Zombie war, another game-like illustration by Leonid Zarubin (click for a larger image). The mix of floating stations, ground troops, and walking military structure reminds me of Rifts, an eclectic post-apocalyptic pen-and-paper RPG I used to read in high school — yes, read, not play. I never knew enough dorks to play pen-and-paper RPGs, and I was content just learning about Rifts’s odd setting through its expensive sourcebooks.

I love the idea of a family maintaining a normal life in their sealed-off home while everything’s gone to hell outside; they can watch TV, read novels, and maintain a stack of servers as the undead, armed soldiers, and hovering mechanical eyes wreak havoc in an amber-tinted world. I’m certain there’s a game in this idea.

Zarubin put up one more game-like painting titled “Pyramide Keepers” (again click for a larger image):

I imagine this potential game playing like Dungeon Keeper, except taking place in pyramids/huge dogs.

See also: Buffalo Boy

[Via Leonid Zarubin]

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