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<blockquote data-quote="Lizard" data-source="post: 472052" data-attributes="member: 1054">This was one of the cool things about Aftermath, to my mind still the best serious post-holocaust system -- a lot of text in the rules was devoted to 'the promise'. (Not as much text as was devoted to different types of guns, but, hey, it was 1982!). 'The promise' was the theme of reconstruction, of rebuilding -- and I managed to get my gang of murderous sociopathic high school gaming buddies to buy into it. They seized an old shopping mall and used it as a power base, started making deals with surrounding enclaves, etc.Hell, it's even the core of my current D&amp;D campaign, in a way -- the PCs are rebuilding an abandoned area between a crumbling empire and an expanding young kingdom.This is an incredible adventure seed, as you can motive players easily. &quot;You need the doohicky of widget to improve your crops&quot;, &quot;There's rumours of bandits to the north&quot;, &quot;The ruler of blah demands an audience with you, deep in his territory&quot;, etc, etc, etc. You can keep 'em busy for years this way.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lizard, post: 472052, member: 1054"] This was one of the cool things about Aftermath, to my mind still the best serious post-holocaust system -- a lot of text in the rules was devoted to 'the promise'. (Not as much text as was devoted to different types of guns, but, hey, it was 1982!). 'The promise' was the theme of reconstruction, of rebuilding -- and I managed to get my gang of murderous sociopathic high school gaming buddies to buy into it. They seized an old shopping mall and used it as a power base, started making deals with surrounding enclaves, etc. Hell, it's even the core of my current D&D campaign, in a way -- the PCs are rebuilding an abandoned area between a crumbling empire and an expanding young kingdom. This is an incredible adventure seed, as you can motive players easily. "You need the doohicky of widget to improve your crops", "There's rumours of bandits to the north", "The ruler of blah demands an audience with you, deep in his territory", etc, etc, etc. You can keep 'em busy for years this way. [/QUOTE]

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