Escape Zombie Wharf is a puzzle adventure gamebook, so do not read it in order. You solve a puzzle, and the answer in the door brick is the page you turn to next.
The story
Brinewick is a harbour town that has made pickles for 150 years. On the day of the Pickle Fair, Vat Nine bursts on the wharf and its glowing green brine turns everyone it splashes into a pickle zombie: green-grey, round-eyed, slow and silly, both arms out, and hungry for pickles and nothing else.
You are the Brinemaster's newest apprentice, and the way to set things right runs through the Salt Pyramid on the headland. It is a comic adventure with a friendly cure at the end, not a scary one. Nine quarters of locked doors lie between you and the Sweet Kettle.
How it plays
Every chamber is one page: a short story beat, a puzzle, and a Next Door box. Solve the puzzle, find the number in the door brick, and turn to that page. A wrong answer sends you to a dead end that tells you which brick to recheck, so a slip costs you a minute and not the whole game.
A look inside
At a glance
- 45 locked doors across nine quarters of the town
- Silly, not scary: a comic story with a cure
- Hints and full answers in the back
- Ages 10 to adult; paperback, 146 pages
Books mentioned
Escape Zombie Wharf
A puzzle adventure gamebook, paperback, 146 pages. 45 locked doors across nine quarters of the town.
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