Zombie Plague

Zombie Plague

Designers: Skott Kilander, Brian S. Roe
Publisher: Fortress Figures, Inc.
Type: Miniatures
Status: Free
BGG entry: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/7514
Available at: http://www.fortressfigures.com/zombieplague/

Watch zombie movies. Eat Jiffy-Pop. Drink Tang. These are the things that make me happy. Zombie movies tell stories about absolute terror. In most of them the entire world has become corrupted by hordes of rotting, walking cadavers. No place is safe, at least not forever. Eventually the zombies will break down the door and munch your guts like a fresh pan of Jiffy-Pop. But is this a reason to give up?! Heck no!

The thing I’ve always loved about zombie movies is the sheer determination that the main characters usually have in the face of such an onslaught. It’s better to go down swinging a blunted chainsaw than just to give in. I hope you choke on 'em!

Another thing I dig is miniature gaming. Superior in everyway to collectable card gaming, better than role-playing or video games, miniature gaming is still the one arena I always return to. I love my PS2 but I’ll never forget the first game of Warhammer 40000 that I ever played (back when it was good). Skott K and meself talked about a game like Zombie Plague for years over many a cup of bad Denny’s coffee. Some things changed but the basic concept remained intact. Make a simple to learn game about bashing zombies and have cool figures that you can use with it. Simple.

We’ve tried to stick to this idea with pretty good results, I think. With the growth of the Internet new areas of gaming can be explored. We can publish a game for free and let the gamers who want it use the power of their own printers to get it. We can continue to build the game as suggestions come in. We can make a game that grows. Have fun with this, please.

A couple of other things. Fortress makes cool 1” square bases that work perfectly with ZP. You can use these or cut up mat board to make square bases. These are just easier to use. Fortress also produces many other miniatures that can be used to add spice to ZP. Lots of little Brainworms and Bog Monsters and such. And if Ben releases Artemis Jones soon she would make a cool addition to your character figure collection.

Keep watching the web and make sure you are stocked up on Tang and Jiffy-Pop.