Map of the Dead: Zombie Survival Map – excellent resource for post-apocalyptic world of Yellow Dawn RPG

Post-apocalyptic resources Click on the image of the map to go to Map of the Dead website. Developed by Jeff at Doejo (we fuel ideas that grow). Find places near you that are likely to have resources to help you survive the zombie apocalypse. Or places to avoid. What I personally like about this is [...]

When the future imitates the past. Dog Eat Dog steps into context.

Arizona USA Back in 2010 a school teacher in Arizona was giving a lesson on the Medieval European Crusades into the Middle East.  On the back of this he decided to see what it would be like to recreate the experience of yomping through a sun-blasted desert, carrying armour and kit of the period.   It [...]

Photography: harbinger of the apocalypse, calcified caped dove by Nick Brandt.

Nick Brandt  is probably best known for his wonderfully developed photographs of the wild animals of Africa caught in a state of existence (rather than action shots of them splashing through water or diving dramatically through the sky). However this image struck me as iconic of something beyond wildlife photography.  It could be an icon [...]

Video Animation ¦ Ruin – a post apocalyptic short

A little under 10 minutes this is a wonderfully atmospheric cyberpunk post-apocalyptic short that plugs straight into your adrenal gland.  Definitely make sure you’ve got big sound, full screen and a do-not-disturb holo hovering above your skull. There’s a fantastic absence of dialogue, adding to the enigma of the story’s background: what is the character [...]

Invitation to appear on German-French “zombie” documentary with iconic euro culture TV show, Tracks

I just had a phone interview with a lovely lady from a TV production company who’s dialled into my world of zombies and  Yellow Dawn, through my blogging of the incredible adrenaline fuelled, heart-bursting, sanity-shredding experience of 2.8 hours later (run by the Über  talented crew at Slingshot ). I am, perhaps insanely, turning down [...]

Photography: post-apocalyptic & dark fantasy art – The Survivor, by Danielle Tunstall

Part of a series of images from the liquid metal, carb0-plastic, hydrogel and permacrete core of visual creators on the Internet.  Images that stir my senses and evoke plots and concepts for what I’d like to see (or fear) in the future. I like this image because of the absolute essence of the untold story.  [...]

Zombie infection caught on camera – sci-fi & dark fantasy author David J Rodger filmed after zed pathogen takes hold

Sci-fi and dark fantasy author David J Rodger, and creator of post-apocalyptic Cthulhu Mythos role-playing game “Yellow Dawn – The Age of Hastur“, was involved in a live webcast talking about his recent journey into the Dead Zone surrounding New Tokyo, when disaster struck. The small cut he’d received whilst scrambling in wild panic into [...]

US Health Officials post advice about preparing for zombie apocalypse

There’s no need to blink furiously and rub your eyes. It’s true. An official US government website had told its citizens how to prepare for a zombie apocalypse. It’s a sign-of-the-times and another clear indication of how the swelling fascination with the Walking (or in my case sprinting and screaming) Dead have become so zeitgeist. [...]

Photography: snapshots of a Dead City, images that convey the post-apocalyptic atmosphere of Yellow Dawn

I found these images and thought they were perfect examples of what an abandoned urban location might look like after a decade of weathering and neglect. Of course what’s missing from these particular images are the ragged figures of the Infected.  There’s also no sign of Mother Nature.  Normally after ten years you’d expect Dead [...]

Zombie fashion for 2010

Look sharp, even when you’re undead. Sears Online Department Store shows it’s taken the policy of accessibility for all to new levels.Click the image above to see offers you’ll want to DIE for. Very cool.     More David J Rodger? God Seed ¦ Dante’s Fool ¦ Iron Man Project ¦ Edge ¦ Yellow Dawn [...]

New Mexico Counterculture, Off The Grid, and a video of naked dude trippin’ out with blam-blam-blam of a handgun. Post-Apocalyptic scenario

A couple of vids and a write up that provides an enlightening glimpse of the New Mexico mesa, and some of the people to be found there. “This isn’t tourism, man. This is real life.” It’s got my imagination fired-up. Not sure how accurately “Off The Grid” portrays the people involved, or New Mexico as [...]

List of pre-modern professions. RPG resource.

A useful resource for ideas of what people might do in post-apocalypic settlements (such as in Yellow Dawn). View here: http://www.paforge.com/files/resources/premodern_professions.pdf

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