Jay, in his role as an engineer, wasted no time in constructing defenses.

The zombies would begin attacking in ten minutes. The players had free reign to explore the wilderness for resources, build settlements and forts, and craft weaponry during this time.

At the moment, everyone on the crew save the engineer had to go out into the wild to scrounge for supplies.

The senior players of Wasteland would know how good a new player was simply by looking at the number and quality of raw resources they collected.

Being in such a typical sandbox game, the players had complete control over their environment, even the dirt under their feet.