Roll for Mutation: Post-Apocalyptic TTRPG History: Ep. 5 Tank Girl & Wizards

About this episode

The episode explores two licensed post-apocalyptic TTRPGs from the 1990s, focusing on their design and source materials.

In our fifth episode of Roll for Mutation , we look at two different licensed post-apocalyptic TTRPGs from the 1990s. First, World of Tank Girl , part of West End Games Masterbook series which apparently launched even before the film it was based on hit the theaters. Then we cover Ralph Bakshi's Wizards , based on the eponymous wild animated movie from the 1970s. We talk about what both games do, the source materials, their specific apocalypses, and how both games showcase 1990's game design tendencies: for better or worse (Lowell says worse). References Designers and Dragons: The 1980s Designers and Dragons: The 1990s Tank Girl on Wikipedia Wizards on Wikipedia For other shows like this, check out Roll for Origin: Supers TTRPG History. Marc Majcher is an award-winning game designer, performer, educator, director, woodworker, writer, and all-around goblin-man recently relocated from Austin, Texas to East Lansing, Michigan. You can find their RPGs and LARPs inspired by the works of Philip K. Dick, a bird apocalypse, eldritch startup cults, viral videos, and much, much more at https://majcher.itch.io/ and everything else at https://majcher.com/ . Lowell Francis is the designer and…

People in this episode

Guests: Marc Majcher, Lowell Francis

Topics covered

• post-apocalyptic TTRPGs
• 1990s game design
• Tank Girl
• Wizards
• game adaptations

Keywords

• TTRPG
• post-apocalyptic
• 1990s
• Tank Girl
• Wizards

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Open Hearth Gaming Community

Books & works: World of Tank Girl, Wizards, Designers and Dragons: The 1980s, Designers and Dragons: The 1990s

Places: Austin, Texas, East Lansing, Michigan

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