It’s Sunday morning as I sit at my computer
for a few minutes trying to keep my thoughts clear in a body that is in
pain. So far this weekend I’ve played 2 different games that I’ve never
played before. It’s been a wonderful way to kick off the October and
Play a New RPG month. This report will focus on the second game I was
in. I want to get this out before I forget, because I wasn’t able to
take notes during the apocalypse.
Our zombie Survival team |
The arsenal. |
The Steinbach LARPers Society
hosted a Zombie Apocalypse game. People were encouraged to come out
with your favourite Nerf Gun, LARP baseball Bat or whatever else might
be found during a modern day Zombie Apocalypse. Our own group collected
a variety of weaponry;
- · A purple royal crown dice bag (that I stuffed with foam) to simulate a dice bag.
- · A knitting needle case the was filled with straws to simulate knitting needles
- · A spray bottle filled with water that was supposed to be a mixture of peroxide that would blind a zombie
- · 5 different style Nerf guns.
- · A couple of foam knifes
- · And more Nerf Ammo then you can shake a stick at.
The pre-game meeting. |
Our group was the second wave
in and we took out a couple of walkers on the road. Then swung left
towards a lit area that was part of a fort, we were pretty certain that
the first group had already gone through here. Within minutes we had a
small horde on us. My choice of guns had proven to be terminal, and I
was taken out a by a Hunter Zombie. Thus began my time as part of the
horde.
There
are a lot of different things I could go into at this point and give
you a play by play of the whole night. Instead I’m going to share some
highlights and some of my favourite memories.
The sign outside the Zombie Hive |
2)
The second time I went out as a human I went alone, I wasn’t looking
for safety in numbers or the extra fire power. I was going to play it
full on stealth mode. I went out and crossed into a row of garages and
took up residence nestled in-between them. A short distance away I could
hear someone talking and went deathly quiet. A group of human’s came
down the path passing not more than 2 feet from me. It wasn’t until the
last one that anyone spotted me. A Nerf axe nearly took off my head
before I could get out the word “Human”. I proved to them that I was
human and joined the group. I was a short lived team-up. A hunter took
out the one who spotted me right before my eyes and as I jammed the
barrels of my guns into his back and called out my damage. We mercy
killed the one who been bit and then stripped him of his gear. I had a
new automatic which later saved my life.
I
split off from the group and hid in a small tower, where I was able to
take a couple of minutes and send out a tweet for help. While hidden up
in this tower I watched a small group of horde zombie’s shamble right
under me. I was certain that they were going to see me and attack at
any moment but they didn’t. It was after that tower when I moved in to
the woods that I was spotted by a brute and hunter. The newly acquired
automatic allowed me to drop the brute by myself but the hunter took me
down.
The lumber jack |
End
result of the night the humans cured the plague with the help of an NPC
scientist. There was a large climatic battle in which I died in the
end. It was a memorable night and an amazing experience. The only down
side and warning I would offer is if you have glasses either leaving
them at home or wear protection on them. I didn’t and now have two nasty
scratches on my lens for my mistake.
If you are reading this and you were a player, hopefully you’d take a moment and comment to share some of your memories as well.
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