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Message: <blockquote data-quote="triccardi" data-source="post: 6025610" data-attributes="member: 6699022">One  of the first RPG's I picked up when I was a kid was Gamma World by TSR.  The cover alone made me want to play that game as it showed a vast  irradiated wasteland. Now the later versions of that product make me  want to retch as they're either based on D&D 4th  Edition or D20 and I do not like either one. I kept praying that  someone would make an original RPG that would capture the old vibe of  old school gaming.My prayers were answered when I heard about Mutant Epoch. Made  by Outland Arts in the northern wilds of Canada,  Mutant Epoch puts you  in a harsh environment as you struggle to survive in this new world.  You might play as a pure stock human that was untouched by all the  radiation or as a freakishly deformed mutant with powers other classes  lack. There are eight character classes in all ranging from bestial  humans to cyborgs. Character  creation is done with a D100 as you start out rolling which character  type you are going to play and it progresses from there. You can roll  anything from slave, whore (yes that's in the game), farmer, raider or  something else. Whatever caste you roll will determine your starting  skills, equipment and money as well. There are eight attributes in the  game which you will also roll with a d100 to determine your characters  strength, agility, accuracy, etc. Also if your character is blessed or  cursed with a mutation they will be able to roll that up as well with  over 111 mutations in the core rulebook.Combat  in the game has a fast and fluid pace using a d10 for initiative  (highest goes first) and rolling 1d100 against their Strike Value (or  SV). If you roll under this you score a hit and can tally damage and  anything else is a miss. However if you roll a 2-5 it's an automatic hit  and likewise a 96-99 is a miss. Critical hits and fumbles can occur in  the game on a roll of 01 and 00 respectively and there are tables for  each as to what happens next. There are rules for called shots, injury,  stun damage, death and various hazards that you might find out in these  wastes. The  game has a very retro feeling to it with the characters you can create  and portray. I tried my hand at rolling up a character and in no time I  came up with Phandris a bestial human male raccoon raider. Going through  the entire character creation process was easy and painless as you can  create a great character just by rolling the dice. What I like most  about this game is that it has a wide selection of equipment ranging  from relics (such as powered armor and laser carbines), to primitive  weapons (such as knives and swords). There is even skills in the game  that allow you craft your own weapons, armor and other equipment out of  the scrap metal you would find in the wastes! The  creatures that inhabit the wasteland are also as hellish as the wastes  they inhabit. Some of the creatures you will encounter range from  mutated animal life (such as cats, dogs, horses) to mutated insects and  plants. Robots also can be encountered out in this environment and range  from the lowly pocket bot to the massive heavy combot. There are also  human like androids that can be found ranging from clerical all the way  up to commander.Mutant  Epoch is laid out in such a way that it makes finding the information  you need quick and easy. And the interior art also captures the  harshness of the creatures you might find in this new world. The  interior art as well as the cover was done by the creator of the book as  well! You heard right William McAusland  did everything from cover to cover and the art pieces are stunning  giving the book a really good post apocalyptic vibe (or is that glow?)There  are plenty of games that are out there that promise to give you a great  post apocalyptic experience but Mutant Epoch actually delivers. One of  the best features about this new game system is the price as it can be  had on rpgnow.com for under $10! (<a href="http://www.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?products_id=90414&src=FrontPage" target="_blank">The Mutant Epoch - Outland Arts | RPGNow.com</a>).  But this price won't last long and will go up to $12.99 soon but even  that's cheap for a core rules system. But if a PDF isn't your thing and  you want to have a copy to hold in your hands it will run you under $30.  Also when you buy the core rules you get a user name and password for  the Society of Excavators membership. What is that you ask? Simply put  it is more content that you can use with the Mutant Epoch system. There  is fiction, an online bestiary, free adventures, tutorials, previews and  tons more content. And you get all this for just buying either a print  or PDF version of the game as an added bonus! So  if you are a fan of the post apocalyptic genre like I am you must check  out Mutant Epoch. With easy to play rules, a great setting and easy  character creation this is a sure fire winner for one of the games that  you should be playing right now. </blockquote>

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