It's midafternoon and the orange glow of the sun shimers in the beads of sweat that streak down your face as you run through the thick woods. Every hard landing of your foot mirrors the hard poundings of your heart, and every drop of perspiration that falls from your brow feels and tastes like cold blood. You shuffle left and right, avoiding trees, tightly gripping onto your weapon. All you can think about are the last three shells in your pocket, and the 5 sitting in the belly of the shotgun you have come to depend on so heavily in the last hour.

You eventually come to a large clearing and stop in your tracks, listening to the woods with great care. You hear the flutter of birds, the light splashes of the creek a hundred yards away, and the rustling of the treetops in the breeze. Then you hear it, a crunch, a footstep deep in the trees. You ready your gun with white-knuckled anticipation as the step turns into steps, and the figure closes in. The cocking of the shotgun seems to echo forever in your head, adding to the orchestra of rapid heartbeats and sharp breaths. The figure emerges from the woods into the clearing and you take aim.

Welcome to Zombie Camp

A message from the staff:

Zombie Camp is a state of the art, 640 acre facility that specializes in hands on training and role play scenarios to prepare you for many of the situations you may encounter during a potential zombie outbreak. We do our best to make sure your 2 week stay is both fun and fulfilling to your needs, however, your experience here depends on your attitude, participation, and interaction with other campers. So please be courteous and repectful. Here's what you can look forward to during your two weeks here at Zombie Camp:

Alpha Base - You will spend your first three days in our Alpha Base facility, located behind the housing structure. Here you will learn basic safety and first aid, hand-to-hand combat techniques, and you will recieve weapons training. This facility is equipped with top of the line athletic and fight training gear, as well as a large variety of simulated weapons (more on this later).

The Pit - The Pit, located north east of Alpha Base, is where you will spend at least half of your fourth day with our urban and wilderness survival expert, Andrew Keach. He will guide you through multiple scenarios, and provide you with the expert knowledge to live through them.
After your survival training you will be given a quick assessment test, covering what you learned in both the Pit and in Alpha Base. Those who fail are required to attend a 30 minute tutoring with an assistant trainer and retake the test. For safety purposes you must pass the test to continue.

The Range, The Gauntlet, and Tech1 - On the fifth day, more of the grounds will be accessable. The Range is located across the main trail from the Pit. We encourage our campers to spend some time here, and become more comfortable with a selection of firearms. The Gauntlet is an outdoor physical training facility featuring equipment designed to test your speed, agility, and strength. Finally, there is the Tech1 building. The Tech1 building is where we offer virtual weapons training, as well as internet access so that campers may have contact outside of camp during 'off time.'

DAY SIX - The sixth day is one of the major landmarks of your journey here. On this day you will report to Alpha Base to be issued your survival kit & backpack, your main weapon, your alternate weapon, and a random amount of ZC Credits (which can be used like money to buy ammunition or weapons in certain areas of the campgrounds).

After you have been issued your equipment, you will be placed into teams of five. Each team member is given a rank. There will be one Alpha, he will lead and command the team. One Beta, who is in charge of maps and navigation. One Ace, who will serve as a main gunman (Aces are chosen based on superior weapons skills observed by trainers earlier in the week). And two scouts (SC's), who will serve to warn of impending danger, perform recon, and so forth. Note: You will spend a total of five days with you team on training or group missions.

DAY SEVEN - On day seven it's back to the Gauntlet for team training. You will learn how to efficiently communicate with one another, as well as how to operate and maneuver together. This will last the entire day. Lunch will be served in the Pit and NOT in the mess hall on this day.


This marks what would be the end of the first week. As you can see it can be fairly intense, but at this point, your training would be over. The next week consists of multiple group missions, where you will encounter our zombies for the first time, forcing you to put your training to the test. For an overview of week two please see page titled 'ZOMBIE CAMP part2', included in this packet.