“You stand outside the mental hospital where your sister was admitted nine weeks ago…“
Z-Ward is the seventh game in the Parsely series of massively multiplayer, live-action text-adventures. Z-Ward-X, a microgreen expansion that adds a third floor to the hospital, is also available.
Parsely games are inspired by Ye Olde Text Parsers from days of yore, but substituting a live human for the computer parser. Parsely games are small, portable and fun for (almost) all occasions.
Presented as a z-fold pamphlet printed on 11″ x 17″ high quality, glossy color stock.
• Play them anywhere! On trips, in long lines, camping, at game cons…
• Play them with anyone! Young or old, expert or total n00b
• Play with a few friends or 100 random strangers at the same time
Genre: Survival Horror
Difficulty Level: Experienced to Advanced
“Very rarely do new game concepts come along which impress me, but this one stands out as being something truly revolutionary. And yet, like many of the most brilliant ideas, it’s so fiendishly simply that you say, ‘Why hasn’t anybody thought of this before?’” - Andrew Looney, designer of Fluxx
Z-Ward errata: In the print version of the game, the sign in the Examination Room is mentioned but never described.
Examine sign: A sign posted on the door reads, “Seclusion Room. Keep locked.” The player needs the padlock key from the Chief of Staff to unlock this room.
Special Thanks to these “Board of Trustees” members for supporting Z-Ward.
| A.J Porfirio |
| Aaron Jones |
| Adam Boisvert |
| Adam Rajski |
| Adri Mills |
| Alan Gerding |
| Alice Foose |
| Andi Carrison |
| Andrea Steyer |
| Andreas Antoniades |
| Andrew Butler |
| Andrew Oppenlander |
| Andy Tinkham |
| April M. Bremner |
| Artur Jeziorski |
| Ashley Banks |
| Ben Morgan |
| Benjamin Haines |
| Bernard Gilroy |
| Bob Menzel |
| Bob Smith |
| Brad Kane |
| Bradford Cone |
| Brandon Massengill |
| Brandon Williams |
| Brian Kelsay |
| Brian Mayer |
| Brian Murphy |
| Brian Pilnick |
| Brooks Child |
| Bruce Chiriatti |
| Cameron Suey |
| Casey Lent |
| Cesar Garcia |
| Charlene Jaszewski |
| Chris ONeill |
| Chris Schreiber |
| Christian Nord |
| Clint Krause |
| Colin Booth |
| Dana Grohol |
| Daniel Zuccarelli |
| David Chalker |
| David Gallo |
| David Jones |
| David Plank |
| David Turner |
| Dawne Garrett |
| Dominic Claveau |
| Donald Wheeler |
| Donnie Clark |
| Drew Bakke |
| Dustin Gervais |
| Elias Helfer |
| Elizabeth Sampat |
| Eric Pohlman |
| Flavio Mortarino |
| Fred Hicks |
| Geoff Mochau |
| Greg Cooksey |
| Gunther Schmidl |
| Herman Duyker |
| horizonfactory |
| Ian van de Laar |
| Irfon-Kim Ahmad |
| Irven Keppen |
| J Duncan |
| James Gabrielsen |
| James Galloway |
| James Henry MacDonald |
| James Romanchuk |
| James Torr |
| Jared Evans |
| Jeff Gracia |
| Jeffrey Fournier |
| Jeremiah Frye |
| Jeremy Scott |
| Jeremy Tidwell |
| Jeremy Whittier |
| Jessica Reardon Smith |
| Jim Ryan |
| Jim Sweeney |
| Joe Beason |
| John Anderson |
| John Beattie |
| John Grotts |
| John Holt |
| John Mehrholz |
| John Powell |
| Johnny Wang |
| Jonathan Bristow |
| Jonathan Jordan |
| Jonathan Valeros |
| Joseph Le May |
| Josh Thomson |
| Joshua D. Meadows |
| Joss Hamhands |
| Joy Sims |
| julia schindler |
| Justin Evans |
| Justin Kowalski |
| Justin Rock |
| Justin Smith |
| Kari Hattner |
| Keith Fyans |
| Keith Koleno |
| Kevin Heckman |
| Khahil White |
| Kirt Dankmyer |
| Kristin Hayworth |
| Laura Packer |
| Lester Ward |
| Lindsey J Bard Luke Crane |
| M Stuart |
| M. Sean Molley |
| Maaike Fest |
| Mandy Tong |
| Marc Majcher |
| Marina Ramírez Alcalá |
| Mark Barbieri |
| Mark Cookman |
| Mark Nau |
| Marko Soikkeli |
| Marshall Miller |
| Martin Greening |
| Matt Forbeck |
| Matt Fullenwider |
| Matt Machell |
| Matt Morgan |
| Matt Snyder |
| Matthew Cramsie |
| Matthew Michnik |
| Maxim Kalenkov |
| Mayuran Tiruchelvam |
| Mendel Schmiedekamp |
| Michael Bert |
| Michael Blanchard |
| Michael Goldman |
| Michael Litzenberger |
| Michael Ostrokol |
| Michael Rappe |
| Michael Sands |
| Michael Van Biesbrouck |
| Mike Keegan |
| Mischa Krilov |
| Patrick Burden |
| Patrick Dawson |
| Paul Daniel Gateley |
| Peter Adkison |
| Peter Woodworth |
| Philip Cahiwat |
| Phillip Bailey |
| Rachel E.S. Walton Radek Drozdalski |
| Rafael Rocha |
| Rainier Madruga |
| Ren Decena |
| Rhiannan O’Connell |
| Richard Rogers |
| Rob Coleman |
| Rob Schultz |
| Robby Anderson |
| Robert I. Lee |
| Robert Kibble |
| Ross Ramsay |
| Rusty Larner |
| Ryan Macklin |
| Ryan Olson |
| Scott Acker |
| Scott Alden |
| Scott Anderson |
| Scott Daniels |
| Scott Mitchell |
| Scott Rubin |
| Scott Tooker |
| Sean Froese |
| Sean Gomez |
| Shervyn von Hoerl |
| Søren Aske Hjorth |
| SP Hoftijzer |
| Stephan Szabo |
| Stephanie Williamson |
| Steve |
| Steve Dempsey |
| Steve Taylor |
| Steven K. Watkins |
| Steven Moy |
| Steven Vest |
| Suzanne Boudreaux |
| T.S. Luikart |
| Terence Bowlby |
| Thomas Gore |
| Thomas Hahn |
| Thomas Li |
| Tim Pelletier |
| Tim Rodriguez |
| Timo Stepper |
| Timothy BENDICION |
| Timothy Espasandin |
| Torgeir Nes |
| Tracy Baker |
| Trent Kennedy |
| Trenton Thomas |
| Tresi Arvizo |
| Uffe Thorsen |
| Van H. Fujishige |
| Victor Wyatt |
| Ville Lavonius |
| Warren Sistrom |
| Z Perry |
| Zach Agnew |