My Mom entered me into some contest from TSR. Mainly cause you got a dragon poster. It turns out I won one of the top prizes. Which was all the TSR ganes at the time. Gamma world, Star Frontier, Top Secret etc all came in this giant box.

@mikepalmer2219

5 ай бұрын

That is very cool. Do you still have them?

@brucegrossman3531

5 ай бұрын

@@mikepalmer2219 sadly no. Got lost over the years.

@pqfp5969

4 ай бұрын

Gr8 effort m8 … my childhood lost in GammaW

The first edition Gamma World had these flowchart/tables to roll on when you tried to operate an artifact you found. We had some total party kills from trying can openers and fondue pots.

@comradestannis

6 ай бұрын

noice

@nunyabiznuss9869

5 ай бұрын

The trial 😂 and 😮terror continued for at least the next 2 editions I only ever had 3rd Ed.

@queenannsrevenge100

5 ай бұрын

Those charts (or charts inspired by them made it into the AD&D adventure Expedition to the Barrier Peaks, too - so much fun in that thing!

@LordEriolTolkien

5 ай бұрын

@@queenannsrevenge100 I still have that series of modules, including the full colour pullout booklet from Barrier Peaks. White Plume Mountain and Tomb of Horrors was also in that series I think. Perhaps the most famous original ADnD campaign series

@BAshcraft1966

5 ай бұрын

I still have my original version, in the box. Loved this game!!

When I was 14 in 1983, I was in High School art class and very much a disruptive little cuss. My art teacher didn't know quite what to do with me. Then he hit upon showing me how to use an overhead projector (the old ones with a light bulb and a large lens) to pull drawings or photos from books. This machine enabled one with little to no talent to trace the lines while enlarged and projected onto a poster board taped to the wall, they became easier to trace and then color if you like. He put me in a necessarily dark storeroom by myself so I could stay focused. I traced the very first drawing from Gamma World 1st ed., the Pistoleer facing down the beast bearing a club, and another one from one of the books , of a rat holding a .45 automatic. I did them both with a black ink fountain pen. The class was never disrupted by me again. I wish I still had those posters. I did play all the games you mentioned and Star Frontiers, still have many of them. Today I am a good hand at painting miniatures, building many types of terrain, and an historical tabletop wargamer. Bless that old guy, I enraged him so many times (he would turn blood red but not say much) but he didn't quit on me. Cheers Mr. Taylor.

@LutherMahoney

5 ай бұрын

What happened to you after that? What are you doing today as a profession?

@user-eb3bn3kd6g

4 ай бұрын

At 18, my father died suddenly. I went to work in a factory while going through community college thanks to Pell Grants and a generous employer. In three years or so, I secured an outside sales position in the same factory working on the road all through the southeastern United States. I sold building materials, and retired from that job in 2007. We had an outstanding product line, excellent price, and an opportune market. I now work at enjoying life. Family, travel, and too many hobbies.@@LutherMahoney

I grew up around the same time. It's hard to explain to my kids that we just assumed we'd destroy the world. It's not as if we were walking around depressed, it's just like something we all "knew", there'd be a nuclear war in the future at some point.

@russellharrell2747

6 ай бұрын

Young people think they understand nihilism but growing up in the Cold War, especially in the era of the EPA, it seemed like a certainly that the world would end in either nuclear or ecological disaster by the year 2000. It was in the books we read, it was at the movies, it was on TV, they made Saturday morning cartoons based on it! We knew we were doomed, but we kept on chugging along, consuming and being angsty.

@Dorian_sapiens

6 ай бұрын

Young people of today assume that again, so yay!

@powerist209

6 ай бұрын

You know I think Robocop wasn’t kidding with a board game based on nuclear war and toxic sunscreen that imply that O Zone is gone.

@powerist209

5 ай бұрын

Also I think young people assumed that all of that had already had resolution without thinking about “contemporary views” (or not having benefit of “after action report”). Like assuming that Industrial Revolution is a single moment that was publicized or everyone reacting to WW2 after Germany invaded Poland (like ignoring doubts and discourses, like war in China by Japan, thoughts of allying with Germany as bulwark against Soviets, and many having issues with getting involved after horrors of First World War).

@tylerreed610

5 ай бұрын

Oh your kids and grandkids know all about that. It's happening right now. Just slowly and not with a bang. They're feeling the crunch

In Thundarr the Barbarian there was at least one good wizard other than Ariel. There is an episode where the heroes cross paths with a young pair of heroes that are basically gender swapped versions of Thundarr and Ariel.

Gamma World was one of the Big Three. D&D for fantasy, Traveller for sci-fi, and Gamma World for a bit of both. Metamorphosis Alpha never really found a place among all that.

@rttakezo2000

6 ай бұрын

@comradestannis

6 ай бұрын

All of 'em seem quite interesting.

@coachlarry6773

6 ай бұрын

To me the big three was D&D, Boothill & Top Secret

@powerist209

6 ай бұрын

I was wonder why Star Frontier never got popular (aside from that shenanigans on the leak…which is another topic). Like Gamma World and Metamorphosis Alpha were in similiar awareness as it yet got a revival in 2000’s. Any idea why aside from short release span.

@michaelberry6016

5 ай бұрын

agreed.. almost. D&D, Traveller, and Twilight 2000 were truly the BIG three IMO. Not surprisingly all three still going strong today. While T2000 was a different kind of post apocalytic it was supported with the best quality products, adventures and splat, of any RPG game outside of D&D IMO. Never got into Gamma World but man alive did we eat T2000 alive.

The Facebook group that Mr. Ward shows up occasionally in is Ancient Dungeons And Dragons Players. I'm a member and it is always a delight to be able to pick his brain.

@comradestannis

6 ай бұрын

Good stuff.

Hopefully, you'll cover Top Secret.

@shawn7336

6 ай бұрын

😊 had some very good times with this!

@liwojenkins

5 ай бұрын

Wow, the 7th grade nostalgia! My one friend Marty Solomon and I playing Top Secret at the lunch tables!

@nv_spartan1771

5 ай бұрын

@@audioartisan Car Wars was a hoot!

@uncleeric3317

5 ай бұрын

Top Secret imho had a great rule set for the time.

@blockmasterscott

5 ай бұрын

Top Secret was a really great game. 👍💪

I flat out love Gamma World. And if you like Thundarr may I suggest the game “Barbarians of the Ruined Earth?” It’s Thundarr…without the name.

@jdsull

6 ай бұрын

ACKS *Barbarian Conquerors of Kanahu* is very "Thundarr + Planet of the Apes" as well.

@kevingooley9628

5 ай бұрын

Well, I'll definitely have to look it up now!

Gamma world's map has most of the Tidewater/Hampton Roads region gone. It's been nice knowing you all.

@comradestannis

6 ай бұрын

Ah, fellow Virginian.

Gamma World was so rad. Centisteed is one of my favorite all time creatures.

Star Wars was also the first movie I ever saw twice. My father took me on his motorcycle, so when the Prequels were released (quality not withstanding), we made sure to ride our motorcycles to each Midnight premiere.

One thing I find very enduring about many of the 50's scifi movies is the role "radiation" played in the creation of monsters and devastated worlds.

Thanks for giving us a video focusing on Gamma World! I still have my 1st edition GW, several of the modules, the 3rd edition version of the game, and a bunch of miniatures! I even have the original dice that came with each set! It was a far from perfect system--crude by today's RPG standard--it's got a fantastic background that allows GMs to develop the world. A clever GM can create some amazing homebrew games, and the modules that came out are actually decent. AD&D, D&D, Gamma World, Metamorphosis Alpha, and Star Frontiers are the first RPGs that I ever played. We went onto Call of Cthulhu, Paranoia, GURPS, and Champions. These games really helped me develop my artistic skills too, as they expanded my imagination quite a bit. These older RPG table top games are just fun stuff! Obviously, I'm nostalgic for games like Gamma World, but there was always a unique charm to each of the early games that made them stand out as classics. I've often been left to conclude that all RPG games come down to having a good GM, and having good, enthusiastic players--rules be damned. At the end of the day all of these games really only have one true goal. If everyone is having fun, then you're always doing it right.

I owned a box. Remember, there was a beautiful map of a nuked Pittsburg(?).

@daddyrolleda1

5 ай бұрын

Yes, I think that map was in the 2nd Edition boxed set if I'm not mistaken (or maybe it was part of the GM Screen?).

Gamma World was one of my favorite games of all time. My favorite character was a low HP pod plant. I had teleport, body segmentation and mind control. I would teleport 1HP pods with one power (mind control) into other creatures brains and take them over. Unfortunately the character only had 21 HP (and could only donate 17), so the pod army was limited. If I wanted to be able to teleport the pods back, that was 2 HP. Another great moment was a Pure Strain Human failing on rolls to try to reload a Tier IV weapon and shoving rocks and a squirrel into the fusion battery holder. My other dystopian favorites of the time (and a little later) were Car Wars and Shadowrun, I also had some fun with Twilight:2000.

@daddyrolleda1

5 ай бұрын

That sounds like such a fun character to play! Thank you so much for sharing that! I the little small size boxed game of Car War and a few issues of AutoDuel Quarterly but mainly we "played" by creating new vehicles and then comparing them to see which one was cooler. Sometimes we'd try to model them off existing Matchbox/Hot Wheels, or sometimes we'd try to make them using our Lego bricks. Thank you so much for watching and commenting!

I remember learning D&D in 1981 from an older friend. When I saw him maybe 6 months later he was still into D&D but was totally into a new game he got Gamma World. I wanted to play D&D, which we did but he said he was going to start playing GW more. They moved away not long after that, but he was so excited about Gamma World.

Have it; never played it. Love the DAT artwork throughout.

@daddyrolleda1

6 ай бұрын

I totally love the Trampier artwork, especially the cover. I talk about the art quite a bit - the cover was one of the things that sold me on wanting to get the game. Hope you enjoy the video, and thanks for commenting!

One think I always found amusing was the crossbow being the ultimate weapon. An average Constitution score would be 10, and average hit points for that would be 35. The “ultimate weapon “ does 1-4 damage, so on average 14 hits to down an average human.

@skyblazeeterno

5 ай бұрын

if it was a Call Of Cthulhu based system that crossbow could be deadly. I think CoC has one of the best realistically deadly hp and damage systems

@richardyoung3462

5 ай бұрын

@@skyblazeeterno Most of the Chaosium games of the time had more realistic approach to combat, including hit locations, dismemberment, and similar things. Getting experienced didn't mean you literally became a tank/damage sponge. It just meant you did things better than you used to, but you could still be killed by a punk with a lucky hit (and vice versa).

2nd edition was my introduction, we played through Legion of Gold and then an original adventure created by my friend. Sadly I was never able to go back to it.

@daddyrolleda1

5 ай бұрын

I was so excited when 2nd Edition Gamma World came out, but other than the presentation and the art, (at the time) I felt a little let-down, as I felt it was really just a cleaned up version of 1E but made more "polished." I had been hoping for some new stuff like something equivalent to D&D's classes, which as I understand, didn't really appear until the 4th Edition of Gamma World. In any event, while I liked the game, after around 1986 or 87, I never played it again until I ran that version using Savage Worlds for my friend that I mentioned toward the end of the video (so it wasn't actually Gamma World in terms of mechanics but more in terms of setting/flavor). Thank you so much for watching and commenting!

Holy smokes. I'm not sure why this showed up in my suggested, but the timing was incredible. I actually just mentioned Metamorphosis Alpha to my wife just a few days ago. Unlike the speaker here, I actually got into Gamma World because of the cover - and that is was got me into several of the books mentioned here. I enjoyed playing AD&D with my brothers, but I really wanted a space game - which is what I thought Gamma World was going to be. I was actually disappointed at first, but I ended up getting really into it. I also went back and got a copy of the Metamorphosis Alpha book you showed, and I watched Thundarr every Saturday for the Gamma World content, even though I was too old for it. (I think I'm 4 years older than the speaker here.) It's interesting that you mentioned missing pages in the rule book because (and I'd completely forgotten this) MY copy was also missing pages. As I recall, it was missing the first and last sheet - so the table of contents and index (or whatever) was missing. I bought it new so it was apparently just assembled wrong. I knew every inch of that book by heart so it was strange to finally see someone else's copy with a table of contents with some unfamiliar art on it. I felt the same way watching parts of this video. What got me thinking about Metamorphosis Alpha was that my wife and I rewatched the episode Heart Of Stone of DS9 and while I really didn't remember seeing the episode (although for sure I did), I couldn't shake the image of a bunny on a tree stump when I looked at Major Kira trapped in the stone. It turns out I was probably remembering the episode after all -- but I had to track down the tree stump monster, which I'd thought was in Metamorphosis Alpha. It turns out it was in expedition to the barrier peaks - which I figured out on a break from watching the video (before you mentioned it.) I remained interested in the world of Gamma World for a long time. I ended up getting a copy of Top Secret (TSR's James Bond game) and I preferred the game mechanics of that game, so toward the end, I started working on a system I called "Gamma Secret" - which was basically the world of Gamma World with Top Secret's mechanics. Someone in the comments mentioned Star Frontiers. Yes. I really enjoyed that. I think it was the game I wished for when I got started with Gamma World. I forget about that one from time to time because I didn't play it for as long. It's been years since I've played. It's funny for my kids to hear how into Gamma World I used to be. I'm sure my brother still has all my rulebooks and probably some of my notes. Actually, I almost missed the video. I noticed the thumbnail as I was clicking on something else. I remembered enough of the title to be able to search it up. Oh - and now that I've watched 90 minutes of this video, I think KZread is going to try very hard to get me to watch more D&D content.

Speaking of games that Gamma World inspired, Sweden had their own domestic TTRPG industry since the early 1980's, and one of the two major games was Mutant - legends say that in the sales pitch to the company was that "it will be like Gamma World, but in Sweden". Using Runequest rules (the fantasy game Drakar och Demoner used it too), it continued to be a staple of of the Swedish TTRPG scene and grew into its own thing. After a failed edition taking place in space, the assets were re-used to launch Mutant Chronicles. And today, the latest iteration of Mutant - Year Zero - continues to this day.

@daddyrolleda1

4 ай бұрын

Oh wow! I'm somewhat familiar with Mutant: Year Zero but I didn't know the history of the game. Thank you for sharing! I really appreciate it.

Gamma World was literally the first TTRPG I played, when i was ten and my brother ran a quick scenario with just myself. Maybe it was just a combat, I don't remember. I do remember rolling up the mutations.

@daddyrolleda1

5 ай бұрын

That's a great memory to have with your brother. My sister (and parents) sadly never got into roleplaying (as you can see in my video about "Why Did Gary Gygax Prefer Fighters" - at the end I share some of my old character sheets and talk about trying to game with my family). Thank you so much for watching and commenting! I hope it helped trigger some pleasant gaming memories for you!

I came to your channel because of this Gamma World video, my favourite rpg along with AD&D. Enjoyed your detailed work. Will check out your other videos! Thanks.

I love that you mentioned Starlost when discussing Metamorphosis Alpha. I only heard about that show last year and I immediately thought it sounded like some ancient TSR game I vaguely remembered. After digging through a bunch of old Dragon mags, I finally found a mention of MA. It was cool hearing more about it from you. And the show is good for a laugh if you like 1970s era Dr. Who sets, but with less of a budget, and hokey, high concept nonsense.

@mosquitobight

5 ай бұрын

Starlost had 2001 Space Odyssey's Keir Dullea as a main actor and Star Trek's Walter Koenig as a guest star. One of the other main actors, Robin Ward, went on to host a Canadian TV game show in the 1980s.

@Facetiously.Esoteric

5 ай бұрын

It had the potential to be amazing, but the studio heads gutted it. Harlan Ellison left after the first episode.

Your tribute to your mom is very sweet and makes me like the world

@daddyrolleda1

2 ай бұрын

That is such a nice compliment. Thank you so much for taking a minute to pause and post this comment. I really appreciate it. Cheers to you.

I played Metamorphosis Alpha and Gamma World just before I started playing D&D. All great games with interesting settings. It was a great era (1977-1982).

Had to click because I saw Heiro's Journey in the thumbnail reel. I was starting to think I was the only person on the planet who even knew that existed, and it was FANTASTIC. Now I'm gonna go watch the rest of the... holy crap. 1.39.41?!!! Well. We'll get there, but it might take all day. 😆

@daddyrolleda1

4 ай бұрын

It is quite long. But thank you for watching and commenting! I hope you enjoy it when you get through it all. I go back and forth over whether my videos are too long, but for each comment I get that they should be shorter, I get at least 2-3x as many folks saying they prefer the longer content because they just listen to it while they're doing other stuff. So I'm always trying to figure out the right balance. Nice to meet another Hiero fan! I really like those books and wish that he'd gotten around to finishing the third one. Cheers!

Ha! I came across Gamma World almost simultaneously with Thundarr arriving to Saturday mornings. Perfect timing. Now that I think of it, just a few years before, I had happened to be introduced to D&D the same year I first saw The Hobbit on tv and then started reading the book in elementary school.

As someone born in the 90s, this is a super interesting history. My first taste of post-apocalyptic fantasy was the original Fallout games. It's neat to see how many ideas are borrowed across the genre.

I actually played Gamma World _before_ D&D, it was the first RPG I owned, in 1980. Great video on the history of these games, thanks!

@daddyrolleda1

5 ай бұрын

Thank YOU for watching and commenting! I really appreciate it! I love hearing how people got into the roleplaying game hobby and I am always intrigued when folks' "gateway game" is something other than D&D.

I was 8 in 78' when I started playing D&D, my neighbors were two brothers a few years older introduced me to it.

“Hey, in this game you can be Conan!” [rolls shity stats…dies in the first encounter…still playing the game 43 years later…]

@daddyrolleda1

5 ай бұрын

So funny! But probably so much like many gamer stories! Glad you stuck with it! Thank you so much for watching, commenting, and for your support of the channel. I really appreciate it.

"I have a game where you can be a barbarian..." Used that line so many times...

Hiero's Journey and The Unforsaken Hiero are two of my favourite PA sci-fantasy genre books. Those two and A Canticle for Liebowitz, A Boy and his Dog, Omega Man, and schlock like Damnation Alley. I never had Gamma World in middle school, but we adapted AD&D rules to run a short sci-fantasy game. Good times. If I was going to run one now I'd probably use Mutant Future.

I loved the character creation in Gamma World. Random Mutations Offensive/Defensive.

@daddyrolleda1

4 ай бұрын

Yes, so much fun! I definitely liked the random aspect of it, versus a point-buy or other method. Thank you very much for watching and commenting!

My favorite encounters in GW were with the Hoop. Hobbit sized bipedal heavily armed telepathic bunny squads for the WIN! We had fun mixing Gamma World with Traveller and going off world.

I love ALL Daddy Rolled a 1 videos! Thanks, Martin -- this one is really good.

@daddyrolleda1

2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! I really appreciate that! Thanks for watching and commenting and for your support of the channel.

Gamma World got me to thinking about a "Medieval Post-Apocalyptic" campaign a long time ago. Then my brother got me into Demon Souls and Dark Souls back in 2009 and 2010 respectively. It's been a long time since I played a tabletop rpg.

We used this for comic relief from our serious D&D sessions. Oh the memories.

Gamma World 3rd ed. is still my favorite rpg of all time. I use a variant of the random mutation tables in my modern Cthulhu Mythos game to generate completely unique abominations from beyond the stars. 💚

@daddyrolleda1

4 ай бұрын

That's a great idea! I love hearing about people doing stuff like this. So many folks I think avoid what would otherwise be really awesome and creative content because it isn't made specifically for their system of choice. But, I've bought supplements for GURPs, Ars Magica, Fading Suns, and so many other games specifically just to mine for ideas for my ongoing campaigns, even though I don't even own the core books for those other systems! Thank you very much for watching and commenting. Gamma World was one of my favorite games back in the day and I was glad to finally do a video for it, and even more glad that it has resonated with so many people!

Ahhh...the good ol days of my childhood..switching campaigns between AD&D/Gamma World/Star Frontiers and if we got really crazy we would break out the Traveller rule books.

@daddyrolleda1

5 ай бұрын

I wish at the time I had DMs who were as flexible! Our games were very "discreet" with no overlap. That didn't happen until I was older. Thank you very much for watching and commenting!

Talking about The Morrow Project, I think FGU saw inspiration in this game and created Space Opera, though the whole thing ended up like Traveller. An amazing explosion of new games across the late 70s into the early 80s

I just realized that several of the game elements in Metamorphosis Alpha were in Gygax' Expedition to the Barrier Peaks.

Hoops. Goddamn Bunnymen turning everything to rubber.

@MrTwostring

5 ай бұрын

I never caught onto the cartoon aspect of that. For me, they were meant to be ironically fearsome dudes.

I’m glad your original box set was thrashed. These games were meant to played.

Loved Gamma World. Created our own additions and even played DnD characters in Gamma World.

I still have Metamorphosis Alpha and my 1st edition boxed set of Gamma World. I also have Empire of the Petal Throne, Harn and a bunch of others. Loved those days of physical product, hands on what you play, but they were always very expensive (still are). And my age group (I was 30 in 1983 when GW published) wasn't really into that kind of thing. Thanks for this vid bringing back memories and dusting off my tabletop games shelf. And, yeah, I also still have my boxed set of 3 little DnD books. 😀 Man, this video brings back so much. I remember Starlost. I still have it on vhs...now, if I only had a vhs player. Oh, how about Space Opera? Lotta supplements for that one.

@daddyrolleda1

5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for watching and commenting. I'm really glad you found the video so it could trigger (what sounds like) happy memories for you. We have a combo DVD/VCR player in our bedroom but we've not used it for years and once we finally get rid of it, we won't have any way to play our VHS tapes, either. Oddly enough, there's a store in Burbank (not far from me) that specializes in selling used VHS tapes and they do a very brisk business! I definitely remember Space Opera, but sadly only due to the ads I saw in Dragon Magazine, and one year it was featured in the Sears Christmas Wishbook. But I never saw it for sale at any of my local stores and never had a chance to play it. It looked like so much fun, though!

OH man, the nostalgia just hit. I remember thumbing through this game so many times as a kid, but it seemed too sophisticated to get into with friends. It was a bit of a hard sell, unless all your friends were into sci-fi

@daddyrolleda1

5 ай бұрын

I can see that. My group was pretty open to most genres but we only really played TSR games or games we created ourselves. The rulebook for Gamma World, at least for 1st Edition, isn't really written in a way to be helpful to novice gamers! Thanks for watching and commenting! I'm glad to spark some nostalgia for you!

It's awesome to be amongst fellow gamers that played this amazing game in the early 80's.

@daddyrolleda1

5 ай бұрын

For sure! Back then, I was usually afraid to tell people that I played for fear of becoming a social pariah at school, but I love that we now live in an environment when it's okay to talk about this stuff and find other people with similar histories. Thank you so much for watching and commenting!

Never played Gamma World, although I had Star Frontiers, Star Trek, and of course Basic and Expert with AD&D, but I played Twighlight2000 a lot as I moved closer to the Army. My good friend Shawn Rowan had Top Secret, and I had James Bond. I think the problem solver flow chart is quite nice with many uses as a mechanic. And of course I rather fancied Princess Ariel!

I absolutely love it when Met Alpha gets some love! I got into it when Goodman Games did their reprint and then made that giant box set. Also sorry about your mom. You always talk so fondly of her.

@jarrettperdue3328

5 ай бұрын

I came to Comment Town to give Goodman Games a shout-out for putting MA back in print!

Many fond memories of Gamma world. Always wanted to play it but never could find a group. I still habe my old books so maybe someday!

3 Things: 1) There were quite a few other post-apocalyptic things people were watching in the 1970s, including Ark II and Genesis 2/Planet Earth/Strange New Word (3 related pilots by Gene Roddenberry). 2) The Starlost series (you showed a picture from it) also has a plot very similar to Metamorphosis Alpha. 3) One of the best RPG advice columns I ever read was published in The Space Gamer 42 titled Metamorphosis Alpha Notebook by W.G. Armintrout about the Metamorphosis Alpha game he ran in college.

Thanks for this thorough and amazing review of this hidden gem, wouldn't have heard about it without you! And thank you for sharing your stories with your mom it was very sweet ☺

A friend of mine ran a GM world game for us that was essentially a multi-city auto race between all the political factions to see who would run the overall area. Very Road Warrior and super exciting. A lot of combat on the tops of speeding tankers and gun battles between vehicles.

I remember playing Gamma World back in the early 80's it was a fun game.

Paranoia by Steve Jackson could technically probably be considering post apocalyptic and is one of the funniest and best TT games of all time❤

@daddyrolleda1

5 ай бұрын

There is a lot of love for that game on the channel here, and I definitely remember the ads in Dragon Magazine. That Jim Holloway art was so good! Perfect for that genre. Thank you for watching and commenting!

Gamma World was AWESOME!!!!

@daddyrolleda1

5 ай бұрын

I 100% agree!

This was a great video. I could watch you talk about these games for another 2 hours lol. Thanks for sharing them with us.

Gamma World is my first RPG experience during lunchtime at School.

Now you need a Cyborg Commando (and spiritual sequel) Zyborg Commando video...! 😊

@daddyrolleda1

5 ай бұрын

Oh man, Cyborg Commando! Back around the time the game came out, I was really getting into the idea of Cyborgs and had just discovered Deathlock from Marvel Comics by finding a bunch of back issues of Astonishing Tales (I think?) at a comics shop detailing his first appearance. I drew Cyborgs all the time and began creating my own set of rules for having Cyborgs in Gamma World, until I saw the article in issue #92 (again, I think?) that had Cyborg rules. So, I was really excited when I heard Gary Gygax was working on Cyborg Commando and then when I saw the art for the game box I was less enthused and sadly never checked it out. I'd never heard of Zyborg Commando until your comment! That is a fun idea. Cheers, and thank you for watching and commenting.

I've never heard of this! This is the progenitor to DCC/MCC! My only experience in ttrpg play was 2nd Edition AD&D. I just started getting back into the hobby. I DM'd 3.5 for about a year or so but never to the extent that I DM'd 2nd Edition. DCC recently lit a fire in me & I only started hearing of MCC. I've been out of the hobby for over 15 years. There are all of these terms now like 2.0, 2.5. What do those even mean? 3.5 is the most recent Edition that I'd even consider playing but I'm on a DCC kick now. I plan on living Empire of The East & integrating MCC into it. Til then, I'm running my DCC games in the Tales of the Fallen Empire setting. I've never heard of this. This is a history lesson to me

loved playing Gama World in the old days.

@daddyrolleda1

5 ай бұрын

Me, too! I had a lot of fun with it. Thanks so much for watching and commenting!

Great video. I recall in the 2nd ed box set for Greyhawk it's implied that the setting is FAR future (past Gamma world) and one of Mordenkainens ancient relics is a flashlight

We played with a Gamma World cross over via the well of many worlds magic item.

@daddyrolleda1

5 ай бұрын

Oh, wow, that sounds awesome! What a cool idea. Thank you so much for watching and commenting!

I still have a copy of this game. Actually played it with my friends. My favorite part was a chart that you used to see if your character could figure out how something worked, You got a certain number of roll according to your intelligence score with mod to the rolls. According to these rolls you could figure out how the works, or end up ending the character. I used this chart for other games.

Tom Wham had the greatest name ever. The estate of George Michael owes him royalties.

This was my favorite game after AD&D. Then Gangbusters, Boot Hill, Star Frontiers. Played a ton of others, but those were my favorites.

I played " Dungeon and Dragons " as a way to blow off stress involved preparing for my semi-final and final college class exams .My character favorite was a fighter / ranger ; in Gamma World, I got a mutated animal-human hybrid. He was the product of some freakish experiment involving a third-world dictator trying to create a " Super Warrior ! " ; he took wolves,wolverines, and only the fiercest dogs and bred them in vats mixed with human DNA. Just as he's about ready to unleash [ LOL 😆 😂 🤣 ] his army of deadly mutants, his hidden fortress gets nuked.My character was named " Mongrel " ; ugly as heck; gifted with inhuman speed; hypersensitive canine senses and claws and teeth; healing factors ; and a sonic blast ability [ 4 times per day ] ! He was a dumb as a bag of rocks and always opened doors and traps! He got attacked by Rippers -think of a flying giant 🐝 crossed with a buzzsaw ! Fiercely loyal, but his lack of common sense was his great weakness! He was a fun character to have, though.

I loved Gamma World! even more than D&D. Always dreamed of having a bubble car

@daddyrolleda1

5 ай бұрын

Well, now *I* want a bubble car! Why hasn't anybody made those yet?! Thanks for watching and commenting!

I played this back in the late 70's. It never really caught on with my gaming group.

Love my memories of playing this. Made me subscribe, your presentation is so awesome.❤

I ran this game back “in the day” and I loved the premise and the rifle wielding rabbits my players thought it was insane, but they loved it. Sadly, I lost the set had a great map of USA that was great as well. Wish I could find a copy again ah me.

And Kamandi influenced Adventure Time! 😃

Great video! I always appreciate the research you put in to these videos. Loved the inclusion of information about Gardner Fox. All in all an excellent video. I’m looking forward to your next video.

@daddyrolleda1

4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! I really appreciate your support, as always. And I'm so glad you liked the Gardner Fox info. I really feel like it was a big "get" for Dragon to have him writing a fiction series in their magazine, and also I've read Mr. Fox felt a little "discarded" by the comics community later in life, but he was so important to the development of the DC Universe that I want to do my part to ensure he's not forgotten.

The Road Warrior came out in 1981 while Gamma World 2nd ed. was published in 1983 so that art was definitely influenced by the movie.

Characters from Gamma World, Boot Hill and Greyhawk end up in the setting of Star Frontiers and shenanigans ensue. ?;- )

Gemma world….when I wss 12 we got the first ttrpg with Gemma world and it was very cool and showed us the core system to making a ttrpg. Loved gamma world!! But truly loved Ad&d 2.0, and we first introduced Homebrew our D&D with some gsmms world, especislly sfter great barrier peaks module.

@daddyrolleda1

5 ай бұрын

I love that Barrier Peaks module! I know it's not some folks' cup-of-tea, but it really works for me. I'm so glad you saw the video, and thank you so much for watching and commenting!

I was sitting here watching the vid, and some of the stuff from Gamma World really kept making me think about the Fallout game series, so I looked it up and it turns out that Gamma World was actually a big influence on the original Fallout games.

That's a good Detailed deep dive of the history of this game. Thanks!

Love to see Metamorphosis Alpha, Gamma World, and Thundarr (yes, that is what I've wanted to play since I was a child). Further to Gamma World in animation checking out the Planet of the Apes animated series. But yes, we set our games locally so I played in the ruins of Chicago and the Midwest in Gamma World, Aftermath, Rifts, or even After the Bomb TMNT. Keep up the good work Martin.

Reminded me of my first tabletop Rpg Star Frontiers.

Incredible information, thank you so much!

Gamma World and MA rocked! We played more of these two games back in the 80s than all other RPGs combined. It has been 'reborn' as "Mutant Crawl Classics" by Goodman Games. A new game, with the same idea: simple, fast, fun, light-hearted RPG mayhem. Loads of charts, mutations, artifacts, etc... Check it out.

Had the game. Our party seemed to never want to help rebuild society. The map that came with the set showed North America but had messed up city names. Miami was Mimi etc.

I seem to recall there was a magic item in AD&D that could bring in a visitor from Gamma World and Boot Hill games. I forget the name of it, though. I always thought that was fun, though.

@kailenmitchell8571

5 ай бұрын

The well of many worlds.

I played a lot of Gamma World back when it came out. Cool to see this

@daddyrolleda1

5 ай бұрын

I'm really glad you saw it and that you enjoyed the video! Thanks for watching and commenting!

Dont forget the Thundar homage rpg 'Magic and Superscience' which came out in the OSR. Its a great games and system with lots of Easter eggs for Gamma Worlds and other Post Apoc games.

Thanks for the Gamma World retrospective, and for the sweet story about your mom. Cheers!

MUTANT EPOCH from Outland Arts is the definitive successor to old school Gamma World RPG.

@daddyrolleda1

5 ай бұрын

I've heard good things! I've also heard people claim that Mutant Crawl Classics and/or Mutant Future are the "true" successors. I think it just depends on one's own preferences. Thank you so much for watching and commenting!

@michaeldauby323

5 ай бұрын

Mutant Epoch is an amazing project of love created, written and drawn by the same guy! I have every edition of Gamma World and Metamorphosis Alpha and agree the Mutant Epoch is it's ultimate descendent. Note that it does contain adult theme's so parental guidance is suggested if younger players are at the table.

First-edition Gamma World was the first RPG book I owned.

I still have my first edition Gamma World - I was DM for very long Gamma World game that eventually incorporated a lot of D&D...

I remember that Pure Strain Humans weren't that powerful in the 1st Edition, so they got a huge boost in 2nd Edition.

Gamma world...oh the memories... Thundar the barbarian was an NPC in our campaigns lol. we stood with Feric Jeager and the TrueMen

Loved Gamma World! Thanks for this wonderful video. Gotta break that fake back out…

I only learned about gamma world when wotc released the 7th (wow!) edition that used dnd 4e's rules. I really love that game, it's a one shot machine, and the combination of two mutant archetypes that don't always make sense together makes fun.

@nicklarocco4178

5 ай бұрын

Oh, but that does remind me. At last year's Garycon I played Giant Lands, the game allegedly made by James Ward. From what I've heard he basically had the broad strokes ideas, then someone else filled those in. The game system itself was almost unusable, it's a d100 roll under system, with stats that can start over 100, and no clear way to reduce stats or roll vs half or 1/5th like Call of Cthulhu. But the setting was pretty cool, it's like an ecological apocalypse, which makes sense as that's the current existential threat du jour. So the world is much more wild, and there's also aliens that came to the planet when Gaia struck back against humans. And of course, the titular Giants that awakened from deep in the earth. From what I've seen online the game probably isn't worth picking up, but the setting is at least interesting enough to look into. I'd elevator pitch it as Gamma World meets Shadowrun with extremely limited tech.

First edition Gamma World was my first RPG and I still have the original box set around somewhere. As a kid, this fueled my imagination like nothing else.

@daddyrolleda1

5 ай бұрын

Mine as well. I loved (and continue to love) D&D, as evidence by my video series on the old-school D&D campaign I run for my daughter and her friends, but back in the 80's, I was very intrigued by Gamma World.

I know this was mentioned at the beginning of the video but did anyone ever play Aftermath? I remember a friend of mine had it. You should do a video on the company, Fantasy Games Unlimited. That had soooooo many different games it was crazy.

Loved Gamma world concept.

@daddyrolleda1

5 ай бұрын

I hopefully didn't "fan-boy" too much about it during the video, but I like it quite a bit myself. Thanks for watching and commenting.