Post Apocalyptic Drinking Establishments & Eateries

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Just an odd idea I had. It does come up with some interesting and funny results. I may make some changes/additions later.

Table 1: Roll 1d20
01 The [Description] [Creatures]
02 The [Description] [Weapons]
03 The [Description] [Items]
04 [Person] [Establishment]
05 [Person] [Description] [Establishment]
06 The [Creatures] [Establishment]
07 The [Weapons]
08 The [Weapons] & [Items]
09 The [Items] & [Weapons]
10 The [Weapons] & [Weapons]
11 The [Items] & [Items]
12 The [Weapons] [Establishment]
13 The [Weapons] & [Items] [Establishment]
14 The [Weapons] & [Weapons] [Establishment]
15 The [Items] & [Items] [Establishment]
16 The [Items] & [Weapons] [Establishment]
17 The [Creature]'s [Establishment]
18 The [Description] [Creatures] [Establishment]
19 The [Description] [Weapons] [Establishment]
20 The [Description] [Items] [Establishment]

Tables 2-4

Roll	Creatures	Weapons	Items
01	Accipitoid	AK	Anchor
02	Albino	Arkansas Toothpick	Axle
03	Android	Axe	Backpack
04	Bloodbeast	Battering Ram	Balaclava
05	Brain Lasher	Bayonet	Bandana
06	Bug Eyed Monster	BFG	Barrel
07	Canisoid	Blaster	Battery
08	Castoroid	Bludgeon	Bell
09	Cazador	Blunderbuss	Bicycle
10	Cephalopoid	Bomb	Binoculars
11	Charger	Boomstick	Bling
12	Chupacabra	Butterfly Sword	Bolt Cutter
13	Cockroachoid	Caltrop	Book
14	Cyborg	Cannon	Boombox
15	Deathclaw	Chaingun	Boot
16	Domer	Chainsaw	Bottle
17	Droid	Chicago Typewriter	Bowl
18	Dwayyo	Chopper	Can Opener
19	Electrophant	Cleaver	Candle
20	Equort	Coachgun	Canteen
21	Eyebot	Coilgun	Caribiner
22	Fungoid	Crossbow	Cellphone
23	Glowviper	Cudgel	Chair
24	Goatman	Dao	Clock
25	Goliath	Double Barrel	Compass
26	Gowrow	Dynamite	Computer
27	Hemofowl	Fire Stick	Copier
28	Hodag	Flamer	Crayon
29	Jackalope	Gat(t)	Crowbar
30	Jersey Devil	Glock	Desk
31	Kamata	Grenade	Dice
32	Kanga	Gun	Dollar
33	Kelper	Hammer	Dosimeter
34	Land Squid	Hand Cannon	Drill
35	Leaper	Harpoon	Duct Tape
36	Little Green Man	Hatchet	File Cabinet
37	Lizard man	Hog Leg	Film Badge
38	Lobstrosity	Howitzer	Flag
39	Man Beast	Javelin	Flashlight
40	Mansquito	Jian	Fork
41	Mant	Kanabo	Fridge
42	Martian	Katana	Gamestation
43	Medusoid	Kurkri	Gas Mask
44	Meerkat	Landmine	Geiger Counter
45	Melon Head	Laser	Generator
46	Mirelurk	Lasersaber	Glass
47	Mok	Little Friend	Glove
48	Morlock	M-16	Goggles
49	Mothman	Mac-10	Guitar
50	Naked Molerat	Mace	Head
51	Narcolep	Machete	Helmet
52	Night Globe	Machine Gun	Key
53	Nigth Goat	Magnum	Ladder
54	Octotron	Minigun	Laptop
55	Ozark Howler	Missile	Lighter
56	Pantheroid	Mortar	Lock
57	Pigman	Nailbat	Match
58	Porcine Devourer	Napalm	Mirror
59	Predator	Noisy Cricket	Mug
60	Protectron	Nunchaku	Multi-tool
61	Psyclops	Particle Accelerator	Oven
62	Pufferoid	Particle Beam	Pickaxe
63	Quench	Pipegun	Plate
64	Quicken	Pitchfork	Pliers
65	Quill cat	Plasma Caster	Poncho
66	Rabboxen	Police Baton	Pot
67	Radroach	Railgun	Printer
68	Radscorpion	Razor	Radio
69	Reptiloid	Riotgun	Rake
70	Robobrain	Ripper	Ration
71	Robot	Rocket	Safe
72	Rock Shell	Sai	Satchel
73	Rot Dog	Sawed-off Shotgun	Saw
74	Salamander	Scattergun	Scissors
75	Sasquatch	Scythe	Scope
76	Scorpitron	Shank	Screwdriver
77	Scuirinoid	Shillelagh	Shaft
78	Securitron	Shishkebab	Shovel
79	Serpentoid	Shiv	Sink
80	Sewer Gator	Shockstick	Skateboard
81	Shark	Sickle	Skull
82	Skunk Ape	Sixgun	Solo Cup
83	Slicerdicer	Sledgehammer	Spoke
84	Slunk	Slugthrower	Spoon
85	Snallygaster	Smoke Pole	Stool
86	Snoligoster	Spear	Tablet (computer)
87	Spider	Switchblade	Tarp
88	Spidergoat	Tazer	Tire
89	Splintercat	Tec-9	Tire Iron
90	Sporer	Thompson	Toilet
91	Suidoid	Toad Sticker	Toilet Paper (Buttwipe)
92	Teakettler	Tomahawk	Trampoline
93	Tripod	Tonfa	TV
94	Ventrilovine	Torpedo	Wallet
95	Wailer	Trenchgun	Watch
96	Wendigo	Trident	WD-40
97	Wyrm	Truncheon	Weedwhacker
98	Xeno	Uzi	Wheel
99	Xenomorph	Vibro-knife	Whistle
00	Yao Guai	Wristrocket	Wrench

Tables 5-7

Roll	Description	Person	Establishment
01	Ace	Alice’s	Arms
02	Atomic	Andy’s	Bar
03	Battered	Archie’s	Bar & Grill
04	Big	B.J.’s	Bar-B-Que
05	Black	Barry’s	Barbeque
06	Blood	Bear’s	BBQ
07	Blue	Betty’s	Beer Garden
08	Bone	Bev’s	Beer Joint
09	Brown	Bill’s	Beerhall
10	Burned	Billy’s	Biker Bar
11	Burning	Bob’s	Bistro
12	Carnage	Bonny’s	Brewpub
13	Chaotic	Bull’s	Brothel
14	Charred	C.J.’s	Buffet
15	Chrome	Cindy’s	Bunker
16	Cobalt	Clyde’s	Burger Joint
17	Cold	Crystal’s	Cafe
18	Corroded	Daddy’s	Cafeteria
19	Crazy	Dakota’s	Cantina
20	Cutthroat	Danny’s	Casino
21	Dead	Dave’s	Cathouse
22	Decadent	Dawg’s	Cider House
23	Decayed	Dexter’s	Clam Bar
24	Decrepit	Dick’s	Club
25	Degenerate	Doc’s	Clubhouse
26	Depraved	Doll’s	Cocktail Lounge
27	Deuce	Donovan’s	Coffee House
28	Disappearing	Earl’s	Copacabana
29	Doomed	Flanagan’s	Country Bunker
30	Double	Flo’s	Crab Shack
31	Drunken	Gary’s	Dance Bar
32	Dusty	Gus’s	Deli
33	Electric	Hank’s	Dine & Dash
34	Electronic	Harry’s	Diner
35	Fat	Hog’s	Disco
36	Fission	Hoss’s	Dive
37	Flaming	J.D.’s	Donut Shop
38	Fugly	J.R.’s	Drive-In
39	Fusion	Jack’s	Feed Bag
40	Gamma	Jake’s	Fern Bar
41	Gold	Jan’s	Food Court
42	Green	Jim’s	Gentlemen’s Lounge
43	Grey	Jimbo’s	Greasy Spoon
44	Grinning	Joe’s	Grill
45	Hell	Judy’s	Hamburger Stand
46	Hellfire	Kavanagh’s	Hash House
47	Hot	Kelly’s	Hideout
48	Intoxicated	Leroy’s	Hole
49	Iron	Louie’s	Honky-Tonk
50	Junk	Lucille’s	Host(ess) Club
51	Last	Lulu’s	Hot Dog Stand
52	Lost	Lynn’s	House of Blues
53	Lucky	Mac’s	Ice Cream Parlor
54	Metal	MacCreedy’s	Inn
55	Naked	Mahoney’s	Irish Pub
56	Neon	Max’s	Juice Bar
57	Neutron	McAlister’s	Juke Joint
58	New	McDougal’s	Karaoke Bar
59	Nuclear	McElroy’s	Live House
60	Old	McGee’s	Lounge
61	Orange	McGinty’s	Lunch Box
62	Pink	McGuyver’s	Lunch Counter
63	Plutonium	Mel’s	Milk Bar
64	Proton	Mike’s	Nightclub
65	Psychedelic	Moe’s	Oasis
66	Purple	Mom’s	Peppermint Lounge
67	Radium	Mona’s	Pickup Joint
68	Red	Moriarty’s	Pit
69	Rock	Murphy’s	Pizza Parlor
70	Rotten	Nick’s	Pizzeria
71	Rough	Nicky’s	Place
72	Rubble	O’Brien’s	Pool Hall
73	Rusty	O’Connor’s	Private Club
74	Satanic	O’Dooley’s	Pub
75	Scabbed	O’Grady’s	Rest
76	Scourged	O’Leary’s	Rest Stop
77	Scrap	O’Maley’s	Roach Coach
78	Shadowed	O’Neill’s	Roadhouse
79	Shadowy	O’Reilly’s	Saloon
80	Shady	Paddy’s	Sandwich Shop
81	Shining	Papa’s	Singles Bar
82	Silver	Peggy’s	Smorgasbord
83	Slagged	Polly’s	Snack Bar
84	Slimy	Raven’s	Speakeasy
85	Sloppy	Ray’s	Sports Bar
86	Smiling	Rick’s	Steak House
87	Smoking	Rose’s	Surf & Turf
88	Sorry	Rosie’s	Sushi Joint
89	Sour	Sandy’s	Swingers Club
90	Steel	Shelly’s	Taco Stand
91	Stone	Sherri’s	Taco Truck
92	Stoned	Smitty’s	Take-Out
93	Strontium	St. Elmo’s	Taphouse
94	Tainted	Sue’s	Taproom
95	Trey	T-Bone’s	Tavern
96	Triple	T.J.’s	Tiki Bar
97	Uranium	Tom’s	Topless Bar
98	Vulgar	Velma’s	Waffle House
99	White	Vera’s	Watering Hole
00	Yellow	Willie’s	Wine Bar

Random Post Zombiepocalypse Scavenger Table

I came across this interesting and fun list that works perfectly as a D100 Table. It works so well (and I like the idea of a visual random table) I almost decided to repost it entirely here, but I felt the link should be enough.

D100 Random Zombie Apocalypse Survival Essentials

Post Apocalyptic Rations, Food, & Beverages

Well, since THIS seems to be the theme of the DAY. I guess I should go ahead and post my Post Apocalyptic Food Tables. I've basically just set up a random table for beverages, post apocalyptic mutant-type foodstuffs that one might purchase (or forage for), Scavenged Food types, and "Future" Food types (like space food and stuff).
The first table is generally straight forward, roll and consult the table for beverage of food type. I should note that some of the beverages have subtables for expanded coverage. I should also note that the MRE listings for Scavenged Food could also represent generic military rations, preserved camping meals, and the like.
Table two covers the beverage subtables.
Table three is a table designed to randomly generate some type (or several types) of futuristic food that might be found. Roll and figure out if the food is Soylent Cubes or Food Paste and go from there. (I might add a flavor/meal table to this in the future.)
Also, check out Robot Roundup for random vending machine purchases.

TABLE 1: Mutant Food, Scavenged Food, Beverages

Roll	Beverage	Mutant Food	Scavenged Food
01	Ale	Antelope Venison	Airline Meal: Barely There Burger
02	Almond Milk	Armed Fish Steak	Airline Meal: Cheese & Fruit Platter
03	Apple Ciider	Blood Sausage	Airline Meal: Golden Curry
04	Apple Jack	Bull Shark Filet	Airline Meal: Gravy Ooze
05	Beer	Burleygrain (Barley) Bread	Airline Meal: Not the Fish
06	Black Tea	Butter Braised Lobstrosity	Airline Meal: Salad of Doom
07	Bourbon	Carnivorous Sheep Mutton	Airline Meal: Sleazy Omellette Breakfast
08	Brandy	Chicken Wolf Ribs	Airline Meal: Stale Sandwich
09	Buttermilk	Chicken Wolf Stew	Airline Meal: Surprisingly Sublime Steak
10	Cafe au lait	Crocodile Steak	Airline Meal: Why no Pigeons/Seagulls if this is Chicken
11	Cappuccino	Dark Bramble Berries	Bag of Airline Cookies
12	Chai	Deep Fried Giant Cricket	Bag of Airline Peanuts
13	Champagne	Deer Venison	Bag of Airline Pretzels
14	Cherry Soda	Fire Fungus	Bag of Chips
15	Chocolate Drink	Fish Fruit: Anchovy	Bag of Crackers
16	Chocolate Milk	Fish Fruit: Bass	Bag of Dried Beans
17	Citrus Soda**	Fish Fruit: Catfish	Bag of Dried Fruit
18	Club Soda	Fish Fruit: Cod	Bag of Flour
19	Cocoa	Fish Fruit: Flounder	Bag of Instant Mashed Potatoes
20	Coconut Milk	Fish Fruit: Herring	Bag of Instant Noodles
21	Coffee	Fish Fruit: Pike	Bag of Instant Oatmeal
22	Cola	Fish Fruit: Salmon	Bag of Jerked Meat
23	Condensed Milk	Fish Fruit: Sardine	Bag of Powdered Cocoa
24	Cooking Wine	Fish Fruit: Trout	Bag of Powdered Fruit Drink
25	Cow Milk	Fish Fruit: Tuna	Bag of Powdered Milk
26	Cream Soda	Fried Giant Squid Tentacles	Bag of Raisins/Prunes
27	Dandelion Tea	Fried Quicken Legs	Bag of Sugar
28	Earl Grey Tea	Fungafowl: Chicken	Bag of Trail Mix
29	Eggnog	Fungafowl: Duck	Bagged Airline Muffin
30	Energy Drink	Fungafowl: Turkey	Bottle of Ketchup
31	Espresso	Giant Ant Cakes	Bottle of Mayonaise
32	Evaporated Milk	Giant Chameleon Omelette	Bottle of Mustard
33	Fermented Milk	Giant Chameleon Steak	Box of Breakfast Cereal
34	Frappuccino	Giant Crab Cakes	Box of Toaster Pastries
35	Fruit Juice*	Giant Gecko Tail	Can of Cheese Spread
36	Fruit Liqueur	Giant Killer Bee Larva	Canned Baked Beans
37	Fruit Punch	Giant Pea	Canned Beef Stew
38	Fruit Soda*	Giant Rat Burger	Canned Carrots
39	Gin	Giant Rockfish Chowder	Canned Chicken
40	Ginger Beer	Giant Sturgeon Roe	Canned Chicken Noodle Soup
41	Goat Milk	Giant Sturgeon Steak	Canned Chili
42	Grape Soda	Giant Tarantula Bits	Canned Clam Chowder
43	Green Milk	Grilled Giant Bat Wings	Canned Corn
44	Green Tea	Grilled Giant Catfish	Canned Corned Beef Hash
45	Grog	Grilled Giant Scorpion	Canned Deviled Ham
46	Guarana	Groatgrain (Oat)	Canned Fruit Cocktail
47	Guava	Hellapeno	Canned Green Beans
48	Hibiscus Tea	Jackalope Haunch	Canned Ham
49	Hot Toddy	Jackalope Skewers	Canned Imitation Ham
50	Human Breast Milk	Kernal Plant Cob	Canned Mushrooms
51	Ice Coffee	Live Grubs	Canned Pasta
52	Irradiated Water	Lobstrosity Bisque	Canned Peaches
53	Jasmine Tea	Mako Shark Fin Soup	Canned Pears
54	Lager	Manna Mushrooms	Canned Peas
55	Latte	Marsh Rice Porridge	Canned Pineapple
56	Lemonade	Meatmelon: Beef	Canned Pork & Beans
57	Light Beer	Meatmelon: Goat	Canned Potatoes
58	Limeade	Meatmelon: Horse	Canned Refried Beans
59	Mead	Meatmelon: Lamb/Mutton	Canned Sardines
60	Milk Tea	Meatmelon: Pork	Canned Spinnach
61	Milkshake	Meatmelon: Veal	Canned Tomato Soup
62	Mineral Water	Meatmelon: Venison	Canned Tomatoes
63	Moonshine	Moose Jerky	Canned Tuna
64	Mulled Wine	Mutamillet Porridge	Canned Vienna Sausages
65	Mystery Yellow	Nukavega: Churchbell Pepper	Cup of Instant Noodles
66	Oolong Tea	Nukavega: Clearmato	Freeze-Dried Eggs
67	Peach Cider	Nukavega: Crying Carrot	Granola Bar
68	Peach Tea	Nukavega: Jolly Green Bean	Jar of Fruit Preserves
69	Pear Cider	Nukavega: Radical Raddish	Jar of Grape Jelly
70	Pennyroyal Tea	Nukavega: Spinning Leek	Jar of Orange Marmalade
71	Peppermint Tea	Nukavega: Turgid Turnip	Jar of Peanut Butter
72	Perrier	Porcine Devourer Bacon	Jar of Spices
73	Potable Water	Porcine Devourer Ham	Jar of Strawberry Jelly
74	Red Wine	Porcine Devourer Sausage	MRE: Asian Styled Beef Strips w/ Vegetables
75	Rice Milk	Puffcorn Shrimp	MRE: Beef Brisket
76	Root Beer	Radfruit: Apple	MRE: Beef Ravioli
77	Rose Hip Tea	Radfruit: Banana	MRE: Beef Stew
78	Rotgut	Radfruit: Orange	MRE: Beef Taco
79	Rum	Radfruit: Peach	MRE: Cheese Tortellii
80	Sacramental Wine	Radfruit: Plum	MRE: Chicken Chunks
81	Sake	Radfruit: Watermelon	MRE: Chicken Pesto Pasta
82	Sarsparilla	Razorgrain (Wheat) Noodles	MRE: Chicken w/Egg Noodles & Vegetables
83	Sassafras Tea	Red Paste	MRE: Chili & Macaroni
84	Schnapps	Refried Rad Beans	MRE: chili w/ beans
85	Scotch	Reindeer Sausage	MRE: Elbow Macaroni & Tomato Sauce
86	Seltzer Water	Roast Deer	MRE: Hash Brown Potatoes w/ Bacon
87	Soy Milk	Salted Land Fish	MRE: Jalapeno Pepper Jack Beef Patty
88	Sports Drink	Sourgrain (Rye) Biscuits	MRE: Lemon Pepper Tuna
89	Stagnant Water	Soytato	MRE: Maple Sausage
90	Stout	Spidergoat Kebab	MRE: Meatballs w/Marinar Sauce
91	Strawberry Milk	Strange Meat Ribs	MRE: Mexican Style Chicken Stew
92	Synthihol***	Stuffed Quicken	MRE: Pork Rib
93	Tang	Tentacle-faced Fish Filet	MRE: Shredded BBQ Beef
94	Tequila	Three-Eyed Fish Filet	MRE: Southwest Beef & Black Beans
95	Tomato Juice	Triticale Bread	MRE: Spaghetti w/Meat Sauce
96	Tonic Water	Twin-Tailed Squirrel on a stick	MRE: Spinach Mushrrom & Cream Sauce Fettuccine
97	Vodka	Waste Nuts	MRE: Vegetarian Taco Pasta
98	Wastewater	Whale Steak	Potted Shrimp
99	Whiskey	Xeno Burger	Power Bar
00	White Wine	Zunicorn Jerkey	Salted Fish

Table 2: PA Beverage Subtables

Roll	Citrus Flavor	Synthetic Alcohol	Fruit Flavor
01	Grapfruit	Beer	Apple
02	Key Lime	Bourbon	Apricot
03	Lemon	Brandy	Banana
04	Lime	Champagne	Blackberry
05	Orange	Gin	Cherry
06	Tangerine	Mead	Coconut
07		Red Wine	Cranberry
08		Rum	Grape
09		Scotch	Japanese Melon Flavor
10		Vodka	Kiwi
11		Whiskey	Mango
12		White Wine	Papaya
13			Peach
14			Pear
15			Pineapple
16			Plum
17			Pomegranate
18			Raspberry
19			Strawberry
20			Watermelon

Table 3: Future Food

Roll	Prefix (Type)	Suffix (Format)
01	Algae	Bar
02	Carb(o/ohydrate)	Biscuit
03	Concentrate(d)	Burger
04	Food	Cake
05	Fung(i/al)	Capsule
06	Gluten	Chip
07	Goo	Cracker
08	Kelp	Cube
09	Krill	Food Brick
10	Nutri(ent)	Goop
11	Plankton	Gum
12	Protein	Lozenge
13	Rat(ion)	Meal
14	Seaweed	Meat
15	Soy	Paste
16	Soylent	Pellet
17	Sustenance	Pill
18	Synth(etitc/i/o)	Tablet
19	Vitamin	Tube
20	Yeast	Wafer

The Robot Apocalypse is Coming

So evidently robots are now escaping from their captors: Russian Robot Makes Run Again.

You know, this just makes me want to create a top 10 list of robots (or maybe just technological inventions) that are moving us closer to serving future robot overlords. Here are some entries into that list (in no particular order).

1. Geminoid - How robots are going to replace us in the future.*
2. ACM-R5 - Yes, the Hydrobots from Terminator Salvation really exist.
3. Kuratas - While technically a mecha or exoskeleton-type robot, this robot is notable for it's "grin activated" weapon firing system, see more HERE.
4. Megabot Mark II - Since the Japanese have their entry into the mini-mecha market, here's the American competitor (literally).
5. ComicCon Robot - Mech, Exo, Autonomous Robot, who cares, this thing scores points. Also a hit with the ladies.
6. EATR - The name pretty much says it all, this is a robot that can eat people to fuel itself. See also HERE
7. TALON SWORDS - Not autonomous *YET*, but still mobile weapon platforms.
8. BigDog - This robot design may not have made it in the military's books, but it still looks like what the robots will be to replace pack animals and mounts. (See also BigDog's newer cousins, only a GOOGLE search away.)
9. Robokiyu - Coming to you once again from Japan, this body disposal robot comes in a wonderful Soylent Green paint job.
10. HitchBOT - So now we have hitchhiking killer robots. Looks like this one got capped on the streets of Philly though.

Honorable Mentions:
Cheerleading Robots.
Real-Life Robots That Will One Day Enslave Humanity, Ranked has some interesting entries, such as entries 9 (stabbing motion robot), 8 (Torso-Less Shopping Cart Bot), 6 (Karate Kid Bot), and 2 (Heebie-Jeebie-Inducing Spider Bot) [Looks like evil Gene Simmons will be able to afford that gun with the body heat seeking bullets after all].
Sparring Robot, just need two of these for Rock'em Sock'em Robot Action.
Pole Dancing Robots - For all those soon to be robosexuals out there.
I suppose I should mention ASIMO, but the dwarf spaceman look is kinda meh.
I should also probably mention the ROOMBA, but those things scare me.

*I should note that it seems the Japanese currently hold the record for "creepiest" life-like robots.

Mutant Crawl Classics

So, there's a Kickstarter for a new post apocalyptic role-playing game, using the Dungeon Crawl Classics system, called Mutant Crawl Classics. (Take a preview peek HERE.) I've taken a look at it, and while it *IS* one of the few kickstarter projects I've felt like backing (oddly, most of the Kickstarters I would have backed always seemed to be finished backing by the time I find out about them), I'm not really in a position to back it at this time. Which is somewhat of a pity, since it looks like it might be a decent PA game, for the most part.

I do however, have some additional thoughts and opinions on the game. First off, I'll be honest, I picked up DCC because it looked like it had some interesting ideas to pick up for my own games; things like 0-level funnel, some of the core mechanics (though the ones I use predate DCC, and are often obvious and common D&D-derivatives), level titles (I L-O-V-E level titles, the idea that there is a rank hierarchy may or may not be the basis for level titles, but using level titles as a short hand for how experienced a character (player or non-player) is can be quite useful, not to mention I feel it adds some depth to any setting), additional thief abilities, Fumbles & Crits (though I'm still a bit tempted to use ChartRolemaster tables for that purpose), and some other odds and ends. On the other hand though, DCC has some systems that I either don't care for (Luck Score...I generally consider the dice roll used in a game to constitute "luck" and don't use special snowflake systems like "Luck," "Fate," "Karma," etc. that can alter die rolls) or I think are freaking stupid ("Funky Dice," odd-numbered dice like d3, d5, and d7 as well as even-number dice like d14 and d16 are fairly pointless*). Given my somewhat neutral stance on the DCC system then, my interest in Mutant Crawl Classics will obviously lie in the direction of what I can use in my own games, rather than as a go-to game system for Post Apocalyptic Adventures.

I have to say that the Level-0 Character Professions table in the preview PDF was extremely underwhelming, I'm hoping that it is a placeholder for a much better table, though judging by the table fluff, it looks more like a deliberate design decision. I'm not a real fan of the whole "post-nuclear caveman" basis (even in Gamma World or Mutant Future), but I can work with it (especially after recently watching America 3000). I'm also one of those folks that think race-as-class is stupid, so I wasn't impressed with it's inclusion in MCC, though it was expected. I also wasn't thrilled that there wasn't a race-as-class for robots/androids/cyborgs (though I do like the addition of Holograms); since I consider mechanical beings as an essential part of the whole Human-Animal-Vegetable-Mineral(Mechanical) spread I like to see for Post Apocalyptic playability. I do hope that the "Manimals" & "Plantients" in the game have ample coverage, since so many existing PA RPGs fail in that department (let's face it, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Other Strangeness/After the Bomb RPG is still one of the top PA games for playing mutant animals because it's mutant animal selection & coverage are so extensive; the only other RPG I've seen that comes close is The Mutant Epoch, though Wisdom from the Wastelands #51 for Mutant Future does a fair job of filling that out...though both of these offerings have poor plant coverage). As far as the wetware programs=magic shtick, I'm somewhat on the fence, I do prefer the "psychic powers" approach for my PA settings, and I'm completely unsold on "mental constructs and databases of knowledge" for spells, but some sort of quantum/nanobot magic system wouldn't feel too out of place. I did feel that the Patron AI idea was very Planet Psychon though (don't read anything into that, it just invokes the same kind of vibe). The Archaic Alignments idea looks interesting, as some sort of "Cryptic Alliance" feature.

I do have to wonder why William McAusland is doing artwork for it, INSTEAD of working on his own The Mutant Epoch RPG (not that including artwork he's done is a *bad* thing, I'd just rather see more stuff for TME, especially since it seems he's been working more on TME novels than RPG supplements lately :( ). I also have to admit, when I first heard about Mutant Crawl Classics, I figured the author would be Reid San Filippo, since his Crawling Under a Broken Moon fanzine for DCC already encompasses so many different Post Apocalyptic bits and pieces for DCC *shrug*. The stretch goals do have some possibilities, but I think there's too many "adventure module" stretch goals and some of those utility stretch goals (say GM Screen and Data Orb) should replace some of them.

*There are uses for the fairly pointless dice, NOT by themselves (rolling a d3 for example can easily be accomplished by rolling a d6 and dividing the result by half, or rolling 1d4-1), but in the area of random weapon damage, by expanding the roll range of damage of weapons. Also rolling something like 3d5 can give you a different result distribution than 3d6 or 3d4. However, odd additional dice for the sake of being "edgy" or "different" doesn't really do it for me.

Two Men Enter, One Man Leaves

A simple table of post apocalyptic fighting pits and gladitorial arenas.

Roll Location
01 Backyard Swimming Pool
02 Ball Pit
03 Ballpark
04 Basketball Court
05 Bear Pit
06 Bullring
07 Caged Pit
08 Children's Wading Pool
09 Community Swimming Pool
10 Doomsday Cage/Tower of Doom
11 Electrified Fighting Cage
12 Fighting Cage
13 Fighting Octagon
14 Fighting Pit
15 Gravel Pit/Quarry
16 Half-pipe/Skate Park
17 Hazardous Pit
18 Horse Track
19 Horse/Cattle Corral
20 Ice Hockey Rink
21 Inflatable Castle
22 Jousting Tilt-Yard
23 Jungle Gym
24 Jungle/Forest Clearing
25 Kickboxing Ring
26 Medieval Times Restaurant
27 Mesoamerican Ballcourt
28 Moated Enclosure
29 Murdermaze
30 Natural Amphitheater
31 Olympic Swimming Pool
32 Race Track
33 Ring of Fire
34 Robot Arena
35 Rodeo Arena
36 Roller Rink
37 Roman Amphitheater/Gladiatorial Arena
38 School Gymnasium
39 School Playing Field
40 Sports Arena
41 Stadium
42 Stone Circle
43 Storm Water Detention Basin
44 Sumo Ring
45 Swamp/Marsh Hummock/Island
46 Tennis Court
47 Thunderdome
48 Volleyball Court
49 Wrestling/Boxing Ring
50 Zoo Enclosure