Personally, some essentials for me are a decked out vehicle that can survive zombie attacks and with enough room to take other survivors with me, plenty of canned/pre-packaged food (baked beans, pringles, twinkies, etc.), and plenty, PLEEENTY of guns and ammo.
We need all the brain-power we can get ladies and gents! Remember, we're in this together ppl! (until one of you gets bitten of course, then we kinda have to shoot you lol).
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