SO YOU'VE MANAGED TO SURVIVE THE ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE THIS FAR. WE'RE GLAD YOU FOUND US. HERE YOU'LL FIND ALL THE IMPORTANT THINGS THAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IN ORDER TO SURVIVE. READ OVER IT ALL CAREFULLY. THERE WON'T BE A TEST BUT IT MIGHT SAVE YOUR LIFE.

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HERE IS WHERE ACTIVITY CHECK THREADS AND OF THE MOMENT NOMINATION THREADS GO. YOU CAN ALSO FIND THE HALL OF FAME AS WELL AS SIGN-UPS TO ANY GAMES OR COMPETITIONS WE MIGHT BE RUNNING.

HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE WORLD WE'RE LIVING IN? NEED SOMETHING CLARIFIED FOR YOU? NO PROBLEM. ASK YOUR QUESTIONS HERE. OUR HELPFUL SURVIVAL STAFF WILL GET TO THEM AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. WE'RE HERE TO HELP, AFTER ALL.

WE'RE GLAD YOU'VE CHOSEN OUR SITE TO JOIN. HERE'S ALL THE INFORMATION YOU'LL NEED TO GET STARTED. BOTH COMPLETE AND INCOMPLETE APPLICATIONS GO HERE. MAKE SURE THAT ONCE YOU'RE ACCEPTED, TOO, THAT YOU POST IN THE FACE CLAIM. ALSO LOCATED HERE. WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE YOUR APPLICATIONS!

ALL OF THE APPLICATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED CAN BE FOUND HERE. INTERESTED IN LEARNING A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE OTHER CHARACTERS IN THE GROUP YOU ARE JOINING OR THINKING OF JOINING? ALL OF THE APPLICATIONS HERE ARE SORTED BY GROUP TO MAKE APPLICATIONS EASIER TO FIND.

CHARACTER RELATIONS ARE THE NUMBER ONE MOST IMPORTANT THING HERE AT DAMN DEAD BASTARDS. THE BOARD WAS MADE FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF EXPLORING RELATIONSHIPS IN DIRE SITUATIONS. SO WHERE WOULD WE BE WITHOUT SOME GOOD OL' PLOT ADS? GET TO PLOTTING HERE BUT REMEMBER TO TURN THESE PLOTS INTO POSTS!

Have a character that you need for a group plot or a personal plot? Have a character that you think other people could use in their plots as well? If you want to create an NPC for any sort of in-game purpose, here's the place to do it. There's a template to fill out and post. Once accepted, this becomes an available NPC that can be utilized with the NPC account or in your own character posts.

NEED A FEW PEOPLE FOR YOUR PLOT IDEAS? LOOKING FOR A FEW GOOD MEN AND/OR WOMEN? POSSIBLY INTERESTED IN A LITTLE POST APOCALYPTIC ROMANCE? ANY REQUESTS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE CAN BE POSTED HERE. REQUESTS ARE DIVIDED BY SECTIONS SO MAKE SURE YOU PUT THEM IN THE RIGHT PLACE.

FOR THE MOST PART THE VARIOUS MEANS OF COMMUNICATION AROUND THE WORLD ARE SPOTTY AND UNRELIABLE AT BEST. THE INTERNET HAS SURVIVED AND COMMUNICATION SATELLITES STILL EXIST BUT POWER GRIDS AND CELLPHONE TOWERS HAVE NOT MANAGED AS WELL. STILL, OCCASIONALLY YOU WILL GET LUCKY. BESIDES, IF ALL ELSE FAILS, NO ONE IS GOING TO BUST YOU FOR LEAVING A MESSAGE IN GRAFFITI.

Look, up in the sky! It's a bird, it's a plane, it's ... a Salty Dog?! What if one of two things happened when mankind was exposed to the zombie virus? What if you either got a super awesome (or maybe not so awesome) superpower or you got turned into a drooling, groaning, bloodthirsty undead? In this parallel universe, human beings have superpowers and zombies - well, they're still the same shuffling walkers we've come to love.

THERE IS NO MORE STEREOTYPICAL PLACE TO SEEK REFUGE FROM THE ZOMBIE HORDE THAN A MALL. DAWN OF THE DEAD DID IT, DEAD RISING DID IT... IT MAKES SENSE. IT HAS A LOT OF PLACES TO HIDE, A LOT OF THINGS TO WORK WITH, AND IT IS FAMILIAR. THE GALLERIA IS ONE OF THE NATION'S LARGEST MALLS COMPLETE WITH HOTELS, OFFICES, THEATERS, ICE RINK, AND MORE. SO NATURALLY PEOPLE SOUGHT REFUGE HERE. SUCCESSFULLY, TOO. AT LEAST FOR NOW. BECAUSE IT'S ALMOST AS DANGEROUS ON THE INSIDE AS THE OUTSIDE WITH ALL THE GROUP DIVISIONS.

THOUGH THE NAME MAY BRING UP IMAGES OF SOME FANCY ESTATE THAT IS ANYTHING BUT THE TRUTH. THE MELROSE HEIGHTS APARTMENT COMPLEX WAS ABOUT AS RUN DOWN AS THEY COME. LOCATED WITHIN ABOUT A TEN MINUTE WALK FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON CAMPUS, THE APARTMENT COMPLEX RECENTLY CRUMBLED AND CAVED IN ON ITSELF DUE TO A FAULTY FOUNDATION AND A MYSTERIOUS EXPLOSION NEARBY. THE GROUP THAT USED TO LIVE HERE CALLED THEMSELVES THE FRAT PACK BUT THEY'VE SINCE RELOCATED. NOW, ALL THATS LEFT IS A PILE OF RUBBLE MADE WORTHLESS BY SCAVENGERS WHO ALREADY PICKED IT CLEAN FOR ANYTHING USEFUL.

HOUSTON IS A GREAT PLACE TO TAKE SOME TIME TO SHOP OR VISIT A FANCY RESTAURANT. ANYTHING YOU COULD NEED IN THE CITY IS RIGHT AT YOUR FINGERTIPS IF YOUR BRAVE ENOUGH TO VENTURE OUT OF YOUR HIDING PLACES. JUST BE CAREFUL. THE STREETS CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS THESE DAYS.

THE CITY OF HOUSTON HAS A LOT TO OFFER IT'S CITIZENS AND IT DOES IT'S BEST TO TAKE CARE OF THEM. AT LEAST IT DID BEFORE THE ZOMBIES CAME. WHEN THE REAL STORM CAME THE CITY COULDN'T EVEN PROTECT ITSELF. STILL, MOST OF THE FACILITIES REMAIN AND IF YOU'RE LUCK YOU MIGHT MANAGE TO COME ACROSS SOMETHING USEFUL IN THE OLD, ABANDONED BUILDINGS.

NOT EVERY PLACE YOU MIGHT WANT TO VISIT IN CENTRAL HOUSTON HAS BEEN LISTED WE KNOW. SO ANY OTHER PLACE YOU MIGHT LIKE TO THREAD IN CAN BE PUT HERE IN THIS FORUM. ENJOY.

ASK ANYONE WHERE THEY WOULD GO IN THE EVENT OF A ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE AND THEIR ANSWER IS GENERALLY WAL-MART, SAM'S CLUB, OR COSTCO. MOST OF THOSE PLACES GOT OVERRUN PRETTY QUICKLY BY ALL THE PEOPLE WITH THAT SAME GENERAL IDEA. BUT THANKS TO THE QUICK ACTIONS OF THE STORE MANAGER THIS NORTHERN HOUSTON SAM'S CLUB MANAGED TO LOCK DOWN WITH ONLY SURVIVORS INSIDE. AS LONG AS THEY CAN KEEP THE ZOMBIES AND THE DANGEROUS, VIOLENT GROUPS OF RAIDERS OUT THEY SHOULD BE SET FOR YEARS.

THERE ARE MANY GREAT PLACES TO GET SOMETHING TO EAT OR PICK UP A FEW THINGS IN HOUSTON. SOME PLACES ARE MORE BENEFICIAL TO YOUR SURVIVAL IN THIS NEW WORLD THAN OTHERS. WE'VE LISTED A FEW HERE BUT DON'T FEEL LIMITED TO THE FORUMS WE'VE MADE; ANY SHOPS AND EATERIES CAN BE POSTED ABOUT HERE.

MUCH LIKE THE FACILITIES WITHIN THE CENTER OF THE CITY, THE REST OF THE CITY WAS WELL TAKEN CARE OF, TOO. UNFORTUNATELY JUST LIKE IN THE CENTER OF THE CITY THINGS HAVE FALLEN APART AND BEN ABANDONED. BUT THE CITY PUT THESE PLACES THERE FOR YOU SO YOU MIGHT AS WELL TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THEM.

THERE ARE TONS OF THINGS TO SEE IN AND AROUND HOUSTON. THERE ARE MUSEUMS, PARKS, AND ALL KINDS OF OTHER WAYS TO SPEND YOUR TIME IN THE CITY. NONE OF THEM ARE OPEN ANY MORE, OF COURSE, BUT THEY AREN'T EXACTLY CLOSED EITHER. SO HAVE A LOOK AROUND AND SEE WHAT YOU CAN PILLAGE FROM THE PLACES THAT USED TO MAKE HOUSTON GREAT.

WE KNOW WE HAVEN'T DONE HOUSTON JUSTICE IN OUR FORUMS. THERE'S A LOT MORE TO DO AND SEE THAN WE HAVE LISTED. SO FOR EVERYTHING ELSE, THERE'S THIS FORUM. GO CRAZY.

THOSE PEOPLE WHO WERE LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE ON THEIR OWN BOATS OR CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE VARIOUS MARINAS AROUND THE GULF HAVE FOUND SOME SOLACE IN TAKING TO THE WATER. MOST HAVE COME TOGETHER IN A DISJOINTED FLOATING ARMADA OF YACHTS, FISHING BOATS, AND OTHER PERSONAL WATER CRAFT. INDIVIDUAL FORUMS ARE AVAILABLE FOR DIFFERENT BOATS. JUST PM AN ADMIN WITH THE NAME OF THE VESSEL, A DESCRIPTION, AND THE PEOPLE STAYING ON BOARD.

LOCATED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NORTHERN MOST THROUGH WAY INTO THE PORT OF HOUSTON ATKINSON ISLAND USED TO SERVE AS A QUICK GETAWAY AND WILDLIFE PRESERVE. NOW THE NORTHERN MOST PORTION OF THE ISLAND SERVES AS A SAFE HAVEN FOR FORMER CITY RESIDENTS WHO HAVE TAKEN TO THE WATER IN ORDER TO AVOID THE ZOMBIE HORDES.

JUST A SHORT TRIP AWAY FROM ATKINSON ISLAND, MORGAN'S POINT IS THE CLOSEST MOST MEMBERS OF THE SALTY DOG GROUP ARE WILLING TO GET TO THE CITY. RIDDLED WITH LITTLE SHOPS AND RESTAURANTS IT'S A QUICK AND EASY WAY TO PICK UP A FEW SUPPLIES WITHOUT HAVING TO TAKE TOO MANY RISKS.

THERE ARE DOZENS OF OTHER PLACES TO VISIT ALL AROUND GALVESTON BAY BESIDES JUST HOUSTON. IT STRETCHES DOWN FROM THE CITY INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO. JUST BE CAREFUL AS YOU NAVIGATE THE AREA, THE GULF IS ONLY SEVEN TO NINE FEET DEEP IN MOST AREAS AND THOUGH THERE AREN'T MANY GEEKS IN THE WATER A SIMPLE MISTAKE COULD END IN TRAGEDY.

TRAVEL NORTH OF THE CITY ABOUT AN HOUR AND YOU'LL COME ACROSS THIS FORMER NATIONAL TREASURE. THE DENSE FOREST IS SPECKLED WITH CAMPGROUNDS AND THE OCCASIONAL PRIVATE RESIDENCE. EVEN THOUGH THERE WEREN'T A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE AREA TO BEGIN WITH MOST SURVIVORS TEND TO STICK TO THE MOST REMOTE SITES POSSIBLE - JUST IN CASE.

Just outside the main city, a fleet of military grade trucks arrived and seemingly overnight, set up a large, octagonal structure surrounded by a high electric fence obviously meant to keep snooping scavengers and intruders out. Within the compound, there's electricity and hot water, shelter in the form of large canvas tents, and armed guards providing safety from any passing zombies. Could this be the beginning of Houston's salvation?

NOT EVERY SURVIVOR IN TEXAS IS FROM HOUSTON ORIGINALLY. AND NOT EVERY GOOD, POSH PLACE TO RAID FOR SUPPLIES IS IN THE GREATER HOUSTON AREA. SO IF YOU WANT TO VENTURE HOME TO LOOK FOR YOUR PARENTS OR SIBLINGS OR SOME OTHER POINTLESS VENTURE, POST ABOUT IT HERE.

AND, LASTLY, LET'S NOT FORGET EVERYWHERE ELSE YOU MIGHT THINK OF POSTING. OTHER STATES, OTHER COUNTRIES, OUTER SPACE... REALLY YOU CAN BE ANYWHERE AS LONG AS YOU CAN COME UP WITH A REASON FOR BEING THERE. MEXICO IS PRETTY CLOSE BY AND NASA IS LOCATED IN HOUSTON SO... HEY. YOU NEVER KNOW.

HAVE ANY PLOTS YOU WANT TO COMPLETE THAT DON'T REALLY FIT INTO THE PRESENT DAY? ANY PAST THREADS FROM BEFORE THE OUTBREAK OR CLOSER TO THE BEGINNING OF IT OR ANY FUTURE THREADS YOU MIGHT WANT TO GET OUT OF THE WAY GO HERE IN THE APPROPRIATE SUBFORUM. JUST MAKE SURE TO MAKE IT CLEAR WHERE THE THREAD TAKES PLACE IN THE BOARD CHRONOLOGY.

NOW THAT YOU'RE A PART OF THE FAMILY, KICK BACK AND RELAX! TAKE A MOMENT TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND LET US KNOW IF YOU MIGHT BE TAKING OFF. WE WORRY. BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, PLAY SOME GAMES! WE LIKE TO HAVE FUN HERE AT THE END OF THE WORLD.

HERE ARE DAMN DEAD BASTARDS WE'RE ALL ABOUT SHARING. POST YOUR ADS HERE AND WE'LL POST OURS OVER ON YOUR BOARD. EVERYONE WINS!

AFFILIATES

ALL THINGS ROLEPLAYANASTASIUS ISLAND

THE BEAUTIFUL ORDINARY

BELONG TO THE NIGHT

BEWARE THE HUNT

BRAND NEW COLONY

CAUTION TO THE WIND

CHIMERA

DELECTABLE DESIRES

DISTANT FANTASIES

FORSAKEN PLACE

HELPLESSNESS BLUES

IMAGINAERUM

INITIUM

INTERGALACTIC: PRELUDE TO WAR

IT'S A CHARMED LIFE

MILES BEHIND US

THE MOJAVE DESERT

NO PLACE LIKE HOME

NOT ANOTHER ZOMBIE BOARD

OLD WORLD UNDERGROUND

OUT OF THE DARKNESS

PLAGUED

RED CARPET & REBELLION

RPG-DIRECTORY

SEIZE THE DAY

SKYSCRAPER EMPIRE

SOULMATE

SYNTHETIC TRUTH

TOMORROW ACADEMY

TURN TO STONE

TWISTED AGE

VENI VIDI VICIOUS

VIOLET HOUR

WAITING FOR A TRAIN

WASTE NO TIME

WORST CASE SCENARIO

ONCE THREADS HAVE PASSED THEIR PRIME THEY WILL RETIRE HERE. ALL COMPLETED AS WELL AS ABANDONED THREADS WILL BE MOVED HERE AMONGST OTHER THINGS. IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A THREAD THAT HAS BEEN MOVED AND WANT TO REACTIVATE IT JUST PM ONE OF THE ADMINS AND LET US KNOW.