Farewell 2019

Time to ring out another year, and start the countdown to the end of another decade (unless you are one of those oddities that start a decade on an aught). Sadly, I haven't been spending as much time with the Palladium or TMNT/AtB this year. This is primarily because I have been distracted with learning and running a game with the Savage Worlds system. The game I've been running is in a home-brew Fantasy/Western game (1800s tech in a Fantasy Realm with Magic, and Fantasy Races/Monsters). However, one of the things I've been wanting to do with Savage Worlds is to build a Savage TMNTaOS, and/or a Savage Earth (AtB) setting. The most daunting part of that project is going to be building the Animal templates. The fact that Savage Worlds uses points to buy Attributes and Skills, as well as Hindrances and Edges will make it much easier when building a replacement for the Bio-E method of tailoring your mutant animal build. Among the things I am grateful for this year is that a new game store has come to town with room for role playing. I'm hoping that I might be able to get some people there interested in testing whatever I come up with for a Savage Worlds take on TMNTaOS/AtB. When I start coming up with something that's postable, you'll find it here. Here's wishing you a Happy 2020!

Gods of the Apocalypse (Heroes Unlimited in After the Bomb)

(Game Setting Idea, Work in Progress)

In the beginning there was life, until humanity tore the heavens and earth asunder.
On the first day, fire rained from the sky as humanities folly was cast from the heavens.
On the second day, the waters turned to acid and burned all it touched.
On the third day, the earth opened and swallowed the cities that held up the sky.
On the fourth day, nuclear fire and thunder rolled across the globe.
On the fifth day, silence fell across the lands.
On the sixth day, the Gods of the Apocalypse were born.

The idea of this setting is a darker and grittier blend of After the Bomb and Heroes Unlimited. In the aftermath of numerous apocalyptic events, which have taken place over the span of decades, humans and 'beasts' with super-powers have risen to command those who survived. These 'gods' are opposed by heroic survivors who have salvaged the remnants of humanities folly, the only things that can stand against these Gods of the Apocalypse.

Who are the Gods of the Apocalypse?
A few people, creatures, and tech(?) were touched by something that was unleashed in the calamitous events of the last days, giving them remarkable preternatural abilities.  All of these new gods fight among themselves to claim dominion over humanity, either to subjugate or to protect.  Most fight alone, while a few have allied to form new pantheons.

Who stands against the gods?
In the ruins of the old world can be found the folly of humanity; great weapons and technology that can be as powerful as the new gods that seek to claim rule of humanity.

Who are the Players?
The players may choose to play as gods of the apocalypse, or as humans who stand against the gods; to subjugate the survivors or to protect them.