#PostApocalypse

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[oldschoolfrp]

Dark Conspiracy RPG by Lester W Smith for Game Designers' Workshop, 1991, with Larry Elmore cover art presenting a very stylish apocalypse -- Set in a hypothetical early 21st century when corporate power is more important than governments, a Greater Depression has destroyed the global economy, and a declining America is wracked by economic disparity, reduced voting rights, and changing weather patterns. Also there are literal demons.

Mongoose Publishing recently acquired the rights to Dark Conspiracy. They are selling GDW's original version now on their website but plan a new edition for 2026.

[surfingkaliyuga]

“Mad Max 2” Noriyoshi Ohrai 1981

[sanseru]

Background practice and also tryna warm up for a new au idea I had.

[ducksaredead]

I’m pretty happy with how this piece turned out - feeling more confident with my lines :) I feel quite sentimental over postapocalyptic genre (as I was part of the fandom for a long time) and wanted to draw some PA creek.

[deadinsidegraphics]

Raining. Detail of the illustration

[rhubarbes]

rhubarbes_lab

[aystay]

horses (Silly sid and Clara); the Postman on tour; Postman vs Scarecrow (vehicular fighting scenes r hard 2 draw); Nona reminding Red that they are out in public and that he should get himself together; Bobby face study or something

[zou-pa]

[il3x]

Foil as the postapocalyptic gunslinger she deserved to be...

So I listened to Godhunter, heard the line "for who could be such a threat to me, the conqueror of time", thought Hey! Who do I know that could kill a god and has a nemesis associated with time? and uhhh. A sketch page followed.

File this with the "What if Ward was Parahumans Mad Max?" post genre.

[hellsgate-roadhouse]

UK underground (AI generated art)

Abandoned

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[oldschoolfrp]

New Orleans, Eric W Haddock's supplement for the Dark Conspiracy RPG, with Dell Harris cover art, GDW, 1991

The alternative captions write themselves but I can't pick just one.

* "I Can't Stand LA," 2009

[surfingkaliyuga]

Wizards (1977)

[alethianightsong]

This is just my interpretation so here goes:

"Punk" as a suffix is inherently about anti-establishment. Therefore:

Cyberpunk -> Mega-corporations control the media and hoard resources and anyone not consuming mindlessly is a threat

Desertpunk -> Water is hoarded by either petty warlords or mega-corporations and the hero is often someone fighting or existing outside the system. Mad Max comes to mind but Tank Girl also. Basically, any setting where drinking water is treated as crude oil and all the conflict that entails.

Oceanpunk -> Not quite the opposite of Desertpunk. Instead of arid deserts, it's vast swathes of ocean with little islands (floating or stationary). An authoritarian regime controls or wishes to control the waters and its inhabitants. Land can be a resource or ancient technology from the "old world" can drive the conflict. One Piece, Waterworld, Flapjack, any setting where boats are used frequently as transportation and the setting. I wanna see more submarines in this genre.

Scavengepunk -> The oil's been used up and global war has rendered progress & production stagnant. People scavenge junk to meet their needs but this junk is very much a finite resource. The regime either hoards what they scavenge or forbid the scavenging of certain goods, fearing it could upset the power balance. People who can actually manufacture or invent new tech might be persecuted cuz being able to build your own stuff instead of scavenging just disrupts the status quo. These types of stories usually have 1 of 2 MacGuffins: the main hero restarts some dangerous old-world tech or invents something powerful. Mortal Engines is technically scavengepunk and steampunk combined.

[cirilee]

the devil works fast, and by devil i mean tink just another day underneath the dome in the lowcaste criminals-and-their-kin-only arrondissmenet :')

more about these characters here^^

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