Showing posts with label Rules. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rules. Show all posts

Sunday, 6 November 2016

The Walking Dead - All Out War Unboxing.


I decided to back the Mantic Games Walking Dead: All Out War Kickstarter. This is a very pic heavy 'unboxing' of what is contained within the 'Kickstarter Edition' boxed set.

The game is based in the world of the Walking Dead comic series as opposed to the TV series.

From the publishers website -

"All Out War is a game of fast-paced, head-to-head skirmishes in the world of the Walking Dead. Assemble a group of your favorite characters from best-selling comic series, kit them out with a variety of weapons, items and abilities, and battle to achieve dominance in the Walker-strewn Atlanta cityscape. Experience first-hand the desperate struggle for survival faced by Rick and his companions as you negotiate constant threats from both the living and the dead. This is gaming as it should be – fast, furious and fun!"

So, what do you get...

Top level of the set - the majority of the figures.


Second level - more figures, dice, cards etc plus some very nice terrain bits and pieces such as cars, loot piles and barricades.


The entire set laid out - at the bottom of the box are two large 'gaming mats' and the rules / scenario booklets. A handy dice bag is also included! On the flipside of one of the maps is a 'collectors guide' with photos of the 'wave 1' and 'wave 2' miniatures.



The Collectors Guide sheet in all its glory.


Some gratuitous shots of the fabulous miniatures...nuff said.







 One of my favourites in the set - Shane!


 And the obligatory (spoiler) 'zombie Shane'.


 A nice touch is the 'Bag of Guns' and the Rick Grimes Sheriffs badge initiative token.


The cars, cards, dice etc.



All in all this is a lovely looking game...I still have several bits to come but so far really impressed by the overall quality of the whole thing. The miniatures are particularly nice and to be honest the main reason I invested in the game. There is a nice scenario booklet but unfortunately I have not recieved all the figures for them yet! There is a gamut of rules on the market at the moment but I will try these out. Ultimately though I still think ATZ will remain the best rules for the genre.

Now I need to paint the bloomin' things...

Friday, 2 November 2012

Band of Zombies.


Eden Studios launched a 'Kickstarter' campaign in support of a new book for their All Flesh Must Be Eaten range called "Band of Zombies".

"We few, we rotting few, we band of zombies;
For he today that eats his flesh with me
Shall be a zombie; be he e'er so vile..."

...a grayish blur launched from the shadows. Alexei went down quickly, his throat torn out in one swipe of a black claw. He clawed at the gaping wound in his throat, gurgled, and lay still.Yuri fired a shot, point-blank range, into the thing’s head. It hit the ground and twitched, then lay still. A low growl came from the shadows and three more of the monsters lumbered forth. Movement to Yuri’s left drew his gaze; the creature he’d shot was sitting up, black blood pouring down between its eyes. The four creatures closed in just as the booming roar of a renewed German shelling attack sounded in the distance.

Yuri began to scream.

Band of Zombies is the new World War II sourcebook for the All Flesh Must Be Eaten RPG, and it is positively packed with new surprises. Inside you will find:
• New Qualities, Drawbacks, Inspired Miracles, and Zombie Aspects
• Detailed Rules for Dogfighting and Naval Combat
• Rules for Shell Shock, Combat Stress, and Madness
• New gear, from guns to aircraft to naval vessels to tanks
• Mass Combat rules
• The first (optional) tactical miniatures skirmish rules for the Unisystem!
• The first complete and detailed campaign setting for All Flesh Must Be Eaten. Different types of Zombies the world over, all tied to the exact same Rise Event, create a worldwide plague of undead during the Greatest War.
• Advice on running campaigns in World War II, from fire teams to commando squads, to SOE operatives behind enemy lines.
• And more!

So strap on your rucksack, hoist your SMG, keep your socks dry, and for cripes' sake, Private, don't forget the call sign! When they come shambling out of the dark, will you stand tall or join the armies of the dead?

Sunday, 12 June 2011

Akula Zombie Rules

A good set of short usable free rules at:-http://akulasblog.blogspot.com/

A lot of other rules linked from:- Frothers Rules

And a nice link on how to do terrain etc:- Urban Terrain

Saturday, 11 June 2011

First Post...

We (Andrew the Zombie Master and I) have decided to start a project for a zombie wargame at some point in the future. We are both a little obsessed with the genre and Andrew has already been collecting zombie miniatures for a while. Decided to set up this blog as a diary to record our progress.
No rules agreed on yet but I am definately leaning towards the All Things Zombie: Better Dead Than Zed rules as I fancy a campaign aspect to it and have already bought all the books! I also picked up the No More Room In Hell rules by Iron Ivan Games but have yet to read them. Andrew likes the look of Ambush Z by Ambush Alley too.
All Things Zombie

No More Room...

Ambush Z

Of course there are a myriad of other options out there but we will look at these first!