Post-Apocalyptic

Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic is a subgenre in which a civilization is collapsing or has collapsed.

How the world ended:

  • Alien invasion

  • Asteroid strike

  • Biological disaster

  • Environmental cataclysm

  • Judgement day

  • Nuclear armageddon

  • Rise of the machines

  • Rogue planet

  • Supernatural invasion

Eras

Generation 0

In the Generation O era, several decades have passed since the apocalypse. The oldest survivors can call up childhood memories of the civilized era before the cataclysm, but most adults were born after the event.

Books

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Dark Ages

In the Dark Ages era, many generations have passed since the apocalypse(at least a century, and perhaps several); knowledge of the preapoca- lyptic world has faded into a mythic history. The ruined cities of the ancients contain mysteries, dangers, and occasionally treasures, but much of what is left behind is incomprehensible and useful only as raw materials. The world is a wild and savage place.

Books

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Films

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New World

In the New World era, legends tell of an ancient civilization that was destroyed by its own hubris. In the centuries that have passed since, a new form of civilization—primitive and barbaric though it may be—has begun to take root. The cities of the ancients are little more than worn-down monu- ments, and only the rarest of artifacts functions as it did in the time of the ancients.

Books

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Films

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References

  1. Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction

  2. d20 Apocalypse

  3. d20 Apocalypse