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One Hundred Random Post-Apocalyptic Junk Items

30 November 2009 in Resources by

At the weekend I was away with no access to computers or the internet, that didn’t stop me scribbling down stuff in a notebook to prepare for my first Mutant Future session this week.

Inspired by Jeff Rients and with the help of my six year old daughter I made a list of random items. This would be relevant to any post apocalyptic setting of course.

List after the jump…

  1. Old tractor tyre
  2. Broken wire rimmed spectacles
  3. Blunt woodsaw
  4. Length of 2×4
  5. 1d12 rusty nails
  6. Bottle of dried-up wood glue
  7. Microwave oven
  8. Garden hoe
  9. 1d2 glass eyes
  10. Wooden chair
  11. Paracord (1d20 feet)
  12. Rusty chef’s knife
  13. Broken bed
  14. Wooden broomhandle
  15. Shopping trolley
  16. Businessman’s sewing kit
  17. Hand bell
  18. Pair of skis
  19. Knitting needles (1d2)
  20. Christmas baubles (1d20)
  21. Enamel mug
  22. Cuddly toy
  23. Fountain pen
  24. Framed picture of ancient dignatory
  25. Restaurant menu
  26. Wooden toy
  27. Hairdryer
  28. Hair curlers (1d12)
  29. Garden leafblower
  30. Spade
  31. Instant noodles
  32. Drinks machine
  33. Bicycle pump
  34. Large innertube
  35. Petrol flymo
  36. Practical textbook
  37. Assault boots
  38. 1d12 blank numberplates
  39. Empty plastic bottle
  40. Glass beads (1d30)
  41. Ancient coinage
  42. Steering wheel
  43. Child’s bike
  44. Small mirror
  45. Cordless drill
  46. Music CD
  47. Batteries (1d8)
  48. Café table umbrella
  49. Bra
  50. Billy Bass talking fish
  51. Vinyl record
  52. Box of rucksacks
  53. Toy dog full of sand
  54. Nodding dog
  55. Crazy straw
  56. Calculator
  57. Solar watch
  58. Lead box
  59. Bag of wooden bricks
  60. Gas lighter
  61. Bag of marbles (3d6)
  62. Children’s Book
  63. Wedding cake bride and groom
  64. Half used scented candle
  65. Kitchen steel
  66. Smelly sock
  67. Whetstone
  68. Twelve issues of a magazine
  69. Clockwork musicbox
  70. Infant coffin
  71. Portable radio
  72. Flying ducks (1d3)
  73. Tea towel
  74. Umbrella skeleton
  75. 2011 calendar
  76. Chintzy cushion
  77. Children’s tea set
  78. Ladle
  79. Cans of food (1d12)
  80. Leather belt
  81. Box of light bulbs (1d30)
  82. Kerplunk
  83. Bag of set cement
  84. False teeth
  85. False eyelashes
  86. Pickled foetus
  87. No More Nails glue
  88. Penknife
  89. Plastic spork
  90. Zippo
  91. Rubik’s cube
  92. iPod, no headphones
  93. Survival matches (1d10+5)
  94. Curtain rod
  95. Wind up torch
  96. Barbed wire (1d20 metres)
  97. Dustpan and brush
  98. World map
  99. Rabbits foot keyring
  100. Kitchen sink

Enjoy. Know of any other cool random lists for Mutant Future, let me know in the comments.

Since the dark days of the late '70s, Iain has been playing and running RPGs of one type or another. When not with his wife and children or working as a software engineer/Photoshop monkey he spends spare time either shooting pointy sticks at pointless paper targets, practising the art of card magic, or spending time enjoying the varied worlds of role playing.

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11 Comments to One Hundred Random Post-Apocalyptic Junk Items

  1. Awesome! Good luck with your campaign. I know that this random junk generator will help! I have some useful links that I will have to dig up and pass on to you, when I get home from work I will do so.

    Mutant Lord Carl

    2. Carl Nash on 30 November 2009

  2. Here are some other links:

    A pretty cool random junk generator for the Deadlands game, you input how many items you want and it generates them, you can set the rarity of the items, how large they are, and how much they are worth. Here is the link:

    http://hoe.whatt.us/index.php?page=ranjunk

    Another gem from the same site, possibly the single coolest free thing I have ever found on the internet (and that is saying a lot): a random settlement generator, complete with a description of what happened to the town in the apocalypse, what goods are available, what the local laws are, the local government, and randomly generated npcs! This one is pure gold!

    http://hoe.whatt.us/index.php?page=newsettlement

    Have you checked out Aeons & Augauries blog? He has LOTS of great material for Mutant Future, including new races that are pretty awesome. This is one of my favorite things that he has done, a list of events that could happen on the street in a ruined city.

    http://aeonsnaugauries.blogspot.com/2009/08/crumbling-ruined-street-events.html

    One more thing from the same blog, a list of non-medieval weapons like hockey sticks and such that would be commonly available in the aftermath of the apocalypse:

    http://aeonsnaugauries.blogspot.com/2009/07/more-weapons-for-mutant-future-not-done.html

    Have Fun!

    Carl

    3. Carl Nash on 1 December 2009

  3. Great stuff Carl, thank you! I’m off to generate some detail on the town they’ll be visiting.

    I’ve taken inspiration from your Mutant Future campaign, particularly the whole background story behind the apocalypse. It just seemed more believable than the normal radiation driven mutations.

    I’ve had some serious fun coming up with mutated names for local places! And I’ve managed to put our starting village on a hill that actually does have an underground NATO military base right next to it.

    4. Iain M Norman on 1 December 2009

  4. Excellent table!As a harassed GM, I’m always on the prowl for game-usable material such as this! Great work.

    5. spielmeister on 2 December 2009

  5. Glad it was useful! I will make sure to tell my daughter people enjoyed it. I used it myself for the first time last night.

    We started Mutant Future and so I allowed three rolls each for some junk the players had accumulated over their lifetime.

    6. Iain M Norman on 2 December 2009

  6. Here’s my page with my lists as well as links to other pages where I’ve found lists (including this one).

    http://www.mattneedham.com/mutant/MFlists.html

    7. Matt Needham on 29 January 2010

  7. Thanks for the links Matt. I love random junk. My daughter wants to do another 100!

    8. Iain M Norman on 31 January 2010

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  10. carl nash, your link regarding settlement generators no longer works! D:

    any other world-building generators for post-apoc settings?

    thanks!

    11. billy on 23 October 2011

  11. The first 2 links in the list of 4 do not work. Thought you might like to know.

    12. john on 23 October 2011

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