I wanted to offer two games at Seven Hills, which this year has the theme Historical. As well as Eyam 1666, I’d been excited to roll out the wagons for Vincent Baker’s Dogs in the Vineyard, with a wild west scenario inspired by the Netflix show Godless.
But, we live in interesting times. Our current social, political and environmental trajectory, makes another Baker classic – Apocalypse World 2 – just seem more relevant.
I floated the idea of a post-Brexit apocalypse scenario at the inaugural Go Play Manchester earlier this month. It didn’t bomb, so this is what I’ve come up with to playtest at Go Play Leeds in March.
Scenario: Cruel Britannia 2069. No Exit.
System: Apocalypse World 2
Players: 3-4
Slot: Sunday 3 March, 12:30pm – 4:30pm
Description:
Fifty years ago, the UK didn’t leave the EU.
The People rose, the Government fell. In the years that followed, populism and extremism spread virulently and almost unchecked across the world. Social, political and environmental infrastructure began to crumble as nation states and political blocs collapsed.
Ice caps melted, coastlines receded. Geographies shifted, borders blurred and the shape of the world rapidly distorted beyond memory and recognition as generations dwindled without succession.
Today, in 2069, communities as you’ve known them are rare, natural resources maybe more so. Abundance is scarce and scarcity is abundant. The world is Apocalypse.
Against this backdrop, we’ll do character generation in the session. The game is heavily player-driven. It is explicitly not about the politics of Brexit.
Characters: Most of the basic and extended playbooks will be available, and allocated based on player responses to leading questions.
Content Advisory: 18+, sensitive themes
Genre: post-apocalypse
Tags: political, Britain
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