Five Minute Respawn

Our friends from PTC teach us about their group's origins as well as talk a little bit about the game they have coming up in under a month, After Dark!

Tyler talks about one of YSU's early weeklongs this week on Five Minute Respawn. Aspiring game runners won't want to miss this one!

Joined by Briar of Strike Team Oscar, we discuss some of the games from the past academic year. From blowing up Shrek to surviving the shadowy clutches of Knull and celebrating twenty years of hvz at the campus that started it all, join us on an hvz retrospective!

We're joined by Gary from Athens to discuss Survival Fest 2026! The good, the bad, the wet, and everything in between!

We're joined by Turkey and talon-ward Hatchet to talk about what we can expect going into GLASS 2026! Scotty and Brain can't wait to play in their new venue!

As the title says, Tyler has an announcement for us <3

Scotty, Brain, and Oak of DDT Discord fame talk about their time at Great Lakes Action Sports Summit's innaugural event, featuring a blend of Mall Mutation Madness and Pennsylvania HVZ rules! Take the Lead by Kevin MacLeod Link: incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4458-take-the-lead License: filmmusic.io/standard-license

Join Luke and the hosts as we discuss the hottest game of the year, Endwar 2025! Take the Lead by Kevin MacLeod Link: incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4458-take-the-lead License: filmmusic.io/standard-license

We hear about tyler moderating his first Weeklong game at YSU! What shenanigans did people get into ten years ago? Take the Lead by Kevin MacLeod Link: incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4458-take-the-lead License: filmmusic.io/standard-license

We tell tyler who's who, what's what, and when's where on this episode of Five Minute Respawn. Stick around to the end for a special surprise maybe! Take the Lead by Kevin MacLeod Link: incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4458-take-the-lead License: filmmusic.io/standard-license

The three hosts are back to talk about the premier hvz destination, Survival Fest: The Shadow Under Athens! it's a heart fealt reunion on this episode :) Take the Lead by Kevin MacLeod Link: incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4458-take-the-lead License: filmmusic.io/standard-license

We don our SCRD gear, sip bourbon, and recap our lower stakes summer hvz games this time around on five minute respawn!

Join SOCKS operative Ulfengard and ELITE operative Gary as they talk about Survival Fest 2024: Operation Fools Gold

Survival Fest 2024, starting off with the convention, asking some hard hitting questions for several vendors throughout the hobby

BELIEVE IT! we're back with another piece of our fall weeklong extravaganza with minimal advertising! happy tuesday nerds! Today we're gonna be talking about the PTC game at Geneva, which was weeb themed!

FOAM FORCES RALLY! Zombies have joined the separatists on planet grove city! So hear about the game from this past spring!

The gang goes to Maryland Mayhem 2024! Presently the largest HvZ game on the East Coast, listen to our ragtag group take on the endless hordes of the undead in this rootin tootin blastin adventure! Take the Lead by Kevin MacLeod Link: incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4458-take-the-lead License: filmmusic.io/standard-license

Back at it like a bad habit, we're recapping the April HvZ games (minus a particular big game, stay tuned ;) ). This time on the docket, Scotty's hundredth game, RIT's weeklong and invitational, Boilerdome, and Geneva's Mafia invitational. Take the Lead by Kevin MacLeod Link: incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4458-take-the-lead License: filmmusic.io/standard-license

So begins the recap saga from all the games attended this season. With too many to keep track of, we just lumped them all in to one recording chronologically! Special thanks to all our game runners that facilitated our free entertainment in the month of March! Take the Lead by Kevin MacLeod Link: incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4458-take-the-lead License: filmmusic.io/standard-license

We kicked names and took ASS to Mall Mutation Madness. Take the Lead by Kevin MacLeod Link: incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4458-take-the-lead License: filmmusic.io/standard-license

Entering 2024 talking about the finances of this funky hobby. Are you a thrifty player or do you make a vacation out of your games?

The hosts, and Luke take the helm as they review the second pirate themed game they've been to that year! Sub zero blaster battle: my.cheddarup.com/c/sub-zero-blast…90%21%2168212448 discord.gg/4pK7PYW2RS Take the Lead, NewsSting by Kevin MacLeod Link: incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4458-take-the-lead License: filmmusic.io/standard-license

The puzzle masters and forever dm's join our hosts to talk about puzzles in HVZ! Sub zero blaster battle: https://my.cheddarup.com/c/sub-zero-blaster-battle?cart=370880b1-5a63-467f-8721-f230d21eca90%21%2168212448 https://discord.gg/4pK7PYW2RS Take the Lead, NewsSting by Kevin MacLeod Link: incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4458-take-the-lead License: filmmusic.io/standard-license

Better late than never, here we discuss Scotty's trip to Gators Vs Zombies for a wild invitational experience.

Today we're joined by Big Al to discuss Terminal Infection, an intriguing twist on Zombie fighting gameplay. Take the Lead by Kevin MacLeod Link: incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4458-take-the-lead License: filmmusic.io/standard-license

The Pennsylvanians went to Endwar and tell Scotty all about it in this special episode of Five Minute Respawn. As Endwar pioneers we're hopeful for its future, especially after this impressive showing from the UNCC mod team.

In this episode we recap our trip to New York to play with RIT HVZ and Binghamton's Campus Survival Games for their back to back invitationals. additionally we bring on our good friend from PTC to briefly go over his game that we also attended shortly after.

We're back baby. Scotty and Brain are back to go over the games from the first chunk of 2023. On the roster for this episode are HVZ Athens's All of Us, GCC UGC's Monty Python and the Unholy Brains, and UMBC's Pirate themed invitational! Stay tuned for recaps on RIT's DND game, SUNY Binhamton's time traveler invitational, as well as PTC's Scooby Doo themed invitational

It's a company recognized christmas miracle! this recap of the fall '23 grove city game is only live in the way that frosty the snow man was! with Mike's help, Brain and scotty go over the grove city invitational that capped off a monthlong HVZ extravaganza! see you in season 3! Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Today we're joined by Kyle and Lance of the FRAG society, the host organization for Mall Mutation Madness, a premier HVZ experience held in a mall after dark. Lets see how we got there! Take the Lead by Kevin MacLeod Link: incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4458-take-the-lead License: filmmusic.io/standard-license

Crash landing to you through a worm hole from another dimension that's a week ahead of this one, the Geneva Marvel zombies invite. Did i release this to get ahead of Detroit Dart Talk's recap of the event? i'll never tell! The game was a load of fun, and Zombie Corpse of Engineers at 80% is still a force to be reckoned with! Take the Lead by Kevin MacLeod Link: incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4458-take-the-lead License: filmmusic.io/standard-license

This live recap was sucked onto the moon so it's a little late. sorry about that! But scotty and brain went to Pitt Technical College for their first public hvz event, and thought with portals and ate potatoes in various stages of cooked. Was the cake a lie? Take the Lead by Kevin MacLeod Link: incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4458-take-the-lead License: filmmusic.io/standard-license

Join the Zombie Corpse of Engineers (or like...two of them) and other guests as they give their fresh thoughts about the most intense game of HVZ in the central time zone. Take the Lead by Kevin MacLeod Link: incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4458-take-the-lead License: filmmusic.io/standard-license

CONTENT WARNING: BLOOD, BROKEN BONES, HOSPITALS To wrap up our "season" 2, we'd like to talk about some of the grittier (while still funny) moments of our HVZ careers where we get hurt. and in some cases hurt pretty bad. We're alive now, and that's what counts. Take the Lead by Kevin MacLeod Link: incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4458-take-the-lead License: filmmusic.io/standard-license

Joined by friends from across the continent, we tackle more of the stories passed down from player generation to generation. Hope you enjoy :) Take the Lead by Kevin MacLeod Link: incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4458-take-the-lead License: filmmusic.io/standard-license

Today the hosts get the inside scoop on 28 Darts Later, an "American Style" Hvz game played on a university campus in the UK. Lets see how it went! (spoilers: pretty well!) Take the Lead by Kevin MacLeod Link: incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4458-take-the-lead License: filmmusic.io/standard-license

In the cold dark of Cape Cod in the fall of 2019, the hosts and the rest of BroHio made the gods fall. But how did they get there? Who enabled them to accomplish such a feat? On this episode, we take a closer look with Ben Trask, the man behind the Massachussetts Airsoft Forum (MAASF) to see how the group formed, and what trials and tribulations led to the spectacular HVZ Larp experience that ultimately led us to create this show for you all. We sincerely hope you enjoy this episode as much as we enjoyed recording it! Take the Lead by Kevin MacLeod Link: incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4458-take-the-lead License: filmmusic.io/standard-license

A newer player and a long time hvz veteran give their perspective of Endwar 2022. Because we all need fresh perspectives! Editor's note: This episode was recorded before the hosts had listened to Detroit Dart Talk's interview with the RIT moderators. Their insight was helpful in understanding some of the confusion we express in our conversations about Endwar '22. Take the Lead by Kevin MacLeod Link: incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4458-take-the-lead License: filmmusic.io/standard-license

Endwar 2022 has come and gone. Here are our thoughts on the game as former Endwar moderators (as well as the thoughts of other former endwar moderators) Take the Lead by Kevin MacLeod Link: incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4458-take-the-lead License: filmmusic.io/standard-license

Part 2 of our discussion of Endwar 2022 as former endwar mods! If you haven't listened to part 1 yet: https://soundcloud.com/five-minute-respawn/former-endwar-mods-discuss-endwar-2022 Take the Lead by Kevin MacLeod Link: incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4458-take-the-lead License: filmmusic.io/standard-license

Alternately titled "how to start planning a game", we talk with our good friend Nick about where we draw inspiration from as we plan HVZ games! Not every game needs to have zombies in the source material. Take the Lead by Kevin MacLeod Link: incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4458-take-the-lead License: filmmusic.io/standard-license

Monopoly ruins friendships, and sometimes the competition gets to us, and we show the darker parts of ourselves. Such is also true of Humans Vs Zombies. So we're going to healthily unpack that on this weeks episode as we dive into some of the meaner moments of this game that is overwhelmingly enjoyable despite its sour notes. Don't be a dick, y'all. Take the Lead by Kevin MacLeod Link: incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4458-take-the-lead License: filmmusic.io/standard-license

Today we're joined by two of our longest fans and closest friends of the show to talk about how they started their HVZ leadership careers amid a the global pandemic (safely). Take the Lead by Kevin MacLeod Link: incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4458-take-the-lead License: filmmusic.io/standard-license

From fun facts to silly side quests, dossiers have dominated the Ohio HVZ scene. The hosts have found and fabricated many dossiers in their time playing Humans vs Zombies, and now we're gonna tell all y'all about them! Take the Lead by Kevin MacLeod Link: incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4458-take-the-lead License: filmmusic.io/standard-license

Scotty and Brain, six years later to the day, made it back to UMBC, but we've swapped clown makeup and flags for ascots and pauldrons! On this recap the humans split up, look for clues, and get neck deep in the zombie horde! Will the meddling kids make it out alive!? Take the Lead by Kevin MacLeod Link: incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4458-take-the-lead License: filmmusic.io/standard-license

Now for the full deep dive of one of HVZ Athens most well renowned invitationals, Hotline Athens. No weird music or discordant voices this time, just the hosts listening to our good friend Tanner! Enjoy! Take the Lead by Kevin MacLeod Link: incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4458-take-the-lead License: filmmusic.io/standard-license

Some the best games are the ones where you get swag for going to them! So that's what we're here to talk about today on the show, as we all come from schools that like to dole out the goodies. What have you got to show for the games you've been to? Take the Lead by Kevin MacLeod Link: incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4458-take-the-lead License: filmmusic.io/standard-license

You ever been in a situation, hvz mission or otherwise where everything goes sideways? Because that's what we're talking about today. Join us as we recall all the harrowing missions we've played that we probably didn't even survive! Take the Lead by Kevin MacLeod Link: incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4458-take-the-lead License: filmmusic.io/standard-license

Funny thing about playing a game outside, weather typically plays a big role in the success or failure of that event. In this episode, the gang discusses their coldest, hottest, and wettest games they've played in! Featuring a weather report by Ian Bailey! Take the Lead by Kevin MacLeod Link: incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4458-take-the-lead License: filmmusic.io/standard-license

Brain heads north beyond the wall (state border) to play HVZ in RIT's simulated Bikini Bottom on this week's live-ish game recap. Briefly joined by Luke from Geneva, we shed some light (and shamelessly gush) on the post-covid new york hvz scene! Take the Lead by Kevin MacLeod Link: incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4458-take-the-lead License: filmmusic.io/standard-license