Sunday, 8 November 2020

Escape from Zombie Island 2019 - Part 2

 Previously on Escape from Zombie Island...

Our 5 groups of heroes found themselves stranded on an island surrounded by zombies.  Quickly organising themselves, the inland groups started hunting for supplies and making their way to the dock.  Those already at the dock also started hunting for supplies but disaster struck and some have already succumbed to zombie bites or been devoured by the hungry undead!

Now we return to the action, with the security team speeding towards the docks.  Hurtling towards them is an articulated lorry driven by one of the escape boat crew.  With both drivers travelling at speed and distracted by zombies clinging to their vehicles, disaster seems inevitable...

The security team ram some zombies...

...with disastrous results for the lorry!  Driver should have worn his seat-belt.

Oblivious to the chaos unfolding down the road, the hunters have found fuel for the boat.

One of the miners decides maybe he won't try for the helicopter.

Meanwhile the other two have obtained transport.

Rescue arrives for the lone miner.

His explosions having succeeded in distracting the zombies...

..one of our heroes makes a run for it.

But alas! He has miscalculated.

His last heroic effort kills a few more zombies before he succumbs.

Zombies move towards the carnage of the crash site.

The hunters manage to roll the fuel drum to the boat.

The miners trundle towards the harbour, squashing zombies as they go.

The second low-loader prepares to head to the harbour.

Weaving through the buildings, it bumps onto the road and accelerates.

Drawing alongside the digger, they prepare to barge through the zombies.

The security team move to the cover of some shipping containers.

The digger squashes another zombie.

One of the security team dashes for the safety of the boat.

The surviving ship crew-girl takes out another zombie.

Mashed zombie stuck in the digger's transmission, the miners transfer to the low-loader.

The lorry speeds down the road.

Zombies pursue them.

Getting around the crashed lorry will be tight!

As the lorry slows, zombies manage to clamber aboard.

The survivors desperately try to fight them off.

But zombie numbers inevitably take their toll.

More zombies are accumulating on the route.

Some of them rush the ship's crew-girl and the orphan.

She fights one off but the other two persist.

Still coming, the lorry veers round the crashed truck...

...and narrowly misses the other survivors!

A volley of close-range gunfire disposes of the zombies.

The crew-girl guns down her last opponent.

At last all the survivors are aboard!

The ship fuelled, they make good their escape.

For now, at least, the remaining survivors are safe...

Tuesday, 3 November 2020

Escape from Zombie Island 2019! Part 1

Last year, a games day for our Scouts and Explorer Scouts (10-18 yrs old) provided the opportunity for another play-test of my home-brew rules.  It's taken a while to edit the pictures but at last their adventures can be revealed...

5 groups of survivors need to gather supplies in order to escape from the island.  Inland is too zombie infested, the only escape route is via boat, but first they need fuel, food plus whatever else they can scavenge.

Without further ado, I'll let the pictures do the talking...

3 groups of survivors inland.

 

2 groups of survivors at the harbour.

 

The hunters decide to abandon their camp site.

 

The ship crew need to fetch some supplies.

 

The security team want to get to their vehicle without going outside.

 

Sadly, one of the security team doesn't make the jump!

 

The ship crew move out.

 

Jayne obviously isn't used to driving articulated lorries.

 

Anything in the storage container?

 

Before the hunters get far from their camp site, zombies close on them.


The hunters ready their weapons!


The chainsaw makes quick work of one.


Before she can regain her feet, the stunned security officer becomes zombie food.


At the harbour, captain Mal also gets chewed on by a zombie.


...and nearby, one of the hunters also succumbs!


As toxins from the zombie bite flood his system, Mal attempts to free the truck.

As it starts to move, the nearest zombie is crushed.

Mal perishes but the truck is free!

The townsfolk try to evade the zombies.

They split up to hunt for supplies.

Blowing up a fuel drum should attract zombies!

Security team survivors get their ride moving.

Jayne goes to town while the hunters run for the boat.

Another survivor appears - a little girl!

The security team smash through the fence, onto the road.

Large numbers of zombies shamble towards the explosion.

Another explosion draws them closer still...

Jayne mows down zombies on his way to town.

His artic squashes the undead with ease.

The hunters resort to small arms instead.


Jayne speeds along the road.

Hunters look for supplies.

The miners are checking out the scrapyard.

There are some intriguing storage containers.

Can the security team evade the zombies?

One of the miners runs for the helicopter.

Another decides to hotwire a nearby low-loader.

Jayne's drive of carnage continues...

...but 3 zombies survive and clamber onto the cab!

Security hurtle towards Jayne's lorry.

The security vehicle and the articulated lorry race towards each other, both drivers distracted by zombies.  Surely this must end in tragedy!  Or will they notice each other in time?

Tune in to the next exciting episode to find out!