A Place To Lay Your Weary Head part 2

The previous encounter was played on an old board with just the warehouse building on one edge - the fenced yard area was represented "off table", but would be needed for this game. This has meant using my old (warped) cork tiles for the sequel and I can only offer my apologies for the continuity error!

Knowing that the Winnebago was going to be tricky, if not impossible, to maneuver into the yard, Brad arranged for all essential items onboard to be transferred to the Jeep and pickup.
Travis and Amy then waited with those loaded vehicles while Brad drove the rest of the group in the RV to the intersection and opened up the gates for them to drive straight into the yard.
Brad had planned to use the bulky mobile home to block the intersection if there was signs of trouble, but things looked relatively clear and he opted for parking alongside the night club.

The sound of the engines (plus the groups arrival 'on table') acted as a dinner bell for the zombies in the area, but the slick operation saw the group safely inside the yard with the gates closed and chained before the walking dead could cause any problems.

Dave was left to keep an eye on things at the gate, while Brad, Zac and Travis went over to check out the security office. Hannah and the rest of the girls made their way up the yard, making a visual check of the warehouse on their way towards the other outbuilding.

Keeping things as quiet as possible, Zac forces open the door, breathes a sigh of relief, and then points out the stash of coffee and biscuits left by the last security shift!

Having cleared the security cabin, the guys head over to join the ladies and check out the larger, garage-like building. Brad notices that the light is fading - and it feels like it's been a long day.

At the same time, the zeds are gathering outside the gates, and Dave spots a PEF through the wire mesh.......

.... which turned out to be yet more (group + 1 = 9) of the undead attracted by the promise of supper.
Dave immediately ducked out of the zombies line of sight and hid behind the Jeep.

The rest of the group opened up the roller door, and found it empty apart from some cleaning equipment. Hannah pointed out that "Blue Roll" makes for great Loo Roll though, and Brad also noticed a side door to the building which he made sure was locked and secured.

Since the light was fading pretty fast, Brad sent Hillary to join her husband at the gates (standard military practice to "double up" sentries during the hours of darkness).......

........ before tackling the side door into the main building. It was locked, so he used the tyre iron to force the door open -

and it turned out that the ground floor was occupied! A single zed, which didn't gain "zombie surprise", and was set upon by the three members of the group who were with Nate earlier in the day.

The trio piled into the creature and burned off some of their pent up anger as the flurry of blows downed it.

Venturing upstairs revealed it to be empty, apart from the abandoned clutter.

Brad spotted the fixed ladder giving access to the roof hatch, so went up to make sure all was clear.
Evening was drawing in and he could see the horde generally milling around out front of the gates and fence. The group had managed to keep the noise down enough to not give away their location, and Dave and Hils had kept out of sight.

Before heading back indoors, Brad spent some time surveying the surroundings from his vantage point and weighing up the options for their next move. Taking a full inventory of what rations, ammo and water they'd actually got would be a priority - it was now too dark to worry about what was beyond the fences - could he smell coffee downstairs??

Many, many thanks for reading - not a lot of "action", but by crikey, there was some tension during this game and I just wish I could have spent more time with the write-up to try and put some of it over.
My apologies to fellow bloggers whose recent posts I'm yet to comment on, but once I'd started this little series of linked encounters, I just HAD to use my spare time to get them played to a natural "break point".