Asmodee HZR01 HZR01ASM Hit Z Road

Product Information

Players start with 1 colored lead survivor as well as 4 grey survivors and place the bidding marker of their color on the auction board. They also get 4 of each resource token: ammo, gas, and adrenaline.

After everyone has paid for their paths, they resolve each card in their chosen path during the Encounter Phase. First, players take any resources indicated on the card. Next, they resolve any text on the card; some will affect the ensuing battle while other cards require players to take/discard resources or survivors. Finally, they fight any zombies on the card. Collect resources, resolve text, then deal with the undead. Bulls-eye with lightning: 1 zombie is killed and the player may spend 1 adrenaline token to kill another zombie. I’ve played Hit Z Road with different groups the last couple months and have had a fun experience every time.

CONCLUSION

I liked Hit Z Road. I was originally concerned about the theme; however, this game, while dripping with theme in terms of the components, it is really an auction game with dice rolling used to resolve encounters. I know our youngest child is now a teenager, but I can’t imagine pulling this out to play with younger kids. Our neighbors and friends still have kids in the younger age range and I can’t imagine playing it with them. For starters, I wouldn’t want them to be disturbed seeing some of the card images. Zombie Dice Roll to eat more brains than shotgun blasts Become the zombie and try to keep your head in this fast and furious dice game. This brings me to the last resource, adrenaline, which can be used to save a survivor from a killing blow or to turn a miss into a zombie kill or, potentially, a hit into a second kill. This will only work, of course, if you have the opportunity to utilize adrenaline. Remember hordes? They use a special red die that automatically kill one of your survivors with no way of mitigating it via adrenaline. Hordes are scary. Each card will provide some sort of encounter, be it resources, events or even zombies to fight.

If you complete your first encounter card, you bank the points and move on to the second. When all players have done this, a new round begins with bidding on freshly laid-out paths. I know it’s promoted as a fun family game and my new buddies at Tantrum House (who I played the game with at Gen Con) also say it’s a great game for the whole family. However, I can’t give it the same endorsement. Dawn of the Zeds Protect the town of Farmingdale against the undead horde If you're looking for a single-player zombie game, Dawn of the Zeds is among the best choices. Name a popular gaming theme, and chances are there's a Tiny Epic version of it. Tiny Epic Zombies recreate the classic mall survival scenario, with locations, weapons, heroes and meeples squeezed into the series’ signature tiny box.To fight zombies, players take the required amount of zombie meeples and place them in front of their group of survivor meeples. They may first spend ammo tokens to perform a Ranged Roll. During the Ranged Roll, each Kill icon (a target) rolled kills one zombie. Players ignore any other results on the dice.