Airsoft marshals from Pretoria, LARP prop makers in Durban, and a Karoo short-fiction writer who maps every water point before a story gets published. This page is for the readers who send us scenarios, argue about episode endings in the comments, and test their kits on real weekend routes.
Next step for readers
The fiction, gear notes and scenario threads on this site come from a small circle of writers, airsoft players and illustrators scattered between Johannesburg, Durban and a farm outside Graaff-Reinet. If you want to know who tests the blasters, who edits the weekly episodes and who keeps the printable checklists honest, this is where that gets spelled out. Start there, then follow the work back into the archive.
Prefer to start at the beginning? Head back to the home page and pick a track.
Comments, corrections and field notes from airsoft players, LARP crews and people who actually packed a bag before a Highveld weekend. We keep the critical ones too.
The Highveld bug-out list saved me a lot of guesswork. I had been carrying two extra litres of water for no reason and no spare socks at all. Fixed both before the Magaliesberg weekend.
I run a small LARP group in Durban and the coastal humidity notes were spot on. Our foam props swell and jam after a wet morning. The maintenance section is now printed and taped inside our gear crate.
The fiction serial set in the Karoo is the reason I check the site every Thursday. Episode endings leave real room for argument in the comments, which is rare for a genre blog.
4.7 / 5
Average reader rating across gear breakdowns and printable checklists, based on submitted feedback over the last two seasons.
1,200+
Outbreak scenarios submitted by readers, from Johannesburg CBD lockdowns to a fishing trawler off the KwaZulu-Natal coast.
Weekly
New fiction episode every Thursday, with comment threads that stay open for a full week after each cliffhanger.