Zombies!

In honor of Halloween, we held a 3-day Zombie-fest last weekend.

Day 1, Friday, held a trip to the DCAC to see the Landless Theatre Company's production of that classic zombie flick, "Night of the Living Dead." I admit, I was a bit skeptical at first. I mean, how do you present a classic movie like that in a 50 seat black-box theatre? Well, the answer is "pretty damned well." It was a very faithul and compelling adaptation of the movie. I don't know if they'll do it again next year but if they do -- go see it. It's well worth your time.

Day 2 saw the premiere of my soon-to-be-annual "Zombie" game. The goal was to create an evening of light, action-packed, zombie killing fun and I think that was attained. My plan is for each year's game to transport the zombie movie tropes into a different genre. This year's villain was Capt. "One-Eyed" Jack Wallace; a Scots pirate with a vendetta against the crown that even death couldn't stop. The game rules are a simplified version of Deep 7's 1PG system. Character creation takes about 60 seconds; very useful in a game full of brain chomping zombies. I'm already making sinister plans for next year's game... stand by.

Day 3 was our regular Slay Do-Do day. That always includes at least one Zombie (Armstrong) but this scenario featured an unending horde of the shambling undead. Nobody really knows where they came from -- or why Phil/Gary was in command of them. Maybe that's part of the reason the episode was titled "Unknown Origin?"