Cast: Whiteface
Objective: Retrieve Car
Area: Suburban
There was a lot of trouble at work, so I decided to pack my things, call my wife and drive home. I was getting a bit nervous when the telephone network wasn’t working and took a short cut from the office to my car, a blue Ford F-150. Still in my office clothing - white shirt, tie, everything – I stumbled through the woods and shrubbery.
Mr. Whiteface starts on the right border, behind a group of trees. His objective is the blue pick-up parking in front of the church.
Turn 1: Mr. Whiteface is analyzing the situation, cleaning his shoes and brushing his clothes. (i.e. he’s doing nothing at all).
Yeah, I am a real talent with my camera, why?
Turn 2: After careful observation Mr. Whiteface concludes that this is going to be easy. Hello, there’s no one in sight. What could probably go wrong?
He is doing a successful Fast Move along the right flank of the trees and into the shadow of the apartment block. His car is directly across the road and there is almost no traffic.
Turn 3: (Double 6!) Uh-Oh! While he’s standing at the corner of the brown apartment block fumbling for his keys he doesn’t notice that there is a couple of pushy adolescents in front coming for him.
“Hey, give us your car!”
“What…?”
“I say we wants your car!”
“Are you stupid or what?!”
*Thud!*
The male teenager tries to hit Whiteface, but he pushes him back onto the road.
*Wham!*
Whiteface turns to face the girl just in time to receive a powerful kick. There is only pain and darkness and certainty that he won’t be able to walk straight for the next days.
Mr. Whiteface has been knocked out with an OD result. This location is over and his car is gone. When he regains his conscience he decides to change his plans. There is no sense in going to the supermarket without a car. His next location will be his home.
It’s going to be a long walk and with zero successes on the Getting There Table he will arrive there on Location #4!
Day One – Location #1 - North
Cast: North
Objective: Get Dotty from the Kindergarten
Area: Rural
Without hesitation Mrs. Whiteface drove to the Whiteville Kindergarten in her old pick-up. She stopped her car when the Kindergarten was in sight. There were lots of terrified people coming from the church or evacuating their children. No sense in driving through this crowd.
pic. #3: There isn't much too see in this rural area. Did I mention that I need more scenery?
North is at the bottom of the road leading to her objective. There are 6 terrified civilians in front of her car.
Turn 1: North stares at the crowd and thinks about this situation. She will be better off walking. (i.e. she doesn’t activate)
pic. #4: I have a bad feeling about this!
Turn 2: (Seven!) Two Zombies appear, but these aren’t her real problem. She leaves her car and faces six terrified people.
North pushes against the first male, it’s an even fight, but in the end she’s going down.
North has been knocked out with an OOF result. She awakes on the road beneath her car. Tears run down her face when she realizes that this location is over. As a result of her erratic driving due to her condition she will arrive at home on Location #3.
Final comment: I thought I'd need more buildings or a lot of police cars, but now my shopping list has changed. I need stuff to bring more life into the countryside. Hills, trees, hedges, whatever. I wasn't that surprised that North had been knocked out, but I was a bit surprised that Whiteface didn't reach his objective. In hindsight I should have gone home first and taken a large axe from the tool shed. Aw, live and learn...if you survive.
Whiteface
P.S.: I am not yet fully satisfied with the appearance of my posts. I wish I had more possibilities / tools to create something with more structure. It's not WYSIWYG, it's you see something, you get something different every time.
Wow! You are starting off just like we did! OD, OOF etc.. Don't worry, once you get you're first level up things get a little better.
ReplyDeleteDo not worry too much about terrain and props, they will come. In fact, the games are quite enjoyable when they are still small, you will find this out soon enough. I started out playing on my painting table!
I have a tip for you on the photos. The trick is to get as much light in the room as possible, and then to not use the flash on your camera. Turn it off completely and find a way to hold the camera steady. Sometimes I get lazy and try to use a flash but it always comes out like crap. Stick to lots of light and a steady rest!
hey another new zombie blog
ReplyDeletealready you have more terrain than me i own about 5 small buildings and thats it.
bad luck thats how it always starts makes you apprecite the character and there repping up a bit more
will you try to rescue child first or do somthing else now?
Yep, Zombie blogs are spreading like a virus...
ReplyDeleteI bought a lot of Plasticville buildings in one go, but I play in a rural area, so there won't be half as much buildings on the table at the same time. I realized that I need some more trees, hedges, hills. The table does look empty without them even if all my buildings are on the table. I had planned to spend my september budget on some 1/43 police cars, but now I think I will go for more scenery. O-Scale is so frustrating expensive over here.
Oh, I am already playing the next locations and I intend to publish one or two batreps this week. There may even be zombies included!
Whiteface / Oliver