Well we played our first scenario of the campaign. We tried out a bunch of "house" hero rules and will share them with Jay in the future before posting anything (still play testing)
The name's I refer to are the hero names of the charcaters and not my game group's real names .
I have a group of 5 players each controlling their own little group of 3 survivors (there is a lot of back story written and there are some role-playing elements). We will be playing once a month for several months as the campaign unfolds. We are play testing all sorts of hero rules to include with Apocalypse Z (not official).
This was s search , rescue , forage scenario with survival being the number one priority. The players chose their deployment zones and their general plan. One player did not participate in the game (the group with the Hell's Angel gang leader T-Bone and his thugs). He deemed it too dangerous and decided to stay back and keep watch at the farmhouse where the survivors have been hiding out (this was written into the campaign and that player actually did not join the first game session).
The survivor's plan was to keep most of the group together and establish a fire zone over looking main street. Frank Tower's group (SWAT , Rookie Cop, and motor cycle policeman) were tasked with getting on the roof of the office building (using the ladder on the building) and establishing a fire zone . Sean's group (construction worker, Aerobics instructor, electrical company repair technician ) and Lila's groups (dentist and comic book store clerk) also deployed in that area and were going to search the ruins of the building under construction as well as the small shops that lined the street.
Carlos Romero's group (The ex marine bar owner with the former bank teller and investment banker) , decided to deploy away from everyone else and use their silent movement trait (taught to them by Carlos) to sneak into town. It worked like a charm and he was able to penetrate half way down the block without incident and even though they heard blood curdling screams and gun fire the group maintained their cool and were able to siphon gas from two park cars. As they went to explore the bank, a former bank teller burst forth and almost made Steve (the investment banker) its lunch. Carlos dispatched the creature with his .44 magnum at point blank range.
Meanwhile the main group was attacked by former construction workers looking for flesh. The battled their way down the back alleys as more more and zombies became attracted to the gun fire. A desperate battle took place where one of the survivors was tragically lost and killed.
Sean's group foundsome ammo (on some guardsman) and Lila's group was in the battle from start to finsh and suffered the only gorup casualty.
Frank Towers (former SWAT) had the most kills with his MP5 from the roof top (8 head shot kills). All survivors earned campaign points and most of them survived to fight another day. Enjoy the pics.
As the survivors approach the outskirts they hear gunfire followed by screams. It seems some national guardsman were making a last stand. Zombies feast on the guardsmen.
Former construction workers now turned zombie rise out of the half built building .
The cops establish a fire base on the roof as Billy (the rookie) dispatches two zombies but still can't make it to the ladder.
The first close combat takes place. Phyllis goes hand to hand with a zombie and comes out on top (that claw hammer came in handy)> Sean watches closely ready to use his sledgehammer (D10+1).
As the survivors make their way up the back alley , Zombies have become very interested in all the noise and are now closing in.
Melissa Colbert , with her .357 and her "quick" hero trait (adds +1 to movement) acts as rear guard for the group.
Dr. Mossberg turns around as a zombie catches up to him and bites him on the shoulder. Too late for Mossberg he goes down fighting and takes the zombie with him. Dr. Mossberg did not rise again as the zombies closed in and devoured him in minutes. The first survivor is lost in the campaign.
Steve holding the two gas cans fights off a zombie as Carlos closes in with a killing head shot.
Billy gets up on the roof and a short time later gets surprised by a zombie that was able to climb the ladder (very slowly) behind him , the zombie was dispatched and the cops suffered no casualties.
Lila and Felicia attempt to start the Jeep but have no luck, they did find a back pack full of general supplies including food.
Frank's team finds ammo on the dead guards body.
