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Catastrophe and character generator

A full setup for a talking survival game: a random apocalypse, a shelter, and a card for everyone at the table. Press re-roll for a new set, or print it — the sheet comes out as finished dossiers you only have to deal.

You do not have to print itShelter deals these same cards for you: one trait per round, a speech timer and the vote counted. A room fills from one link in under a minute, from a phone.
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The catastrophe

Rogue black hole — gravitational anomalies destroy cities

It cannot be seen, only measured — a wandering mass bending the planet as it passes. Tides go wrong, fault lines wake up, cities fold. The physicists say it will drift on eventually. They do not say when.

The shelter: Chicken coop (three hens, one temperamental) · no coffee at all · 3 / 8

Dossiers

№ 1

Profession
Radio Operator

Build
Long limbs, poor coordination

Health
Radiation sickness (early stage)

Hobby
Mycology

Phobia
Chaetophobia (hair)

Baggage
Ham radio equipment

Extra skill
Can survive 3 weeks without food

Character
Has sharpened every spoon they ever owned.

Personal fact
Collects taxidermied rodents

№ 2

Profession
Soldier

Build
Tall and lanky

Health
One lung

Hobby
Parkour

Phobia
Anemophobia (wind)

Baggage
Defibrillator (battery-powered)

Extra skill
Can track any animal back to its den

Character
Plans everything in threes. No exceptions.

Personal fact
Claims to have seen a UFO. Has photos

№ 3

Profession
Telemarketer

Build
Skinny but never gets tired

Health
Severe scoliosis

Hobby
Stalking strangers

Phobia
Trypophobia (clusters of holes)

Baggage
Solar-powered flashlight (three)

Extra skill
Can read lips in three languages

Character
Still mourning someone they won't name.

Personal fact
Can name every country. Alphabetically. Backwards

№ 4

Profession
Locksmith

Build
Thick-skinned, heals fast

Health
Chronic ulcer

Hobby
Gardening

Phobia
Arachnophobia (spiders)

Baggage
Pregnant goat

Extra skill
Can do absolutely nothing

Character
Born in a bunker. Literally.

Personal fact
Keeps winning raffles they never entered

№ 5

Profession
Pharmacist

Build
Weathered and sinewy

Health
Rabies (first symptoms showing)

Hobby
First Aid Training

Phobia
Anthophobia (flowers)

Baggage
Seed vault (500 varieties)

Extra skill
Can read terrain maps instinctively

Character
Trusts no one, survives everyone.

Personal fact
Once ate a world-record amount of dumplings

№ 6

Profession
Crypto influencer

Build
Average, unremarkable

Health
Broken arm in a cast (heals in a month)

Hobby
Cartography

Phobia
Emetophobia (vomiting)

Baggage
Set of surgical tools

Extra skill
Snores at 90 decibels through a concrete wall

Character
The kind of calm that comes after giving up.

Personal fact
Was the voice of a cartoon villain

№ 7

Profession
Plumber

Build
Light enough to be carried

Health
PTSD (managed)

Hobby
Cryptography Puzzles

Phobia
Geliophobia (laughter)

Baggage
Folding sauna tent

Extra skill
Can pick practically any lock

Character
Pretends to be weaker than they are.

Personal fact
Wanted in 14 countries

№ 8

Profession
Cryptographer

Build
Gymnast — flexible and light

Health
Perfectly healthy

Hobby
Magic Tricks

Phobia
Fear of ALL people

Baggage
Encrypted hard drive

Extra skill
Can keep a clear head while everything goes wrong

Character
Adopts every stray — animal or human.

Personal fact
Predicted this exact apocalypse in a school essay

How to play from these cards

  1. 1. Read the catastrophe out loudIt decides which skills are worth anything: after a nuclear winter an agronomist beats a marketer, and after a pandemic the doctor matters more than either.
  2. 2. Deal one dossier per personEveryone sees only their own. Print one per sheet or fold them in half — what matters is that your neighbour cannot read it.
  3. 3. Open one trait per roundEveryone reveals their profession, then their health, and so on. The tension is entirely in the fact that it comes out one card at a time.
  4. 4. Vote on who stays outsideAt the end of each round the table votes somebody out. Repeat until exactly as many people remain as there are places.

Frequently asked questions

Is it free?

Completely. No sign-up and no limit on how many sets you generate.

How many players do you need?

Between 4 and 16. Eight to twelve is best: enough people for a real argument, and few enough places that they are worth fighting over.

How many places should the shelter have?

Usually half the players or slightly fewer. For eight people, three or four — then the argument is serious from the first round.

Can I print it?

Yes — the print button lays the dossiers out for paper, one card per block and nothing else on the page.

What if I draw a useless set?

Nothing — that is the game. Convincing the table that an asthmatic with a record collection belongs underground is more interesting than drawing the doctor.