This was a quick game that I played vs me! It was a pretty simple game. I was using Battleground WWII rules from Easy Eight, which still remains one of my favorite rules.
First - Zombie rules.
Zombies only get one action per turn, however, their movement is faster than infantry. They move at 6 inches rather than 4 inches. If a soldier full out runs for two actions, they will outpace the zombies.
Zombies don't suffer any affects of Light Wounds, Suppression or Morale Checks. A Heavy Wound counts as a Light Wound. They will only stop if they are KIA or Gory Death.
To start with zombies will move around randomly until they see a person or hear a loud noise. This attracts them and they move full move towards the person or sound every action.
Zombie attacks: A zombie attacks in hand to hand as normal. If they overcome their opponent, they will immediately start feasting on them.
Zombies are attracted to kills. If they are in line of sight of a fresh kill, they have to take a test against a 10 or less, or go towards the kill to feed.
Feeding will continue for 1D6 rounds. If a live victim walks into sight, they will take a test vs a 10 or less to attack, or they will keep feeding.
The game
This is the situation. We are in Sicily just after the US troops have landed. There has been heavy fighting in the area, but it has moved on. The company was ordered to hold their ground and get some rest. This squad of 6 soldiers has settled down in a small barn for the night. The rest of their platoon is about a half mile down the road.
The squad is as follows...
Sgt Brown is the squad leader - Leadership +1, Morale 14, armed with Thompson
Cpl Davidson is Leadership 0, Morale 12 armed with M1 Carbine
Pvt Green is Morale 11, armed with BAR
Pvt Walters is Morale 11 armed with Garand
Pvt Levi is Morale 11 armed with Garand
Pvt Jones is Morale 11 and armed with Garand
All soldiers except for Green has a single grenade.
It is night, and so sighting distance is doubled, and range is limited to effective (not that it comes into play in this game!) Fire at effective range is reduces by -2.
Pvt Levi and Pvt Jones are outside of the house stationed on watch.
Opening round.
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| Lookout at barn |
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| A Few zombies |
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| A Few More |
I didn't use cards for this game. I rolled a die. High the US acts first. Low the Zombies do. Also, if the US goes first, they take 1 action each THEN the zombies move before the second US action,
During this turn, the zombies milled around a bit, but Levi or Jones didn't notice them. I used random movement for the zombies.
Round 2.
Zombies move second and continue random movement. One of them comes within possible range of sight.
Levi and Jones both hear a sound across the road. (They needed a 12 or less to see. Both rolled under) They look and see a German soldier emerging from the trees. Levi shouts for him to surrender. Jones isn't as nice and takes a shot. It is in effective range and he moves.
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| Fire and miss! |
Round 3
US acts first. I make a "guts" Test for the soldiers sleeping in the barn.
Sgt Brown rolls 2 and is instantly alerted by the sounds.
Davidson rolls a 9 and also is awake and alert
Green rolls a 15. He awakes, but is unaware of what is going on.
Walter rolls a 19 and sleeps through the whole thing.
Outside Levi and Jones realize that there are more than one German, and they both open fire. Jones fires two shots, and he can tell that both hit, but the stupid German won't drop (Neither are aware that they are facing zombies yet!)
Levi also lets fire with two shots, and is happy to see that one of the Germans drop when he pops it in the head!
The zombies now move, and there are several appearing now. They move close enough that both Levi and Jones gets a good look. They see that they are bloody, and have horrible wounds. They should be dead. Both soldiers then have to make a morale check. Both fail by less than 5 (House rule for this game - fail by less than five means they are stunned and can't act, but don't flee)
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| Shaken soldiers, dead (again)zombie, and others coming out! |
For the second action of the US, the Levi and Jones are looking around trying to figure out what they are seeing. On the inside, the Sarge gets up and starts shouting orders. Green and Walter are both now awake. Sgt Brown and Davidson run outside to see what is going on. They get out in time to see what looks like Germans heading towards them
Round 4
Zombies roll and get to move first. This is a bad thing at first, but allows US to take 2 actions in a row later, and possibly more if they roll first the next round.
Unfortunately for Levi and Jones two of the zombies are close enough to rush them. One attacks each. The zombies are at -1 because both Jones and Levi are shaken. It doesn't matter though, because on both rolls the zombies easily win. Sgt Brown and Davidson are stunned as they see two of the Germans rush Levi and Jones and pull them down and start tearing at their flesh as Levi and Jones both scream in terror.
Brown and Davidson both make morale checks and pass.
Now the US finally get to act. Sgt Brown sees another one closing on them. He fires a burst of three and all three hit. The zombie drops, but it is still moving (Heavy Wound)
Cpl Davidson fires at the zombie attacking Jones. He hits, but it doesn't even affect them!
US second action. Brown and Walter now reach the door and see what is going on. Brown fails a morale check and freezes. Walter fires at one of the zombies closing on the barn but completely misses.
Sgt Brown unloads again on the wounded zombie, and this time is rewarded by a limp creature.
Cpl takes a step closer to Jones and fires one shot at each zombie, and both go down. One takes a round in the head, and the other in the middle of the back!
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| Feasting on Levi and Jones - Cpl Davidson takes out 2 zombies! |
Round 5
US gets to act first this round.
Sgt Brown now focuses on those who are attacking Pvt Levi. He fires a burst into one of the zombies, and all 3 shots hit. In fact he severs part of the arm of the creature, but it simply keeps eating at Levi!
Cpl Davidson sees more coming in from the north and he opens fire missing all of them.
However Pvt Green has seen where he was shooting and turns his BAR on the first zombie he sees. Three rounds strike into the creature, one of which is a roll of 1 and the zombie's head is vaporized!
Pvt Walters comes out also and fires, but misses with everything.
Now the zombies are on the move. One zombie is close enough to reach Cpl Davidson, and the others are drawing even closer. Cpl Davidson tries to push the zombie away, but he is overwhelmed (Davidson rolled a 19 and the zombie rolled a 15 - Bad die for Davidson). Davidson goes down screaming as a zombie starts tearing at his flesh!
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| Davidson for lunch |
The US now takes their second action. Green sees more coming around the barn. He opens fire and sees one fall, but it is still moving! Walter fires on the one who is attacking Davidson. At this close range it is hard to miss, and both rounds strike home, but the zombie just ignores them (two light wounds!)
Sgt Brown sees a whole mess of them coming around the building. He quickly snatches his one grenade and tosses it. He lands it at the feet of one zombie, and when it explodes, the zombie is virtually vaporized. Three other zombies are in the range of effect. Two of them simply ignore the shrapnel showering them, but one sees one of it's legs ripped to shreds!
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| Grenade attack! |
Round 6
US goes first again (thank goodness!)
Sgt Brown sees that they are about to be overrun and yells to fall back into the barn. The three remaining solders flee with zombies close behind.
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| Fall Back! |
Now the zombies take action. I roll for all of the zombies, and most start feeding on the wounded and dead soldiers. Only four follow the soldiers into the barn.
US second action.
As they run in, Walters grabs his grenade and tosses it out the door. It bounces and rolls right to where four zombies are feeding on Levi. If Levi wasn't dead yet, he is now as the grenade explodes. in the mass of bodies. One zombie is torn to bits by the shrapnel and another one has both legs mangled. Two others are knocked over, but get back up and start feeding again.
Green sees one coming in the door, and fires a burst from the BAR. The first round strikes it in the face, easily finishing it, but he also rolled a double jam! Disaster!
Sgt Brown was about to fire when he saw the zombie go down, but from where he is, he can't see any other targets. He looks at the two frightened young soldiers, and wonders if they will get out of this!
Round 7
US goes first again.
Sgt Brown moves to the window to get a view of what is happening outside.
Pvt Green hammers away at his BAR to clear the jam.
Pvt Walters can see a zombie outside of the door. He fires a couple of rounds, but in the gloomy light misses bot shots.
Then the zombies come moving on. Most of the rest of the zombies start chowing down, but four of them are moving towards the barn doors!
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| "Dead" zombie can be seen inside. Lots of mutilated zombies and soldiers around! |
Walters sees the first one come through the doors and levels his gun at the face of the zombie. Two shots at point blank range virtually removes the creatures head.
Sgt Walters sticks his gun out the window and fires at the zombies heading for the door. Two rounds smacks home on the closest one and it drops.
Pvt Green finally gets the stuck bullet out of his BAR and is ready to join the fight again!
Round 8
Bad news for the GIs. The zombies go first.
Three zombies immediately enter. One rushes Green and another rushes Walters. Green rolls a great roll. A 2. The only way the zombie can win is with a... Oh crap, he rolled a 1! Green is bowled over by the zombie!
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| Melee in the barn! |
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| Green is dead! |
Walters finally gets a win for the US though. He takes his rifle and bashes the head of the zombie rushing him (Walters rolled an 8 vs a 15)! He takes the zombie down.
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| 1st Hand to Hand victory goes to Pvt Walters (right) |
US 1st action.
Walters is now out of his mind with rage. He sees the other zombie rushing, and pops two rounds into it's face.
Sgt is still at the window and fires into the horde of zombies there. Unfortunately at that moment, his faithful Tommy gun jams without even hitting anything!
US 2nd action
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| Lots of feasting going on outside! |
Sgt Green quickly expels the stuck round and realizes he is on his last mag. He is horrified to see that Green is now being feasted on by one of the zombies. He looks to Walters and shouts, "We've got to get out of here!"
Walter nods as he fires at the zombie feeding on Green. He hits, but it just keeps eating. He is ready to run also!
Round 9
US acts first
1st action.
Both soldiers run outside, and start running south, keeping as far from the feasting zombies as they could!
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| "Shhhh. Let them feast (I removed the "dead" zombies.) |
Zombies action.
I rolled for each zombie, and none of them wanted to leave their place at the buffet. (I forgot to roll for how long the feast would continue - which was a good thing for the US)
US second action.
They continue to run towards the road, now putting some distance between themselves and the GI buffet. They could see there were a few more zombies closing in on them!
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| Not free and clear yet! |
Round 10
US gets to act first again!
Walters fires at the closest zombie. He hits once with no effect.
Sgt Brown fires at the same zombie, and gets two hits, but also fails to kill it! (or re-kill it)
Zombies act.
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| Swarming Walters |
2 zombies are in range of Walters. Both rush him and it looks like good night for Walters. They both get a -4 for multiple attackers. The first zombie rolls a 10 for a modified 6, but Walter rolls a 3. He swings his rifle like a bat and smashes it's skull. The second rolls a 14 for a modified 10. Walters rolls a 9 and barely wins, screaming in rage as he smashes yet another zombie!
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| Walters strikes again - 3 kills in melee! |
US second action.
Walters then turns his rifle and fires on the remaining zombie which is closing fast! He hits twice, but the stupid thing doesn't even flinch!
However Sgt Green comes to the rescue. He fires a burst at the zombie, and hits with two rounds. He rolls a 2 and 3 on the effects table. -1 for Thompson SMG, and -2 for point blank. The zombie's head explodes!
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| Last zombie goes down |
Ending.
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| Run baby run! |
The road before them is clear, and Sgt Green and Pvt Walters don't stop running until they see the campfires of the rest of their platoon.
At first no one believes their report, but soon news comes in that other units are being attacked by Germans that they had killed just a day before.
No one can figure out what is going on. It looks like the liberation of Europe might be in jeopardy!
