Not played CoC in 15 years-can I join your game?

[richgav]

Hi all,

I used to be a huge fan of CoC years ago. Always meant to get back into it

Anyone got a game going for a newbie?

Thanks

Rich

[Mr. Handy]

Welcome, richgav! Zombie Apocalypse is always looking for players. While it's a long-running game that's almost three years old, there have been characters added relatively recently that you could play with only a small amount of catching up required. It's modern day survival horror, and while it doesn't involve the Mythos as such, it has its own mythology behind it that has similar elements.

I also recently started a new game called Space Oddity, set in 1969. We've already got eight players, so it would be a tight squeeze to add another, but if you really want to play and you have an interesting character concept I'll see if I can work you in.

[richgav]

Hi,

Yeah. Zombies, that sounds good to me ! How do I get involved?

Thanks

[Mr. Handy]

You're welcome, and I'm glad to have you aboard!

Here is a link to a post I made with instructions for new players. It is a bit dated, but most of it is accurate. You'll need to choose one or more characters. The new characters in the Gold section are your best bet to start with, as they have the least catching up required. There were nine, but two of them are now dead, leaving seven. You can choose only one of them, but you'll be able to select more characters from the other sections if you wish once you've caught up on their stories.

This thread has more information on the game in general, including a link to the above post. The second page has more recent posts concerning Chapter 4.

[richgav]

Ok, let me go and digest all that. Been some time since I've seen the game rules

I'll get back to you...

Cheers

[richgav]

Hello,

I hope I've got this correct - may I select Captain Nils Johansen as my character from Gold?

Thanks

[richgav]

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[Mr. Handy]

Yes, you can play Captain Nils Johansen. I do need to warn you of a couple of things first. He has a wounded leg and is currently at 8 out of 12 HP. He's had some treatment, so he can walk more or less normally at this point, and he can be treated further with Medicine given some time. With the deaths of Major Jaclyn MacPherson and Captain Isaac Drake, he is now in command of the quarantine facility, which is a lot of responsibility. He is now the only doctor left alive - and his head nurse just fainted. He is also largely to blame for Major MacPherson's death, as his wild and inaccurate shooting hit her twice (and it was his own bullet that ricocheted and wounded him). With all that said, if you still want to play him, please confirm it by posting here. Then you'll need to read the thread called Quarantine. Once I send you his secrets and you've read them, you can start posting in that thread. If you want a different character instead, let me know.

[richgav]

Hi,

After I asked for Nils, I read some more. Perhaps not the best to start with.

Can I take Senior Airman Tom Wu instead?

Thanks

Rich

[Mr. Handy]

Yes, you can play Tom Wu. I'll send you his secrets in a PM shortly, and once you've read them and the thread called Quarantine, you can start posting as him in that thread. Remember that you're not allowed to read the other IC threads, only the threads (or parts of threads) in which your characters are present.

By the way, you can always add more characters in the other sections later. In Sword, Raquel Orozco and Lara Voronova are still available, but they're in a very desperate situation right now and you'd have to read a lot more to catch up on their story. In Juno, you can pick from Ho Nguyen and Richard Saxon, though they also have a good deal more catching up required. Kyle Perkins is free too, but you'd also have to go back and read several pages from the end of Chapter 3. There are still many available characters in Omaha, but they have the most catching up needed. You may pick more than one character in Omaha if you wish. You will also probably have the opportunity to create your own characters in Chapter 5, which isn't all that far away.