My last post showed how we roughly set up the table, so now
we’re all ready to go into action. Using
our FREE downloadable fast play rules (which will be online in the next few days), we
mention that any zeds in the open on the playing surface would automatically be attracted to the survivors. I’m not going to give a play by play account
of what happened, so I won’t bore you with all the specifics, but you can get
all those from the rules! For ease of
play we assumed all the starting zombies were walkers.
So we begin:
TURN 1:
Our four heroes: Adele, Ben, Gina and Xavier pulled up in
their car, with their head count trophies neatly stored in the back. The actual street seemed quiet. Everything
seemed clear but there was an almighty ruckus coming from the back alley behind the houses to
their left.
The group moved cautiously down the road. But unknown to them,
there was a zombie in the house to their left.
We rolled for priority using a 20 sided dice, and
unfortunately the zombie was first to strike. This meant he caught the
survivors by surprise (never good on your first move!). The house zombie
therefore entered the street but luckily he was rubbish and failed to bite
Ben [the closest survivor to him].
Ben “baseball bat”, alerted by
the noise of the approaching zombie, manages to spin around and clobber him with his bat and lands a critical hit! The zombie is no more… One down 7 billion to go whoo hooo!
Meanwhile…. the zombies in the back alley have sensed there
are survivors near, and begin to pile into the back gardens and rear of the
nearby houses (You can roll to see if doors are open/unlocked, or you can
assume all are open).
The rest of the zombies on the playing
surface now move towards the survivors, in as straight a line as possible. Since the survivors were taken by surprise by the first
zombie, we needed to see how it affected their morale. So we rolled, and
everyone failed!!!. The gang, now scared, automatically started to run away…
well, that was a quick game!
Rather than running off the board or jumping back in their
car [as would be normal], we decided to leg it down the road towards the petrol
tanker (which appeared clear).
TURN 2:
Since our survivors are routing, they have to be dealt with
first. Being startled they ran down the road at maximum speed towards the lorry which meant they are unable to shoot.
All the zombies therefore continue to head directly towards
the survivors. The party zombies in the alley way continue to move towards the
survivors previously known location as they can’t see them. This means they are now moving through the houses!
We now checked to see if more zombies appear on the board…
but luck is on our side, and no new zeds appear!
Morale is tested once again at the end of the turn to check
if the rout is stopped. One zed is within 8”, but there are obstacles
in the way and nothing to “startle” them. No survivors are injured, so using
the necessary modifiers (please see rules) every survivor manages to recover
from the rout. Yay!
TURN 3:
Having recovered from the rout, the survivors get their
bearings and become aware of the party zombies piling out of the house by their
car. Nooo!! That’s the get-a-way vehicle is now compromised! (Photo left)
The gang of survivors
decide to move forward at a normal pace
[Each type of movement has it’s own modifier for combat].
Using the cars as a shield, they decide to shoot at the closest
zombie to them, the “shopping lady zed” (image below). Adelle from Admin is quick to
fire but misses, but Ben hits and wounds the zed. He turns to Adelle, smiles,
and says “Yeaahh! That’s ‘ow it’s done”. Being wounded the shopping lady zed is
now reduced from a walker to a stumbler as the shot didn’t kill her. Gina 2
guns attempts to finish the zed off but also misses!! Luckily Xavier shoots and
kills. Yep… the men saved the day (the women had better stats on paper!) So that's two zeds down!!
The zombies all move at a regular zombie pace and the new
arrivals are calculated using the zombie reinforcement table. Zombies will
enter the board at 5 locations, these being location 5, 1, 5, 3 and 3 again.
Rolling a 6 sided dice, we determined how many turn up at each location. 12 new
zombies appeared in total. They were as follows:
5 at location 5, 6 at location 3, and finally 1 lonely
zombie at location 1.
TURN 4:
After the combined successful killing of the shopping lady,
the survivors continued to walk cautiously up to the next car (the black one),
where they were faced with more zombies coming from around the corner of the
local store. Adelle decides to shoot first at the female zombie which is
getting a little too close. She manages to wound her, and Ben quickly follows
up with a killing shot. Xavier tries his luck and shoots at the other close
zombie... He scores a critical hit!
Gina “2 Guns”, with
no zombies too close, decides to go for a long range shot, and unbelievably
scores a hit which kills a zombie all the way in Dragon Park! Seems like the
girls are getting their own back on the lads!!
The zombies all move closer again, with more zombies
appearing on the table at 4 different locations, these being locations 1, 1, 4
and 3. A total of 11 new zombies appeared. 4 appeared at location 1, 4 at
location 4, and finally 3 at location 3.
Turn 5:
The party zombie horde behind the survivors seems to be
growing quickly, so the survivors decide that they desperately need to put some
extra distance between them. They move to a jogging pace which gives them a negative
modifier when shooting. They see that there are zombies to their right coming
around the side of the local store so they have 2 options:
1) Attempt
to kill the oncoming store zombies and get to the local store (plan B) with no
idea what’s inside or,
2) Head
straight towards the lorry which looks clear, but they are not sure if there is
anything on the other side.
After some quick thinking, they decide to head towards the
clearer area by the left of the lorry
and take out some zombies. Since they are now jogging, they have a -1 modifier
to their skill level. We rolled to see who gained priority and who was able to
shoot first (this isn’t essential, but it can help if you are keeping score of
zombie kills/ammo etc). Gina and Ben both shoot and miss by a mile! (Gina
rolled a 20, and Ben rolled 19!). Xavier managed to kill the male zombie
sporting the yellow tank top, and Adele managed to wound another.
The zombies etch closer and their groans become louder and
louder. Fresh zombies appear at 2 locations, bringing a total of 8 new zombies
to the board.
TURN 6:
Adele decides to move cautiously to the corner of the houses
to get a better look of what lurks around the corner. It’s not good…there are
more zombies coming from the 5th entry point. Xavier slowly walks towards the lorry, with
Gina closely following behind. Ben moves in-between both Adele and Xavier.
Xavier and Ben both shoot but somehow miss!!! Noo!!!!!!! Luckily,
Adele (with a + modifier since she’s moving slowly), and, Gina save the day and
both score hits which kill. Another one for the girls!
The zombies all move again, but only 4 new zombies appear at
2 different locations.
Now with a large horde of zombies coming at them from behind, two smaller groups coming from either side, and a lorry blocking their view of the front...what will they do next?! ...Stay turned...
I don't want to make these posts too long, so in a day or two I will post another with the second half! I will leave you with a photo of the party horde coming up the road from the rear as you can see the side horde in the above photo.
Cheers to everyone who has taken the time to read this so far. Any comments are welcome!
A month or so ago I used some 3D software to design some tank traps aka "Dragon's Teeth" and I gave some to my dad who built some scenic pieces. I've been casting those up and I must say they look pretty cool when all stuck together!
