The Gamma World game has had a bit of a checkered history as an RPG. Despite being one of the earliest RPGs, it has gone through many editions, and the license has changed hands several times. Wizards of the Coast just recently came out with a new, boxed set edition based on the 4th edition D&D rules. This edition both uses elements of classic editions while adding new (if controversial) elements, like the new card-based system for mutations and technology.
This is intended to serve as a guide to the current edition of the game, though some of the resources listed below draw upon or otherwise use elements of older editions. Whether you’re looking for reviews on the new game, or tools to help you run your own game, you should find something here to help.
This list is not comprehensive, nor is it intended to be. However, feel free to leave a comment suggesting additions or email us.
The art to the right is courtesy of Jared von Hindman of Head Injury Theater.
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Character Generation Tools and Resources
- Official Character Builder
- Online Random Character Generator
- Customizable Online Random Character Generator
- Downloadable Random Character Generator
- Official Character Sheet
- Double Sided Character Sheet, Foldable
- Double Sided Character Sheet, Full Page
- One Page Landscape Character Sheet, Level 1 Only
- Open 1 Page Landscape Character Sheet
- Color 2 Page Landscape Character Sheet
- Excel Sheet
- D&D Encounter-Style Sheets
- Character Creation Guide by Dixon Trimline
- Character Creation Guide
- Comprehensive Character Creation Guide by DharmaTel [PDF]
- Origins Half-Sheets
- Power Cards
- “Mutant Color” Power Cards
- Origin Cards
- This Is My Game Origin Power Cards
- Excel Based Character Creator, Excel Random Character Generator, and Character Origin Sheets
- Printable Origin Summaries [PDF]
- Printable Player Cheat Sheets
- Rifts Origins
- Custom Origins Compilation by WotC Community Boards
- Origins from Glimm’s Workshop: Tyrannosaurus, Sharkoid, and Gearhead
- More Custom Origins: Amoeboid, Gaseous, Infernal, Jinxed, Lincolnoid, Serpentine, Two-Dimensional, Two-Headed, and Normal Human by whydirt [PDF]
Other Tools and Resources
- The Junkulator and the Grand Unified Junk Table
- The Gammarizer: Bring Your Town To Gamma Terra
- Alpha Mutation and Omega Tech Card Setlist
- Printable Junk Cards 1
- Printable Junk Cards 2
- Alphastream’s Gamma World Add-Ons
- Obsidian Portal Support
- Purchase Gamma World Single Cards
- Official Gamma World Forums
- RPG Geek Entry
- Never Enough Ancient Junk
- Omega Tech By Salvage Level
- Gamma World FAQ and other useful links
- Gamma World Vehicle House Rules
- Hometown, Gamma Terra
- Sly Flourish’s GM Cheat Sheet
- Creating Elite Monsters with Origins
- GM Screen
- Suggestions for Miniatures
- Gamma World Monster Index
Adventures, Advice, and Actual Play
- Mutate Your Game: Advice on Reskinning
- The Littlest Con
- After the Big Mistake: Sea-At-Ell
- Gonzo in Gamma Terra
- Embracing the Chaos of Gamma World (including random character backgrounds)
- Professor Proton
- Pax Extraterrestria at DC Game Day
- Gamma Wild: Gamma World Game Day Report
- When the Bad Guys Win: Chatty’s Gamma World One Shot
- The Gypsies of Chuzzy-Puck Bay
- Gamma Worlding: Water-Gypsies of the Chuzzy-Puck Bay
- Making Alpha Mutation Decks Through Card Draft
- Alpha & Omega
- How GR, Inc. Stole Xi-mas
- Christmas at Ground Zero
- A Very Gamma Christmas
- Aliens of Hi-Ko, TX
- The Devil-Cow of Green Bel
- Unofficial Supplements for “Steading of the Iron King” including companion characters
- Underlord of the Roots Gamma Delve
- Scales and Savage Gamma Delve
Reviews, News, and History
- Review at Critical Hits
- Review of Famine in Far-Go
- Spotlight Interview with James M. Ward
- The History of Gamma World (and Its Silliness)
- Gamma World Impressions
- So, Fred, What Do You Think of Gamma World?
- Weem Does Gamma World
- Review by ThadeousC
- Review by GeekKen
- Review by Neuroglyph Games
- Review by Steve Kenson
- Penny Arcade on the Appeal of Gamma World
- Penny Arcade’s Opinion of the Cards
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