Zombies!!! 13: DEFCON Z board game

Backing a Kickstarter campaign for the latest addition to the Zombies!!! board game series.

Earlier this year I spotted that the team at Twilight Creations were launching a Kickstarter campaign for the latest addition to the post-apocalyptic survival horror game series and knew I had to chip in to the funding.

I'm a big fan of games, horror and zombies and while playing many of the editions and expansions of the Zombies!!! and Humans!!! games I'd noticed that the ruined cityscapes and environments in the Zombies!!! universe were lacking something that many towns and cities have.

You guessed it - a miniature golf course!

I was one of fifteen Tile Designers who backed the project and so now 'Squires Minigolf' is a playable part of the game!

The ruined, derelict and overrun Squires Minigolf course in the new Zombies!!! board game

Zombies!!! 13: DEFCON Z sees the military, the CDC and others begin the fightback against the zombie menace and takes place in the years after the original outbreak caused the end of the world as we know it!

Zombies!!! 13: DEFCON Z box front

The Zombies!!! games are very high quality - with great artwork on the event cards and game board tiles. There are also quite a few different types of zombie figures to kill (or avoid) in the game's universe - including humans, clowns, military enhanced zombies and zombie zoo animals!

Zombies!!! 13: DEFCON Z box reverse

Zombies!!! 13: DEFCON Z is a standalone expansion can be played in combination with Zombies!!! or in its own right. The set includes 25 map tiles (including the Minigolf course), 50 event cards, heart, bullet and new 'infection' tokens, dice, new player figures and 100 Zombies in four new poses.

What you get in the box - all ready to play!

The cast of characters - Zombies and Survivors

Check out the Twilight Creations website for more details and stockists of the Zombies!!! games and expansions, as well as other board and card games they make.

Back in 2011 we played in a Zombie Apocalypse outdoor laser tag event in Hastings. We were told that our group were the worst to ever play and so in the event of a Zombie Apocalypse we can all now rest easy in the knowledge that we would make better Zombies than survivors.

This year World Zombie Day is scheduled for Saturday 11 October!

Links:
- Twilight Creations website
- Twilight Creations on Facebook
- Zombies!!! 13: DEFCON Z Kickstarter page

Mini Golf Putting Green in Rhyl

Finding and playing a Mini Golf Putting Course in Rhyl, Wales.

On the last day of our Holiday on the Buses weekender we headed to Rhyl for some Charity Shop shopping, amusement arcading and anything else the seaside resort had to offer on a slightly out-of-season Monday in September.

'avin a larf at the East Parade Bowling Club's Mini Golf Putting Green in Rhyl

Parking up outside the Wales National Crown Green Bowling Centre on East Parade I spotted a Putting Green set-up on a Bowling Green!

The Mini Golf Putting Green in Rhyl

The 9-hole Mini Golf course is at the East Parade Bowling Club. There are four bowling greens at the Wales National Crown Green Bowling Centre with one set-out for putting.

Seth Thomas taking a putt while Brad Shepherd and I look on

At only £1 per player for an hour of minigolf it was marvellous value for money.

Bargain Mini Golf at Rhyl's East Parade Bowling Club

The course was tricky, with some long putts - but we all came close to scoring some holes-in-one.

The 'podium' after the Rhyl Thrill Mini Golf Classic

Brad 'The Fist' Shepherd playing a long shot

Seth playing the final hole

Brad having a shot

In our match-up I picked up the win with a score of 21(+3), Seth Thomas was the runner-up with a round of 23(+5) and Brad Shepherd was third on 27(+9).

Minigolf 'Star' Richard Gottfried at Rhyl's Putting Course

The Mini Golf Putting Green at East Parade Bowling Club was the 349th course played and 583rd visited overall on the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

On our travels we've played a number of miniature golf layouts on grass bowling greens. A good use of a 'fallow' part of the facilities.

Related blog posts:
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour
- Wales
- Rhyl

Link:
- East Parade Bowling Club

Welsh Dragon Adventure Golf in Rhyl

A revisit to the Welsh Dragon Adventure Golf course in Rhyl, Wales.

Outside the Welsh Dragon Adventure Golf course in Rhyl

Back in August 2009 we visited and played the 12-hole Welsh Dragon Adventure Golf course on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour visit to Wales.

During our holiday in nearby Prestatyn we made a revisit to the course, although as it was an 'out of season' Monday the course was closed. When we'd driven passed the course on the Saturday it had been open and looked nice and busy.

The Welsh Dragon Adventure Golf course in Rhyl

Related blog posts:
- Minigolf Course Visit No. 146 - Welsh Dragon Adventure Golf, Rhyl
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour
- Wales
- Rhyl

Minigolf Report from The Lost City Adventure Golf in Nottingham

5th October 2014
Press Information
For Immediate Release

Minigolf Report from Nottingham

Luton Minigolfers Richard and Emily Gottfried competed in the BMGA English Open minigolf tournament at The Lost City Adventure Golf course in Nottingham on Sunday 5th October.

The English Open was played over three-rounds on the 18-hole Temple Trail Adventure Golf course and Emily and Richard tied on a score of 101(-7), alongside Nottingham’s Jam Trubridge. A total of 27-players competed in the event.

Emily scored rounds of 35, 32 and 34 and finished in 9th place with a round difference of three.

Emily Gottfried on the Temple Trail course at The Lost City Adventure Golf course in Nottingham

Richard scored rounds of 30, 34 and 37 and was classified in 11th place with a round difference of seven shots.

Richard Gottfried playing at The Lost City Adventure Golf course in Nottingham

Emily said “The Temple Trail was a great course to play, with some easy and some challenging holes. My round of 32 was a particular highlight. I really enjoyed playing in the English Open and was pleased to finish 9th overall.”

Richard said “I was happy with my opening round of 30, but disappointed with my third-round as I was chasing a podium finish. Great play by Emily again though. I’m now really looking forward to the World Crazy Golf Championships.”

Sean Homer won the BMGA English Open with a 54-hole score of 86(-22).

Emily’s good form continued following her win in the 2014 Holiday on the Buses Crazy Golf Pro Tournament in Prestatyn, North Wales last weekend. Playing in a six-player contest Emily won with a round of 35(-1) to lift the trophy on the 18-hole Arnold Palmer Crazy Golf course at the town’s Central Beach.

Emily Gottfried - Holiday on the Buses Crazy Golf Pro Champion 2014

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Crazy Golf at Drift Park in Rhyl

A revisit to the Drift Park Crazy Golf (Golff Bach) course in Rhyl, Wales.

Outside the Crazy Golf course in Drift Park, Rhyl

Back in August 2009 we visited and played the 11-hole Crazy Golf course at Drift Park on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour visit to Wales.

A view of the first hole (minus obstacle), the last hole and hut at Rhyl's Drift Park Crazy Golf course

While on holiday in Prestatyn we made a revisit to the course, although as it was an 'out of season' Monday the course was closed.

Related blog posts:
- Minigolf Course Visit No. 145 - Drift Park, Rhyl
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour
- Wales
- Rhyl

Crazy Golf at Pontin's Prestatyn Sands Holiday Park

Playing Crazy Golf on the course at Pontin's Prestatyn Sands Holiday Park during the Holiday on the Buses Weekender 2014.

On the first evening of our stay at Pontin's Prestatyn Sands we went to have a look at the Crazy Golf course

After spending the morning of the 28 September playing for The Butler Cup at the Crazy Golf course just off the seafront in Prestatyn we headed back into the Pontin's Prestatyn Sands Holiday Park to make good use of the facilities on our Holiday on the Buses weekender.

Seth, Brad and Emily outside the Castle Battlements of the Crazy Golf course

As well as going swimming (in the very same pool they filmed scenes for Holiday on the Buses) and recreating some of the action from the film by riding around the camp on the big bikes, we had ANOTHER game of Crazy Golf.

The 9-hole course on the park is free to play with a £5 deposit required.

The course was the 582nd visited and 348th played on the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour since September 2006.

The layout is felt with wooden borders and some tricky obstacles and some incredibly tough second (and third) putts!

Set-out in a castle the course is well made and fits the space nicely.

In our five-player semi-pro contest on the course Brad Shepherd stormed to victory with a cracking round of 18(par)!

The Crazy Golf players at Pontin's Prestatyn Sands from l-r Peter Jones, Seth Thomas, Brad Shepherd, Richard Gottfried, Emily Gottfried

Seth Thomas was runner-up on 21(+3), with me third on 23(+5). Peter Jones and Emily tied in fourth-place on 27(+9).

Check out the Pontin's Prestatyn Sands Holiday Park website for more information.

The course sits next to what was once the boating lake that can also be seen in the film. That's now been turned into a Kart Track.

The view of the old boating lake from the Crazy Golf course

Related blog posts:
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour
- Holiday on the Buses Weekender at Pontin's 2014
- 'The Butler Cup' On the Buses Crazy Golf Tournament
- Wales
- Prestatyn
- On The Buses

Link:
- Pontin's Prestatyn Sands Holiday Park