Zombies!!! Game Rules

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Thank yau far purchasing Zambies 3.5: Nat Dead Yet

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af

time. We

decided

with

thiS

release

ta

shake things up a bit and start maving

the

game in a new

and exciting directian Ta

get

the ball

railing we

have devised

th

ese deck

custami:ratian rules. As

we

have always said since day ane. use the

rules

yau like and disregard

the

anes yau dan't. These rules are an

alternative

and

aren't

meant ta replace ar supersede anything.

As

always.

if

yau have any questians. camments. criticism ar

just

want

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hi.

feel free

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aur website

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Wi

ththereleaseofZombies!

!!

3.5therearealmost100differentevent

cards.Usingallofthemwou ldmakeahuge

deck

.Thisisfineifyou

wantto

do

it,butwiththatmanycardswethoughtitmightbefun

to

introducesomenewcustomization rules.Theserulesaremeantas

an

alternativetothe

or

iginalrulesandare

in

noway supposedtoreplace

them.

TheZombies!!! CustomizableGame

Playersagreetouseaspecificsetorsetsprior

to

plaYing

(example:

omb

ies!!! PlusZombi

es

2).Alternately,itcan be

chosenrandoml y.

Beforeplayall playersconstructacustomevent

deck

ofat least

50cards fo rthei rpersonal use

dur

ingthegame. Alternately,one

common

deck

maybecons

tr

ucted andplayed asusual .

Amaximumof

tw

oof eachcard can beplaced inthedeckexcept

fortherestrictedcar

ds

listedbelow.

On lyone

copy

of anycardontherestrictedlist

ma

ybe placed

in

thedeck.

Play isasnormal exceptallplayersdrawfromthe irowneventdecks

(unlessacom

mo

ndeck isused).

On

ceaplayerrunsout

of

cards

in

theirpersonal deck,thatplayermaynotdrawanyadditional cards.

DONOTR

ES

HUF

FLE EVEN

TDEC

KS.

Ifacommondeckis used, the

deck

shouldbe reshuffledasusual.
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The

Restricted st

As you may have noticed, there are a few cards in the Zombies!!! game

that are a touch more powerful than the others. Not overly powerfu l,

but powerful enough that they need to be limited in a custom deck

building situation. Remember, there can be only one copy of each of

the cards listed below

in

a custom deck. This includes both individual

and community decks.

The Restricted Cards:

The Keys Are Still

In

t

Zombie Master

We

'

re

Screwed

Bad Sense of Direction

Alternate Food Source

Minefield

Please check the website for additio:ls ard clarifications to this list.

Game Concept and Design: Todd A. B,eitenstein and Kerry Breitenstein

Art: Dave Aikins

Additional Development and card design: Mark Bordenet,

Dr.

Bedlam,

qobert

Yarbrough, Tony Fryer, Steve Donohue, Everyone on the Zombies!!! list

and the members

of

the Twilight Creations play

est

list.

YGY-t-aIKI-Oesig . GElQ.-gFei-tem;te iA,

.

Play esters : The Usual Cast

of

Living Impaired

Twilight Creations, Inc. Cold Spring, KY 41076

2003 Twilight Creations, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Twilight Creations, Inc., The Twilight Creations, Inc. logo and "Where Fun

Comes

To

Life" are trademarks or registered trademarks of

Twilight Creations, Inc.

All Rights Reserved.

Zombies!!! and the Zombies!!! logo are trademarks or registered trademarks

of

The united States Playing Card Co. and are used unde r license .

All Rights Reserved.


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ZambieS!!!TM

he

Came

The

shotgun

roared. The

lifeless body

flew

off

the hood

as

the jeep turned

into

the

lot of

Taco

Casa.

Dutside the streets

were

littered

with

walking dead, slowly following the two

survivors

their vehicle. An overturned 18-wheeler

in the

middle

of the

road caused

Loren

to

take

a

The jeep bounced onto the sidewalk.

"Helipad's

that

way " 'runo

pOinted in

the other direction as

he

reloaded the shotgun

hiS

last

Six shells.

"We'll

cut through the drive -thru and

go

around " yelled

Loren

as she

took

a sharp left

Crossing

the

Taco

Casa

playground,

the jeep

smashed

a

pair

of

lOmbies

feasting

on

a

N

o that way " 'runo stood up in the jeep and pumped his shotgun at

the hoard

of

heading their

way.

Turning

into

the drive-thru. Loren had to slam on the brakes

to

avoid hitting the

wreck before them. The

tires

screeched

as the

jeep slid

into

the

burning car. 'runo

over the windshield and Loren's

head

snapped onto the steering wheel.

Dated

and bloodied, she

raised

her head and wiped the

blood from

her eyes. 'runo was

cold on

the hood

of the

jeep.

Loren

painfully turned

her head and

saw

the

lOmbie hoard

its way around the corner of Taco Casa.

She threw

the

jeep into reverse. The

tires

screamed.

They

went

nowhere.

Loren half-stood to peer over 'runo. The

front

bumper

was

embedded in the car wreck

them.

They

were

stuck.

Turning around

again,

she saw

the

lOmbies

getting closer. She

reached

between her legs

grabbed

a

Pistol

from

underneath the

seat.

Dated. she

turned to fire

i

nt

o

th

e

mob

of

death.

'runo

was

awakened

to

the thunder of Lorens gun. Asharp pain came from his right

then

a

pulling on

hiS left

leg.

He raised

hiS head

to

see

the

lOmbies climbin

g on the

They clawed

their

way

to

him,

one

taking a bite

out

of his armand another beginning

gnaw on his leg.

Dammit,

he thought .

never

go

through

the drive-thru

they

always

screw you in

drive-thru,

George

Vasilakos

Creator of the

All Flesh

Must e (aten" roleplaying game.

May:lOOl

you for purchasing ZOMBIES The Game. This game has its heart

in

the

r

of

zombie movies we have grown to love. Knowing this background ,

hope you will understand when we say, ZOMBIES is

not

a nice game. It is

, a lot

of fun . Then again, anything filled with this many living corpses

can t

be

. Yes , you will die and be forced to start over. Yes , you will find yourself backed

a

corner

, surrounded by the recently dead. But, you will also become a very large

your fellow players and if you are the fi rst one

to

make it out of the city, it will

be worthwhile.

sincerely hope you enjoy the ZOMBIES and invite you to visit our website at

.

com

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Map Tiles

Card Event Deck

Plastic Zombies

lastic Shotg un Gu

y".

(pawns)

Li fe Tokens

Bullet Tokens

ctions

the Came A.K.A. How Do Win?)

goal of ZOMBIES!!! is to be the first player

to

reach the center square of the

li

pad ti le, ki

ll

the zombie there an d escape the advancing zombie horde.

rn ately, a player also wins if he is the f irst to collect 25 zom bies.

Setup

omly choose a player to be the dealer. The dealer removes the Town Square

Helipad cards fro m the map deck . Place the Town Square card in the center of

tab le with a pawn (Shotgun Gu

y)

for each player on the center square. The dealer

sh

uffles the rest

of

the Map deck and randomly places the He

li

pa

d

in the

ttom half of the deck. Place the map deck aside within easy reach of all players.

dea ler th

en

shuffles the event deck and deals thr

ee

cards to each player. Again ,

Event deck should be p laced on the table within easy reach of al l players.

ch player

al

so receives three life

an

d

thr

ee bullet t

ok

ens.

Sequence

Overview

ri

ng a turn , players must perform the fol lowing steps.

Draw a ti le from the map

deck an

d place it on the table.

Combat any zombi es on your current space. (Please see Com bat Rules sect ion .)

Draw

back

up

to

three event cards, if you have less than three.

Make a movement roll. (Please see Movement Rules section.)

Move up

to

the number of spaces indicated by the movement rol l. You must stop

and

co

mbat on any

sp

ace

oc

cupied by a zombie. You may

co

ntinue you r movement

after defeat ing a zombie up

to

your movement

tota l.

After movin g. roll a six-sided die . You mu st

mov

e that number of zom bies,

o

ne

space eac

h,

if able.

At

the end of the turn , you may discard one event card from your hand. Play then

proceeds clockwise aroun d the tab

le.

Map Tiles

are severa l ru les the players must follow

n p lacing map ti les.

iles may be rotated in an y direction but must be

ed so that all roads are connected . Yo u may

ot

block any road wi th the side

of

a building.

hen played. map cards with nam ed buildings

le B) immediately get the number of

ombie(Z) . Bullet

(B)

and Life(L) tokens indicated.

tokens and z

om

bies must be pl aced inside

bui lding and may not be placed on any

treet space. Please see the Additional Rules

Cl arificat ions section for more rules

ing zom bie and token placement.


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possible to place map tiles in such a manner that no further tiles can be played.

hi

s

occ

urs, the player who plays the last tile immed iately loses the rest of their

rn

. Play continues until one player collects 25 zombies.

n a map tile with an unnamed building is played (Cards A and C ), it comes

play with a number

of

zombies on it based on the number of road access points

. That

is

, the number

of

zombies is equal

to

the number

of

pOints the road

the card. For example, Card C, will get fou r zombies on it. Card A will get

o.

These zombies may be placed on any legal road space

of

that tile.

al so possible

to

draw a map tile that can not be played. If this happens discard

e tile and continue your turn as normal.

Rules

your tu rn on the same space as a zombie you land on a

ace occupied

by

a zombie during movement, combat ensues.

is

resolved by

ro ll

ing a six-sided die. If you roll a four, five or six, you win

d the zombie is added to your collection ; if you roll a one, two or three, you lose

must

ei

ther, forfeit a life token or spend enough bullet tokens to raise the roll

to

make it successful. For example, if you rolled a two, you could discard a

token and roll again or spend

two

bullet tokens to raise the total from two to four.

bat continues unt il the player wins

or

runs out

of

life tokens. A player can never

rily leave combat.

a player runs out of life tokens, movement stops and his pawn is moved back

the center

of town

square. Add itionally he forfeits the rest

of

his movement,

(rounded up) of the zombies he has collected and any weapon cards he

in play. The re

st of

the turn continues as normal (ie . move zombies and discard

ard).

r a player dies and is forced

to

start again, he begins his next turn with

ree bullet tokens

ard Rules

be played at any t me.

u may only play one event card during a round. (That is, you may play only one

the beg inning

of

your turn to the beginning

of

your next turn.)

have more than three event cards at the end

of

your turn.

may discard one event card at the end of his turn . Discarding signals the

of the turn an d no further turn actions may be taken once a card has been

ffle the discard pile when the event

deck

is exhausted.

ayed in front of you such as items, are considered in play, and

do not

against your hand limit. Using an item does not count as playing a card.

Movement Rules

vement amount is determined by rolling a six-sided die: 1 move = 1 square.

diagonal movement is allowed , but players may

occupy

the same space.

rs may choose not to use the enti

re

movement amount and may stop at any

e. Players may o

nl

y move on to road

or

named building spaces.

zombies encountered while moving must be foug ht before movement continues.

C

ombat

sect ion for more

de

ta ils. (Event cards such as

A

lternate

Source override this rule.)

r moves onto a space containing a life or bullet token and no zombie, the

en

is im mediately added

to

that playe

r s

collection.

and players may move

in

and out of named buildings only and they must

the

door

spaces indicated. No other buildings or parking lots may be entered .


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ces

in

name

d

buildings are used . These spaces are indicated by the lines

in

. For Example, the Sporting Goods Store below has seven interior

and one road space.

Movl ml nt

lIull s

of

a turn, a six-sided die

is

rolled and that number of

d one space each, if possible.

may

not

be moved diagonally .

space may have only one zombie on it at a time, ever .

containing a zombie may also contain a life or bullet token

t, if the zombie moves, the token does not.

lIull s and

Clarifications

is turned up, the person who has the least

of

zombies places it.

In

case

of

a tie, the tied players

ce it.

ce may contain a zombie and a life or bullet token - never all thr

ee.

r may have mo

re

than five life

to

kens at

on

e time

ve as many bullet tokens as Liley can collect.

r

ds

, the Town Square and Helipad are

not

considered

considered a generic 4-way tile for pl acement

door

s accessible from road spaces may be used

to

entel or exit buildings.

t ile

is

drawn that cannot be legally played , it

is

discarded and the rest of the turn

player may have only one

cop

y

of

each weapon

in

play.

an event card such as Alternate Food Source states thai no zombies attack, you

not

ki

ll them anyway.

may not attack other p layers without a card effect.

shorter game shuffle the Helipad t ile in the tile deck.

may

not

conceal the number

of

zombi

es

you have killed.

Edition

Concept and Design: Todd A. Breitenstein

rd Art: Dave Ai ki ns, Tile Art: Kurt Miller

Dev

el

opemen t: Kerry Bre itenstein, Mark Bordenet, Darin Hiner

pting: Behrle Hubbuc h

Design: Greg Conyer

s

Ph il Lacefield

Jr

and T

odd

Breitenstein

rs: Brian Woodward , Ted Tre ibull , David May, Phi l Lacefield

Jr

, Marcus D'Amelio, Johnny Queen.

hleen Thill, Dan

Fr

ohlich

l thanks to Heather Barnhorst and all the members of the Product Guidance Council.

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