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Standard Queen's / BBC English, I believe would be the technical term ;)

Mine came through Kickstarter with their latest expansion, but the retail restock will be soon - Zatu listing as December, for instance, at least for the base game, and presumably the expansions will be restocked with it.

yeah, mine just arrived last week from kickstarter. I got the base game a year ago from my local games and stuff store in the US. I think now that the kickstarter is being delivered, you may be able to order it from restoration games soon or find it at your local games store if they purchased any to sell.

@@jeremyjedlicka1473 thanks man. I’ll be keeping my eyes peeled in the new year.

Gosh, you should see how old some of my other reviews are! Seriously though, I only just got it in the latest Kickstarter for the fifth expansion. And I'm sure some others haven't heard of it yet! Maybe next week I'll review Catan ;)

It was just released last year, not 2 years ago. But the latest kickstarter with the newest expansion Carnival of Chaos including everything you can own for this game just started being delivered last week when he did the review.

Seriously? This is a kids game from the 80's...I guess it shows the state of board gamers today if something like this qualifies as "strategy". The amount of randomness is off the charts with all of the dice rolling involved.

Hah! Did Zombicide win the award for best storytelling, too? ;)

LOL. Those awards aren’t serious anyway.

Excellent question: units move with one ruler and measure LOS with another, but hexes determine some ranged effects (like hacking), megabeast attacks, and terrain types (like all mining zones suddenly blow up in some event). It's a bit convoluted.

@TabletopDungeon Oh no. Thanks for answearing, that is a total deal breaker.

That's a tricky question, both are similar yet completely different! I have Massive Darkness 2, but didn't really enjoy it. It felt like Massive Darkness 2 leans more into RPG mechanics, but only very superficially. Zombicide base game is unashamedly just mowing down zombies - a beer and pretzels game. The campaigns give you more RPG-lite elements, but still very basic. Massive Darkness 2 felt like constantly chasing Diablo-style loot drops. There's loot in Zombicide, but once you got a good weapon you're more interesting in strategising the mission goals. Zombicide is more accessible, with the same rules for everyone. Massive Darkness was a nightmare for me having to explain the unique character rules to each player.

No, because those expansions need the game tiles in the original 2nd edition. The card backs are all different too, so you'd be messing around with sleeving them to make it the same... . Army of the Dead is a complete, standalone game. Any reason not to just get 2nd + expansions, are you dead set of Army of the Dead theme?

@TabletopDungeon It just looks a bit more simple and an all-in-one package. Plus I don't have that much space to have too many expansions anyway. I thought Army would be a good introducty; looks good but I just see the downside of zombie variety. I might just buy some zombie packs and create a house rule to introduce them or something.

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I've been saving up Amazon affiliate vouchers for this one, but I'm not entirely sure I can justify yet more zombicide :( Lol, who am I kidding, of course I can!

Haha yes of course you can, apparently from what ive seen on the reviews of army of the dead and watching some playthroughs, its the most difficult zombicide, even tougher than undead or alive, and some really cool changes. Its a must buy🤣😎

Thank you for the feedback, and noted!

Hmm. There are blank templates available: www.zombicide.com/blank-cards-2/ - and fan made PSD ones here - drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ptuQiM7ac69UDbC65nlYMc1Q0UFXWGDX . There's a skills reference sheet here: boardgamegeek.com/filepage/221361/zombicide-2nd-edition-skills-reference-sheet But your biggest issue will be that of balancing. It might be best to copy one of the official characters, then just change your own name/portraits in. You can probably safely swap around ultra-red skills, but I wouldn't mess with basic first level skills, or you risk making something overpowered.

Nothing official, but I see a couple of preorder pages that have a date listed of 25/1/25, so a while away yet. Longer than I was expecting, anyway.

@@TabletopDungeon thank you so much for your kind reply. Your UA-cam channel is very professionally managed and usuful. Kind regards

Hah, mine too. I'll just sell this on now. Definitely good value minis!

Aww, thanks for the kind words! :)

I thought I was listening to a BBC presentation! ​@@TabletopDungeon

Totally fair about the mechanics - I'd probably enjoy those. It's just the theme I really dislike! If i see a bargain I'll pick it up though :)

The campaign expansions typically add a few new tiles, some more characters, and replace the original equipment decks - and sometimes more unique tokens and rules etc. You use all the zombie miniatures from the base game, the spawn cards, plus the tiles, markers, tokens etc. So the campaign missions consist of a mix of components from the base game and expansion tiles. That's if you're playing through the campaign of course - if you're just doing a one-off game, you can mix and match anything you like from the expansions, and ignore the bits you don't like. Soldier zombies, for instance.. .a lot of people hate those! I tend to use the equipment decks from expansions even with the base game now, since it adds "all out" mechanics, where there's a chance your weapon breaks in exchange for a few more dice on your attack.

I think the only problem with that is that Cmon already has a Cthulu Death May Die game - I'd expect a crossover pack letting you use those in Zombicide rather than a full game edition.

@TabletopDungeon true that. I know it is highly highly unlikely........ Just thought it would be really cool. Thanks for replying. Appreciate it 🙏

That's a shame - are you a fan of engine builders, generally? I certainly wouldn't choose to play this given so many other choices, but I wouldn't say no if someone wanted to.

I think it was the iPad app that made it really clear for me, as it scans around each farmer and counts each castle. IRL, I find it easiest to find the edge of their field, and follow it all the way around, counting how many unique completed castles it touches - then do any in the middle that you missed.

@@TabletopDungeon okay, thats great i’ll try that out. Thanks

It's not specified that you *have* to play with the survivors from the set, but I would recommend doing your first playthrough with them just because it's in theme, if that makes sense. But after that, I just mix and match. I have so many additional survivors anyway with the Kickstarter reboot box that we can always play a new character, and have a large graveyard of those who died in past attempts!

@@TabletopDungeon thanks

The ranged soldier guys are definitely divisive, and I can see why you might not like the RioZ one. Not sure how I'd feel about a London expansion, but I expect I'd love running around and doing my best cockney accent.

Good question! Castles of Mad King Ludwig - ua-cam.com/video/N1ANhH2Muk8/v-deo.html Carcassonne - (my tips video) ua-cam.com/video/Nuvskmdq0f8/v-deo.html Scythe - ua-cam.com/video/elxmLXxMaE8/v-deo.html ... and gotta be Zombicide second edition, with some campaign action. ua-cam.com/video/IGpC_2UMT4g/v-deo.html

@@TabletopDungeon thank you for the reply! Imma watch that Scythe review. Odd you like it so much. I've heard such a large number of people who love Rising Sun hate Scythe and vice versa. Never played it, so no idea either way.

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@@TabletopDungeon Thanks bud!

Just to note for anyone scanning the comments, that's a part of the Eternal Empire expansion, not the base game. But yeh, really excited for white death!

Yeah the base game won’t have a campaign, but the expansions in the all-in pledge will have campaigns

You can make it much harder with some house rules

I have the first edition too but with 3 lives instead of 2, but if someone dies, it spawns as an abomination with free movement rules and the heavily to control the movement of the zombies in his own tile.

In terms of new tiles, all of the campaign expansions I outline here - ua-cam.com/video/IGpC_2UMT4g/v-deo.html , plus the 2nd Comic Book pack (if you can find it). There's also a separate "tiles pack" which is just a duplicate of all the base game tiles specifically so you can use both sides to build a huge map. In terms of card decks: - anything with additional zombie types can be added right in; soldiers from Washington ZC, extra abominations, etc. Not a problem there. You might also consider the "Complete 2nd Edition Upgrade Kit", which has a bunch of zombie spawn cards for zombie types from the first edition (but you don't have to own the first edition of course, if you have another set of zombie minis somewhere you could use those instead, as long as they're different colors). - Item decks in the campaigns replace the original item deck because they have the "all out" mechanic; a supercharged attack with the possibility the weapon wil break. You could combine multiple campaign decks without issue though, or customize it. Same goes for the super weapons, they replace the original deck. On a large map, you'd need to use multiple sets from campaing expansions to accomodate all crates. Basically, keep the oiginal item decks in the box, only use those fom expansions. - Camapign expansions would also add day/night cycle, wound deck, and special item decks (secret service, amy stuff) Hope that helps!

If you still have your copy, the Complete Upgrade Kit does that! amzn.to/3WqVSLO - lots of different zombie types you can bring in.

Yeah and i cant find toxic mall😢 they should remake it for new players..

​@@jorisschelfhout2348 en la bgg están unas pegatinas de alta calidad, aunque no son oficiales, pero puedes actualizar tus azulejos de toda la primera edición para poder usarlos con la segunda edición.

No, sorry, I probably should have been clearer - I think everything afetr first edition was based around teh same ruleset, with minor tweaks each time.

I found a pre order on wayland games. (ships on or before january 25, 2025 though lol)

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@@majorminor8557 Hmm ... well that gives me time to A) play more of what I have which is a lot and B) save up for 2025 releasing board games

It does look rather good, but omg do I need more zombicide? Yes, probably. ;)

I haven't played it, but watching a review of it - ua-cam.com/video/Nbu3z-0xTC0/v-deo.html - there seems to be a lot ...less to the game. According to BGG it's a little more complex, but just seems to be smaller scale, space hulk style fighting inside the ship. It doesn't appeal to me, but it depends how much you want the official storyline and characters.

boardgamegeek.com/filepage/280288/event-card-deck-for-zombicide-2e

Thanks @Why-Ron75 , much apprecaite the kind words. I wish there were more too, but life keeps getting in the way :(