Pick your Apocalypse

[Marc]

A supernatural or alien invasion is always comforting...It's not our fault.

[Mohoender]

Originally Posted by Marc

A supernatural or alien invasion is always comforting...It's not our fault.

Not that sure. If an alien vessel was to show up with real peaceful intentions, our first move will probably be to shoot at it. Else, we might try to take it over and, as a result, they might consider us to be no more than pirates.

[Graebarde]

Well Hell!! I find AFTER I voted I could have selected several scenarios. I chose the Nuclear for the one. Now I am an avid follower of a series by S. M. Stirling called Dies the Fires in which the survivors are thrown a huge curve in that all electrical, internal combustion, steam (at least high pressure), nuclear and explosives are useless. And NOBODY knows who's to blame, but for practical purposes technology, not the knowledge of it, just applications available, are pretty much 13th century pre-gun powder.

Now THAT is a survival crisis... and one hell of a curve ball to throw at a game set up for gun and shoot.. muahahahahahahaaaa

graebarde

[pmulcahy11b]

Would Biological Disaster include a pandemic, or just zombies?

[pmulcahy11b]

Here's an interesting Rise of the Machines scenario: Gray Goo.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gray_goo

You'd be some of the last people, or even living things, left on earth (perhaps because of an isolated location or a technological defense).

[copeab]

Originally Posted by pmulcahy11b

Would Biological Disaster include a pandemic, or just zombies?

Yes. I just made the zombie notation since there are a lot of zombie fans and most modern zombies have a biological (virus) cause rather than supernatural cause. Frank Herbert's "The White Plague_ would also qualify as a biological apocalypse, I think.

[Littlearmies]

"Judgement Day" - what is that? Am I right in thinking some kind of religious thing?

I'm presuming "Rise of the Machines" is a Terminator / Reign of Steel type of thing. I got the GURPS Reign of Steel but it didn't strike me as one of David Pulver's best efforts, and I never read the original.

I'm inclined to go with good old fashioned Nuclear Armageddon - it's hard to beat!

Malcolm

[copeab]

Originally Posted by Littlearmies

"Judgement Day" - what is that? Am I right in thinking some kind of religious thing?

I'm presuming "Rise of the Machines" is a Terminator / Reign of Steel type of thing. I got the GURPS Reign of Steel but it didn't strike me as one of David Pulver's best efforts, and I never read the original.

Yes to both.

[copeab]

Originally Posted by Graebarde

Well Hell!! I find AFTER I voted I could have selected several scenarios.

Sorry if I wasn't clear enough about that.

In retrospect, I should have folded Rogue Planet into Asteroid Strike and renamed it Death From Space.