Apes Victorious
ALERT! ALERT! PREMATURE LANDING!
You groggily come back to consciousness after a long cryosleep. Your ship's warning system is telling you the ship has entered the atmosphere of a planet and is about to crash land under autopilot. Crawling to a seat¸ you buckle in¸ joining your fellow astronauts as you quickly check instrument readings.
Through the cockpit window you see a barren¸ desolate landscape flashing by. The ship skims a large lake before coming to a stop just off the pebble shore. The computer indicates that there is a breathable atmosphere¸ and after gathering survival packs the crew exits the ship.
"Where are we?" you ask each other¸ as everyone wades to the shore seeing a wasteland with little vegetation.
"Which planet is this? We must have gone off course on our return from Alpha Centauri."
Then there is the sound of hoof beats¸ adding to the disorientation. Hoof beats? Are we on Earth?
Around an embankment comes several riders bearing rifles. As they approach¸ the sun glares in your eyes and a shot fires; a companion to your left falls to the ground holding his stomach. A large rider stops in front of you¸ momentarily blocking the sun and providing a clear look at his face.
"An ape! We're on a planet ruled by apes!"
Apes Victorious is a roleplaying game in which you take the role of an astronaut from the 1970's who finds himself marooned on a future Earth ruled by intelligent apes. Players may also take the role of an ape¸ a degenerated human¸ or a psi-active underdweller. Fight to survive in this post-apocalyptic future ruled by four species of apes. Or play apes who hunt humans for sport. For a different kind of campaign¸ play highly intelligent but insane underdwellers who have advanced technology and powerful psi powers.
This book contains:
- A complete game
- A post-nuclear apocalyptic setting in which apes have become the dominant species
- Seven player classes
- Animals and creatures of the post-nuclear future
- Campaign advice
- A complete introductory adventure
- Conversion notes for compatible games including: Labyrinth Lord¸ Mutant Future¸ Starships & Spacemen