''Exodus'' is a 2008 post-apocalyptic
role-playing game developed and published by Glutton Creeper Games using the d20/OGL system. The game was originally set in the ''
Fallout
Nuclear fallout is the residual radioactive material propelled into the upper atmosphere following a nuclear blast, so called because it "falls out" of the sky after the explosion and the shock wave has passed. It commonly refers to the radioac ...
'' universe, but due to legal complications with the creator of the original ''Fallout'' intellectual property
Interplay Entertainment
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, and ''Fallout''s current copyright holder
Bethesda Softworks, the license for the intellectual property was revoked. The final released product excludes all references to the ''Fallout'' intellectual property, though it retained a post-apocalyptic theme and most of its common elements with the ''Fallout'' setting.
Background
Glutton Creeper Games obtained a license from
Interplay to create a ''Fallout'' pen and paper role-playing game based on the ''
d20 Modern
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'' system in 2006. Legal complications arose in mid-2007, when Bethesda Softworks' lawyers claimed Interplay was unable to license a role-playing game, and annulled the license deal. Glutton Creeper Games reworked the project into ''Exodus'', removed all references to the ''Fallout'' franchise, and released the game in 2008. In spite of this, ''Exodus'' retained several concepts similar to the ''Fallout'' franchise with regards to its
post-apocalyptic
Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction is a subgenre of speculative fiction in which the Earth's (or another planet's) civilization is collapsing or has collapsed. The apocalypse event may be climatic, such as runaway climate change; ast ...
setting.
In 2009, Glutton Creeper Games and Interplay came to a settlement over the license dispute.
[ Glutton Creeper Games became a subsidiary of 4 Hour Games by 2014, and the sourcebooks for ''Exodus'' were offered for sale on 4 Hour Games' website for a time.][
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Premise
''Exodus'' is set in southwest United States in the year 2042. The backstory of ''Exodus'' encompass an alternative history
Alternate history (also alternative history, althist, AH) is a genre of speculative fiction of stories in which one or more historical events occur and are resolved differently than in real life. As conjecture based upon historical fact, alte ...
of 20th century from 1939 to 2012, which is the year of nuclear war's outbreak. In December 2012, on the winter solstice, a date prophesied by the Maya
Maya may refer to:
Civilizations
* Maya peoples, of southern Mexico and northern Central America
** Maya civilization, the historical civilization of the Maya peoples
** Maya language, the languages of the Maya peoples
* Maya (Ethiopia), a popul ...
as the end of evolution
Evolution is change in the heritable characteristics of biological populations over successive generations. These characteristics are the expressions of genes, which are passed on from parent to offspring during reproduction. Variation ...
, a date prophesied by Nostradamus
Michel de Nostredame (December 1503 – July 1566), usually Latinised as Nostradamus, was a French astrologer, apothecary, physician, and reputed seer, who is best known for his book '' Les Prophéties'' (published in 1555), a collection ...
as World's End, man chose to evolve by the process of natural selection through self extermination from nuclear fallout
Nuclear fallout is the residual radioactive material propelled into the upper atmosphere following a nuclear blast, so called because it "falls out" of the sky after the explosion and the shock wave has passed. It commonly refers to the radioac ...
.War on Terror
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escalated to a series of short events between many warring nations that ravaged the known world on all sides, forcing humanity into an "exodus" that would last 20 years before survivors could return from fallout shelters to the ruins of civilization and start a new era of human civilization.
Reception
Writing for ''Flamesrising.com'', Megan Robertson gave a positive review for ''Exodus'', praising its post-apocalyptic Southwest United States setting, Mayan-inspired backstory, sound role-playing game mechanics, and adequate produce support.[ Jim Moreno from '' Geek and Sundry'' included it in his list of ''Fallout''-inspired tabletop RPGs to try.][
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References
External links
*
Exodus
at RPGGeek
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Post-apocalyptic role-playing games
Role-playing games introduced in 2008