Humans vs. Zombies on Campus

When I was a student we played a game called “Killer”. This was a 24/7 pseudo roleplay game where the objective was to “kill” other players “for real”, for example by squirting them with a water pistol or dropping a “poison” sweet into their beer. It was great fun.

Now USA Today reports that students in US colleges have taken the idea one step further and created Humans vs Zombies (HvZ).

HvZ is another 24/7 pseudo roleplay. The zombies – identified by headbands – try to “tag” human players, turning them into more zombies. Eventually there are just a tiny number of human players armed with nerf guns and balled up socks trying to ward off the hordes of zombie students.

Wht did we never think of that?