First game of Zona Alfa

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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 composed of two 3K and two 2K characters. The National Guard team comprised of one 3K, one 2K and five 1K characters. We wanted to see what worked best - Quality vs Quantity!

Mercs

National Guard
The table
The objective

As per the scenario, we had zombies and wild dogs on the table. However, for some reason I stopped taking photos and making notes until near the end of the game. In my defence I was the only person to have their copy of the rulebook, so got distracted with looking things up. Need that QRS!

Anyway, the Mercs tried their best to sneak to the objective. The National Guard on the other hand brazenly advanced down the street. Their leader doing enough to encourage the zombies to shuffle in their direction.

With the zombies distracted, the Mercs managed to extract the objective from the Bradley. However, the National Guard had dispatched the zombies and the dogs.

Eventually it can down to a gunfight and the National Guard eventually prevailed.

Sarge (3K) with the objective

The National Guard advance

Wounded and Pinned 

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