First game of Zona Alfa
Zona Alfa is a set of simple, fast-play skirmish rules for scavenging, exploring, and surviving in a near-future, post-apocalyptic Eastern European setting. Now I don't have much Eastern European scenery to hand and my Neo-Soviets troops are still being painted up. So I set this first game in the USA, drawing inspiration from the film "The Crazies". On 26th February 2010, a US military aircraft crashed near Ogden Marsh, Iowa. The cargo was a prototype bioweapon (Trixie virus) designed to be a deadly biological weapon and used to destabilize an enemy behind the front lines. However, due to the crash, the cargo ended up contaminating the local water supply and spreading virus further. Despite attempts by the US Government at containment, the virus spread through the water supply and effected the Tristate area. As a result, a quarantine zone was set up and enforced. We played Game One in Part 10 of the book. We went with two 10K teams. The 'Merc' team was ...