Gator HvZ

The Story of the Princess Bride Main Game
2025-04-10 - 2025-04-12 | University of Florida, 1400 Stadium Rd, Gainesville, FL, 32611, United States
This is a story of fencing, fighting, torture, revenge, giants, monsters, chases, escapes, true love, miracles…
Join Westley, the Dread Pirate Roberts, on his quest to save his true love, Buttercup, from the hands of the dastardly Prince Humperdinck and his ravenous Brute Squad. You will need all your wits and fighting skills to face down sword masters, giants, and evil geniuses. What will win in the end: true love or wicked evil?

Humans versus Zombies is a game of survival Nerf-Tag where you try and survive for a whole weekend on UF’s campus battling zombies with a Nerf blaster, or you join the horde yourself and try to tag the hapless humans to convert them into zombies. It is completely free and open to anyone. If under 18 you must have a parent or guardian present to play.
Loaner blasters will be provided to players who do not have their own.
Mission schedule (if changed, will be updated on Discord):

Thursday, April 10th (Little Hall, 0125)

Rules meeting 1: 6pm
Mission 1: 7pm

Friday, April 11th (Computer Science and Engineering Building, En E220)

Rules meeting 2: 7pm
Mission 2: 8pm

Saturday April 12th (Reitz Union, 2330)

Rules meeting 2: 12pm
Mission 3: 1pm
Mission 4: 3:30pm
Mission 5: 6pm

Gear Rules:

Blaster Progression: For each mission, there will be a restriction on blaster types allowed to be used. You may bring your own gear that adheres to the restrictions (including overall restrictions listed below and in the modifications guide). If you have questions, message us on Discord or Instagram.

Mission 1: Socks only
Mission 2: Socks and non-electric blasters
Mission 3: All types
Mission 4: All types
Mission 5: All types

FPS Limit: 120 fps average (will be enforced), 130 hard cap.

For standard ammo. See full modifications guide for non-standard ammo.

ROF Limit: 8 dps average, 10 dps hard cap.

Variable ROF blasters are allowed if they cannot go above that cap.

Full rules will be explained at each rules meeting. Rules meeting will be held before the missions on Thursday and Friday nights, and there will be another before the missions begin on Saturday morning. You are required to attend one to play.
Register with the form below to let us know you’re coming!

Fall 2025 Kickoff Mini-Mission
2025-08-23 19:00 - 22:00 (America/New_York)
Join Gator HvZ on August 23 from 7-10pm at the east entrance to Carleton Auditorium for a game of Humans versus Zombies to kick off the Fall semester!
Humans versus Zombies is a game of survival Nerf-Tag where you try and survive a mission battling zombies with a Nerf blaster, or you join the horde yourself and try to tag the hapless humans to convert them into zombies. Humans will be given a mission to complete while zombies attempt to stop them by picking off the humans until no one survives. It is completely free and open to anyone to play!
Loaner blasters will be provided to players who do not have their own.

Rules for safety and play will be given at 7pm. If you arrive late, find a moderator and they will help explain the game.
Register with the form below to let us know you’re coming, or just show up the day of the game and we’ll get you started!

Escape From Zombie Island
2025-09-27 11:00 - 23:00
Off the coast of Florida lies an island, abandoned and ruined. Locals say evil sleeps in its forests. Transmissions from our GTR research facility have ceased, and we fear the worst…

Join Gator Humans versus Zombies on September 27 for the Escape from Zombie Island campus-wide day game. Will you uncover the secrets of the lost facility and save humanity, or fall to the hands of the island horde? Grab a blaster and find out.
Humans versus Zombies is a game of survival Nerf-Tag where you try and survive a whole weekend on campus battling zombies with a Nerf blaster, or you join the horde yourself and try to tag the hapless humans to convert them into zombies. It is completely free and open to anyone to play! Loaner blasters will be provided to players who do not have their own.

Meeting room location is Turlington L011.
Attending the rules meeting is required to play. If you cannot make the rules meeting, please contact the moderator team as soon as possible.
If you have a custom or “Pro”/”Performance” blaster that needs to be checked for approval, please arrive at least 15 minutes before the rules meeting starts to have it chronographed. For full blaster modification rules, please visit the Modifications page of this website.
ROUGH MISSION SCHEDULE:

Rules meeting – 11am
Mission 1 – 12pm (Loaners Only)

Players may opt to use personal blasters with moderator approval, given it is a stock springer that shoots <90FPS and can hold at most 12 darts before a reload action.

Mission 2 – 2:30pm (Non-electric blasters only)
Mission 3 – 6pm (No blaster restrictions)
Mission 4 – 8:30pm (No blaster restrictions)

Let us know you’re coming and recieve updates about the game using the form below.

Hospice of Hallowed Souls Lock-In
2025-10-25 19:00 - 2025-10-26 03:00
Where the injured once found care, evil now lurks…
Join Gator Humans versus Zombies this October 25th, starting at 7pm, for a lock-in within the Florida Gym over the course of one night.
The hospital stands as a sealed vestige of hope in a land wracked with an airborne virus. The zombie plague born within the hospital may be a worse fate… but what choice do you have? Can you make it out of the hospital, vaccine in hand? Or will you succumb to the lost souls damned to the halls?
Humans versus Zombies is a game of survival Nerf-Tag where you try and survive a whole weekend on campus battling zombies with a Nerf blaster, or you join the horde yourself and try to tag the hapless humans to convert them into zombies. It is completely free and open to anyone to play! Loaner blasters will be provided to players who do not have their own.

Rules Meeting Schedule
You MUST attend a rules meeting to play, even if you are a veteran player. If none of these times work for you, please contact a moderator through the Discord or Instagram to find a time we can meet with you.
You may join the game at any time if you attend an online rules meeting! Due to game balance, you may need to start as zombie; however, if this is the case, we will have ways for you to revive for later missions!
CLICK HERE TO ACCESS THE ZOOM LINK

Wednesday 10/22, 6pm – 7pm online
Thursday 10/23, 6pm – 7pm online
Friday 10/24, 6pm – 7pm online
Saturday 10/25 7pm – 8pm in person @ Turlington 2334

ROUGH MISSION SCHEDULE

7pm – 8pm: Mandatory Rules Meeting
Mission 1: Ammo starvation (only permitted to use a limited amount of provided darts for the mission)
Mission 2-4: No restrictions
Play until 2 or 3am on Sunday, Oct 26

Register using the form below!

Marvel Zombies Mini-Mission
2025-11-11 18:00 - 21:00
Join Gator HvZ on November 11 from 6-9pm at Norman Hall for a game of Humans versus Zombies!

The Queen of the Dead and her minions ravage UF campus, which stands no chance against the superpowered fiends of the horde. Our only hope is you. Can you evade the dead and transmit a call for help across the galaxy? Or will you join our zombified former heroes? Bring your friends and find out!
Humans versus Zombies is a game of survival Nerf-Tag where you try and survive a mission battling zombies with a Nerf blaster, or you join the horde yourself and try to tag the hapless humans to convert them into zombies. Humans will be given a mission to complete while zombies attempt to stop them by picking off the humans until no one survives. It is completely free and open to anyone to play!
Loaner blasters will be provided to players who do not have their own.

Rules for safety and play will be given at 7pm. If you arrive late, find a moderator and they will help explain the game.
Register with the form below to let us know you’re coming, or just show up the day of the game and we’ll get you started!

Five Missions at Gator HvZ
2026-01-17 10:00 - 2026-01-18 15:00
Welcome to Fazgator’s Entertainment, where fantasy, fun, and Zombies come to life!
Join Gator Humans vs Zombies from January 17 to 18 for our weekend-long game of HvZ! Be a little wary of your surroundings. After all, the animatronics are known to bug out…
Humans versus Zombies is a game of survival Nerf-Tag where you try and survive a whole weekend on campus battling zombies with a Nerf blaster, or you join the horde yourself and try to tag the hapless humans to convert them into zombies. It is completely free and open to anyone to play! Loaner blasters will be provided to players who do not have their own.

Mandatory Rules Meetings
You MUST attend a rules meeting to play. If none of these times work for you, please contact a moderator through the Discord or Instagram to find a time we can meet with you.
You may join the game at any time if you attend an online rules meeting! Due to game balance, you may need to start as zombie; however, if this is the case, we will have ways for you to revive for later missions!
CLICK HERE TO ACCESS THE ZOOM LINK

Wednesday 1/14, 6pm – 7pm online
Thursday 1/15, 6pm – 7pm online
Friday 1/16, 6pm – 7pm online
Saturday 1/17 10:30am – 11:30am in person @ Reitz G320

Please conceal blasters in bags while inside the Reitz Union. Chronograph will be at Turlington.

Sunday 1/18 9:30am – 10:30am in person @ Turlington Plaza

Mission Schedule:

Mission 1 (Saturday) 11:30 – 1:00 am (Ammo starvation)
Mission 2 (Saturday) 3:00 – 4:30 pm (No further restrictions)
Mission 3 (Saturday) 6:30 – 8:00 pm
Mission 4 (Sunday) 10:30 – 12:00 am
Mission 5 (Sunday) 1:00 – 2:30 pm
Players do not have to attend every mission

Register for updates and to let us know you’re coming using the form below.
