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**Hellfury**

RiTides wrote:Hence an expansion pack for Zombicide not fitting that bill for me... just my opinion, of course, but I think I'd be all zombied out . Not to mention that a large number of the models that were stretch goals for THIS kickstarter, come out at the same time as the expansion. If they had a kickstarter for the expansion, with stretch goals, when would those additional models come out...?

You can see how it would get out of control, and all I'm saying is, with $750K, I think that's enough to put out a board game AND it's expansion, particularly since many models being sent at the same time as the expansion were already funded through this one, and then some.

Excellent point I think. May as well just release it all since the funds are there for both than to just trickle it out slowly over time unnecessarily. I am definitely not eager to wait 6 moons to a year for the models I paid for to be released.

**d-usa**

The video and gameplay reminds me a bit of the Space Hulk card game. Now I only got to play it once, but the basic concept seems a bit familiar.

**paulson games**

Hasslefree has a couple minis that'd be perfect for Snake or Bubba Ho-tep. I have most of Hasslefree's minis and they are just awesome for having as survivors in just about any game.

Modern Day Heroes also has some Elvi armed with guns and one has a sword, so that he can carve zombies into hunks o' burning love.

I'd totally support anyone that takes a crack at making a Tallahasse figure.

**MagickalMemories**

AlexHolker wrote:
Fenriswulf wrote:It's done through Amazon. You can pay through Amazon with paypal I think? Not 100% sure about this.

The Kickstarter FAQ has an entry starting "Why can't I use Paypal?" which suggests not.

Redemption wrote:No, Amazon doesn't do Paypal sadly, so you have to use a credit card.

I have my Amazon account attached to my PayPal debit card. I get to use PayPal *AND* I get 1.5% cash back!

Eric

**RiTides**

The fig with the guitar is great! I would never have thought of a good use for that, but a survivor in this game is certainly one of them.

**SilverMK2**

One of his skills should be to distract zombies from other survivors by playing some rock and roll

**H.B.M.C.**

One of the abilities in the game is 'make noise', so he could have that by default.

**notprop**

I know a few fans that would tear you to peices zombie-style for suggesting Elvis just made noise, hardly the abilities of the king.

Ah-har-hur-huh! Thank you veri much.

**CptJake**

paulson games wrote:
I'd totally support anyone that takes a crack at making a Tallahasse figure.

Check out Reaper. They have him and the rest of the crew under their chronoscope line.

**InyokaMadoda**

paulson games wrote:Hasslefree has a couple minis that'd be perfect for Snake or Bubba Ho-tep. I have most of Hasslefree's minis and they are just awesome for having as survivors in just about any game.

Modern Day Heroes also has some Elvi armed with guns and one has a sword, so that he can carve zombies into hunks o' burning love.

Now just to find the corrsponding Zombie Elvis miniature...

**Alpharius**

Hellfury wrote:

I am kind of a huge board game nerd now, being one of numerous reasons why I do not frequent dakka much any more.

That said I have played a fair amount of board games and co-ops seem to be, for the most part, either badly implemented at best or crapfests at worst.

If the video is anything to judge the game by (and it should be seeing as how it is a promotional and semi instructional video) then the game will be fun for the first few goes, but will get really dry after that. Take your actions - populate areas with zombis when applicable - finish turn - Take zombie turn - rinse and repeat.

This, of course, is modified by scenario special rules... but the AI of the game seems fairly unoriginal, like most co-operative board games. This does work in this games favor since you are only fighting zombies who are by an large identical plebeians who only differ by visual cues for their minor differences of speed or toughness, but still lacks a lot of oomph that could be done in the game. By co-op standards it is more of the same with slight variations.

The main focus of the game is not the mechanical design, but the aesthetic design. The miniatures are dead sexy and give the consumer a decent chance to own miniatures of famous pop culture icons on top of a heap of walking dead.

The game could be outstanding. But the video doesn't convince me it is so if when it arrives it is a great game. Awesome. if not, well, I wasnt planning on using the components for the game they were made for anyways so no loss.

Thanks for the explanation - I do appreciate it!

Also, I've been getting into board/card games more lately too, so by all means, lets start a mini-revolution and get some good board game/card game chat going:

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/forums/show/24.page

Some co-op games are quite fun - have you tried Elder Sign (and Arkham Horror) or Sentinels of the Multiverse? How about Yggdrasil? My group had a lot of fun with them!

I was on the fence about co-op games too, but my group has really had a lot of fun with them. Granted though, that repeat play-throughs may expose weakness/boredom/etc.

I've got high hopes for this one though!

**BladeWalker**

Sometimes simple is good though depending on who all is playing. Also, the way my family plays games I'm sure there will be a hybrid ruleset for us to shoot and chop each other too... co-op becomes "co-op" becomes "muahhahahhaha". :-) I think Zombicide has a good core of rules and it can gain replayability just by how much the community embraced it. There will be more scenarios and extra rules floating around for this than you could ever play probably before it even comes out.

I'd have paid 140 for all the miniatures alone.

**Grot 6**

I may end up playing this game on a 4X4 table filled with a city.

the extra card and build system doesn't hurt all that hard, either.

I have those EM4 thugz, and there are quite a few other systems that have some figs that work out there, as well. USX line, and there were a few from Zombiesmith that would really fit the bill.

Mega minis has a batch of survivors too.

Might need to get me some 1 inch graph paper and draw up some high rise apartments for some REC action....

That Space Hulk comparison I think hit it hard on the mark. I think that might be why I like this one.

**BrookM**

Just got my confirmation from Kickstarter to confirm that yes, I want an abomination deal with Eva and $25 extra in shipping. I'm.. excited!

**Alpharius**

Same here - just finished filling out the survey!

**SilverMK2**

Filled in my form

**Fenriswulf**

Ok, was slightly confused when it asked how many extra abomination sets I wanted, considering I asked for two at the beginning (for $190), but now with a further email it's just them asking to see if I wanted more but hadn't originally pledged for them.

All good now. Pledged for 2 copies, 1 each of Eva, Marvin and Ivy, 2 of Claudia and $40 for international shipping. Done and done.

**H.B.M.C.**

They'll need to add another $15 for the second box. Well, we saved a whole $10 by combining. My friend and I are so proud.

@ us!

**SilverMK2**

Just be thankful you didn't have to pay Zombicide AUS prices

**skrulnik**

http://guillotinegames.com/en/blog-kickstarter-epilogue

Not sure if this was posted, but yeah

Hi!
The Kickstarter community members and the mighty Zombicide family have given us support beyond our greatest expectations. To thank you all, Guillotine Games would like to offer you a few more gifts!
The following will soon be available for download for free:
- The Equipment cards
- The fonts
- A blank Survivor Identity Card for you to create your own heroes!
The publication of the map editor will allow you to create your own missions and all of us at Guillotine Games would love to see your scenarios. Feel free to send them in: each month, Guillotine Games will publish the best mission!

**Morathi's Darkest Sin**

Yeah filled in mine as well, nice they offered us the option to fill out extras, but I was happy with my initial pledge.

**adamsouza**

skrulnik wrote:http://guillotinegames.com/en/blog-kickstarter-epilogue

Not sure if this was posted, but yeah

Hi!
The Kickstarter community members and the mighty Zombicide family have given us support beyond our greatest expectations. To thank you all, Guillotine Games would like to offer you a few more gifts!
The following will soon be available for download for free:
- The Equipment cards
- The fonts
- A blank Survivor Identity Card for you to create your own heroes!
The publication of the map editor will allow you to create your own missions and all of us at Guillotine Games would love to see your scenarios. Feel free to send them in: each month, Guillotine Games will publish the best mission!

They are also going to eventually put the rulebook in PDF form on the main site.

I may be crazy enough to print the cards, rulebook, and tiles and start playing zombicide before they ship it.

**adamsouza**

They are already throwing around, and taking ideas, for the survivors in the next exapnsion
http://www.facebook.com/GuillotineGames

**Alpharius**

Do not want!

There was a VERY nice list of suggestions in this thread - someone really should forward it along!

**Kroothawk**

I posted this extended list in the appropriate thread http://www.coolminiornot.com/forums/showthread.php?49510-And-the-next-contestants-please

1.) Alice (Resident Evil) <- That's a no-brainer
2.) Sarah Connor (Terminator)
3.) Terminator/ Terminatrix
4.) River Tam (Firefly/Serenity, see also Hasslefree Miniatures)
5.) Hellboy (Hellboy)
6.) Buffy the Vampire Slayer and team
7.) Scooby Doo and team (rules only, miniatures by Hasslefree Miniatures)
8.) Batman
9.) "Snake" Plissken (Escape from New York)
10.) Bruce Lee
11.) Ripley (Alien)
12.) Jackie Chan (Drunken Master)
13.) Shaun and Ed (Shaun of the Dead)
14.) The Ice Hockey players from Hell (Dogma)
15.) Dutch (Arnold Schwarzenegger in Predator)
16.) James Bond
17.) Kickass, Big Daddy and Hit-Girl (Kickass)
18.) Tallahassee (Woody Harrelson in Zombieland) plus Bill Murray as Zombie
19.) McGyver
20.) Captain America
21.) El Mariachi (Antonio Banderas in Desperado)
22.) Jay and Silent Bob as Zombies (Clerks)
23.) Sarah Palin (with lots of guns)
24.) Cheerleader (Heroes, also as mission marker: "Save the cheerleader!"

25.) Hulk Hogan and The Rock
26.) Lassie and Zombie Lassie
27.) Zombie Nazis, lots of Zombie Nazis
28.) Blade
29.) Horatio Caine (CSI Miami)
30.) Gogo Yubari (Schoolgirl from Kill Bill)
31.) Charlie's Angels
32.) Ghostbusters
33.) Highlander
34.) Marv (Sin City)
35.) Cammy and Yun Li (Streetfighter)
36.) Men in Black

Someon else suggested this, but is too difficult legally:

**Morathi's Darkest Sin**

Aura just suggested a good un, I know folks have already mentioned Snake, but I think his Jack Burton character would be a good un as welll.

Not sure which I'd prefer, I think Jack fits the setting better in my mind.

**AlexHolker**

If they could get permission from Valve the Survivors from Left 4 Dead (or just Zoey or Ellis) could be popular.

**SilverMK2**

The cast of Red Dawn survived the Russian invasion, but can they survive the rise of the living dead?

**CptJake**

Kroothawk wrote:I posted this extended list in the appropriate thread http://www.coolminiornot.com/forums/showthread.php?49510-And-the-next-contestants-please

1.) Alice (Resident Evil) <- That's a no-brainer
2.) Sarah Connor (Terminator)
3.) Terminator/ Terminatrix
4.) River Tam (Firefly/Serenity, see also Hasslefree Miniatures)
5.) Hellboy (Hellboy)
6.) Buffy the Vampire Slayer and team
7.) Scooby Doo and team (rules only, miniatures by Hasslefree Miniatures)
8.) Batman
9.) "Snake" Plissken (Escape from New York)
10.) Bruce Lee
11.) Ripley (Alien)
12.) Jackie Chan (Drunken Master)
13.) Shaun and Ed (Shaun of the Dead)
14.) The Ice Hockey players from Hell (Dogma)
15.) Dutch (Arnold Schwarzenegger in Predator)
16.) James Bond
17.) Kickass, Big Daddy and Hit-Girl (Kickass)
18.) Tallahassee (Woody Harrelson in Zombieland) plus Bill Murray as Zombie
19.) McGyver
20.) Captain America
21.) El Mariachi (Antonio Banderas in Desperado)
22.) Jay and Silent Bob as Zombies (Clerks)
23.) Sarah Palin (with lots of guns)
24.) Cheerleader (Heroes, also as mission marker: "Save the cheerleader!"
25.) Hulk Hogan and The Rock
26.) Lassie and Zombie Lassie
27.) Zombie Nazis, lots of Zombie Nazis
28.) Blade
29.) Horatio Caine (CSI Miami)
30.) Gogo Yubari (Schoolgirl from Kill Bill)
31.) Charlie's Angels
32.) Ghostbusters
33.) Highlander
34.) Marv (Sin City)
35.) Cammy and Yun Li (Streetfighter)
36.) Men in Black

Someon else suggested this, but is too difficult legally:

A lot of those are available and just need cards. Heck, the MJ zombie is already available (as is Rob Zombie) in this set:

I have them, they are nice figures.

Jake

**notprop**

Judge Dredd (comic version rather than Sly) with Judge Death as a bad guy.

Also the oft forgotten member of any survivor team a mall-cop. Fat, slow and dumpy but with keys to all the gun and equipment stores - no team can survive the undead without one!