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In need of a new post apoc setting; VSF maybe?
Topic Started: Jan 2 2009, 07:05 PM (467 Views)
Schrodinger's Cat
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Well, with the start of the New Year, I've decided to pick up the Post Apoc again. Whilst waiting for the "Warlands" from Aberrant Games, to use my raiders/vehicles I already have, I'm in need of a new setting.

Since I'm having fun with my cowboys, I think I'll try a Post Apoc VSF/Steampunk setting. But I need a mass wiping out/destruction idea. I'm thinking plague, or maybe the "Martians" scorched the majority of the planet after a foiled Martian conquest? With most of the world destroyed, lone adventurers must scour the wastelands, searching for the remains of civilisation. With Robots, Crashed Air Destroyers, and Martians scout crews still trying to eradicate the last of the human race, I sure I can find lots of inspiration for expansion/development.

I'll try and draft out the setting over the coming days... extra ideas welcomed!

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v_lazy_dragon
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That sounds pretty good to me! You could also have a look at some of the deadlands & Deadlands:hell on earth stuff for that 'weird/wasted west' feel
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RavenFeast
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Sound cool! Keep us informed!

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Ross
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I like the martian idea, leave in some abandoned martian battle beasts though!
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mattblackgod
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VSF apocalypse sounds a great idea.

Maybe a martain virus wiped out the Earthlings? Sadly for the invading Martians the common cold wipes most of them out too leaving pockets of both races (this can be set on Earth or Mars - or Both!). The Martains are stranded (or Humans if you are invading Mars) and set up home. Like all post apoc you will find that each unit or group is only interested in its own survival and they are more than happy to wipe its own spieces to survive. Then you have the pockets that realise the bigger picture and work with the enemy to survive.

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Ross
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Hey that'd be cool, humans sent massive attack forces to Mars while Martian sent theirs to Earth, both forces laid waste to their enemies planets but some great catastrophe left them stranded on each others planets to eek out a living.
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Schrodinger's Cat
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Here's what I have so far (I apologise for the poor literary skills) :P :

“As the 19th Century prospered, and great nations like the Britain, Prussia and the New Ottoman Empire expanded their territories across the globe, mankind flourished in the marvels of its own glory. Technology progressed to new heights, especially in the development of steam and new “anti gravitation” devices, powered by a series of intricate generators. It is with this new technology man could begin their new goal, colonisation of the stars themselves.

However, this would also ultimately be their downfall. For man could not contend with the races that had already mastered the stars. The Martian Empire saw the expansion of man into its nearby space as an immediate threat. Within months of mans first successful space flights, the Martian War erupted. With the various Empires sending their troops into space to tackle the threat at its heart, the Martian warships scorched the Earth, ripping great fissures into its surface, and destroying millions of lives.

Despite their technology and advanced science, the Martian war host encountered something they did not calculate. Blinded by their xenophobia, as the warships descended into the Earth’s atmosphere, their valves could not take the rich atmosphere, resulting in the engines overloading, causing them to crash into the surface.

With the Earth ripped apart by this war of the stars, and many of its inhabitants slaughtered, the remaining survivors must create a living from the destroyed remains of the “Industrial Revolution”, either peacefully, or by any other means."


(I think I'm going to base it entirely in Britian/Europe for the time being, for geographical reasons, and it is the "Home" of the Victorian Era ^_^ )

I think my fist port of call will be Mr Ramshackle, to grab some of his victorian Mini's!
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v_lazy_dragon
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Wow! That sounds truly awesome!
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Just Another Raider
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cool!

but, i would add a cult that worships the martians.

just for laughs.
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Ross
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Good blurb, I'd buy a game based on that!
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mattblackgod
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That sounds great so far. Keep us posted - as I feel a need to get into VSF sometime in the future.
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Schrodinger's Cat
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Thanks!

Here's some miniatures I have in mind:

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(Mr Hyde maybe?)

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(Evil cursed steam cult? Because of course when the Martians ripped up the Earth - a portal to hell was opened! Or maybe even Cthulhu.... :P )

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(Martians?)

And then a bunch of "Victorian Wastelanders"

After reading the WWWII thread, I'm going to make a similar resolution, I'm going to finish my Wild West mini's I have before I purchase some VSF.

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Edited by Schrodinger's Cat, Jan 9 2009, 07:42 PM.
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Just Another Raider
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wheres the Raiders?
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Ross
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Those aliens are shit hot!! Who makes those?
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v_lazy_dragon
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The Aliens are black scorpion - IIRC they do them, a pack with melee weapons and a couple of 'Tau elemental' esque leaders
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Ross
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Hmmmmm, I was going to grab the Mars Attacks lookalike aliens from GZG, now I may be inclined to go with those!
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