Today’s game is some more Project Zomboid. We decided to venture out of the safety of our milk store so one of my friend’s who is larping a fireman stripper could get some more Firemen gear. We took a roadtrip to Rosewood too the firestation there. What ended up happening was it got late (in game and irl), so we decided to hunker down in the Firestation and turn it into a safehouse.
While on boarding up the windows i got a little resistance from the local population, I got snuck up on namely. I managed to get everything nicely boarded up though, along with some spares if i ever need them.
The trip there wasn’t uneventful either though. We stopped for gas. I was in charge of getting the gas, While Cable (My character’s adopted 20 year old son) ran inside for snack. Meanwhile our fireman looked around for anything useful. He found a fire truck nearby and tried to open it, but it set off an alarm and alerted all the zombies. We needed the food so we had to fight them off and then keep the path clear to the car.
One of my friend’s also disconnected and died in the brief inbetween. I teleported him back because that was a BS death, but we had to stop and fight another microherd on the way there. The car started dying, and while i kept stuff to fix it in the trunk, I needed my friend’s to cover me while i installed it. The result was a mess. You can only see part the mess due to the fog, unfortunately, it was a massacre though. I’m lucky i stocked up on shotguns and shotgun shells.
After all that though we made it to town. Surprisingly town had little to no issues. I parked the car, we went inside, cleaned house. Then i brought the vehicles into the garage and started doing the aforementioned barricade. It makes for a cozy little safe house. Should anything happen to the milkstore, this might be where we fall back.
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100% agree with the above!
101% agree with the above
Idk if you’ve played Rimworld or Factorio but they scratch the same long-term-planning itch that Zomboid does.
What about Cataclysm Dark Days Ahead?
Rimworld has been on my list for a bit. Same with Factorio, but i have Satisfactory which afaik is a similar vibe. I’ve been meaning to pick them both up though, i just keep putting it off
Is “Fireman Stripper” a sustainable job in Zombie apocalypse? Just curious…
Oooh, Cable is back! According to the lore, do the characters just move from one world to another or is that some other guy with some other adopted son Cable?
We haven’t really made a lore explanation for it. They are the same character we know, but as far as continuity, we make references though to previous “lore events” though and treat it like it’s just another day of the zombie apocalypse. I guess if i had to try and explain it, some unexplained event happened that caused Jerry and Cable to have to start over?
Jerry and Cable in Baldurs Gate was a Dimension hop though
You make this game seem really appealing! Is it much better in a group, do you think?
It’s a great game that gets even better when you play co-op in a group. I’ve also heard of some amazing scenarios in PVP public servers.
I think I’m sold, thank you!
Yes it’s better in a group. Or at the very least just playing on a multiplayer server is better imo than single player. (At least until npcs are in)
For sure, at least imo. I have met a few people who prefer singleplayer. Multiplayer and Singleplayer honestly though feel like two completely different vibes
Have you seen the game VEIN that just came out? I haven’t played Zomboid in years but the few reviews of VEIN that I’ve seen all describe it as “Zomboid but first person.”
(I only mention this because I’ve seen you post about Zomboid several times so thought you might enjoy something allegedly similar. I’m not affiliated in any way.)
Ooo it’s finally on steam early access!
Someone actually suggested it the other day to me on one of these posts and it looked interesting. I was having network issues at the time but it looked good and i saved it for later
Bomboid
Ah, the Rosewood Fire Department, my old friend. Tear down the stairs, throw some sheet ropes out the window, build a door to the roof to set up a farm and some water barrels above the sinks and you’ve got yourself a little slice of heaven.
Everyone gangsta until Indie Stone releases the update where zeds learn how to climb ropes
That would be pretty awesome, I think. You’d have to pull up your rope ladder every time and remember to drop it down when you leave. I’d probably die more to auto-defenestration because I forgot to drop the sheet rope than zeds.
I hadn’t thought of tearing down the stairs, it’s a good idea. We had gotten a sledge hammer we found on the side of the road on the way there so maybe we’ll give it a try
Welp. That character is banned from /r/NeverBrokeABone. 🤷♂️
