The Attack

This page has automatically been added to the to do category for the following reason: I'm fairly sure this "miracle" is just down to the fact that 21 zombies is not enough to kill people anymore with the changed attack formula, its not a distinct event in itself just a message when noone dies. The page was tagged by: Discordance 05:37, 7 August 2011 (PDT)

The Night Hordes are the undead that amass outside the gates, and swarm the town at night. Their numbers either steadily increase each day, but will randomly 'spike' up to hope-crushing heights; as well, citizens who die outside during the night will be added to the horde. To resist this attack, the town must build various defences to keep the shuffling, groaning masses at bay.

The attack is fairly straightforward, and is easily calculated: Horde Numbers - Defence Numbers = Undead who make it inside. However, if the gate is left open, then the defences will not matter and the horde will swoop in the town full numbers.

Any zombies who make it into the town are randomly divided between the members of the town. Resisting these zombies is the duty of the defense rating of your house; 1 point of home defense = 1 zombie turned away. If you are assaulted in the night, but survive, you will start the next day Terrorised.

Miracle

In Season 3, even if the zombies manage to get in town because of the gates being open, there is a small chance that they won't attack anyone, resulting in no deaths in town.The citizens in the World Beyond, though, will die if they would have due to staying out of failing to camp.

A Miracle just happened.

What can I do during the attack?

During the assault, the game is inaccessible for 10-20 minutes, during which time a video will display instead, with two randomly chosen actions. Clicking either action refreshes the page and brings up other actions. There's no real value to this; just something to amuse yourself while waiting to see how your town fared.

List of actions:

• hug your rucksack
• scream
• wail like a banshee
• grind your teeth
• hug a broken guitar
• cry nervously
• scream and panic
• hide behind the wreckage
• hold the door
• wait under the sheets
• call for help
• yell “help”
• hide in a box
• hide under the bed
• wait calmly...
• curl up in the fetal position
• sing at the top of your voice
• pray for your life
• clench your cheeks