Merry Christmas to all the followers of my zombie blog. I hope you and your family have a great one and every one is safe from floods, snow storms or heat waves (depending on where you are in the world).
Well, this brings and end to the second play by blog game.
There will be another game, but not until 2013. Due to the time it takes to play I think one game a year is enough. Having said that, I am contemplating a smaller non zombie game to go on my other blog.
Who won the game?
Seeing as every character survived, every one won. Some might feel that it was a hollow victory though, as they didn't get to waste a lot of zombies or they are hiding upstairs, cut off from the others.
Dan/"Robert" is the clear winner in my eyes for he played the game according to the mission briefing.
Everyone else broke in to smaller teams to explore the neighbourhood or 'pop' some zombies. It wasn't until there were a lot of zombies appearing that a bit more of a focus on the actual mission parameters occurred.
This did make it very entertaining though.
The turns from my point of view
Fixing the maps so that I could move items around easily was a good move... loosing the map on my hard drive at the end was not a good move.
It was just a pity that I didn't learn how to make the maps this way earlier on.
At least I know what to do for the next game's map, and next time I will include objects that can be moved as well, such as chairs and sofas.
Future Games
Rules
The next game will be played using a different set of rules. They will be much simpler to use and rather generic in places so that they easier to play. More on that at a much later date.
Game Length
The next game will only go for a certain number of turns. This will mean players will need to focus on the game objectives, and the game wont last for half a year. Maybe no more than 10 turns for a game seems about right.
Allowing for real life to get in the way of the game this would mean that a game might take more than 10 weeks to play.
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I will probably think of some other points for this AAR, but this covers the basics for the moment.
Players are encouraged to add comments or suggestions about this game and others to come.
I am unable to post a map for this turn as I can't find the master map that I made. I need the master map as I can move objects around the map rather create a new map each time.
The zombies rolled badly for initiative meaning every one on the ground floor was able to make it to the hatch, or next to the hatch, safely.
Therefor these players are safe from the zombies.
Vonnie finishes her movement at the bottom of the stairs. She will need one more turn to get to the hatch, and this means risking running the gauntlet through the zombies to reach the hatch, or go back up stairs and hide away in a room until rescued.
If the zombies win the next initiative it will be very nasty... nom nom nom...
If she goes for the hatch there is a jolly good chance they zombies will grab her... nom nom nom...
Going back upstairs is the safest bet for immediate survival.
The zombie hoard moves forward, the chance to eat fresh brains urging them on.
Blink looses his nerve and backs away as they approach.
Misty fires a burst at the on coming zombies and darts off into the kitchen.
Karen, who is very composed takes down four of the undead, giving them a small bit of breathing space.
As Lorenzo re-enforces the window at the bottom of the stairs he is joined by Grom coming down from the upper floor.
In the kitchen Robert climbs down the ladder in to what ever room is below the house.
Upstairs, Vonnie does a quick search of the room she is in before heading out of the room in to the corridor.
The zombies lunge at Karen, the small hoard seemingly flowing into the house.
Karen backs away from the hoard in a controlled panic and fires into the mass of undead, taking two of them down.
Blink and Misty add their own shots to the hoard and take a further three zombies out.
Lorenzo rushes out of the room he was in and heads for the stairs. Reaching the stairs he notices a group of zombies gathering outside the window on the north side of the house.
In the kitchen Robert looks down the hatch he has just opened. He sees the rungs of a metal step ladder built into the face of the hole going down. Lighting, like that of emergency back up lights.
No noise rises from the hole, suggesting it might be empty...
Upstairs Vonda begins to barricade the room she is in.
Grom manages to break open the last door and enters. Relieved to find there are no zombies in the room, Grom notices a number of boxes with the bio hazard symbol on them.
Misty rushes from the kitchen in to the main living room and hastily raisers her SMG and fires a burst in to the zombie in the door way. Unfortunately the burst has no effect on the undead.
Karen enters the living room, takes up position and blows the head off the zombie that Misty had fired upon.
Dropping to one knee, blink steadies his SMG and fires in to the mass of zombies he sees at the door. He manages to take out the zombie next in line to enter the house.
Robert kicks and kicks and kicks at the door and with a crash the door swings open revealing something unexpected. The cupboard is empty. Empty that is unless you count the hatch in the floor that must go down to somewhere...
Lorenzo begins to look really worried, looking from window to window to door and back to window again. Hefting his machete in his hand as if to reassure himself he keeps watch in his room to make sure no zombies break in.
Vonda manages to bust the door open, and cautiously entering she sees a dead body slumped over a desk.
Not hearing any need for assistance from Vonda, Grom heads to the third door on the first floor and prepares to open it.
Turn 13 Results
The zombies shuffle ever closer around the house, and with a shattering noise their weight of numbers breaks down the front door, and a zombie moans as it enters the house.
Upstairs Vonnie tries to force open the door in front of her, but to no success.
She hears Grom muttering to himself and then the sound of automatic fire breaks the relative silence of the house.
Taking aim through the upstairs window, Grom takes down five of the undead forming in to a hoard outside the front door.
"Hey guys.. Did you miss me?", quips Blink popping a tic tac. "I am going to go upstairs and take you the deadheads from above!"
Leaving the kitched blink enters the main room and is shocked to see the front door smashed in and a zombie in the house. Firing a hasty burst at the zombie has no effect on the zombie.
Back in the kitchen Misty says "Hi Guys, miss me?" Panting for breath she quickly starts to barricade the rear door, with Roberts help.
Having helped Misty, Robert checks out the door closest to him and discovers it is only a toilet. Fortunately nothing nasty is in this room.
Heading back to the upper door in the kitchen, Robert stops in front of it and contemplates the best way to break it down.
Karen silently barricades the window looking out on the road, not wanting to attract the attention of the zombies.
She is not certain if she alerted the zombies to her presence when she calls out "Hey, guys, there's a rocket launcher and ammo on the couch in the lounge if you want it!"
Lorenzo barricades the last window on the lower floor and flinches when Karen calls out.
Even more zombies approach the house, attracted by the sound of gun fire...
Turn 12
After hearing some thumps and cries of frustration, Vonnie moves upstairs to help Grom. Noticing Misty and Blink from the upper floor window she calls out to the other survivors 'Friendly approaching!".
Hastily grabbing some items to make a barricade with, Misty darts in and out of the shed and bolts down the path as Robert opens the door for her.
Blink runs down the side of the house and just makes it into the kitchen as Robert slams the door behind him and locks the rear door again.
Lorenzo moves to the south west room and starts to collect items to make a barricade. He is joined by Karen, who starts to look for items to use in the barricade.
Grom kicks the door in front of him in a rage of frustration - the door flies open making a loud 'bang' that can be heard through out the house.
Entering the room he suddenly pales - something is so wrong with the scene before him.
There are hospital beds and some kind of scientific testing computer in the room. Two of the beds had what appear to be corpses in them.
The body of a man in a lab coat lies on the floor, and there is blood pooled around his head. It appears someone or something tried to eat the brains on this body.
Grom is so repulsed by what he has seen he wants that he looses what little food was in his stomach.
The zombies to the North - North East of the house break through the fence.
The front door looks like it might not hold for another turn due to the mass of zombies pushing on it.
No, not the name of a crappy boy band that can't sing to save their lives, but something that will make my life even easier for a PBB.
I have learnt how to 'stitch' images together so that I only have to use one map (well, two counting the upstairs area of the game) - this means fixing the game will be very fast, and I won't have discrepancies between maps if I miss moving a survivor or zombie.
I have divided my work load by 1/4 in doing this.
The map isn't perfect as I have only just learnt how to use the stitch feature, and I need to add the barricaded doors and windows onto the map, but it is well on the way.
With every one having submitted orders I hope to post the results for the next turn tomorrow - a few days earlier than normal.
