A zombie-themed game of tag played with Nerf dart guns and socks has become a craze on several campuses. The latest contest took place last week just outside of Baltimore at Goucher College, where students invented the game about three years ago.

In an epic battle on Saturday, most of the remaining humans faced off against the zombie horde. The Chronicle was there to bring you a video report on the action.

The game starts with a single zombie, who must tag humans to turn them into zombies. Humans can use Nerf dart guns or balled-up socks to stun zombies for one hour. During the game, human players perceive danger around every corner—zombies hide outside of dorm-room doors, lurk in dining halls, or reach into windows. Humans tend to keep their Nerf guns on them at all times.

The toy guns have drawn controversy on some campuses where the game is played because nonplayers have mistaken the orange plastic guns for real weapons, as reported in The Chronicle this week. —Jeffrey R. Young