Zombies 4 review for Halloween (board game)

[fiamme]

We had a couple of friends over for the much-postponed game of Zombies 4: The End (board game). So, while it hadn't been something we MEANT to break open on and christen on Halloween it was strangely appropriate. Basic premise, all the players are lost in the woods, being hunted by zombie doggies. Usually you can move faster than them (they have a

Comments

[zdraco]

rofl, that sounds awesome.. I've only played the first one

[hmaon]

I played this once... except I think it was all the editions together, which seemed to be too much. The mall is fun, though!

[fiamme]

Further investigation of the rules suggests that some of the event cards are "pages" (which can be used to make the spell easier) despite not being in any way marked "pages" nor "book of the dead" nor in fact identifiable except by you figuring out they're one of the ones you lay out in front of you.

The rules seem to have favoured conciseness over clarity on a number of occasions. Four of us all going "I think you ..." "No, I think it means..." "But shouldn't we..?" far too many times suggests problem is not entirely user error. Or maybe it is... first run throughs of games can mean missing a lot.