Difference between revisions of "The News Corpse"

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The News Corpse, Also known as The Gazette, is the town's two page newspaper, which is published daily at midnight and edited by The Crow. It is also the location of the Great Register: the list consisting of all the town's activities.

If the Search Tower Searchtower has, this page will show the direction of the replenished zones. There is also mention of units of water lost from the well, if the Water Turrets Water Turrets have been upgraded.

On the left-hand page are a few paragraphs relating to the events of the previous day and night, generally not in a pleasant manner. At the bottom of the left page are the obituaries, the list of people who died

List of Possible Gazette Entries

Positive

• This morning, [resident] celebrated last night's thwarting of the zombie hordes by running buck naked through the streets. "I wanted to celebrate the dawning of this new day in an appropriate fashion", the citizen explained.
• Our defences not far from the great southern wall withstood the Hordes' terrifying attack last night. Around [#] zombies ! No loss of life during the attack.
• No deaths tonight. All is well. However, I guarantee you the zombies will be starving tonight: I don't fancy our chances...
• We bid a fond farewell to Toast, the old dog that lived in the village... Toast's incessant barking which annoyed everyone in the neighbourhood stopped for good as of last night's attack. Poor thing... The good news is that there was no loss of human life in the town to speak of.

Miscellaneous

• One of the [#] attacking zombies from last night was found in the well I'd strongly advise you to skip your water ration today, as it'd be a great way to get an infection...

Obituaries

This lists the people who have died during the previous day or night.

The list of the "Deaths in Town" are the people who have been killed by the zombies during the night's attack. The list of "Other Victims" are those who died in other ways ( in the World Beyond by getting Dehydrated! Dehydrated!, etc.