all going to die.  But what about where it really matters…in your games?  So, I thought I’d whip this up [...]

So, you’ve been religiously reading my post about post apocalyptic wastelands and you’re ready to play.  You’re trying to figure out angles for your character, ways to make him or her unique.  You may be asking “How oh great and wonderful Tomcat?”  OK, you’re saying that in my mind, but we won’t sweat the details [...]

Since we’ve got a theme running here this month, I figured I’d run with it a bit longer.  In your post apocalyptic game, chances are there are some form of skills your character can take, regardless of the system.  In a post apocalyptic wasteland, there are skills that can be extremely useful that most characters [...]

So, with the market down another bazillion points or so, and unemployment on the rise, and the overwhealming threat that civilization will collapse upon our collective heads within the next few hours, I figured now would be a good time to talk more about the apocalypse!
Obviously, anyone can draw inspiration for a post apocalyptic world [...]

Times like the apocalypse change people.  Some who have lived the straight and narrow path all their lives become cold, savage villains.  For others, it’s enough to make good men into great men, and great men into legends.  Jason Cole is one of those men.  He didn’t ask to save people…he just did what came [...]

Every super hero must have his super villain, and in the post apocalyptic wasteland, the Templars are no different.  In the darkness of the end of civilization as we know it, great men will rise up, but so will terrible men.  Some people so dark and terrifying are civilized only because of fear of punishment [...]

Civilization has collapsed.  It’s just you and your dog…and you look like a young Don Johnson.  Wait, that’s not right.  It’s just you and a mule and you look like Kevin Costner.  Oh hell no!  That’s definitely not right.  OK, no matter what, civilization has collapsed.  If not in reality, then in your role playing [...]