Touchdown JFK

Let me introduce you to Jenny, one of the most optimistic and hopeful air hostesses on a BA flight. For the last three years she's been enjoying travelling the world, even though she hasn't seen that much of it. Never mind, though. Yesterday was her last flight into JFK where she would begin a fortnight's holiday.



At least that was the plan until she touched down and found everything had gone mad. Thankfully her first encounter with the living dead went better than she had initially feared. Just as she was beginning to learn that high pitched screaming did more to attract zombies than make them disappear, Alec appeared (See An Englishman Abroad, April 12th) and applied his cricket bat to a whole new profession, one which really benefited from all those hours he had spent in the nets practicing hitting sixes.  Jenny was certain a couple of heads and a left arm would have cleared the boundary at Lord's.



It was while they were contemplating a week's diet of BA breakfasts that they bumped into Gus. Quite where he got his AK47 in the terminal was beyond Alec and Jenny's imagination, but the firepower proved to be quite handy in what would become known in future years as The Famous Battle of Baggage Claim. And the fact he managed to procure an Uzi for Jenny and a Colt pistol for Alec whilst doing so was both comforting and alarming to them in equal measure.

Before the apocalypse struck, Gus had worked in the games industry.  He can often be heard moaning that real Zombies appear to be even more stupid than the ones he was programming before the apocalypse struck. He maintains this gives him a certain edge, but only time will prove if he's bluffing or not...



And finally, there's Baz. To be completely honest, none of the others know what to make of Baz.  He claims to be in his twenties, but he acts like seventeen is optimistic.  They found him wandering around the entrance of the airport, wielding his chainsaw to great effect and covered from head to toe in gore and zombie bits.  He's been talking non-stop since he met them about the Zeds and acting as if he's the only one standing against them.  Which is really getting to Gus.  Alec and Jenny have tried to convince Baz to use a gun, but he won't hear of it.  He's even spent the last hour trashing drinks dispensers, chugging down the coke and filling the empty bottles with petrol from the taxi that drove right through the window and lodged itself firmly into the check in gate for Dubai.  Pity the occupants never made it out alive.  They did make it out dead of course, and Baz would gladly tell that story to anyone who will listen.  At the minute, that audience is somewhat limited!

And that's my gang ready for All Things Zombie, made from the plastic survivors kits from Wargames Factory.  Better get on with making some scenery then!

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  1. Nice job. I have the male survivors set. I'll have to see about putting them together. I might even see if Derek wants to swap a few from the female set...

    Good creative write-up too. I find it makes all the difference for a narrative game.

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    1. Thanks David! The figures are a joy to paint, although they are not as interchangeable as they may initially appear.
      And I agree completely with you about the narrative, particularly in a skirmish game. Its half the fun!

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