Zombie dice

[Relaxo]

I've been playing a little Zombie Dice recently and I like it.

If you're on the fence, don't take my word for it, trust Wil Wheaton:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMtlQxJe ... age#t=623s

[ArgoForg]

I *love* this game. We picked it up at GenCon last year and were definitely not disappointed... it's fun to play with a group of friends or the kids. Quite unlike a couple of the others we got for the kids and turned out to have rules that were almost d20ish by comparison.

[Breakdaddy]

Yeah zombie dice is funtimes. I bought the set at Gen Con last year or year before last I cant remember now but periodically bust out the dice for a quick game. Very fun

[Volomyre]

This is a fun time passer. I didn't even know there was an expansion until I stumbled upon it at the local gaming store.

Volo.

[Relaxo]

I saw the expansion and while it seems neato it also looks pricy to me. But I'm also cheap.

Does anyone like Chtulu dice? I grabbed it b/c I'm a sucker for chtululu and d12s but it seems a tad shallow as a game. almost a protracted rock paper scizzors. that said, people have a lot of fun with RPS so hey.

[Volomyre]

Cthulhu dice is another good one.
But only for a few minutes.
Or maybe a minute.
Its like you said "scissors, paper, rock".

[finarvyn]

Tell me about Zombie Dice. Why is it cool, generally how do you play, etc.

[Volomyre]

Awww hell.
I guess my responce went a little long and it just booted me.
Its a good game.
Just a short one.
You roll dice.
Green, yellow and red.
The green are easier and the red are harder and the yellow are inbetween.
Get 13 brains before your opponents to win.
The expansion adds Santa! He can help you....or mess you up.
It also adds the hunk and the hottie.....
Its fun.......just trust me.

Volo.

[Relaxo]

Fin,
What makes it fun is you actually make decisions, so while its a dice rolling game, it's not JUST the roll of the dice; you make decisions that determine your success or failure, and you can play conservatively or take more risk.

Set up: The players are all Zombies trying to eat Braaaainssss... the first to get to 13 Braaaains wins. The dice represent human victims. The dice have 3 symbols: Braaaaaaiinnnnns, Shotgun blasts, and feets.

Gameplay: shake the cup and draw out three dice without looking. Roll them. If you get Braaaainnnns, you keep them (yummy). If you get shot gun blasts you keep those: accumulate three or roll three at once and your turn is over (I'll return to feets in a second). You can score your Braaaaains and end your turn if you're not blasted to pieces (that is, have three shotgun blasts) or push your luck and press on.

To press on, you keep any dice with feets on them, and draw from the cup 1-3 more dice without looking at them, to make a hand of three dice (You always roll three dice). Once you draw from the cup, you MUST roll the dice.

If you get three blasts your turn ends, but otherwise you can stop or continue after each roll and rack up your brrraaaaaaiinnnnsssss. Once one player gets to 13 braaaaaaaaains, everyone else gets last licks.

So that's the rules, but besides the braaaainnnns thing, the game play is fun. It just is fun. Even my wife who was like, "what the hell is wrong with you?" enjoyed playing it. The probability and the gambling-like rolling of dice... well, I don't have to explain why that's fun to you.

Something that adds depth is the color of the dice. Green ones are easy targets (3 braaaaains, 2 feets, 1 shotgun). Yellow are average folk (2 each of blasts, feets, braaaains), and red dice are bad ass (3 blasts, 2 feets, 1 braaaain). So you can guess your odds as you play and make informed decisions about your odds. That said, it's wonderful to watch someone else get three shotgun blasts with three green dice. HA!

At $13.13 with a very sturdy cup (that also fits 1 set of Chuthulu dice) and 13 custom made dice (yes 13 is a running joke/design element as well as the braaaainnnns thing) I think it's a good value. It's re-playable and just plain fun.

So just buy it already. If you're going to Gencon there will probably be a sale too.

If you haven't already, check out the link in the OP to see another review and example of play.

[finarvyn]

It does sound like a blast (pardon the pun) and I'll have to be on the lookout for it.

The Santa expansion sounds a little strange, however.....