games not post-apocalyptic that are role play.

skyrim
oblivion
never winter nights
fable


son tells me the majority of role playing i dont let them play.... lol. meh

that will get the family around a table and talking. (For a change!)

You might take a look at this one, too: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwin's_World

Homepage: http://www.rpgobjects.com/index.php?c=dw

You can play a saintly hero, a cannibalistic villain, or anything in between.

The level upgrades are excellent, so each character can feel very different from each other.

for a pen-and-paper RPG, GW is one of the original post-apocalpse settings. It's out in a new version.

Once upon a time I believe there was a game based on the movie Red Dawn. A more realistic game from GDW is Twilight 2000, where you're in a military unit stranded in Eastern Europe after World War III.

Here are more from a list I came across: Aftermath!, Deadlands: Hell on Earth, The Morrow Project (another oldie).

Google will find hundreds more for you. I'm not kidding, hundreds. Quality varies.