OUTBREAK
I had this idea for a while, A role-playing game set in an apocalypse. Not your boring every day realistic nuclear war or natural events apocalypse but good old zombies
An unnamed and unexplained virus has broken out and with it came the end of civilization as we know it, Those who have died, Didn't stay that way. Risen from their graves they walk amongst the lands of the living once more feasting on the flesh of all those cross their path.
Why a test game ?
I am looking for four players for this first test run of this game. there are a few reasons why this is a test game and not a real game.
first up I suck at managing a game, I have tried making a forum game on several occasions and have never hit the 5 turn mark... Yeah not proud of that. If I can finish this test game I could try my hand at a much bigger scale of this game. if people are interested of course
The other reason is that I have to work on the rules a bit, I will set up basic rules lower in this post. they are subject to change and will do so during the game.
The rules
- There are no zombies in popular fiction in this universe, No Walking Dead, No Left For Dead, Night Of The Living Dead.... You dont have a clue what a zombie is how to kill one let alone what the word zombie even means.
- We are working with the classic George A Romero undead, These guys are slow, dumb and easy to kill if you know how...
- Rotters like to bite, when they bite you well that sucks you are going to die, How long it last before the bite kills and turns you an be anywhere from 3 min to 3 days
- Everybody has basic stats measuring stuff like health, hunger, thirst.... These differ between people some people are stronger than other some need to eat more we'll agree on those stats when we make your character, folk with bad stats on somethings can of course compromise with really good stats on other things
- Same goes with skills, battle, luck rolls, building stuff. Everybody has unique skills rolls will be done with a simple die. Example A has never fired a gun he shoots at a walker aiming for the head he rolls a 4, he misses the walker eats his face. B however is a trained marine he shoots the same walker that just eat A he rolls a 10 but being a trained shooter he has a +5 on shooting roles 10+5 =15 he shoots the walker in his head killing it.
- oh before you get your hope on with the guns, the game is not set in Texas guns are hard to find
- The game master (me ) is always right, when he is not ? he will make sure your face gets eaten =p
- This is a survival heavy game and not a zombie slasher.
What I need to run this game.
This basic taste run of the game will follow a small family
I need a dad, a mom (or second dad i'm cool with whatever
) Some kids, you can of course choice to be an uncle , aunt... what ever family member what you feel like being
When you pick your name and family position.
Second I need a character description.
Due note that you are a simple middle class family, the kids are not undercover FBI agents
And last all feedback and ideas are more then welcome, I hope we can make this game work and most of all make it fun!
It was (bizarrely) the first name that sprung to mind for no particular reason, but I quite like it 
