Calling All Road Warriors, Wastelanders and Mutant Dregs

Do you have a Gamma World, Mutant Future or other post apoc RPG blog or website? Old school or new and shiny.
Or maybe you have favorite websites with art, fiction or science news that might serve as inspiration for these games.
Please tell me about them and provide some links.
I'm going to create an index on my blog and on G+.

My Collection ~or~ Is This Normal?

I collect comic books and games I rarely play.
I haven't found a group around here to play anything with, so I just buy the games and read them.
One of the reasons I started blogging is to share my interest in gaming.
Anyone out there just buy games to read or for nostalgia?

I survived the OSR Challenge: A September of Short Adventures

The September of Short Adventures challenge is over. I only finished three of the proposed twenty to twenty-five adventures. I am a little disappointed by that but at the same time not really discouraged.
I recieved some positive feedback on the ideas I had, so at least they were inspiring or at least entertaining to someone. That's all I really want from my blog.

So I'm going to put the mustache-Dragon somewhere over there on the right. >>>>>>
It will serve as a reminder to work harder on future challenges and eventually as a link to an index of the adventures written by participants in the challenge.

Challenge conceived and hosted by: Asshat Paladins . Thank you.
Here are the links to the other blogs that participated.

If you had one game...

So I didn't evacuate all the way to Indiana. After spending way too long in stop and go traffic on the highway, the wife and I decided to stay in Roanoke Virginia a little over 200 miles from the coast.
We've just been hanging out in our room trying not to think much about what condition we might find the house on our return. And entertaining the dogs.

Of course I had to bring a couple games along to read.
Here's what a brought in a brown paper bag:
AD&D 1st edition:
DM Guide
Players Handbook
Monster Manual
Monster Manual II
Fiend Folio
B2 Keep on the Borderlands
L1 The Secret of Bone Hill
L2 The Assassin's Knot
N1 The Cult of the Reptile God
Call of Cthulhu 20th Anniversary edition (Not leaving that behind to be claimed by Cthulhu)

I've read Secret of Bone Hill cover to cover, trying to discover what the motivations and back story are supposed to be. On the surface it appears to be just encounters on a map. Not that there's anything wrong with that. I just want to know if the author intended more.
As it turns out, there's a blog for that!
The Restenford Project
I'm going to have to read that as well before I comment more. It looks very interesting.

So if you were stranded somewhere and had a game, maybe 3 or 4 books for it and paper and dice, what game would that be?

I guess I've made my choice: AD&D 1st edition core books.

Just an Update

On Mutants and Magic
Unfortunately I'm going to put the Mutants and Magic developement on hold. Sort of.
My work schedule is just too crazy and I'm going to have to play something easier to work with.
Some day I will get back to it in some form, probably just going back to first edition AD&D and using exactly what Gygax wrote.
For now, I think I'm going to use the same general idea for the setting with Villains and Vigilantes.

At first I was concerned because almost every blog I follow is mainly about some edition of D&D or other old school games.
But then I thought, I have to do what I have to do in order to play something.
Villains and Vigilantes is "old school", right?
I know there are other gamers who enjoy super hero games and comic books in general.

On Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader
I've always liked the 40k background. I have a ton of the miniatures and another ton from other games as well.
I have Warhammer 40k first through fourth edition. I also have Dark Heresy, Inquisitor and Necromunda.
The funny thing is, I've only played Warhammer maybe three times in my life. I know it sounds crazy, but I'm the same way with role playing games. I collect them but rarely play anything. I need to do something about that.

Anyway, while thinking about the whole "not enough time, need something easy to play" thing mentioned earlier I was looking at my copy of Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader.
It was in really sad shape. The binding had seperated from the boards and there were pages falling out everywhere. I don't know how many hours I have spent reading through this book just for sheer entertainment.
How had I let it fall to this state of disrepair?

Yet not all hope was lost. I used some super sticky packing tape, the kind with threads running through it, and bound the pages back together at their spine. Then I carefully taped that body of pages back into the boards and reinforced the outer spine.
And the tome was made whole again. Praise the Emporer!
I'm not sure how long this repair will last or what the glue on the tape might do to the paper, but the fix is holding for now.

On Funny Little Figures



Adaptes Arbites. Think Judge Dredd...IN SPAAAAACE!

Imperial Army Commisar figure converted into an Arbites Marshal.

Zombies and other random bits converted into arco-flagellants.

In the (cliched) beginning

I've been thinking about writing a blog for a long time.  I read many good blogs on the topic of games and comics.  I thought maybe I might have something to say someone else would be interested in and make some new friends along the way.

I first found out about Dungeons and Dragons in fifth grade.  My cousin brought the Basic Set to recess in the gymnasium one day.  He DM'd a quick game with myself and about 4 or 5 of our friends.  I think I was playing a Cleric.  I remember we were fighting zombies or some form of undead.

Anyway, I was hooked.  The idea of playing make believe with formal rules to tell this story with some friends just fascinated me.  We played pretty regular for the rest of the school year.  In fact, for the next two years my cousin and I tried several different games before he and his family moved out of the state.

Mainly TSR stuff, because it was easiest to find.  We played Gamma World, Star Frontiers and Marvel Superheroes.  And of course Advanced Dungeons and Dragons.  We even talked about writing our own game.  Good times indeed.

Most of my free time and money was happily spent on games, miniatures and comics.

Which brings me to the other hobby/obsession of my life.  Comic books.

You see, I had this other cousin who really liked Batman and Spiderman.  We bought as many comics as we could, any chance we got.  We were expert comicologists, of course.  We knew the origins, the powers, first appearances.  All the vital information.  And we were going to write our own comics.

I had big dreams back then.

Long story short, everyone else grew up and I still collect games and comics.  Sometimes to the detriment of my budget and the ire of my wife.  But I guess I can't help it.  I still get excited by the stuff.

I'd like to find some friends who share my passion for games, comics and pop culture in general.

I guess this is a start.