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There’s a reason Resident Evil coined the term “Survival Horror”. With this terrifying board game, you’re in for a real treat. Last Night on Earth lets you experience (and star in) your own crappy B horror movie and it’s a hell of a lot of fun. The Resident Evil 2 board game is a cooperative experience where players take on the classic roles of Leon Kenndey, Claire Redfield, Ada Wong, or that one guy (Robert Kendo). The only problem, you ask? There’s only room for one more person in the chopper. That’s right, this is a free-for-all brawl. No cooperative, let’s be friends and build a world together, here. Every man, woman, and child is on their own. What We Liked: I love the artwork of the game. It’s like a sketchbook rendition of the events so thematically, all of the artwork looks like it could be found in the journal of a survivor. Whether the survivors made it out alive or the journal was found later is entirely up to you. What We Liked:
It’s not all about slaughtering zombies either. Players have a series of objectives that they’ll need to complete to win the game, and the base game comes with tons of scenarios.Resident Evil 2 does not hold your hand. I cannot tell you how many times I had to restart. I wasted my ammo, got eaten by zombies, and overall, got ripped apart.
It’s a very simple game that’s perfect as a starter before a larger game or when you’re bored and have a few minutes to kill.The main premise of Last Night on Earth is a zombie outbreak in small, rural town America. Every typical trope you can think of has been thrown into the game. I'll tell you what you'll do. You'll stare at the board, like a disassembled gun, and try to figure out how to murder him. Zombie Dice usually had a permanent spot near the gaming table. Whenever I’m waiting around or have some time to kill we would play it. It’s great to pull out and play for 15 minutes then be on your way. As a game, it's partly so emotive and exciting because of the binary nature of success. There is no slow amassing of points, no chipping away at some greater task. There's just one of your guys getting eaten, or you giggling outrageously as someone else gets eaten. Every second of every turn, there's only one question: "ARE YOUR BALLS IN A FIRE Y/N". If they are, you're terrified. If they're not, you're laughing. Other zombie games feature survival but this is the first one where the players are actually on the offensive. They’re sneaking through the doctor’s house, avoiding traps, killing his zombies, and, ultimately, trying to kill him and retrieve the antidote. It’s a rather refreshing theme.
Sometimes during an encounter, you’ll get a small token depending upon your actions during an event. Don’t bother trying to figure out what they do. The game will tell you when it’s time. Originally developed to assist the designer's daughter with her maths, the game has fantastic learning potential for players. It offers number manipulation skills by stealth rather than in a more traditional overtly "educational" game setting. What was designed with educational intent has become a great game for gamers and their families, and suits more experienced groups as a good warm-up or end of night filler. Zombies!!! (not to be confused with Zombies???) is one of the classic zombie board games. It’s your standard undead “GET TO THE CHOPPA!” scenario. All players will smash, shoot, and dice their way to the helipad to be the first player to get outta dodge. The setting of the game feels very thematic, as you make your way from the Midwest to LA, salvaging what you can. Its art direction and components are superb, with each component looking like something you’d find in a zombie apocalypse. Bottle caps for tokens, “weathered” looking poker cards. Aesthetically on point. What Could Be Better: Plaid Hat Games also designed a really cool story-driven mechanic called the Crossroads system. When players encounter certain events on a Crossroad card, another player will immediately pause the game and read from the card.
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Zpocalypse 2: Defend the Burbs, the sequel to Zpocalypse, is an interesting amalgamation of things. Both of them are extremely tense with the time limit really putting on the pressure. What We Liked: Resident Evil 2: The Board Game is a cooperative, zombie-filled experience that can be devastatingly difficult to play if you don’t work together. The designers faithfully recreated the same atmosphere, which translates extremely well to the tabletop. What We Liked:
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