Through the Woods - a scenario for ATZ Tales of Dread

Here's a game I ran using the scenario, 'Through the woods,' from ATZ Tales of Dread. I used soldiers to represent my two police officers, zombies from, 'Bag 'O Zombies,' and cavemen for teenagers (not much of a stretch, right?).

Lt. Wednesday (star) - Rep 5 Cop, Sav 4, Pep 3, Free Spirit, Logical
Sgt. Tuesday (grunt) - Rep 5 Cop, Sav 3, Pepe 4, Fast

"Lt. Wednesday here. We're responding to a call from the campgrounds. Apparently, a bunch of teens reported some of their own turning into monsters. We're here to find out what happened."



Tuesday: "I called and told the kids to stay in their cabins. You don't happen to think this has anything to do with that kid who drowned years ago, do you?"

Wednesday: "Considering the lifeguard used CPR, saved him, they married, and ended up having a half dozen children, I doubt it."

(A PEF was rolled in Section 6.)

Tue: "Hey, I heard something near the cabins."

(Resolved as a Chaser.)

Suddenly a scrawny creature raced, shrieking toward us, like my ex-wife when I'd come home late.

(The zeds in Section 9 split, with three going into towards the teens in their cabins and the two attacking the cops.)

(After several minutes, Wed is injured by the Chaser before Tuesday kills it and the other zombies. Tuesday was forced to melee most of the zeds, but they never touched him. He finished the last two with bullets between the eyes.)

Tuesday: "Lou, you all right?"

Wednesday: (Passed, 'Harry, are you okay,' test.) "Yeah, just had my bell rung. Now let's get the kids."

We ran to the cabins and found the creatures pounding on the cabin doors. A few shots later, they were full of holes, and the teenagers were safe.



Tuesday: "Hey, Lou, I found the book that caused all this."

Wednesday: (Reads the title) "The Philosohpies of Nietzsche. No wonder they snapped."

(Another PEF spawned, again in 6. This turned out to be a Spooker.)

Tuesday: "Look, Lou, another body. Funny, I don't remember it being here before."

Wednesday: "Me neither, Gent. Back away."

(Zed or No Zed taken and passed. Both men open fire but miss. The Spooker leaps to its feet and charges Wednesday, but he clubs it with his pistol and shoots it dead.)

Wednesday: "Now it's dead."

(As they arrive at the squad car, Wednesday turns to the teens.)

Wednesday: "From now on, kids, stick with ancient Latin books. You'll probably survive longer."