Bard of Valiant

A good survival game will have a variety of survivor societies and community-based settlements and groups. One of the more interesting and dynamic of these groups are the predators.
Predator societies are based around the hunting of other survivor groups. To a predator, a measure of one’s value and status in the community is his hunting [...]

We’re a visually oriented species and cool pics for a game really add to the atmosphere. That said, urban decay is the watch word of any post-apocalypse game.
When I saw these 20 pictures, I was blown away and my mind began churning out encounter ideas for each scene. I want to know what lives in [...]

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Setting
Post-apocalypse
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Following an old unused set of railroad tracks out of the city, travelers stumble on an old railroad car sitting rusted on the tracks. Two men and three woman live inside. The youngest male is always whistling an annoying little tune.
Outside and around the car, the family has planted several Hydnora for protection. Another trap [...]

The Junkyard Intranet was created for Deadlands but these tools could easily be adapted to any post-apocalyptic game.
Clicking on the orange arrow next to the label Random Stuff lets you choose among several random generators including a settlement creator and one to generate a pile of junk.
These are very well done. The Settlement Generator includes [...]

Random disaster generation is just too cool to pass up! If you agree, read on:
When of the most important decisions a Game Master will make for any post-apocalyptic game is choosing what actual event ended civilization. I’ve played around with a few notes, trying to develop campaigns of this sort and it can be hard [...]

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Now that I’ve decided my modern campaign will involve zombies, I need a cause for the undead infestation and cracked.com comes to my rescue once again with a list of 7 truly horrifying parasites.
Warning: Cracked.com is NOT safe for work – adult language incoming if you follow the link.
Here’s the list [...]

The modern zombie apocalypse are rivaling vampires in popularity, thanks in large part of the Resident Evil franchise. With the advent of modern automatic weaponry, virus research to add realism and genetic science that is as fascinating as space science used to be, zombies have moved out of the realm of the cheesy 50s B-movie [...]

Any post-apocalypse world will have some unusual housing solutions as people cannibalize anything that comes to hand to help with the survival of themselves and their families. And we produce cars like candy.
Here’s a list of 10 cars that would almost be more comfortable than my house. My favorite is the updated Dodge Minivan (pictured [...]

There is a popular book named “The World Without Us” by Alan Weisman that is about how long it would take all traces of mankind to vanish if the world was depopulated now. I’ve read it, it’s fairly disturbing to imagine a planet empty of people but at the same time, it’s an excellent resource [...]

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A real part of any “dirt farming” game like most apocalyptic settings is, where does the food come from? You can research it all but having done it, I can tell you that the amount of time involved  is almost not worth it.
This nifty little tool, originally meant for dieters, does [...]