Hi everyone (anyone?) and welcome to my blog and first post. I thought I’d start by giving a little bit of background of how I’ve ended up writing this in the first place and getting into Zombie wargaming – a bit dry I know but hopefully future posts will be better.
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| Sarissa City Block Residential |
In July 2011 I decided to resume my wargaming interests after a lull of three to five years and started again on my 1920’s gangster project by looking around for suitable buildings. I came across the fine range of buildings by Sarissa ( http://www.sarissa-precision.co.uk/store/cityblock28/) and ordered one straight away.
About a week after it had arrived I was admitted into hospital, August 2011, since when I have been in and out of hospital on a regular basis. During my time in hospital I was still looking for suitable additions to my 1920’s buildings and came across the website “Vampifan’s World of the Undead”, via Zombietown (http://www.skankgame.com/zombietown.html}, a great site.
With more time on my hands than I knew what to do with whilst in hospital, I read through Vampifan’s entire site from his very first posts in March 2009 to the present. To my delight he used the “Two Hour Wargaming Rules”; I too was going to use the Gangster supplement from these rules for my gangster games and I was unaware that there was a Zombie supplement. It wasn’t long after going through Vampifan’s site that I contacted Vampifan by email, though what my drug-induced missives looked like then I dread to think!
The rest they say is history, I was infected by the Zombie bug, I planned my project all the time I was in hospital, what figures I would buy, what buildings I would make what rules I would use and a myriad of other things. I haven’t forgotten my gangsters though and I still have an eye out to add to their number.
There isn’t a community on the web that I’ve come across that is as friendly or as supportive of each other as the Zombie Wargaming community and its great to be a part of it.
Welcome to the wonderful world of blogging about zombie gaming, Joe. It's great to see you've finally took the plunge. I probably know better than anyone else the amount of work and effort you've put into this project and I'm delighted to see it come to fruition. I wish you all the best and I hope this is the start of a long and successful blog.
ReplyDeleteMany thanks Bryan,I'm very excited about getting this off the ground finally. Pleased too that you're my first follower and respondent!
DeleteHello there mate! HEADSHOT!!!
ReplyDeleteJust to be sure...Oh not the zed virus? Whoops!!!
Hehe... Hope you are getting better now?
Following you now mate
Thanks for the comment (I think,word seems to travel fast
ReplyDeleteHi Joe and welcome to the blogosphere!
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to seeing your project develop. Good choice on the Sarissa buildings, I've bought a load of them for my Victorian City terrain project (which is almost certainly see a zombie invasion or two!)
All the best
Dr V
Thanks for the kind words and welcome Dr.V
DeleteWelcome to blogging, especially Zombie blogging. It's a great group out there, and we always need more Joes :) . I was sorry to see you were in hospital for a while. I hope you are recovering well. I had to laugh when I saw how you read all of Vampifan's blog entries. I've done that, too. He's a great guy and a great resource for us Zombie bloggers. I've always been interested in Gangster gaming, and I agree that the Sarissa Precision buildings are perfect for that genre, too. Your first post was very well written and interesting. I'm looking forward to the next.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the comment Joe and welcome to my bit of the Interweb; yup, Bryan/Vampifan is truly a great resource to us all in this genre. I am getting better but I'll be on medication and regular hospital visits for a while yet. "Zombies Ate My Gangsters" was nearly the title for this blog!
DeleteCool building. The Zombie bug infects everyone!
ReplyDeleteHey Brummie, welcome to my bit of the interwebby thing. You're right about the Zombie bug, but I blame Bryan/Vampifan and his infectious enthusiasm !
ReplyDeleteWhen I ordered the building I got an extra floor too, so mine is three stories high, I'm now saving for their street deal/bundle inspired by Lucky Joe's work on his Sarissa buildings !
Zombie gaming is fun and that's the name of the game.....
ReplyDeleteHi A.L. and thanks for dropping by, you're absolutely right about "fun" being what it's all about and the Zombie community I've come across has given me all that and more.
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