Aftermath may refer to:
Aftermath! is a role-playing game created by Paul Hume & Robert Charette which was published in 1981 by Fantasy Games Unlimited.
It is set in a post-apocalyptic world in which the characters typically have to fight for food, water, basic supplies and shelter. The rules are reasonably complex and include many flow charts and tables to enable the Games Master to simulate the world. This leads to a very immersive gaming experience. However, it does require a good knowledge of the rules to play.
The nature of the Apocalypse is up to the Games Master but it is often reminiscent of the Mad Max films. There is even an expansion (Aftermath! Magic!) to play in a universe dominated by dragons in the style of the film Reign of Fire.
The game's designers can be found in the credits list below (see External links).
Aftermath is the second RPG produced by Hume and Charrette for FGU after producing Bushido. It was also praised for its features, but often criticized for its complexity, a common refrain when discussing games from FGU.
Levardis Robert Martyn Burton, Jr. (born February 16, 1957), professionally known as LeVar Burton, is an American actor, presenter, director, producer, and author. He is best known for his roles as the young Kunta Kinte in the 1977 award-winning ABC television miniseries Roots, Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge in Star Trek: The Next Generation, and as the host and executive producer of the long-running PBS children's series Reading Rainbow. He has also directed a number of television episodes.
Burton was born to American parents at the U.S. Army Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in West Germany. His mother, Erma Jean (née Christian), was a social worker, administrator, and educator. His father, Levardis Robert Martyn Burton, was a photographer for the U.S. Army Signal Corps at the time he was stationed at Landstuhl. Burton and his two sisters were raised by his mother in Sacramento, California. Burton was raised Catholic and, at the age of thirteen, entered St. Pius X seminary in Galt, California to become a priest.
Oh, the city was changing
The cigarette hit the spot
Oh, a simple distraction
From to have and have not
And the radio went silent
And all our heroes had died
Now you can buy revolution
In any color or size
Standing on a corner watching people walk on
Thinking about a photograph
How so many people choose a lesser evil?
Living in the aftermath
Oh, she never got famous
She was the star in my life
'Til we drifted like runoff
Or two ships in the night
Standing on a corner watching people walk on
Thinking about a photograph
How so many people choose a lesser evil?
Living in the aftermath
Down a long hard road
Such a long hard road
To hold on and move on
And I hope she's happy
And I hope she's free
Somehow we choose our own destiny
From the eve of destruction
To the valley of tears
Before it all went to voice mail
And we rang in the year
And the midnight martyrs
Well, they still hang on the cross
You can die in the gutter baby
Or learn to live with the loss
Well, I've standing on a corner watching people walk on
Thinking about a photograph
How so many people choose a lesser evil?
Living in the aftermath
Well, I keep standing on a corner, everybody's talking
Remember when we used to laugh?
How so many people choose a lesser evil?
Never giving peace a chance
Down a long hard road
Such a long hard road
To hold on and move on
Down a long hard road
Such a long hard road
To hold on and move on, boys