on the airship (topphat) to get to it use slingshot. keep clicking the button. when it says dont click the button, wait. from there keep going. congrats, there's your medal
My tips for new players: Start on easy mode to get used to things.
Start expanding straight away. get as many farms and survivors as possible
once you have a lab, focus research on food first. you need lots of food
Make sure to improve malls and marts to defend.
If people have a bad idea, don't let them act on it.
if you gamble and win enough times you get a cat..
you dont need schools a lot. sending survivors on missions will work
focus on finding the town hall. When you do, draft a constitution ASAP
once u find the helicopter, it will explode. No worries, you'll be able to fix it.
Taking down judgement gang seems hard but if you have around 50 people to bump danger to around 20% -ish you should be good
Make sure to have people guarding the fort.
Work in waves. one day you can fight zombies in 3 places. few days later have them claim/recruit/scavenge. This is most efficient way I've found.
Hospitals These are good to have later in the game. research cures
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