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Coelacanth26 Sep 2016 7:53 a.m. PST

This may have begun as an exercise in boredom, but it's an exercise just the same. The challenge: Think of a possible(ish) apocalyptic event for each letter of the alphabet. I have started with a couple of simple, obvious ones just to get things rolling.

A -- Apes: Monkey see, monkey do us in.

Z -- Zombies: What else?

I hope that you will enjoy playing this little game. Speaking of gaming, the best submissions should be inspiration for someone to play on the tabletop; X-ray Emissions are as valid an end-of -the-world scenario as anything else, but fall a bit short in the potential for gaming. This isn't a poll topic, but an attempt at brainstorming fresh ideas for the Post-Apocalyptic genre.

Ron

P.S. If anyone wants to know what brought this on, it's that "Black & Chrome" edition of Mad Max: Fury Road. I am itching to see it!

Sir Walter Rlyeh26 Sep 2016 8:13 a.m. PST

Big M, little m, what begins with m? Millions of moaning militant multi-limbed monstrous mutants menacing mercenary motorists begins with m.

Frederick Supporting Member of TMP26 Sep 2016 8:16 a.m. PST

C – Creatures, and crowds and crowds of crooning creatures

E – Electricity – oh I do miss it so

S – Shotgun – stubby, sturdy and steady, don't leave home without one

Random Die Roll Supporting Member of TMP26 Sep 2016 8:24 a.m. PST

B---Bacteria
F---Fallout
G---Green Slime
H--Hydrogen Bomb

Giles the Zog26 Sep 2016 8:34 a.m. PST

T – Toilets, I wish they still worked.

Wackmole926 Sep 2016 8:57 a.m. PST

A Asteroid strike
B Bugs Invasion
C Cthulhu returns
D Dogs
E Electrical Mednetic pulse
F Food shortage
G Gravitation flip
H Heat wave
I Internet goes down
J Judgement day
K Killer Bees
L Laser strike from space
M Millennials take over
N Nanobot eat us
O Over run by Kudzu
P Pandemic
Q Quasar wave
R Rapid aging
S Sharks
T Time space vortex
U Underworld invasion
V Volcanoes
W World Government
X X-ray Pulsar
Y Yeast famine, so no beer
Z Zombies

nvdoyle26 Sep 2016 9:05 a.m. PST

A is for AI, when the hard start takes off.

B is for Biowarfare – whoops, it got out!

C is for Climate Change, no matter the cause.

D is for Dinosaur Killer, the skies burn and turn dark.

E is for EMP, when the lights all go out.

F is for Fermi, the lurkers in the dark.

G is for Grey Goo, tiny terrors eating all.

H is for Hubris, we're so smart, so wise!

I is for Influenza, that old constant friend.

J is for

K is for

L is for

M is for

N is for Nukes, all the cities aflame.

O is for

P is for Prions, eating our brains.

Q is for Quarantine, life inside the wire.

R is for Rabies, thank goodness it's slow…

S is for Solar Flare, goodbye satellites and power.

T is for

U is for

V is for

W is for

X is for

Y is for Yellowstone, and the magma beneath.

Z is for Zombies, so tired and dull.

Oberlindes Sol LIC Supporting Member of TMP26 Sep 2016 2:49 p.m. PST

M is for Muckers, predicted by Brunner.*

*John Brunner, Stand on Zanzibar (1964).

Oberlindes Sol LIC Supporting Member of TMP26 Sep 2016 2:50 p.m. PST

V is for Victory: so it's Pyrrhic; who cares?

Oberlindes Sol LIC Supporting Member of TMP26 Sep 2016 2:51 p.m. PST

O is for Oceans, that swallowed the coasts

Hafen von Schlockenberg26 Sep 2016 8:12 p.m. PST

P for Plutonium,that burns us to toast.

MHoxie27 Sep 2016 1:51 a.m. PST

X is for Xenophobes, for strangers bear trouble.

The Shadow27 Sep 2016 7:12 a.m. PST

Z is for zombie, the trouble is double.

The Beast Rampant27 Sep 2016 10:47 a.m. PST

P is for Pip-Boy.

Q is for Quantum (Nuka-Cola).

R is for Radscorpion.

S is for Super-Mutant.

Guess what's keeping me for painting miniatures lately.

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