I'm not sure if I posted in the right thread, but I'm running a WoD game for some friends soon and I was wondering if anyone has any ideas on how I could make a good horror story out of it. I'm starting it off as a basic free roam in a city that has become ground zero. The group consists of a doctor, gunslinger, riot officer, medieval archer, and a martial artist. I've played 4e with the group before and they were really good, but I'm just not sure how I can make a zombie infection scarier. I'm open to any ideas, the only one I have involves the Black Helicopter conspiracy. Thanks and I'll move this thread if I have to!

...no need to move the thread!

Now, as to making your game scarier (and, if I may refer you to the Zombies in Chicago thread) might I suggest using "fast zombies"? Yes, I know, there are some pretty good arguments out there as to why zombies shouldn't (or even couldn't) be able to run and such but, lemme tell ya, a single, screamin', maggot-farmin', flesh-eater charging you from a dark alleyway is, IMO, a way scarier proposition than a horde of shambling, shuffling corpses that you could easily outrun and pick off from a distance. *nodnodnods*

Also, don't be afraid to let a PC or three get munched on! It's the Zombie Apocalypse fer the luv o' Pete! Not everybody is gonna make it... even those "heroic" types that are typically personified by your players. In fact, before you start, I'd get with your players and have them make back-up/replacement characters to hold in reserve for when/if their initial characters get eaten or infected.

I'm sure there's more that can be done to amp up the factor... very limited starting equipment, someone in the party is already infected, etc... but there's a start, anyway.

Now... speaking of zombies... I think I hear Chicago calling...


Don't I, Olan?