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Miniatures Adventure => Post-Apocalyptic Tales => Topic started by: Silent Invader on December 31, 2013, 03:11:34 AM
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Welcome to the PA Rules Reference Thread.
This thread is a dedicated Rules Reference to which forum members may contribute short descriptions of Post-Apocalyptic rulesets: it is a ready reference by members for members of what is available to play.
At the bottom of this first post is an index (with page link) of the various rulesets that have been added, which I will keep up to date.
Members may post relevant clarification requests (i.e. “what goes where?”, not “what are you playing?”) and suggestions to amend the classification system, which will be considered then deleted. If appropriate, clarifications and suggestions will be incorporated into FAQs. Non-applicable posts will be deleted without notice (if you are in doubt, start a thread in the board or pm me first).
All members are welcome to contribute and if you wish to do so, please also read and follow the 'additional notes for submitters' that follow.
Additional notes for submitters
This thread is for rulesets that are in published form, which can include on a website, as a PDF available for free or paid for download, or as a soft or hard cover. As all included rulesets must be readily available, the thread will not list those that have a purposefully limited or restricted audience (e.g., personal/in-house adaptations, Beta rules with restricted distributions, etc.).
To keep the content brief but informative, each submission must follow a common outline format.
If you want to contribute, please reply to this thread, putting your post in the format that follows (including the category headings). You might also want to keep a copy of your submission (as stuff can get accidentally deleted: it happens :-\ ).
Official Title
Also known as
Publisher
Format
(website/free PDF/paid PDF/soft cover/hard cover/other)
Source
(link)
PA specific or adapted from another genre
(specific/adapted)
If applicable, format of adaptation
(website/free PDF/paid PDF/soft cover/hard cover/other)
If applicable, source of adaptation
(link)
Target scale
(10mm/15mm/20mm/28mm/54mm/other/any)
Dice Used
(type and no. required, eg 2xD6, 1xD10)
Cards Used
(type and source, eg: game specific provided within PDF for printing)
Number of players
(min/max)
Number of minis
(min/max per player)
Board size
(min/max)
Environment
(temperate/desert/winter/other)
Terrain
(industrial/commercial/urban/rural/other)
Vehicle movement
(yes/no/optional)
Zombies/infected
(yes/no/optional)
Monsters/mutants
(yes/no/optional)
Campaign element
(yes/no/optional)
Other guidelines: Keep the content depersonalised, concentrate on what's available rather than your own impression of playability, etc., and please don’t include images.
Finally, some members are also authors of rulesets and, with respect to their initiative and work, if they wish to submit their own contribution it will automatically have precedence over that by another member.
INDEX
Across the Dead Earth (http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=61750.msg859868#msg859868)
After the Horsemen (http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=61750.0.msg740968#msg740968)
Biosyndrome (http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php? topic=61750.msg758859#msg758859)
Brains (http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php? topic=61750.msg768563#msg768563)
Brains: The Hunger (http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php? topic=61750.msg768568#msg768568)
Dead Walk Again (http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php? topic=61750.msg768624#msg768624)
Fallout Warband (http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php? topic=61750.msg745957#msg745957)
Fallout: Warfare (http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=61750.msg771888#msg771888)
Frag Zombies (http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php? topic=61750.msg768626#msg768626)
Mutants and death ray guns (http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=61750.0.msg740962#msg740962)
No Room In Hell (http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=61750.msg768631#msg768631)
Nuclear Renaissance (http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=61750.0.msg743082 #msg743082)
Red Button's Nation (http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=61750.msg903229#msg903229)
Scavenge Skirmish Survive (http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=61750.0.msg740971#msg740971)
Send More Brains (http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=61750.msg768634#msg768634)
This Is Not a Test (http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=61750.0.msg740966#msg740966)
Total AR:SE (http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=61750.0.msg768555#msg768555)
USX: Apocalypse (http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=61750.msg837357#msg837357)
Victory Decision - Future Combat (http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=61750.0.msg740967#msg740967)
Wastelands 3 Meltdown (http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=61750.0.msg740964#msg740964)
Wreckage (http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=61750.0.msg744492#msg744492)
Zed Or Alive (http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=61750.msg853404#msg853404)
Zombies & Survivors (http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=61750.0.msg740965#msg740965)
Zombie Rage (http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=61750.msg768661#msg768661)
7ombieTV (http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=61750.0.msg740961#msg740961)
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-Official Title: 7ombieTV
-Also known as: 7ZTV
-Publisher: Crooked Dice Game Design Studio
-Source: http://www.crooked-dice.co.uk/wp/rules/7ombietv/ (http://www.crooked-dice.co.uk/wp/rules/7ombietv/)
-Format: Soft Cover rulebook and expansions, all of which are availble as paid .pdf. Additionally elements from the hardback 7Tv rulebook (of which 7ZTv is a stand alone expansion) can be freely implemented into games with little hassle *.
*Beyond the zombies and the inclusion of a scavenging mechanic, there are few major gameplay mechanic changes from the base 7Tv game.
-Target scale: 28mm.
-Dice used: D6.
- Other Devices used: Games include the use of two decks of cards. One represent special events (such zombies falling to bits or Survivors breaking down in fear), and are issued before the game to either player for their use throughout the game. The other are Scavenger Cards, and are randomly issued to the Survivor player whenever one of their models searches for items (including things like First Aid kits, Car Keys, and Miniature Flamethrowers).
-Number of players: Games are aimed at two players, one represent the Survivors, and the other the Zombies. It is possible to play by yourself, though not ideal. It my experience however that should there be more than two players, that one player plays as the zombies, whilst the others play as survivors or one of the other factions.
-Board size: 4x4 is the suggestion, though smaller or larger board sizes may be suitable for different sized games or scenarios.
-Environment: No specific rules for different weather types or temperatures are planned. As such the setting has little effect on the game's rules.
-Terrain: B Movie Zombie Horror films are the inspiration for the background material. As a result games can be set in any location that players think suit the setting. Scenarios available in the rulebooks are typically set in urban or forest settings, though special rules for specific areas are available through the main 7Tv On Location expansion.
-Vehicle movement: Not in the base game, though the 7TV rulebook has a section dedicated to vehicles (including generating custom ones) from civilian bikes to tanks and mech suits.
-Zombies/infected: Yes, of varying types somewhat inspired by the video game Left 4 Dead. Infection of survivors occurs only upon death and is decided upon a random dice role. With the For Ghouls and Colleges expansion they become optional due to the inclusion of other survivor and monster factions.
-Monsters/mutants: Not within the main book, though Ghouls are available as a faction via expansion, as are vampires planned as a playable side too. Furthermore 7Tv's Summer Special expansion is the primary source for rules for various types of monsters, though the others include some too.
-Campaign element: No, but campaign rules can be adapted from the 7TV Summer Special expansion.
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Official Title Mutants and death ray guns
Publisher: Ganesha games
Format: paid PDF,
Source http://www.ganeshagames.net/product_info.php?products_id=39 (http://www.ganeshagames.net/product_info.php?products_id=39)
PA specific variant on the Songs of blades and heroes rules. A stand alone book.
MaDRG is a post apocalyptic game on the wacky end of things. The different kind of units include anthropomorphic animals and very active mutant plants.
-Target scale: multi scale, books gives ranges for 15mm and 20/28mm models. Smaller and larger could work.
-Number of players 2+ Rules suggest card based varying turn order for multiple players but nothing beyond that.
-Board size 60x60cm for 15mm games and 90x90cm for 20/28mm games
-dice used: 3d6 is all you need.
-Environment and terrain No specific environment named, but the scenarios make use of lakes and river, ruins, radioactive wastelands and even an orchard.
-Vehicle movement: no
-Zombies/infected One of the units available to players are “the wretched” which are “ zombie-like humans mutated by a terrible disease that turns them into living plague carriers” the rules suggest using zombie models for them. They can however still use firearms and other complex devices. Their disease detriments organics but does not turn them into zombies. There are no zombie “hazards”
-Monsters/mutants A large portion of the rules cover mutated humans, animals and plants with a variety of randomly generated powers and weaknesses.
-Campaign element: The rules are written with the idea that players roll up a war-band with random assets and go trough a campaign with this band. A game can be played in as 30 minutes so like the book says, you could play a small campaign in a evening. The random nature of the rules could make appropriate models hard to source or prepare beforehand.
The Ganesha games website has a warband builder program that allows you to calculate the point cost of a model without random generation and run one of games like more conventional games.
PS, there has been an expansion in the works for ages, which should include rules for actual zombies
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-Official Title Wastelands 3 Meltdown
-Published By Dicehead Gaming
-Format Free PDF
-Sourcehttp://s1.zetaboards.com/Post_Apoc_Wargames/topic/4759552/1/ (http://s1.zetaboards.com/Post_Apoc_Wargames/topic/4759552/1/)
-PA specific
-Scale Any Scale
-Number Of Players Designed with solo play in mind but is good for 2+ player skirmishes. Also good to have a friend play as the randomly generated opponents in solo play.
-Board Size 3'x3' min board (my opinion) with no real max
-EnvironmentSuits any environment but no special rules as such
-TerrainSuits any terrain but no special rules as such. As with most skirmish games, the more terrain the better
-VehiclesExtensive vehicle rules
-Zombies/Infected No Zombies in rulebook but easy to stat them up yourself
-Monsters/Mutants Bestiary of mutated animals etc. and lists for Mutant gangs complete with extensive list of Mutations
-Campaign ElementExtremely campaign orientated.
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-Official Title: Zombies & Survivors - A fast play ‘fun’ Zombie game providing you with the very basics to get started.
-Publisher: Grekwood Miniatures
-Format: Free PDF
-Source: http://www.grekwoodminiatures.co.uk/Rules.php
-Target Scale: 28mm but movement can easily be adapted.
-Dice: Mainly 1d20, but it also uses 1d6 and others (but not necessary)
-Number of players: 1 or more
-Board size: Anything from a 1' x 1' tower block, to a large table (of any size)
-Environment: Preferably town terrain, but anything really.
-Terrain: Urban areas with narrow streets for zombies to trap you! But again, anything you like as it can be adapted
-Vehicle movement: Briefly explained for a Car and Horse (If you include a horse as a vehicle...)
-Zombies/infected: Yes plenty of information about zombies! Infections are also explained briefly if playing a campaign game.
-Monsters/mutants: There are zombies, but no other mutants in these rules.
-Campaign element: Yes, it includes the information to play as a campaign.
As mentioned these are basic rules. They try to cover all the basics you need to get started.
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My humble offering.
Official Title: This Is Not a Test (TNT)
Published By: World’s End Publishing
Format PDF and Paper Rulebook options
Source: http://worldsendpublishing.com/
PA specific
Scale: 28mm, but works in any scale
Dice Used: D10 and the occasional D6
Number Of Players Geared for two person play, but works fine for multiple players
Board Size: 4 feet by 4 feet recommended, but any size is fine
Environment: Rules for environmental hazards
Technology: Rules for primitive and modern weapons and equipment; includes Pre-Fall relics such as power armor, lasers, etc.
Vehicles: Not yet, but will be in future expansions
Zombies/Infected: Rules for rad zombies, but not geared for Romero-type zombies
Monsters/Mutants: Full rules for mutant warbands, mutations, and full wasteland bestiary
Campaign Element: Five full scenarios with a strong focus on campaign play
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Official Title: Victory Decision - Future Combat - Also known as "ViDe FuCo"
Publisher: A.D.Publishing
Format (paid PDF)
Source You can get the 128 pages high quality, full colour ebook via the Wargame Vault:
http://www.wargamevault.com/product/123481/ (http://www.wargamevault.com/product/123481/) for $ 12,74.
PA specific or adapted from another genre: (adapted)
Target scale 15-28mm , +/- ten to 30 figs plus some AFVs per side though more or less are possible
PLATOON/COMPANY SKIRMISH is also possible when using 15mm minis and more AFVs
Dice Used: D6 and rarely D10
Number of players 2-4
Board size 4x4 or 6x4
Environment (temperate/desert/winter/other) No specific rules
Terrain (industrial/commercial/urban/rural/other) Full terrain rules and Buildings construction rules are included
-Vehicle movement (yes)
-Zombies/infected (yes)
-Monsters/mutants (no)
-Campaign element (no)
Future Combat is the latest game in the Victory Decision line. A lot of talk about the game and some polls already happened on the ViDe WWII forum here on LAF. Initially it started under project name “Planetfall”, but after Spartan Games announced a game under that name, I decide to rename it in Future Combat.
Short description
I added a lot of new stuff to the WW II and Gear Krieg rules. Best thing most of these rules can also be used in any of the other books! For a more in depth look into what is new, feel free to read the Design Notes (excerpt from the book-> http://www.adpublishing.de/html/fuco_design_notes.html (http://www.adpublishing.de/html/fuco_design_notes.html)).
Victory Decision: Future Combat is a comprehensive game system to using SF Infantry units and Armoured Fighting Vehicles in Victory Decision.
Included are rules for Zombies and a Low Tech army lists that is well suited for PA gaming.
These rules cover almost all aspects of Science Fiction wargaming, from Troop Quality and Leadership to Air Strikes, Bunker Assaults, Combat in Buildings, Vehicle and VTOL combat.
Victory Decision: Future Combat features a unique Leadership-modified alternate unit activation system with an integrated Electronic Warfare aspect. The result is a fun and fast paced war game that involves both players constantly. The rules cover individually based infantry miniatures and also group- or multibased miniatures, aka Infantry Stands. While designed with 20-28 mm miniatures in mind the Victory Decision game system is flexible enough to handle any miniatures from 6 mm to 32 mm. So whatever your existing miniature collection consists of, you can start playing right away.
This rulebook not only provides 8 generic Scenarios but also point based Force lists that can be used to represent many classic SF settings. All necessary Game Markers are also included within this book.
As with our previous books you get a full colour version with many high quality pictures of fully painted models and a mostly B&W printer friendly version.
EDIT: Images removed for conformity
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Official Title: After the Horsemen
Publisher: Two Hour Wargames
Format: PDF and/or soft cover
Source: http://www.twohourwargames.com/afterhorsemen.html
Setting is PA specific
Target scale: Works with any scale, best with 15/28mm
Dice Used: D6
Number of players: 1-4, solitaire suitability is high; you can also play more than four without adding too much extra down time. Players can play against each other coop vs. NPCs run by the game mechanics.
Board size: 2-foot square and up. Some games could be played on smaller boards
Environment: Not defined, but the terrain generator within the rules give dense woods as an option, so perhaps “temperate” environment.
Terrain: All terrains
Vehicle movement: Some, but somewhat abstract; player moves from encounter to encounter via vehicle, and can encounter enemies riding in vehicles, but there don’t seem to be any driving/vehicle movement rules. Upcoming Machinas rules will add vehicle combat as an option.
Zombies/infected: None*
Monsters/mutants: None*
Campaign element: Yes
*Zombies and mutants can easily be added using stats from Two Hour Wargames’ other PA ruleset, “All Things Zombie,” which shares the same mechanics.
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Official Title Scavenge Skirmish Survive (Beta)
Also known as SSS
Publisher miniatureMOJO
Format free PDF
Source http://www.miniaturemojo.co.uk/products/15/104/scavenge_skirmish_survive/ (http://www.miniaturemojo.co.uk/products/15/104/scavenge_skirmish_survive/)
PA specific Yes
If applicable, format of adaptation N/A
If applicable, source of adaptation N/A
Target scale 28mm but can be adapted
Dice Used D10; about 10 in 2 colours should be sufficient
Cards Used game specific provided within PDF for printing
Number of players 2 to 6 suggested
Number of minis 6 to 12 per player (but can be played with more or less); example survivors and a character price list are included
Board size From 2ft x 2ft (2 player) to say 6ft x 3ft
Environment winter
Terrain industrial/commercial/urban/rural
Vehicle movement To come
Zombies/infected To come
Monsters/mutants To come
Campaign element Yes
There is a dedicated LAF thread here (http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=48201.0).
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Note to early contributors with submissions included above:
If you want to have your submission posted by you rather than quoted by me, just create a new post with the content and I will delete the quoted version above.
Oh, and thanks for helping kick this off! :)
Note to future contributors with submissions to be added below:
Please be sure to follow the submission format as detailed in the first post!
http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=61750.0.msg740960#msg740960 (http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=61750.0.msg740960#msg740960)
Cheers
Steve
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-Nuclear Renaissance and expansion the Tome of Tridlins
-Nuc Ren
-Ramshackle Games
-Soft Cover printed and free download pdf
-http://shop.ramshacklegames.co.uk/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=5&products_id=453
-Post Apoc, with some vsf factions options.
-Target scale 28 or 30mm
-Minimum 2 players, no maximum, although 5 is a good top limit for a relatively quick game.
-Board size variable. 2' x 2' for 2 player. Can be any size really.
-Number of Minis Gang creation rules are VERY flexible. Games are viable with 1 to about 50 per gang. Largest size is usually about 15 models though, including vehicles.
-Dice Used D10. 5 is about the max you need, but more makes the turns flow better.
-Card No cards, all stats on the profile sheets for your gang. This is 1 to 3 sheets depending on gang size and complexity.
-Environment Mixed. Anything really, from desert to verdant bioengineered jungle to rad zones.
-Vehicle movement integral to game. Not necessary but works well and gives tactical options.
-Zombies/infected included in the expansion, the Tome of Tridlins.
-Monsters/mutants included in the expansion, the Tome of Tridlins.
-Campaign element included in the expansion, the Tome of Tridlins.
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Official Title
Wreck Age
Also known as
Post-apocalyptic miniatures skirmish game and RPG
Publisher
Hyacinth Games
Format
$12 paid PDF/ $20 soft cover
Source
www.wreck-age.net (http://www.wreck-age.net)
PA specific or adapted from another genre
Post Apoc specific
If applicable, format of adaptation
Original content
If applicable, source of adaptation
N/A
Target scale
28mm, with conversions for 15mm and 6mm.
Dice Used
d6
Cards Used
Optional stat cards, available for free download on website.
Number of players
1-?
Number of minis
1-10 for average size game
Board size
3'x3' / 3'x20' (or larger)
Environment
Post-collapse Earth, desertifcation has occured, but some temperate climate.
Terrain
Ruined industrial & urban, wastelands, plains, swamps, etc
Vehicle movement
In the works for a later supplement.
Zombies/infected
No, but published under Creative Commons, so have at it.
Monsters/mutants
Some. No mutants, or irradiated beasts though, but published under Creative Commons, so have at it
Campaign element
Yes (optional)
Short description
In the 23rd century, the Earth verged on total collapse. Rapid climate shifts, caused by centuries of industrial pollution and nuclear waste, had brought the planet to the brink of an ecological meltdown. Countless reparative efforts had failed; each solution was too little and far too late. Left with no alternative, world leaders collaborated on a last-ditch effort to save humankind: the Exodus. It was a bold plan involving several waves of evacuations, with the end goal of colonizing new planets. The Exodus promised survival for everyone. It was an escape from a decaying planet.
It was hope.
It was a lie.
The brilliant, the rich, and the powerful gathered their families, their valuables, and their resources for the first wave. They left Earth in a flotilla of arks, scientific vessels, and seed ships. Within a few days, however, it became clear that there would be no second wave. Hope mutated into rage as the ill-fated masses realized they had been left behind to rot. Governments fell apart and economies crumbled; the world collapsed into anarchy.
As society collapsed, so too did the Earth itself. The oceans rose, natural disasters ravaged the coasts, and chemical rain scorched the arable land. Countless species vanished, either slaughtered outright or dying en masse, unable to adapt to the perilous new environment. As catastrophes crashed down one after another in a crescendo of failure, humanity itself came dangerously close to extinction.
Since the Exodus, uncounted generations have eked out a harrowing, threadbare existence with what little remained. Now a new world is emerging from the ashes. Every storm eventually passes; every desolate winter eventually melts into a fragile spring. Yet the scars of suffering and chaos remain. Recovery will be slow and painful. Few grand cities remain, and even fewer great leaders. There is no centralized structure. The powerful fight over the scraps of the old world, while the weak struggle just to make it through another day.
Welcome to The Resurgence.
Welcome to the Wreck Age.
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I post a pure fan project. I hope you like it
Official Title
Fallout warband,
variants Fallout Squads and Fallout Hardcore
Also known as
Publisher
SerialMoM
Format
free PDF
Source
Fallot core document Version 7 or whatever 11.01.2014: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7-UBqUOR3sVWmEzX3FBRFBBdU0/edit?usp=sharing
Warband rules 11.01.2014: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7-UBqUOR3sVZm9HMHZIdVZiY2c/edit?usp=sharing
Warband sheet 11.01.2014: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7-UBqUOR3sVT0wtdGRWaXNZX1E/edit?usp=sharing
Fallout Squads and Fallout Hardcore rawdraft https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7-UBqUOR3sVWmEzX3FBRFBBdU0/edit?usp=sharing
PA specific or adapted from another genre
adapted from Mortdheim
If applicable, format of adaptation
free PDF
If applicable, source of adaptation
Mordheim, specialist games, I search for link
Target scale
28mm
Dice Used
D4, D6, D8, D10, but mostly D6
Cards Used
warband sheet, word file to adjust to yourneeds
Number of players
1-4 ( 5 more are possible)
Number of minis
1 up to max 20 minis per player
Board size
3"x3" to 4"x6"
Environment
the region want to play in: for example Washington DC or Las (New) Vegas
Terrain
everything is possible should be ruined though: industrial/commercial/urban/rural/other
Vehicle movement
no
Zombies/infected
yes ( ghoul)
Monsters/mutants
yes
Campaign element
yes
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game name:
BioSyndrome: A Tabletop Survival Horror Wargame
Publisher
Paul Murphy
Format
Free PDF
Source
Google Community page (https://plus.google.com/communities/108863897726135327206)
Kickstarter page (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1792322775/bio-syndrome-a-survival-horror-table-top-war-game?ref=live)
Download current version (https://sites.google.com/site/wargamingfortress)
Youtube channel (http://www.youtube.com/user/Scheitelpunkt)
Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/BioSyndrome)
PA specific or adapted from another genre
Specific
Target scale
15mm or 28mm
Dice Used
2xd8
Cards Used
Yes, provided within PDF for printing *in development*
Number of players
2/any
Number of minis
1/any
Board size
Any
Environment
Any
Terrain
Any
Vehicle movement
No
Zombies/infected
Yes
Monsters/mutants
Yes
Campaign element
Optional
description:
Free rulebook that contains 3 different games. A modern wargame, a fantasy wargame and a rpg pen and paper version all in a post apocalyptic setting. Shooting, movement, hand to hand combat, customizable armies and player characters in a easy to use hard to master D8 gaming system. I'm always open to suggestions, ideas, thoughts and constructive criticism. Let me know what you think and enjoy the free rulebook!
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Official Title
Total AR:SE
Also known as
Akula's Rules : Skirmish Edition
Publisher
Akula
Format
Free PDF
Source
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/roweller/ARSE/akulasrules.pdf
PA specific or adapted from another genre
Specific
Target scale
Any
Dice Used
D6
Cards Used
Playing cards for turn sequence
Number of players
1/Any
Number of minis
1/Any
Board size
Any
Environment
Any
Terrain
Any
Vehicle movement
Yes
Zombies/infected
Yes
Monsters/mutants
Liches and Witches
Campaign element
No
Description
These rules are 2 sides of an A4 sheet. They were originally designed for convention games for ease of play. Moves are resolved by Turning over playing cards which indicates whether Survivors or different types of zombies are activated. They are designed purely for Zombie combat with unlimited ammo and there are no searching or acquiring new weapon rules that other detailed sets may include.
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Official Title
Brains
Publisher
Carlo
Format
Free PDF/ Word Document/Open Document Format/Online Version
Source
http://brainsgame.wordpress.com/download-rules/
PA specific or adapted from another genre
Specific
Target scale
Any
Dice Used
D3, D6, 2D6
Cards Used
Equipment cards
Number of players
2/Any
Number of minis
2/Any
Board size
Described as a few feet across
Environment
Any
Terrain
Urban
Vehicle movement
No
Zombies/infected
Yes
Monsters/mutants
No
Campaign element
No
Description
The game of Brains pits a handful of Humans against a horde of Zombies in a classic
apocalyptic scenario. Objectives are used. The Turn sequence alternates between the Human player and once complete the Zombie player activates.
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Official Title
Brains: The Hunger
Publisher
Pictor Studios
Format
Webpage
Source
http://pictorsstudio.com/home/pictors/Pictors_Studio/Brains_the_Hunger.html
PA specific or adapted from another genre
Specific
Target scale
Any
Dice Used
D8
Cards Used
None
Number of players
2/any
Number of minis
4/10 per player
Board size
Not specified
Environment
Any
Terrain
Field/Wood/Cemetry
Vehicle movement
No
Zombies/infected
Yes
Monsters/mutants
No
Campaign element
No
Description
The game is designed to simulate skirmish combat between a group of college students who are partying in a zombie infested field (or woods, or cemetery) and the zombies that are infesting them.
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Official Title
Dead Walk Again
Also known as
Zombie Skirmish Game For Tough Survivors
Publisher
Planned Movement Productions
Format
Free PDF
Source
http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/deadwalkagain/
Required to join the Yahoo group which is moderated
PA specific or adapted from another genre
Specific
Target scale
15mm - 40mm
Dice Used
D6 and D20
Cards Used
Item and Equipment cards provided within PDF
Number of players
1/any
Number of minis
1 per character/10 x zombies per character
Board size
Not specified
Environment
Any
Terrain
Any
Vehicle movement
Yes in advanced rules
Zombies/infected
Yes
Monsters/mutants
No
Campaign element
Yes, a character can gain experience and extra abilities
Description
Dead walk Again is a simple skirmish action miniatures game where a few characters
are placed against hordes of zombies. The game can be played in any way you like,
from a stealth game where characters try to sneak around, to mega large shootouts
between soldiers and hordes of zombies. It’s limits are your own and if the rules don’t
fit your vision, change them. These rules are designed to be played in a cooperative fashion, which means that the players will try to fight together against hordes of auto-generated zombies. They allow
for both solo games and multiplayer games with no limit to the number of players.
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Official Title
Frag Zombies
Publisher
Steve Jackson Games
Format
Website
Source
http://www.sjgames.com/pyramid/sample.html?id=2478
PA specific or adapted from another genre
Adapted Frag and Zombies!!!
If applicable, format of adaptation
Frag and Zombies are Commercial boardgames this combines both games
Target scale
20mm (Zombies!!! figures)
Dice Used
Lots of D6
Cards Used
Zombies!!! Event Card Deck
Frag Weapon and Gadget Card Decks
Number of players
2/6
Number of minis
1 per player
Board size
Zombies!!! Map Tiles
Vehicle movement
No
Zombies/infected
Yes
Monsters/mutants
No
Campaign element
No
Description
A rule set that combines Steve Jackson Games' computer-less first-person shooter Frag with Journeyman Press' B-movie action boardgame Zombies!!!. To use these rules you will need both games.
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Official Title
No Room In Hell
Publisher
aetchell
Format
Free PDF
Source
http://www.noroominhell.etchell.co.nz/
PA specific or adapted from another genre
Specific
Target scale
15mm
Dice Used
8D6
Cards Used
No but printable counters in PDF
Number of players
1/any
Number of minis
1/unspecified
Board size
Not specified
Environment
Any
Terrain
Any
Vehicle movement
No
Zombies/infected
Yes
Monsters/mutants
No
Campaign element
No
Description
No Room In Hell is a table-top game of zombie horror survival for 1 or more players. It can
play out slightly differently to traditional table top games in that it is either single player or
multi-player based. You can either be competing against fellow human survivors or fighting
as a single group against the undead horde. It is a turn based game, where two sides make alternative moves until the game ends. Each turn is divided into a small number of phases. Certain actions are only performed in certain phases of a turn.
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Official Title
Send More Brains
Publisher
Jay Arnold
Format
Free PDF
Source
https://sites.google.com/site/jaysgamebunker/send_more_brains
PA specific or adapted from another genre
Specific
Target scale
28mm
Dice Used
D10
Cards Used
Character cards available on website
Number of players
1/any
Number of minis
2-4
Board size
Not specified
Environment
Any
Terrain
Any
Vehicle movement
No
Zombies/infected
Yes
Monsters/mutants
No
Campaign element
No
Description
Send More Brains is an attempt to capture the flavour of zombie movies in a fun, fast-playing miniatures game.
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Hi FWR :D
You're doing a grand job. I'll add the links to the index page when you've finished as it's easier if I make the effort to sit in front of a proper computer to do that ;)
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Official Title
Zombie Rage
Publisher
Silent Invader
Format
Free PDF
Source
http://www.freewebs.com/matakishi/Silent%20Invader%20Zombie-rules.pdf
PA specific or adapted from another genre
Fast zombies from I Am Legend / 28 Days Later / Quarantine films
Target scale
28mm
Dice Used
D6
Cards Used
Equipment and weapon cards in PDF
Number of players
1/any
Number of minis
1/scenario specific
Board size
Not specified
Environment
Rules are set in Britain so European climate but irrelevant
Terrain
Any
Vehicle movement
Yes
Zombies/infected
Yes
Monsters/mutants
No
Campaign element
No
Description
A tabletop game played with 28mm miniatures by one or more persons. The rules are not intended to be absolutely definitive but provide a general framework for the game which takes place in a ‘fast zombie’ environment similar to that found in the I Am Legend / 28 Days Later / Quarantine
sub-genre of zombie movies such that, technically speaking, the principal antagonists are ‘infected’ rather than ‘living dead’. Each player adopts the character(s) of individual(s) who thus far have avoided infection and their objective is to complete, and survive, a pre-determined mission, which might be to search for supplies or to search for vehicle keys, etc. The zombies do not require a dedicated player as their simplistic behaviour is determined by the game rules. For the survivors to be successful they need to support each other and balance searching quickly and widely against attracting the attention of zombies thereby drawing them into close contact.
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I recognise that last one! :D
Thanks freewargamerules for your sterling effort: the links in the index on page 1 have now been updated.
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Official Title
Fallout: Warfare
Also known as
Fallout Tactics Miniature Game
Publisher
Chris Taylor
Format
Free PDF
Source
http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20070811034044/fallout/images/6/6d/Fow.pdf
PA specific or adapted from another genre
Specific for the Fallout genre.
If applicable, format of adaptation
Free PDF for the Fallout Tactics computer game.
Target scale
Paper Miniatures
Dice Used
D10
Cards Used
Nil
Number of players
2/many
Number of minis
Not specified apart from a "team" of figures per player
Board size
Not specified
Environment
Any
Terrain
wastelands
Vehicle movement
Yes (advanced rules)
Zombies/infected
No
Monsters/mutants
Mutants
Campaign element
Yes
Description
Fallout: Warfare: Wargaming in the Fallout Universe is a tabletop battle game based on Fallout Tactics computer game and using a simplified version of the "Special" character system. It was written by Chris Taylor (the main creator of "Special") and was added to the Fallout Tactics bonus disk. It is now available free with the authors blessing.
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Official Title
USX: Apocalypse
Also known as
Requires USX: Modern Day Heroes to play
Publisher
Silver Fox Productions Inc.
Format
Free PDF
Source
http://rafm.com/Storage/USX/USX%20Post%20Apocalyptic%20Campaign%20Rules.pdf
Forums for questions
http://rafm.com/phpbb3/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=612
PA specific or adapted from another genre
Specific Campaign rules for PA. Adapted from USX: Modern Day Heroes. Character Advancement and gamestyle adapted from Death in the Dark (Mordheim).
Listed as Beta Play test ruleset so rules may need some adaptation.
Target scale
28mm
Dice Used
D6
Cards Used
Characters have separate record sheet.
Number of players
1/Any
Number of minis
1/Any
Board size
4' x 6' play area
Environment
Any
Terrain
Any
Vehicle movement
Yes
Zombies/infected
Yes
Monsters/mutants
Zombies, Mutants, Tin Men, Machines, Cthulhu stuff
Campaign element
It is a Campaign
Description
These rules describe the procedure for running post apocalyptic campaign
games using USX: Modern Day Heroes rules. A campaign may be played with any number of players, although you must have at least two. No referee is necessary, although one can be added to the campaign.
In the campaign game players run a force of post apocalyptic scavengers in the ravaged world of the future. After each scenario, the participating players record experience for their forces, determine if wounded models survive and purchase new equipment on the way to dominating the region.
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Official Title
Zed or Alive: The Zombie Miniatures Game
Publisher
Rust Devil Games
Format
$5 PDF, Softcover release Oct. 2014
Source
http://zedoralive.com/ (http://zedoralive.com/shop)
PA specific or adapted from another genre
PA Specific rules for the Savage Worlds: Showdown! system.
Target scale
15mm-28mm
Dice Used
d4, d6, d8, d10, d12
Cards Used
Regular playing cards, optional loot cards.
Number of players
1-?? (recommended 4 max for standard table)
Number of minis
4-8 per player
Board size
4x4
Environment
Default setting is Midwestern US, upcoming setting packs allow play in different regions of the world.
Terrain
Default Urban, setting packs cover more rural areas.
Vehicle movement
Yes
Zombies/infected
Yes
Monsters/mutants
Yes - Virus strains as playable faction which can be customized/mutated throughout campaigns.
Campaign element
Yes
Description:
Zed or Alive is a campaign-based miniatures skirmish game set in the years following the zombie apocalypse. You control one of several human group types such as Survivors, Tribals, or Military and battle each other and the ever-present zombie menace to gain weapons, supplies, and dominance!
Alternately, you may choose to play as a Virus Strain, gaining evolutionary material with every battle and evolving to become increasingly lethal!
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Official Title
Across the Dead Earth
Also known as
ADE AtDE
Publisher
Dead Earth Games
Format
Paid PDF, Print Book (not yet available)
Source
www.deadearth.co.uk
PA specific or adapted from another genre
Specific
Target scale
28mm
Dice Used
(type and no. required, eg 2xD6, 1xD10)
2xD6
Cards Used
Event and Rare Item cards, included with PDF, book purchase, and available from website too
Number of players
2+ (tested up to 5)
Number of minis
4-9
Board size
3x3 or 2x4 recommended, any usable
Environment
(temperate/desert/winter/other)
All
Terrain
(industrial/commercial/urban/rural/other)
All
Vehicle movement
(yes/no/optional)
Only 1 vehicle included in base rules, full vehicle rules coming in expansion
Zombies/infected
Expansion only.
Monsters/mutants
No.
Campaign element
Yes, very much so.
Description: : Across the Dead Earth allows you to build and customise persistent gangs with skills, talents and equipment over campaigns, fighting for loot, territory and survival. No player is ever left with nothing to do thanks to alternating activation and Event Cards which can be played at any time. Fast playing but highly tactical, AtDE is easy to get to grips with but has sufficient depth to last many long campaign hours.
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EDIT 08/17/2017
FREE!!!!
Official Title
Red Button's Nation
Publisher
Esprit - Forge Studio
Format
Free PDF/Online Version
Source
http://www.forge-studio.com/rbn/fr/accueil/
PA specific
Target scale
28/32mm
Dice Used
D6, XD6
Cards Used
Event cards
Number of players
2/Any
Number of minis
6/Any
Board size
24" x 72"
Environment
Any
Terrain
Urban/Desert
Vehicle movement
Yes!!!
Zombies/infected
Yes
Monsters/mutants
Yes
Campaign element
Yes
Description
Nobody knows who pushed in the first one, who activated the Big Disaster, the end of a civilization. Some people say that nobody is responsible, that it is the machines which made this decision. Although it is there, it has been near a century since the heirs of this apocalypse tear what stays of the world.
The American continent is the first place on earth which seems to glimpse the birth of nations. Indeed, although always in disagreement on numerous points, the human beings and the mutants were divided certain territories. Except some confrontations, a fragile cease-fire lasts since a few years. The main reason of such an agreement is that the threat of the infected, called also "zombies", could not be controlled without the coordination of both races.
Although nobody wants to recognize it, the third nation is born, hidden in the dead lands: that of the machines. Hundreds of military and civil robots indeed migrated to this zone of North America, at first by small groups then by waves of individuals' tens eliminating all those who were on their road. This region infested with zombies is very too dangerous to send it a group of exploration to know what it takes place there, at least at the moment...
The survivors
The surviving term, covers all the human beings whose DNA was not rather strongly altered to be considered as mutating and who wish to find one life close to that of their ancestors. Grouped in two states, him are not spared by the conflicts. They indeed share their lands with societies of cultistes and sometimes find themselves on the road of nomads slave traders.
The Cultists
Cultists groups together around a common faith. There is numerous cult of which the size little to vary of a family unit in several hundred individuals. The biggest known cult is the one of Goldoh, The Big Golem. Named Goldoh is in fact a prototype of big Warrior robot of more than ten meters out of order from the earliest days of the Big Disaster.
The mutants
The first mutants were welcomed as a fate, then little by little families felt a certain shame to count these "anomalies" within them. Numerous mutant children were then given up in the desert. Being more resistant , most of these rejected survived and met in tribes. The nation mutants so began to be born. Mutants following generations showed themselves stronger still, this threat gave rise to a great war which came to an end only with the arrival of the infected on the West of the continent.
The slave traders
Been often afraid, rarely chased, the slave drivers think that only the law of the strongest deserves to be applied. They travel the New World in search of weaknesses to be submitted to the authority of those who have the power. Strangely, it is the mutants who reject categorically this practice.
The Robots
Shortly after the first bombs come down on the big cities of the World, the governments left drones and robots on all the fronts. It was a real massacre, servicemen or civilians, no distinction was made. While headquarters fell one after the other, more and more autonomous programs were transferred in his artificial fighters to assure the continuity of the missions. In these programs made hastily, were added computer viruses. Of this soup of bits, orders and of counter orders took out again nothing good for the whole humanity. Out of control, machines seemed to have their own purpose, for which the human beings were an obstacle. Today, they seem to get organized around an unknown entity in the heart of Dead Earth.
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I have updated the index in the initial post with the last few submissions- thank you all.
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Official Title: Scrappers: Post-Apocalyptic Skirmish Wargames
Publisher: Osprey Games
Format: Hardcover, paid PDF, Nook, ePub
Source: https://ospreypublishing.com/scrappers
PA specific or adapted from another genre: PA Sci-Fi set 350 years from now
Target scale: 28mm
Dice Used: 1-5 d10
Number of players: 2
Number of minis: 3 min to 15 max
Board size: 4’x4’ though 3’x3’ would work
Environment: Ruins of Ancient sites not destroyed in the Apocalypse
Terrain: Ruined urban, heavy terraforming elements open a great variety of terrain options
Vehicle movement: None
Zombies/infected: No. Although may be approximated with the rules
Monsters/mutants: YES! Three Lifeform Types to choose from: True Human, Mutant, & Synthetic
Campaign element: YES! Fully developed Campaign game with in game Events, Injuries, Experience, and Ancient Artifacts incorporated into the rules.
Description from book: More than 150 years have passed since the apocalypse that nearly destroyed the Earth. Today, the planet is a torn remnant of its former glory, ravaged by nuclear fallout and mutagens. New lifeforms - Mutants and Synthetics - challenge True Humanity for dominance, while warring factions compete for survival and supremacy, and all must carve out their place in this brutal landscape, or else perish as billions before them. Scrappers is skirmish miniatures game set in the wastelands, where players assemble Scrapper Crews and send them out to scavenge scraps of Ancient technology and battle rival factions. Explorers, cultists and raiders clash with mutated creatures, robotic soldiers and embittered True Humans in this wargame of salvage and survival in the ruins of the future.
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Just to say that in the OP, the "Across the Dead Earth" link goes to the wrong post, it should point to: http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=61750.msg859868#msg859868
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OK, I think it is squared away now. Thanks!
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Official Title First Wave Red Button's Nation Spin Off
In RBN First Wave each player takes command of a group of survivors confronted
For the first time to the threat of the infected. It was also during this period that the first rumors spoke of a link between the infected and the machines. You will therefore be forced to fight against other survivors and against the hostile environment, unless events push you to
Collaborate ... HISTORY Once the great catastrophe had passed, the survivors thought they were lucky, survived the war, the famine and the plunder of the first days. Unfortunately for them, a new threat was emerging near what was left of a military base in the Outpost 13. An infection was affecting every form of life, not just killing, Transformed each patient into a hungry creature. OUTPOST SYSTEM Long before the Great Catastrophe, a partnership was signed between the US military and the world's largest provider of Internet access. In exchange for unlimited access to data, the US government protected, with the best equipment, all the servers needed to
The espionage of populations. 21 Outpost were hidden on the continent and managed by an intelligence
Artificial name Pygmalion. Only two of its centers have escaped destruction, the one based in the basements of the former Washington and the number 13, now inaccessible.
Dans RBN First Wave chaque joueur prend le commandement d'un groupe de survivants confrontés
pour la première fois à la menace des infectés. C'est aussi à cette période que naquirent les premières rumeurs parlant d'un lien entre les infectés et les machines. Vous serez donc amené à lutter contre d'autres survivants et contre l'environnement hostile, à moins que les événements ne vous poussent à
collaborer… HISTOIRE Une fois la grande catastrophe passée, les survivants se crurent chanceux, ils avaient survécu à la guerre, à la famine et au pillage des premiers jours. Malheureusement pour eux, une nouvelle menace était en train de prendre naissance près de ce qui restait d’une base militaire l’Outpost 13. Une infection était en train d'affecter toute forme de vie, elle ne se contentait pas de tuer, elle transformait chaque malade en créature affamée. SYSTEME OUTPOST Bien avant la Grande Catastrophe, un partenariat fut signé entre l’armée américaine et le plus grand fournisseur d’accès au réseau internet du monde. En échange d’un accès illimité aux données, le gouvernement américain protégeait, avec le meilleur équipement, tous les serveurs nécessaires à
l’espionnage des populations. 21 Outpost furent dissimulés sur le continent et gérés par une intelligence
artificielle nommée Pygmalion. Seuls 2 de ses centres ont échappés à la destruction, celui basé dans les sous-sols de l’ancienne Washington et le numéro 13, aujourd’hui inaccessible.
Publisher: Esprit and Forge Studio
Format
free PDF
Source
http://www.forge-studio.com/rbn/fr/telechargements/[/b]]http://www.forge-studio.com/rbn/fr/telechargements/ (http://[b)
PA specific or adapted from another genre
Post Apocalypse 2050
Target scale
28mm/32mm
Dice Used
D6
Cards Used
Yes Pdf
Number of players
2/8
Number of minis
3/15
Board size
(min/max)
24*24 / 48*72
Environment
City/desert
Terrain
industrial/urban/desert
Vehicle movement
no
Zombies/infected
yes
Monsters/mutants
Robots
Campaign element
optional
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My Basic Modern Wargame rules
What's attached here are basically the quick-n-dirty rules that I used for my Zombietown Massacre game. They're fast, bloody, not particularly detailed but loads of fun. I just refreshed them a bit and am offering them here for your amusement.
I printed these double-sided and laminated them, then handed them to each player in the game.
Zombietown Game external link (lots of building models and how they were created) - http://www.skankgame.com/zombietown.html (http://www.skankgame.com/zombietown.html)
So if you're looking for fast-play rules and can't find something that does it for you, use mine. Feel free to modify them as you need.
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Official Title: Punkapocalyptic
Also known as: Punka
Publisher: Badrollgames
Format: website, free PDF
Source: https://www.badrollgames.com/ (https://www.badrollgames.com/en/)
PA specific or adapted from another genre: specific
Target scale: 28-32mm
Dice Used: 1xD10
Cards Used: no
Number of players: 2 (some scenarios can accept more players, it has a "sad mode rules" to play solo)
Number of minis: depending on the point limit. Usually 10 minis
Board size: recommended 120x120
Environment: Wastelands, expanded rules will add specific environments, climate, etc.
Terrain: any.
Vehicle movement: optional (they have motorbikes but only changes miniatures profile and abilities)
Zombies/infected: optional (depends on the faction and they are kinda mutants).
Monsters/mutants: yes, there is even a faction called Mutards.
Campaign element: optional, you can play single games, consecutive games or full fledged campaigns where your individual minis evolve.