Zombies - 7 February

And oh how we laughed... Not at first admittedly, but by the end of the evening, with the fixed rictus grimace of Kieron inspiring as much mirth as sympathy, the guffaws were coming thick and fast. But I'm getting ahead of myself.

I remember playing Zombies once before with the Rivals, probably 4 or 5 years ago now. The game itself is pretty simple, with very heavy elements of luck. But happily for those Crowning Moments, with large amounts of interaction too. What we hadn't remembered though is just quite how punishing and relentless the game is. The layout was unforgiving too, with a very long route to the heliport infested by the living dead. All of us were wiped out and bounced back to the start at least once. But entertainment really started when Kieron, 3 spaces from victory, was slotted by a corpse. As Confucius once notionally said: "There is nothing funnier than watching an old friend fall off a roof". And after that fall from glory we all pretty much lost it, and gave up any pretence of this game being anything other than a childish dice-fest. By no means a satisfying Rivals game - but probably more laugh out loud laughs than most Wednesday nights. With the possible exception of seeing James in an Evil Balaclava. And the scores? It hardly matters, but Stu won.
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I think we concluded that we won't be playing this one again in a hurry. No matter how late Andy turns up...
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The averages now stand at: James6.14; Stu 5.87; Deej 4.6; Adrian 4.2; Kieron 3.36; Andy 2.4.