I’d obviously heard of Zpocalypse, following its successful Kickstarter for Greenbrier Games, but I never had a chance to get a close look at the game itself. Unlike many zombie titles out there, here you control a squad of survivors (as opposed to a single character) and look to not only explore the area around your stronghold but also protect your bunker from the hordes of undead. Not only did I peek at the finely sculpted minis and other components in the core game but had a look at the cool expansions for the game as well!
Not only do you have the base set for Zpocalypse but also, Zmergency, Hospital Horde miniatures, Fortification minis, Z Team Beta minis, and more! Currently a new expansion (not pictured) is available for preorder: Zmaster, which adds a fifth player to the proceedings.
More about the core game, from Greenbrier:
Zpocalypse is a survival board game set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Two to four players start in a basement/fallout shelter which can lead out to several base locations or even through the tunnels to sewer grates throughout the transformable board. The survivors are trying to make it day to day in a world torn apart from the walking dead.
As in any survival game, one needs food, guns, ammo, and more. Players go out into the wasteland and scavenge for supplies, or perhaps to find a new gun or melee weapon to fend off the next zombie attack. In addition to gathering supplies, each player forms and controls his own squad – and each squad works to fortify the bases. Your walls and barbed wire won’t hold the dead for long, however, and they’re getting hungry.
Characters receive victory points for killing zombies, building defenses, and successfully completing goals. Victory points show who is soldiering on the best in this wasteland. The final tally of points determines the winner. Victory points also act as experience points for leveling up a character.
The game combines combat, tactics, resource collecting, character development, team play, and strategy towards the goal of surviving in the Zpocalypse!
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