Humans versus Zombies Winter Game 2010

Insofar as you can be ready for a zombie outbreak, I think I’m ready.

The HvZ game is a week long tag game, with nerf darts on the side of humanity, and full palm tags on the side of the zombies.  They have the numbers (what with only ever being stunned, and us having one life before we’re turned).  It was strange tonight, sitting up in 1070, tagging my darts and loading up belt clips of ammo.   I can’t put my finger on it but I do believe that the preparation process was both calming (there’s a level of zen when you’re in repeated task based activity), and a sense of game based forboding.

In the game, I am armed. Well armed. Stupidly well armed.  I have a small arsenal that could support a squad, and we could hold off an interesting volume of zombie assaults.  This is a problem in itself – I’m genre savvy in a genre trope driven game.  We’ve got squads, and arsenal, and a weapons locker. Basically, enough cargo to spark one of those “Let’s remove the weapons stash to make it complicated for the survivors” moments in the story line. Really, I need a weapons caddy. Having more guns that you can carry has drawbacks beyond the usual genre issues- you can’t carry them and fire them.  Admittedly, I probably don’t need three machine guns, two shotguns, four pistols and Vera.

Which brings me to the genre savvy problems.  The game runs from Monday to Saturday. I am equipped with the following genre elements

• A comical buddy sidekick (Hi Andy)
• A squad of hardened veterans (Paranoia in Pajenka)
• An apprentice (technically, one of squad was a former student)
• Genre Savviness
• A BFG (three bfg)
• Named Weapons
• The arsenal
• Being the old man.
• Starring the in the sequel (Not as bad as two of my squad – one is now in the third game, and he’s mentoring new recruits. The other starred in the original and returns for the third act)

We’re up against the Sorting Algorithm Of Mortality.  We’re so screwed.  (Did I mention the two from my squad are going to the secret midnight mission? No? Well, let’s see if anyone comes back from that run)

It’s going to be a long week, or a really damn short one.