Z is for Zombicide: Black Plague

By CMON

I played the original Zombicide campaign with some friends when Dustin was working graveyard shift and I was alone in the evenings. I wanted to introduce Dustin to the franchise, so when I learned of the medieval fantasy version I had to get it.

Players: 1-6

Time: 60-180 minutes

Ages: 14+

Theme: Medieval Zombies
Mechanics: Co-Op Dungeon Crawler, Modular Board, Variable Powers

This is our last A-Z review of 2020 and it's New Year's Eve AND we've spent all day switching one of our 2nd story rooms with one of our basement rooms, so this is going to be quick, because schlepping furniture up and down two flights for hours has made me sooooo tired. It's a wonder I'm still awake now.

In Zombicide: Black Plague, a gang of necromancers have released a zombie horde on your town. You must scavenge for weapons, gear, and supplies with which to fight off the insane amount of undead that will ultimately converge on you. If you're lucky, you'll find magical weapons that help get the job done quicker. Meanwhile, you must also hunt down necromancers before they escape. When necromancers are in play, zombies are more plentiful.

• The components are excellent and the inserts make me so happy. There are several different zombie sculpts. The player boards are pretty nice.
• The rules are easy to learn, even though the rule book is a bit long and a little disjointed.
• As you kill zombies, your character levels up. As your characters level up, zombies increase in number. The catch is, if one character keeps killing everything and leveling up, but the other characters don't, then they're easy targets for the more plentiful and more powerful zombies that come out to play
• The game can actually be kind of easy, assuming that everyone levels up similarly and finds good equipment. For people that want more of a challenge, there are different zombie packs you can pick up that have more challenging enemies.
•  If you don't like the character art, you can pick up some guest artist character packs!
• The base game comes with 11 missions and there are several expansions with 5-10 missions each. Lots of play time.
  

 

Okay, that's all I can think of off the top of my head. Let's see... 7.5/10 - It's good and we're usually willing to play. But we don't like it quite as much as Dead of Winter.