I survived my first day rather easily. I avoided the zombies for the most part, and managed to acquire a saw, a hammer, a nailed ball bat, a shotgun and 40-ish rounds, a pistol and around 70 rounds, a big hiking bag, about 30 or 40 nails, several skill books, and a goodly supply of odds and ends such as a water bottle, painkillers, beta blockers, sleeping pills, and assorted other items. I mainly scavenge for food from refrigerators and suchlike on my journey. First stop? Twiggy's bar, to get my bearings, because it is right next to a grocery store, a large warehouse, a small hotel, and is near the center of town.
Next stop? The logging camp, in the next town over. To find a fire axe that I can break down the Gun Shop's door with. (I have guns and ammo to last me, but I intend to make the Gun Shop my base of operations. I'll set up a farm and such around it once I manage to expand the premises a bit, after I have all the items I might need.) It's a long journey, through the forested highway region. Forests are bad because of the extremely limited visibility. If I get caught at night by a large group of zombies in the woods, with no where safe to go barricade, I'm pretty much screwed, even with my guns. I have to either manage to get to the camp in one day, rest up, and then get back in one day, or I need to use the gas station in between the two towns as a forward base. We shall see soon.
Project Zomboid