ZONA
ALFA
I was looking
for a set of rules to take our rather basic (but very enjoyable) zombie games to
another level with a bit more role play without affecting the game play. I
read several reviews and settled on Osprey's "Zona Alfa" by Patrick Todoroff.
I had a short e-mail conversation with the author.
Why? Well it was
far less expensive than its competitors, had some rather nice games on the
internet, had a relatively simple set of game mechanics and an easily modified
background. All that said a major factor was that it is not tied to a
manufacture's range of figures. This meant that all my "Dedburgh" figures
could be used along with monsters from my fantasy collection. All I had to
do was move the Russian setting to the UK which we called THE DELTA ZONE
Very
importantly the games can be set up and easily played on Zoom during priods of
COVID-19 Lockdown.
What did I need for a game when we come out of Level 4
Covid restrictions? A background that moved Chernobyl to the UK near our
zombie infestation in Dedburgh. This is still being worked on and will
come soon. We call this the Delta Zone.
A few bits of post apocalypse terrain. A search of the spare bits and
the tub of "useful bits" that gets all of the "that might be useful one day"
broken models, packaging and stuff revealed bits to make ...
A wrecked
Humvee:
A contaminated pool
A car and some debris
A fallen pylon and another car
A fallen robot
I started
laying out terrain for the next game and decided that I needed some specific
terrain pieces. I also looked to the next few after that and made up a
list. The results are below:
A couple of dead Zone Runners made
from zombie bits, some scrap and a few stones
An assortment of bits that may be "Points of Interest" or "Hot Spot" markers
- a Kinder Egg, a blown car headlamp bulb, some bases and a thing I found that
had 4 "ears" and springs
An odd thing that I found out walking with a hatch made from a 25mm base and
scrap. No idea what it it is but now it has become a vent and entrance to
somewhere underground:
A couple of scrap piles:
A couple of leaking drums of toxic stuff:
A ruin or rubble shack
Containers for robot toys donated by grandson Nathan and repurposed into
towers or drop pods or whatever else I may need them for.
A battered tower made from a "Quality Street" chocolates carton donated
(empty) by Mrs H.
A toy used without any work at all
And finally some "Anomalies" made from broken Christmas decorations and
tinsel found in the bottom of our box.
Stalkers, Teams, Crews and more
GAMES
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