''Mutants in Avalon'' is the fifth supplement for the '' After the Bomb''

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, originally based on and compatible with ''

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''. It was published by

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in January 1991 and uses the Palladium

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Publication history

James Wallis was introduced to

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of Palladium by

Erick Wujcik Erick A. Wujcik (January 26, 1951 – June 7, 2008) was an American designer of both pen-and-paper and computer role-playing games, and co-founder of Palladium Books. Gaming career Wujcik started off as head of the gaming society at Wayne S ...

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22 in 1989, which led to Wallis producing role-playing game supplements beginning with ''Mutants in Avalon'' (1990).

Setting

The storyline of ''After the Bomb'' introduced a post-

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setting, centered on the

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, where most of the area is populated by

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animals and they form the predominant societies, as opposed to the setting of ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Other Strangeness'' where mutants live on the fringes of human society. ''Mutants in Avalon'' expands that setting to include Great Britain which is divided into eight neo-

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kingdoms. The sample plot presented concerns the rise of a new

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and

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, composed of mutant animals, as well as the threat of pro-human invasion by the organization SAECSN. The book includes rules on class as a factor in character generation,

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ic magic, and a number of new mutant insects as riding beasts and pets.

Reviews

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'' Issue 1 - Aug 1990 *''

'' (Issue 9 - Apr 1991)

References

After the Bomb (game) Role-playing game supplements introduced in 1991 {{rpg-stub