I, Zombie - Two Hour Wargames

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Prologue 1
Introduction 1
The 5 "W"s 1
Who 1
What 1
Where 2
When 2
Why 2
What's Inside? 2
Words of Advice 2
Rule Changes 2
Alternative Stars 2
New Fast Move 2
Personalized Reaction Tests 2
Modified In Sight Test 3
Drawing Down 3
No LOS Draw Downs 4
Getting the Drop on the Opponent 4
Received Fire 4
Cover or Concealment 5
Cover In Woods and Buildings 5
Modified Retire 5
Vehicles 5
Characters and Vehicles 5
Movement 5
On The Table Movement 6
Reversing Direction 6
Turning 6
Idling 6
Encumbrance 6
Consequences of Greed 6
Full Pack Jack 6
Vehicle Encumbrance 6
Horse Encumbrance 7
Shopping Cart 7
But Wait, There's More! 7
Other Stuff 7
New Rules 7
Phobias & Quirks 7
Using Phobias & Quirks 7
How Do You Get Them? 8
Phobias & Quirks Table 8
Phobias 8
Social Quirks 10
Personality Quirks 11
Technical Quirks 12
General Quirks 13
Panic Attacks 14
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Motivation 15
Fame & Fortune 15
Words 15
Wealth 15
Deeds 15
Using Fame & Fortune Points 16
Zero FFP 16
Buildings Expanded 16
Getting Started 17
Changeable Floor Plan 17
Laying Out the Buildings 17
Choose the Type of Building 17
Layout the Grid 17
Label the Sections 18
Place Exterior Access Points 18
Place Windows 18
Place Interior Access Points 18
Populate the Building 19
Second Stories 19
Smaller & Larger Buildings 20
Joined Sections 20
Figures Inside Buildings 21
Shooting Inside Buildings 21
Moving Inside Buildings 21
Moving Through Access Points 21
Sample Battle in a Building 22
Floor Plans 25
Apartment 25
Bar 25
Diner 25
Gas Station 25
"No-Tell" Motel 26
Store 26
Safe Houses 26
Parting Shot 28
Bicycles 28
Boats 28
Groups 28
Power Boats 28
Types of Boats 29
Defining the Boat 29
Movement 29
Casting Off and Mooring 29
Drifting 29
Starting and Stopping 29
Reversing Direction 29
Turning 30
Getting In And Out Of Boats 30
Boats in Combat 30
Running Over Swimmers 30
Ramming Boats 30
Boat Bashing 31
Shooting and Boats 31
Shooting At Boats 32
Attracting Zombies 32
Swimming 32
Horses 33
Generating Horse Rep 33

Movement 33
Fast Move 33
Mounting and Dismounting 33
Loose or Tied 33
Skittish 33
Mounted Tests 34
Are You A Horseman? 34
Damage to Horses 34
Two Riders 34
Mounted Combat 34
Charging 34
Shooting When Mounted 35
Mounted Figures as Targets 35
Feeding the Horse 35
Breakage 35
Lack of Sleep 35
Meet & Greet Table 36
Barter 36
Lazarus Project 36
Side Effects of the Lazarus Agent 36
Ragers 36
Defining Ragers 37
Reputation 37
Weapons 37
How Ragers Appear 37
Placing the Ragers 37
Ragers One Big Family 37
Actions 38
Raging 38
Movement 38
Reactions 39
Shooting 39
Line Of Sight 39
Determining Damage 39
Auto-Kill 39
Melee 39
Hand-To - Hand Weapons 39
How to Melee 39
“Harry, Chill Man!” 40
After The Battle 40
Using Ragers 40
Smart Zombies 41
Defining Smarties 41
Reputation 41
Weapons 41
How Smart Zombies Appear 41
Placing Smart Zombies 41
Shaking the Tree 41
Zombie Feasting 41
Actions 41
Movement 41
Shooting 42
Reloading 42
Hand-To - Hand Weapons 42
How to Melee 42
Damage 42
After The Battle 42
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Using Smart Zombies 43
Worms, BA Worms 43
Defining BA Worms 43
Reputation 43
Weapons 43
How BA Worms Appear 43
Placing the BA Worm 44
BA Worm Activation 44
Actions 44
Movement 44
Reactions 45
Shooting 45
Line Of Sight 45
Determining Damage 45
Melee 45
How to Melee 45
BA, BA, Go Away! 46
Outrunning the BA Worm 46
After The Battle 47
Using BA Worms 47
PSY 47
How Prevalent is Psy 47
How Accepted is Psy 47
Wanted Psychics - Dead or Alive? 47
Where Found 47
Playing Psychics 47
Ganger, Survivor, or What? 47
Psy Energy 48
Using Psy-Energy 48
Limits of Psy-Energy 48
The Psy-Gamma Task 48
Performing a Psy Gamma Task 48
Voluntary Targets 48
Empathy 49
Establishing the Connection 49
Probing 49
Block Out 49
Seek 49
Suggestion 49
Closing the Link 49
Psy - Gamma: Putting It All Together 50
The Psy-Kappa Task 50
Performing a Psy Kappa Task 50
Combining Tasks 51
Push Object 51
Manipulate 51
Levitate 51
Fun with Levitated Objects 51
Force Task 51
Spontaneous Combustion 51
Psy Blast 52
Spent Test 52
Performing Psy-Tasks in Reaction 52
Premonition 52
Getting Noticed by Others 52
Encounters 53
The 5 P's 53

Setting Up the Encounter 53
Voluntary or Involuntary 53
Types of Encounters 53
Determining the Area 54
Setting Up Terrain 54
Table Size 54
The 3X3 Table 54
The 4x6 Table 54
Dividing the Table 54
Encounter Area and Terrain 55
Placing the Terrain 55
Roads & Streets 56
Determine the Day Part 56
Characters in the Encounter 56
PEFs 56
Generating PEFs 56
Optional PEF Generation 57
PEF Movement 57
Resolving PEFs 57
What Happens Now? 58
Encounter Awareness Test 58
Taking the Encounter Awareness Test 58
How Many NPCs 59
What Are They? 59
Special Instructions 59
Deploying Characters 59
Placing NPCs 59
Placing NPCs Inside Buildings 60
Lacking Sleep 60
Begin the Game 60
Hunting 60
Hunting Limitation 60
Are You A Hunter? 60
What's Out There? 61
Explaining the Available Game 61
Tracking the Prey 61
Unforeseen Circumstances 62
Attracting Zombies 63
The Campaign 63
Character Journal 63
Campaign Area 64
Where Do I Start? 64
Getting Around the Area 64
Random Road Encounters 65
Destination Encounters 69
Buildings - Occupied or Not? 69
Placing Occupants 70
Knock, Knock, Who's There? 70
Looting the Landscape 70
Number of Encounters 71
Involuntary Encounters 71
Lake Havasu City 72
Background: 72
Location & Geography: 72
Size: 72
Land: 72
Sections: 72
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Water: 73
Terrain: 73
Climate: 73
Power: 73
People: 73
Population: 73
Language: 73
Government: 73
Legal System: 73
Political Power: 73
Weapons Policy: 73
Papers 73
Holstered Weapon Policy: 74
Economy: 74
Bartering: 74
Communication: 74
Transportation: 74
River Borne: 74
Militia: 74
Patrols: 74
Zombie Threat: 75
Crime and Punishment: 75
NPCs 76
Havasu Area NPCs 76
Governor Newness 76
Police 76
Hanger ons 76
Residents 76
Travelers 77
Cassandra 77
Havasu Area People Table 77
Havasu People Lists 78
Police 78
Residents 78
Travelers 79
NPC Expansion 79
NPC Movement & Actions 79
Why the NPC M&A Table 79
Using the NPC M&A Table 79
Checking By Groups - Before Shooting 80
Checking By Groups - After Shooting 80
Interacting With NPCs 80
When to Interact 80
How to Interact 81
Joining Groups 81
How Much Interaction 81
I Got Your Back 81
Party Favors 81
Types of Party Favors 81
Using Party Favors 81
Consequences of Party Favors 82
Drug Party Favors 82
Extended Example 82

Havasu Encounters 86
Coming and Going 86
Chillin' 87
Bartering 87
Recruiting 88
Residency 89
Police 90
Calling the Cops 90
How Many Cops 90
Getting Arrested 91
Police Called In 91
On the Spot 91
To Cooperate or Not 91
Run For It 92
Jail Time 92
Going Before the Judge 92
Disturbing the Peace 92
Brandishing a Weapon 92
Endangerment 92
Stealing 92
Kidnapping 92
Sedition 93
Mayhem 93
Treason 93
Murder 93
Multiple Charges 93
Your Day in Court 93
Sentencing 94
The List 95
Being a Fugitive 95
Attempt to Escape 95
Chase 95
The Show 96
Zombie Wrangling 97
Zombie Wranglers 97
Finding Zombies 97
Capturing Zombies 97
Other Ways to Capture 97
Transferring 98
Capturing Ragers 98
Selling Zombies & Ragers 98
Market Price 99
The Zed Pits 99
Pit Fighting - Zeds and Ragers 99
How to Pit Fight Against Zeds or Ragers 100
Pit Fighting - Humans 101
Zombie Racing 102
Rock Stars of the Apocalypse - Baiters 102
Zombie Racing – How To 102
Setting Up to Play 102
Choosing the Zeds and Baiters 102
Set the Odds 102
Baiter Pay Day 102
The Track 103
At The Start 103
How a Race Is Run 103
Contact! Jammy Dodgers 103
Redirecting a Zed 104
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What's On the Schedule Tonight 104
Putting It All Together 105
Final Thoughts 110
After The Horsemen 110
Character Journal 111
Psy Tables 112
All Things Zombie Table 115
Encounter Awareness Table 115
Pit Fighter Table 116
Campaign Turn Sequence 116
NPC Interaction Table 117
Draw Down Table 119
Havasu Barter Table 120
NPC Movement & Action Table 121
Special Thanks To:
Paul Kime for the cover artwork
Rod Campbell for editing
The THW Yahoo group for the great ideas they
keep coming up with.
Lil for keeping it real!