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New RPG - Zombiepocalypse

Started by SpallsHurgenson, October 21, 2013, 11:19:53 PM

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SpallsHurgenson

October 21, 2013, 11:19:53 PM
For more than a decade, my gaming group and I have gathered together on (or around) Halloween and celebrated the day of our national fascination with the occult with a homebrew role-playing game that we imaginatively called "that zombie game". Separate from our usual campaign, it was a chance for us to go wild and do things no normal player would ever do with a PC they have lovingly nurtured through 12 levels of dungeon-crawling, like recklessly throwing ourselves off bridges, stupidly charging at a herd of undead to take them on single-handedly, or cooking off a grenade in a heroic (and futile) attempt to save the rest of the party.

A few years ago, I codified the rules of this game and dubbed it... Zombiepocalypse! Over the years, I've rewritten the rules, turning it from some strange AD&D hybrid into its own beast, using an entirely original d6 game-system. Fast paced and simple to learn, it's intended to be more akin to video-games (like Left4Dead), where death is cheap but loss of a character (or entire party) is fairly inconsequential; creating a new character takes minutes (if that long) and even a TPK isn't more than a brief stumbling block for players or GM.

Since 2010, when I first wrote down the rules, I've introduced the game to a few other people outside my main gaming group, and the general opinion was favorable. It's not a game intended as a replacement for a "real" role-playing game; it's better suited for quick one-shot pick-up games. So far, I know of four different gaming groups who've enjoyed Zombiepocalypse, but I've always believed that it could have wider appeal.

So... Hello wider appeal!

If you are interested in taking a look, I've created an (admittedly unimpressive) website where you can read the core rules. Right now it's only available in HTML (ultimately, I hope to make it available as a downloadable PDF and maybe even a hard-copy version one day). It's still under development (for instance, the entirety of the Game Master's Guide has yet to be written) but enough of the rules are there to create a character and run a game. I'd be interested in any comments people have about the game.

And maybe one day, when I have it honed to perfection, Spoony might look at it and record a scathing Counter Monkey video detailing all its flaws. /squee!/

Oh... almost forgot the link.
http://ZombiepocalypseRPG.blogspot.com/

Happy Halloween! Go slay some zombies!
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