Zombies, with Maverick Haenze

We’re back and we’re hungry for brains. Sure, that whole that whole thing about zombies eating brains was made up by Dan O’Bannon in 1985, but that doesn’t make them any less tasty. And just because we’re chowing down on some grey matter doesn’t mean that we’re keen on any of that other new-fangled nonsense. Zombies shouldn’t run around or hold conversations, and they definitely shouldn’t be love interests. Shambling and moaning was good enough for those who came before us, and it’s good enough for us. Main Topic: Zombies Given how prevalent zombies are in horror media and how strongly the undead feature in Lovecraft’s earlier fiction, it’s surprising that it’s taken us 321 episodes to get around to discussing them. But, like the walking dead, we shamble slowly. Our discussion takes in the origins of zombies in Voudon, the various ways they’ve been redefined in horror media, and some ways we might use them in games. And then we feast on the flesh of the living. Once again, with such a big topic, we’ve almost certainly failed to mention some of your zombie favourites. Please do join in the discussion on Discord or Bluesky to help fill in the gaps. We may catch up with some of them in time before the next episode of Just One More Thing, the monthly companion podcast we put out for our Patreon backers. Our Guest Host We are delighted to welcome Maverick Haenze to The Good Friends of Jackson Elias! Mav is a prolific actual play performer and scenario author. You can find them as the Head of Mythos Horror on The Old Ways podcast, as a regular cast member on Ain’t Slayed Nobody’s Bleeker Trails, and in many guest spots on other podcasts, including How We Roll. Under the name Rina Haenze, they wrote the Mythos slasher romp Saturday the 14th, the historical LGBTQ+ scenario Friends of Dorothy, and many others on the Miskatonic Repository. They also edited the fairy tale-inspired collection Cthulhu Once Upon a Time, which is now available on DriveThruRPG. Links Things we mention in this episode include: * Revenants * Slavery in Haiti * Voudou * Vampires * Jé-rouges *