The Walking Dead Board Game First Impressions
The Walking Dead Board Game is a Board Game about the Walking Dead.
The most Cryptozoic game ever.
Players take on the role of Rick, Shane, Andrea or one of the other stalwart remnants of humanity as they struggle to survive while learning to live with one another. Innovative game play can lead to unexpected alliances, as “every man for himself” blends with cooperative play and players race to get back to camp alive. Ever-dwindling resources make every decision “life or death” … and as the supplies run out, the tension ramps up in this post-apocalyptic world.
Hey Cryptozoic, I don’t think ‘Innovative gameplay’ means what you think it means.
I played as one of the ‘other stalwarts’… Dale. He had a special ability that I never used because there was no reason to.
So you roll and move around a board and draw an event card.
The event is something you need to overcome. By overcome I mean generally it’s a number you need to roll higher than on a D6.
You can ‘scavenge’ for things to help you out. So a baseball bat might give you +1 or a ShotGun might give +5 but it’s loud so if you roll a 1 you have to draw another event.
But, events are hard. The first one I had was a 9 so I needed a 6 on a D6 to pass, but I didn’t. If you pass you get a reward, fail and you lose a life (which is an ally token). If you run out of allies you become a Walker and play cards to hinder and kill the remaining survivors.
You’re trying to get to each corner of the board, pass 2 events on that space and get to the middle. All with a D6.
The Walking Dead Board Game Summary
The Walking Dead Board Game is basic and far from innovative. It could be fun and light though. When 2 players turn into Walkers it becomes a 2-on-2 race which was pretty cool. Especially if the Walkers have a competitive “I didn’t win so no one is” spirit.
It’s like a version of Archer: Danger Zone with extra ‘bloat’ but it fits the Archer universe much better.
It’s games lie this that give games based on IPs a bad name. I’m glad they are so much better now and you no longer fear spending money on them.
Jesta ThaRogue
