Pyramid Review
Last Night on Earth, The Zombie Game
Published by Flying Frog Productions
Designed by Jason C. Hill
Layout, photographs, & graphics by Jack Scott Hill
Illustrated by Matthew Morgaine
Miniatures by James Ma & Gael Goumon
Music composed by Mary Beth Magallanes
Full-color boxed set with town center game board, six L-shaped outer boards, eight Hero figures, eight character boards, five scenario boards, 14 Zombie figures (seven each in two colors), 60 Hero cards & 60 Zombie cards (40 each for the basic game & 20 each for the advanced game), two sheets of counters, 16 six-sided dice, six reference cards, rulebook, and music CD; $49.95
Are they going to stop making zombie flicks? No. Are they going to stop making zombie games? Equally unlikely, especially if they're as entertaining as Last Night on Earth, The Zombie Game.
The object of the game, subject to alteration by the various scenario cards, is to survive the mission (if playing a Hero) or destroy all the living people left in town (if a Zombie).
Heroes and Zombies have separate decks, but only the Zombie player gets a hand of cards; the good guys have to scavenge theirs, trading their movement for a card draw when inside a building. The initial Zombies are spewed from pits on the board (the morgue, the graveyard, etc.), while humans are placed according to their character sheet; the nurse begins at the hospital, for example, and the high school quarterback at the gym.
The board is a . . .
This article originally appeared in the second volume of Pyramid. See the current Pyramid website for more information.
Article publication date: October 26, 2007
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