Choose your route carefully.: Barry BehannonDid you play Dungeons & Dragons? Picture it with a zombie theme and Houston landmarks.

Zombie Ground Zero is a tabletop Role Playing Game that puts you in the shoes of a zombie attack survivor attempting to escape Houston ('cause the zombie apocalypse is the only valid excuse to leave our fair city).

The concept was created by a group of friends back in June as they were checking out the local Ikea. What's the one place everyone goes when the undead start their attack? The mall. But Ikea is pretty close and those SKÄRPT knives look like they can efficiently chop off a head.

The game's creators are testing Zombie Ground Zero with a dress rehearsal of sorts on Nov. 19. Come as a zombie, hang out at the official safe house (Movies! The Store), eat burgers (both veggie and moo), enjoy refreshing beverages and fight for survival as our beloved Houston is ravaged by the ills of zombie mayhem.

You'll be in on the ground floor (Houston is THE FIRST location - suck it, Dallas) of a game that the creators hope to carry on in other cities.

Playtest for Zombie Ground Zero
Thursday, Nov. 19, 5 p.m. - 10 p.m.
Movies! The Store