After many, many months (years even) of promising, I am now able to announce a new RPG session @FGC using the AFTERMATH RPG system.
The campaign where you ….
PLAY YOURSELF!
See how you would cope in a post-apocalyptic setting.
When ‘the chips are down’ (literarily), would your current skill set be a help or a hindrance? Are you physically and mentally tough enough to survive longer than the first 30 minutes?
Will you be able to find out what caused the downfall of civilisation, or will you be too busy trying to find a simple source of water that hasn’t turned green?
Or red? Or blue? Or all three?
Can you, out of necessity, think outside the box? A box for which you will most certainly never have prepared for!
AFTERMATH is a d20 stats and skill based, positional system and is perfectly capable of filling a character sheet that represents you.
However, creating such an AFTERMATH representation is a time-consuming affair and takes a while, but also gives you an insight into the mechanics of the game.
For this reason, all characters will be created before the sessions start, which also hides any of the more unusual skills you may have acquired over the years.
This process will begin next Thursday (28/05/2025) for any who are keen.
Expressed interest has been high, so if you do want to participate, please respond in the comments section and I will collate all the names and mix the players on a random basis.
I’m prepared to run several groups if (as expected) that number is greater than six.
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Be honest about yourself.
It’s FAR more fun (and realistic?) if you don’t claim to be a current world class bodybuilder with a Black Belt in Aikido, who was an international Hacker for GCHQ.
Think about the skills you have. It’s probably a longer list than you think.
For example:
While I’m going to take you at your word that you can read and write English, you will need to convince me that your literary skills are above those needed on a normal day to day basis.
If you say you have a Post-Doctorate in Old English, I’m going to need to see the certificate.
In game terms, such certificates give you a certain starting skill level.
However, as another example, I studied Geology to degree level, though I never practiced it professionally. So my AFTERMATH starting score would be diminished. Still above basic level, but not as high. (Apart from Volcanoes - my specialism. I’ve kept up to date with those!)
It’s a negotiation but arrive with a list!
Anything out of the ordinary will require persuasion (and reasonable proof) on your part.
In AFTERMATH, average Humans start within certain ranges and for the vast majority of people it’s a reasonable representation.
As I said, be honest.
In my case, being sixty, in AFTERMATH terms my physical stats have suffered and I’m far less healthy. Not decrepit (yet), but not the young buck I once was. However, mentally I’m stronger than ever, with 6 decades of experience to bring to the party.
I’M NOT GOING TO TELL YOU !!!!
AFTERMATH can be utterly brutal and unfair and I’m going to run it ‘straight’.
If in the game your character does something stupid (or even just unwise) it might be instantly lethal.
It’s perfectly possible that no-one will actually survive the first half hour, but that is up to you.
Add your name to the comments below.
Posted Sunday 24th August 2025 16:46:42 by Ian Pearson