Post Apocalypse

Post-APOCALYPSE #1: Rolls and risks, in-game and out

August 25, 2026
Ttrpg Design, Apocalypse Frame, Post Apocalypse

In case you missed my possibly too subtle footnote in Five Years in the Apocalypse, APOCALYPSE FRAME 2nd Edition is in the works.[^1] When envisioning what this would look like, I decided to take this back to some of the first principles mechanically. One huge one from the start was the core rolling mechanic.

[^1] Which is to say, not coming out anytime before Celestial Bodies is ready because I want to make sure fulfillment is done before it even sniffs crowdfunding, but since that’s currently in editing I have more time to think about other things now.

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