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Turn Chicago into an app-driven survival game where strategy and speed matter more than endurance. This one-hour scavenger hunt uses your phone to score items and challenges across the city while a remote host supports play.
Turn Chicago into an app-driven survival game where strategy and speed matter more than endurance. This one-hour scavenger hunt uses your phone to score items and challenges across the city while a remote host supports play.
The city opens like a playing field: Loop sidewalks rumble beneath your boots, skyscrapers watch like silent sentries, and Lake Michigan dares you to move faster. Teams peel off into neighborhoods, phones in hand, pursuing a shifting list of survival items and playful zombie challenges that turn familiar streets into a low-stakes urban gauntlet.
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Operated by Zombie Scavengers Hunts · Chicago, Illinois
The city opens like a playing field: Loop sidewalks rumble beneath your boots, skyscrapers watch like silent sentries, and Lake Michigan dares you to move faster. Teams peel off into neighborhoods, phones in hand, pursuing a shifting list of survival items and playful zombie challenges that turn familiar streets into a low-stakes urban gauntlet.
Chicago’s grid and elevated tracks make navigation direct; the same avenues that carried 19th‑century stockyards and post‑fire rebuilding now host craft breweries, public art, and glass towers. The game threads through pockets of history—brick masonry from the rebuilding era, the bowed piers of the lakefront, and murals that reference the city’s music and labor culture—so even a light-hearted apocalypse scavenger hunt brushes against real civic stories.
Players should expect mostly flat walking on sidewalks and public plazas with stops at shops, transit nodes, and parks. The experience leans social and strategic rather than physically demanding: leveling up points depends on item choices and quick decisions, not uphill mileage. A remote host tracks teams by app chat and can nudge play if needed.
Practical guidance: start with a full phone battery and offline transit map, wear broken‑in shoes and a light weather layer, and schedule the game in the hour before dusk for dramatic city light without the evening crowds. Respect businesses—many challenges involve purchases or photo prompts—and keep to public areas. With straightforward logistics and a spirit of playful competition, this is an efficient, urban‑forward way to explore Chicago’s streets while testing teamwork under imaginary pressure.
easy.
1 hour.
Suitable for most fitness levels; requires moderate walking and quick bursts of movement
You’ll receive a message before your game with instructions and a link to begin; if you don’t, contact the operator at the provided number.
Yes—activity is stroller accessible and suitable for families, though some challenges may favor older kids who can run short distances.
No—teams choose the order and locations for items and challenges within the city, using strategy to maximize points.
For a full refund cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled start time; last‑minute cancellations are non‑refundable.
Chicago’s rapid rebuild after the 1871 Great Fire reshaped its grid and spurred architectural innovation; many neighborhoods still show layers of that industrial and cultural evolution.
Stay on sidewalks and public routes, support local businesses you visit, and minimize litter—urban games can concentrate foot traffic, so leave areas as you found them.
Zombie Scavengers Hunts operates guided outdoor trips and adventures with an emphasis on safety, stewardship, and memorable experiences.
The city opens like a playing field: Loop sidewalks rumble beneath your boots, skyscrapers watch like silent sentries, and Lake Michigan dares you to move faster. Teams peel off into neighborhoods, phones in hand, pursuing a shifting list of survival items and playful zombie challenges that turn familiar streets into a low-stakes urban gauntlet.
The city opens like a playing field: Loop sidewalks rumble beneath your boots, skyscrapers watch like silent sentries, and Lake Michigan dares you to move faster. Teams peel off into neighborhoods, phones in hand, pursuing a shifting list of survival items and playful zombie challenges that turn familiar streets into a low-stakes urban gauntlet.
Chicago’s grid and elevated tracks make navigation direct; the same avenues that carried 19th‑century stockyards and post‑fire rebuilding now host craft breweries, public art, and glass towers. The game threads through pockets of history—brick masonry from the rebuilding era, the bowed piers of the lakefront, and murals that reference the city’s music and labor culture—so even a light-hearted apocalypse scavenger hunt brushes against real civic stories.
Players should expect mostly flat walking on sidewalks and public plazas with stops at shops, transit nodes, and parks. The experience leans social and strategic rather than physically demanding: leveling up points depends on item choices and quick decisions, not uphill mileage. A remote host tracks teams by app chat and can nudge play if needed.
Practical guidance: start with a full phone battery and offline transit map, wear broken‑in shoes and a light weather layer, and schedule the game in the hour before dusk for dramatic city light without the evening crowds. Respect businesses—many challenges involve purchases or photo prompts—and keep to public areas. With straightforward logistics and a spirit of playful competition, this is an efficient, urban‑forward way to explore Chicago’s streets while testing teamwork under imaginary pressure.