Borehamwood
Borehamwood is one of three cities available in Urban Dead, the others being Malton and Monroeville, which is very similar to Borehamwood. It was introduced on Tuesday 28th October 2008 as part of the promotional campaign for the UK release Dead Set, directed by Charlie Brooker.
Playing in Borehamwood
Logging in with Borehamwood characters was done from the main main Urban Dead page. Character names from Malton and Monroeville could not be reused in Borehamwood (and, conversely, Borehamwood names could not be used in Malton and Monroeville). Basically all three cities share the same user database and for the most part, game mechanics; any differences are based on available equipment and building types. Borehamwood is currently under a full quarantine, and no new players may be created in this city.
Bloodied eyes can be found on the description panel of the game, along with similar graffiti, which was already there when the city was opened.
CCTV and TV are new additions, with CCTV giving inside views of surrounding buildings or views of open land locations and TV giving views of the big brother house.
Similar to The Monroeville 100 list, should the Borehamwood population ever drop to the last hundred survivors, The Borehamwood 100 will be made public.
Competition
Players in Borehamwood could win one of five signed DVD copies of Dead Set.
The competition had three criteria:
- That your character had an email address set.
- Finding the Big Brother House in the game.
- Entering the Diary Room, and leaving a message for the cameras by having your character speak (or groan). You were then told that you were entered into the competition.
Winners were chosen on Friday 28th November 2008 and notified by email.
The Big Brother House is in the area named Elstree Studios, which is within South Borehamwood.
The Diary Room is located at coordinates [551-85].
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General Details
Skills
Due to the lack of Necrotech buildings, several skills are useless in Borehamwood. These skills are: Necrotech employment, Lab Experience and Necronet Access. These skills can still be purchased as normal, but the Lab Assistant class is unavailable.
On the day of the city's opening, Kevan confirmed that although the Headshot skill would be present in Borehamwood, it would not result in permanent death.
The dead are a lot faster on their feet in Borehamwood; if a zombie without the Lurching Gait skill spots a survivor, they can click the Rage button to instantly gain that skill at no experience point cost.
- Note: The zombie in question must be on the same square as the survivor for this to work, not just see them on the mini map.
Radio
The following radio stations were active in Borehamwood.
- 28.01 is proposed as the first, "general" radio station
- 28.02 is Semi-Reserved for the CSS Radio Crew. We just need to get a transmitter set up.
- 28.04 is proposed by the West Borehamwood Defense Force as general defense chat for West Borehamwood.
- 28.05 is reserved as the Special Zombie Extermination Squad News.
- 28.06 is reserved as general defence chat for North West Borehamwood, with updates out of Parkhouse Walk Police Station, among others. Also used by Big Survivors Little Survivor within the same region. G.N.R will be broadcasting on this frequency, saving others room from radios and keeping everyone's morale high!
- 28.07 is proposed by the B.R.F. as general defense chat for Northeast Borehamwood.
- 28.52 is reserved for Poncione Court Police Station
- 28.82 is reserved as general defence chat for Radlett
- 28.88 is reserved for the Radlett Irregulars
Groups
Newspapers
"It's a glossy tabloid magazine. Marky from Big Brother is on the cover, with several unflattering quotes from other housemates."
"It's a national paper that seems preoccupied with house prices and cancer scares."
"It's a recent tabloid. The front page banner questions whether Pippa or Grayson will be voted out of the Big Brother house this week."
"It's a recent tabloid. The main story seems to be about Marky from Big Brother."
"It's a local paper, with a story about security at the Big Brother house in <random region name>."
"It's a financial broadsheet, heavy with economic analysis."
"It's a national paper, full of grim news about the global economic climate."
"It's a glossy tabloid magazine, with exclusive pictures of Veronica from Big Brother."
Suburbs
IRC
Borehamwood discussion channels.
- Network: irc.nexuswar.com
- #borehamwood - Unofficial Urban Dead Borehamwood channel.
- Network: irc.slashnet.org
- #urbandead - General channel for urbandead (all 3 cities)
Borehamwood Scoreboard
Arcology has created a page where you can post the level of your Borehamwood Characters, if you want to show off your levelling skills, or want to advertise your character to all zombies and PK'ers.
Map
| DG's Borehamwood map. (talk/contribute) | |
| city rows 1..49 | 
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| city rows 50..98 | |
Note The following map is not to scale, suburbs are larger than in Malton being roughly 22-33 blocks in proportions.
