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20thmaine Supporting Member of TMP27 Jun 2012 8:28 a.m. PST

What do you think ?

Yes
No
No Opinion
Not a zombie wargamer.

Skrapwelder Sponsoring Member of TMP27 Jun 2012 8:42 a.m. PST

No.

Roland was a warrior.

tberry7403 Supporting Member of TMP27 Jun 2012 8:46 a.m. PST

No.

The accepted way to "kill" a zombie is to blow its brains out. So, by that definition, Roland could not be a zombie.

Personal logo John the OFM Supporting Member of TMP27 Jun 2012 8:50 a.m. PST

I was going to say "yes", but I changed my mind, thanks to the erudite and pithy arguments above.

Terrement Supporting Member of TMP27 Jun 2012 8:55 a.m. PST

Nope.

Patrick Sexton Supporting Member of TMP27 Jun 2012 8:56 a.m. PST

No. Zombies don't use firearms.

But he was Norway's bravest son.

20thmaine Supporting Member of TMP27 Jun 2012 9:37 a.m. PST

I'm going to be contrary and say YES.

He can't have been a ghost because he carried a thompson gun.

He doesn't seem to have been invovled in any vamparic frenzies.

He did seem to stump around South Africa looking for his nemesis.

Is that zombie like single minded behaviour ?

Or something else ?

I think he was an atypical zombie – a zombie(S) in WRG speach.

mad monkey 1 Supporting Member of TMP27 Jun 2012 9:39 a.m. PST

No. He was a revanent, or maybe a barrow wight.

Jeff Ewing27 Jun 2012 10:12 a.m. PST

I can't believe mad monkey 1 said almost exactly what I was going to say. "Revenant" is the correct term.

skippy000127 Jun 2012 11:26 a.m. PST

Agreed. A revenent. And he's still out there.

And why has no one ever done a figure of him?

leidang27 Jun 2012 12:37 p.m. PST

Should be a pretty easy conversion…..

Personal logo John the OFM Supporting Member of TMP27 Jun 2012 7:31 p.m. PST
Etranger28 Jun 2012 3:51 a.m. PST

The eternal Thompson gunner
still wandering through the night

Personal logo etotheipi Supporting Member of TMP28 Jun 2012 6:33 a.m. PST

I was thinking revenant before I clicked. Revenge from beyond the grave.

Old Slow Trot28 Jun 2012 6:55 a.m. PST

Did he use a stick or drum magazine?

20thmaine Supporting Member of TMP28 Jun 2012 8:11 a.m. PST

I always imagined stick – less cumbersome.

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