post-apocalyptic games

[Norfleet]

I recommend VOID. It doesn't get much more post-apocalyptic than VOID.

You can download all the rules here:
http://www.limestonepublishing.com/downloads/files/VOID_RPG.pdf

 

[haiiro]

Without more to go on, I'm not sure what to recommend. What kind of post-apocalyptic game are you looking for?

My favorite is Twilight 2000, which is more "during the apocalypse" than post-apocalyptic -- but the mood is unbeatable. Instead of being post-collapse, the setting is mid-collapse; most of the PCs are assumed to be in the (dissolving) armed forces. There was some funkier stuff introduce later on, but no cybernetics that I can remember.

Palladium's After the Bomb game is anthropomorphic animals in an entertaining post-apoc environment. The system is about as clunky as any other Pallaidum game, but the character creation process makes up for all of its flaws.

Deadlands: Hell on Earth seems to be pretty popular. I can't stand the mechanics (of the original system), but the setting is neat.

There's always GURPS -- grab the core book, Compendium I, and one or two others (High Tech or Ultra Tech for cyberware, Thundarr the Barbarian for a specific setting, etc.) and you can bend it to your will.

Avoid Rifts at all costs, except perhaps as a source of cool artwork.

 

[NiTessine]

Just out of nationalism, I'd recommend Taiga, written by a Finn and published in America by Renaissance Ink. That is, if you can still find a copy after all these years...

 

[hong]

d20 Gamma World should be out in mid-year.

 

[Tratyn Runewind]

Hello,

Posted by haiiro:
There's always GURPS -- grab the core book, Compendium I, and one or two others (High Tech or Ultra Tech for cyberware, Thundarr the Barbarian for a specific setting, etc.) and you can bend it to your will.

If you do decide to go the GURPS route, GURPS Y2K is the game's main treatment of post-apocalyptic themes.

Posted by hong:
d20 Gamma World should be out in mid-year.

Ah, Gamma World. the goofy-but-fun successor to the even-more-goofy-yet-still-fun Metamorphosis Alpha. And the only game that tempted me to look into TSR's "Amazing Engine" system. A d20 version should be interesting to see.

Hope this helps!