Lol, you betcha. if Z-day ever occurs, I'll be out that channel before the televisions go dark... Provided my friends are on board. I wouldn't leave them in the lurch.

The one issue I have always had with zombie movies... The distinct lack of hope at the end of the movie. Even if the protagonists have survived the horror of the zombie hordes, all the while losing friends along the way, by the time the movie ends, there is nothing for the characters to look forward to. Thats why out of all the zombie movies i have seen, the original day of the dead and the remake dawn of the dead had the most satisfying endings. There was hope.

I see a sailboat, or anything that provide separation from the horrors of the world, can be an outstanding goal to reach. Your group manages to sneak through an infested city, narrowly escaping death many times and finally sets out to sail along the coast. Crack open a beer... "ITS MILLER TIME!"

They can finally sleep soundly, maybe even have a decent meal and really sit down to plan out their future...

I would never want to start a game with "I sail away!!!" although i joked about it earlier in the thread. RPGs are always about the journey, not the ending, but if you have nothing to drive you forward, the game can get a little stale.

Getting to a boat was the goal of the first season of the videogame of the walking dead.

I mean an entire game can be made of getting to the boat, even then it could already have been destroyed by looter, raided by looters, or even stolen by looters.