What We Actually Do at Getzombys

Gear breakdowns, regional bug-out checklists, foam blaster reviews and weekly fiction serials. Everything we publish is written for South African conditions, tested on real weekends, and kept free of doomsday noise.

Questions we get about how Getzombys works

Most of what we do sits between a hobby blog and a working reference shelf. Here is how the pieces fit together, what you can send us, and where the limits are.

What exactly does Getzombys publish?

Four regular streams: gear breakdowns (foam blasters, LARP props, field tools), regional bug-out bag checklists for Highveld and coastal conditions, retrospectives on zombie films and games, and a weekly fiction serial set in Johannesburg, Durban and the Karoo. Printable supply lists sit alongside the checklists so you can take them to a shop or pack them into a kit.

Can I send in my own outbreak scenario?

Yes. Readers submit scenarios and we run a selection as standalone posts or as prompts for the fiction serial. Send a short setup, the location, and what makes it hard to survive. We prefer specific places over generic city names, and we will edit for length before publishing.

How do the gear reviews get tested?

We run blasters and props through weekend skirmishes and LARP events on real terrain, then note what failed: magazine jams, spring wear, fogged optics in coastal humidity. If we only handled something briefly, we say so in the review. No sponsored scores.

Are the checklists region-specific?

They are. A Highveld winter kit looks different from a Durban coastal one, mostly around insulation, water storage and how fast gear corrodes. Each printable list notes the conditions it was built for, so you can adapt rather than copy blindly.

Do I need to be into airsoft or LARP to read this?

No. Plenty of readers come for the fiction serial or the film retrospectives and never touch a blaster. The prep guides are written for anyone who wants a sensible weekend kit without the doomsday theatre.

How do I get in touch or flag a correction?

Use the contact page for submissions, corrections or review requests. For how we handle your details, see our privacy policy.

What we actually do, and how you can use it

Getzombys is not a shop and not a news feed. It is a working archive for people who want to test gear, plan a weekend route, or write an outbreak scenario that holds together under scrutiny. Below is the practical shape of what we publish and how readers plug into it.

Field notes come from real routes: Highveld winter wind, coastal humidity, and the long gravel stretches between Gauteng towns. If a piece of kit fails there, we say so.

Gear breakdowns with field conditions attached

Every review names the terrain, the weather window, and how many reloads or nights the item survived. Blasters, packs, water filters, layered insulation.

Bug-out bag checklists by region

Separate lists for the dry plateau and the humid coast, because the same bag fails differently in both. Printable, with weight notes and what to leave out.

Weekly fiction serials

Ongoing stories set in Johannesburg, Durban and the Karoo. Episodes run weekly, and comment threads stay open so readers can argue about endings.

Reader-submitted outbreak scenarios

Send a scenario, we edit it for pacing and plausibility, then publish it with your byline. Good ones get picked up as side arcs in the serials.

New here? Start with the use cases to see how readers combine checklists, reviews and fiction, or get in touch to submit a scenario.