With the fast zombies, it seems you’re pretty much screwed unless you have a good old-fashioned Cold War-style fallout shelter at home. I presume the shuffling dead are going to run out of energy and collapse at some point after the readily accessible human food supply has run out.
But Romero zombies don’t seem to need food.
If their immune systems aren’t working, won’t Romero zombies eventually rot to the point where they won’t be mobile any more? I’m assuming all you really have to do is hide out somewhere for six months to a year while the zombies are gradually reaching the point where they can’t move.
Why don’t wild animals attack the zombies? Doesn’t the smell of decaying meat attract scavengers?
How long does it take for human muscle tissue to liquefy after death? I mean, those zombies have got to turn to mush sooner or later. Would they last longer in colder climates? Would they go faster in warmer climates?
The zombie survival handbook is extremely useful in this case. It addresses the different levels of outbreak and points out the flaws of many common solutions. I highly recommend it.
As for Urban Dead, I’ve been playing that since August and have a few characters of level 30+. Giddings Mall used to be heavily fortified with over three hundred survivors. I lurked there and made periodic forays into the street to take down zombies, and just barely managed to skedaddle away before the zombies coordinated an assault and ate everyone alive in a matter of hours.
Unfortunately for myself, I’m not a member. I suppose I could go through the procedure of becoming one or, failing that, settling for the one-day pass, but it’d be a shame to be booted from a fortified sanctuary that I’d helped secure the following day.
There’s a National Guard Armory a few miles from here. That might work out well… the food’s nothing special, but I bet they’ve got guns and ammo up the wazoo – and no shortage of people who know how to use them!
according to the events in “Day”, the decomposition rate in zombies is slowed by the pathogen causing zombification, the estimate is the decay rate has been slowed by decades, in theory, zombies could “last” 10-20 years
you’d need to have a pretty well hardened/reinforced fortress to withstand 10+ years of zombie assaults
probably the best solution for Romero zombies is to lure them to an open area with bait, then drop high yield explosives on them, a few well placed MOAB’s should solve the Undead problem, just as effective as tactical nukes, but with no nasty radioactive/fallout side effects
Ah-hah!
I win the internet!
Nein. The dead don’t feel pain and the best way to take them out is a head shot to destroy the brain. All setting them on fire means is that you are being chased by a zombie that is on fire.
Ideally, I’d recommend explosives used from a safe distance. Destroy or slow a large number of them at a pop. If we’re talking typical horror movie scenario, I’d have to go with any type of lightweight handgun. You need speed and accuracy against fast zombies.
If we’re talking slow zombies, you could use practically anything. As long as you don’t get surrounded, you’re in pretty good shape.
It also points out how the humble .22 is actually a good weapon against the zombies. Full auto stuff often just wastes ammo.
And never be without a crowbar.
Or a trench knife.
…Is it slightly worrying that we all have this book?
I love this idea but am I setting myself up for doom? I mean, the food will run out sooner or later and then I have to drive through the thousands of zombies(who will try to tip my vehicle over even if they can’t reason). A bomb shelter is out for certain as the food is much more limited and I have zero chance of escape. I have to think long term.
I’m thinking that if I have to choose some large structure, a super-Walmart is the best bet. Lot’s of food and it has guns and ammo. It also believe that they have pull down metal link doors or some such device to protect the glass areas.
Hav you been to a Costco lately? Even a large group could probably live on the frozen food alone for a decade (and don’t forget that there’s tons of stuff on the upper shelves, not on display).
Off to Amazon to purchase a certain zombie guide book…
Who will be running the power plant which is keeping the food frozen as society falls to the zombies? Two weeks flat and I’ll be smelling rotting frozen food. Being in New Orleans, I am very familiar with that smell. It is nothing nice.
All stores have the same problem; if you want to go there 1,000 other people. Supermarkets are swamped if snow is predicted. Any store selling anything remotely usefull for survival will be packed. Crowds would be the worst place to be. Not to mention the looters. Stay away from anyplace where there’s people.
Do you know how to use any of these weaons? If not you picked a bad time to learn. Ideally you’d stick to guns you have exeriance with.
It was just random creepyness.
Well if the group did everthing right and stayed out of danger it’d be a boring movie. 
Besides if you start killing groupmembers someone might decide to kill you.
And if you’re driving and there are zombies running around stay of the freeways and LOCK YOUR CAR DOOR!
A staffer speaks! And New Orleans probally smelled worse than a zombie infested town. It’s hard to imagine how zombies could flood the streets with sewage/
I made an account today and burned up my 50APs and accomplished…nothing.
Well, I found a shotgun shell.
Where’s the damned zombies???
-Joe
True
I grew up in the Deep South. We shot all sorts of things and ate them. I have a 12 gauge, 30-06 rifle and a 40 cal handgun. It’s a matter of picking one which will be most effective in a prolonged zombie attack. I figure I need to balance ammo with firepower. A 12 gauge with buckshot might be great but when I am up against 200 zombies, those rounds will take up lots of room and be heavy. Which is the best all around weapon?
“Everyone, I need to discuss something with you. Please all get together in this room. Ignore the propane bottle with the flare burning on it. Anyway…” POW! Easy 
I checked it out, too, and got nothing. the zombies are everywhere but they seem very reserved. I may have to throw myself out of that building window tomorrow after I’ve gotten some APs back.
Frustrating, huh? In a [echo] World Overrun With Zombies [/echo] I can’t find a single one.
Reminds me of an old RPG campaign where our characters were going out hunting orc scalps because we had little money and there was a bounty. We found everything imaginable EXCEPT orcs. “The hills are crawling with 'em!” became a running joke for loooong time.
-Joe
I started an Urban Dead game. I got even less done than Merijeek.
No, it’s just that those who don’t have it aren’t commenting, like me. Er…
Unfortunatly, in the remake of “Day” you get the idea that the local army base was eventually overrun from withen when one of those refugees turned.