5 Klicks from the Zone

It was hard to believe that things could get worse after “the fall” but all I see around me are threats and danger. There is the small area around our home base that is still a safe zone, but resources are low and we are constantly forced to look further afield for ways to protect ourselves. As we push outwards though it feels like everyone else has their sights set on the same thing and we live in fear of our fellow humans, and indeed the many we find that are now somewhat less than human, finding their way to our ‘zone’. So here we are, five klicks out, fighting for our lives, and we can’t afford to retreat...

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I am honoured that Ivan Sorensen of Nordic Weasel Games has given me permission to create new content for his Five Klicks from the Zone game.  This starts with a Second Edition (2e) of the main rules.  Then as the main rules have always been called Chapter 1, moves on to Chapter 2, and with a plan to round out a trilogy with a Chapter 3.

For those who don’t know Five Klicks

Five Klicks has a lot of DNA from his other solo campaign settings Five Leagues from the Borderland (fantasy setting) and Five Parsecs from Home (space setting), but as you might expect from a game that has a post apocalyptic earth setting, that DNA has been mutated enough to make it very much its own game.  

Five Klicks doesn’t have a fixed background, what caused the Fall is up to the player and there is a lot of scope to use your own figures and imagination to determine the theme, but centres around a Squad of fighters trying to protect a small pocket of civilization from the ravages of a world gone bad.

For those who do

What you will see here and in my posts will solely be from 2e, the tabletop encounter rules for moving, combat, and morale are unchanged, but you’ll soon note changes to the campaign details.  I hope you like them and it inspires you in your own campaign.  

Feedback

Whether you already know the game or not, I welcome your comments here or on the Nordic Weasel Games Discord.  

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That out of the way, this page will log the figures and games as normal, gathering together stuff used in Posts as it happens.