Shotgun Diaries is a little RPG from the award winning game designer John Wick which appeared last fall. It features all your classic zombie tropes in a small, incredibly lightweight package. I came across it when I was looking to do a zombie themed horror game and at $5 I just couldn't resist giving it a shot.
Continue reading...Tuesday, February 23, 2010
The Order of the White Cloth is possibly the one human organization to profit greatly from the zombie apocalypse. Shortly before the undead rose the Order was large but politically not a strong entity. When they found themselves spread throughout all of the human realms(with small temples in several Elven and Dwarven cities as well) though their spiritual leader High Priest Dain seized the opportunity. He immediately communicated to all of his subordinates that they were to spare no effort in driving back the undead hordes and saving what they could of any settlements they found themselves in.
Continue reading...Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Magic users have little freedom in this new world. Sorcerers, always rare, have all but vanished. Wizards, those who seek the magical arts through learning, have only three choices open to them. Become slaves to the Order of the White Cloth, become renegade and die by their hands along with all of those you love, or hide the powers of magic deeply and vanish into a solitary existence.
Continue reading...Monday, February 8, 2010
There, I said it. "Cute". Not normally a word I associate with violent death, undead hunger and head shots. Age of Zombies features protagonist Barry Steakfries as he hops through time destroying undead brains, battling what looks like giant robots and there's something about a zombie T-Rex too.
Continue reading...Tuesday, February 2, 2010
The gods sleep while we mortals suffer. The dead roam the world while the gods remain mute. The powers have left us to this nightmare and we are faced with living death. The White Cloth speaks of patience and of turning the tide. We speak of embracing our death, of controlling it. You in your entropy are eternally in motion, never at rest. We call on you Dal, in this time of the sleeping powers, you who are still around us, with us we call on you to empower us. You in your entropy are eternally in motion, never at rest.
Continue reading...Monday, January 25, 2010
Over the past few days I've been putting a lot of background thought into my world - Aruneus. I've got my map, I've got my zombies and I know where I want this world and campaign to go. Now I have a time line that tells me and my characters what has transpired before the zombie apocalypse.
Continue reading...Wednesday, January 20, 2010
The devs of Burn Zombie Burn have gone into new routs of distribution. Not only can you download and play the game from PSN for $10 but you can also purchase an "Online Game Code" via Amazon which will allow you to download and play the game on your PS3 at your leisure.
Continue reading...Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Here are the first three unique elements I've come up with for my Zombies in Fantasyland campaign. Here you'll find a new attack method: The Head Strike, the Contagion Infected Human Zombies themselves and The Contagion. Speaking of which, I really need a name for this campaign and the world in which it takes place. I've taken a long hard look at the systems I'd like to develop this for and I've decided to go with D&D 3.5, which also follows the d20 SRD standard available here. 4th edition had far to many limits and would require massive house rules just to be worth playing in. 3.5 has a great base system from which I can work to develop this.
Continue reading...Tuesday, December 15, 2009
A while back I mentioned my Zombies in Fantasy land campaign initiative. Since then, I've been letting the ideas percolate in the back of my mind while I take care of real life. That percolating has done a lot of good. I've come to a few decisions about this and am now starting to amp up the creative output. I'd love to hear your thoughts on any of the below points. Or on anything to do with zombies and fantasy RPGs.
Continue reading...Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Offering a chilling glimpse to those who think they are ready to take on the evil foes of Fort Zombie, Paradox Interactive invites players to view the opening movie sequence from the upcoming lite action/RPG title, which is set to release on all digital distribution channels this fall.
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Monday, March 8, 2010
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