Getzombys

Zombie fiction, gear notes and prep guides for South African weekends

Getzombys is a blog for airsoft players, LARP crews and readers who like their outbreak stories grounded in real places. We test foam blasters on dusty terrain, pack bug-out bags for Highveld cold and coastal humidity, and publish a weekly serial that moves between Johannesburg, Durban and the Karoo. No panic-buying advice, no doomsday sermons. Just checklists you can print, gear that survives a two-day skirmish, and fiction worth arguing about in the comments.

Start with the weekend survival kit Read the fiction archive

New here? Browse our outbreak scenarios, check what the gear reviews cover, or send us your own.

Start with the weekend kit, not the panic list

Most readers land here after a late-night scroll through outbreak threads. The better entry point is smaller: a two-day bag that actually gets used, tested on a Highveld winter route or a humid Durban weekend. That is where the gear notes, printable supply lists and fiction archive all begin to make sense together.

See how readers use the guides What we cover each week

Send us your outbreak scenario

Pitches, corrections and field notes from your own routes are welcome. We read everything, even the ones written at 2am.

What you actually get out of reading here

Getzombys is written for people who want to be ready without turning their lives into a bunker. Everything below is tested, argued over in the comments, and rewritten when the field notes say we got it wrong.

Regional bug-out lists, not generic ones

A Highveld winter kit and a Durban coastal kit share maybe half their contents. We break down what changes, from water storage to insulation, so your bag fits the route you actually drive.

Gear reviews from real skirmishes

Foam blasters, LARP props and field tools get run through dust, rain and repeated reloads before we write a word. If a magazine jams on the second day, that goes in the review.

A weekly fiction serial

New episodes set in Johannesburg, Durban and the Karoo. Readers argue about endings in the comment threads, and some of those arguments have changed where the story goes next.

Printable supply checklists

Free lists you can print, tick off and stick in the bag. They cover weekend kits, vehicle loads and the smaller pouches people always forget to restock.

Your outbreak scenarios, published

Send in your own scenario and we will run it past the community. Some get turned into full fiction episodes, others become case studies in the prep guides.

Film and game retrospectives

We look back at the zombie media that shaped the genre, and at the games worth replaying. Useful if you want context before you build your own scenario.

New here? Start with the beginner guide to a weekend survival kit, then browse the fiction archive and gear posts or see how readers apply this in real scenarios.

Worth reading next

Three pieces that pair well with whatever brought you here. Field-tested gear notes, a fiction reading list, and a loadout breakdown for the plateau.

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Gear list

Building a Highveld Bug-Out Bag

Dry winters, sudden hail and long drives between Gauteng towns. What earns its weight, and what people overpack until the second night.

Read the breakdown

Field test

Foam Blasters That Survive a Weekend Skirmish

Two days near the Magaliesberg, dust and rain included. Magazine reliability, spring wear, and cheap optics fogging up in coastal humidity.

See the notes

Reading list

Zombie Fiction Set in Durban

Port logistics, dense settlements, and a climate that rots everything faster. Local serials that use the coast instead of ignoring it.

Open the list

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