Zombicide Strategy, and General Discussion

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**-iPaint-**

whalemusic360 wrote:
Not to be that guy, but I feel like we need some more paid add ons to go along with this update. Maybe even just the other guest boxes, but something like the mustache pack from S2 would be nice.

Still early in the campaign, don't think they aren't coming. There's still plenty of time for CMoN to add some more optional purchases. Tile packs, dice, survivors, zombie boxes, etc.

Also, I believe Mustache Pack was KS2 exclusive.

~iPaint

**Hulksmash**

They could still be kickstarter exclusive if they were offered on this kickstarter

Just saying it doesn't say kickstarter 1 exclusive

(I'm in the completionist camp which makes me a bit sad regarding the missed exclusives, even if they are only for funsies)

**-iPaint-**

Hulksmash wrote:
They could still be kickstarter exclusive if they were offered on this kickstarter Just saying it doesn't say kickstarter 1 exclusive

(I'm in the completionist camp which makes me a bit sad regarding the missed exclusives, even if they are only for funsies)

True, though there's no precedent, and it would be the first time they offered old exclusives in the latest KS. Guess we have to wait and see.

~iPaint

**whalemusic360**

I was saying a similar themed pack, like the action news team, ghostbusters or whatever, not the same pack.

**-iPaint-**

whalemusic360 wrote:
I was saying a similar themed pack, like the action news team, ghostbusters or whatever, not the same pack.

Ah, my misunderstanding. Yeah, a themed pack would be cool. I'd like to see something with a nod to the Left 4 Dead crew at some point.

~iPaint

**grefven**

First bring in a lot more backers by offering freebies, then smack on the add-ons. That's a sure success strategy.

**cincydooley**

grefven wrote:
First bring in a lot more backers by offering freebies, then smack on the add-ons. That's a sure success strategy.

It was wildly successful before there was a single add on, and would still be so without a single add on.

**grefven**

cincydooley wrote:
grefven wrote:
First bring in a lot more backers by offering freebies, then smack on the add-ons. That's a sure success strategy.

It was wildly successful before there was a single add on, and would still be so without a single add on.

Perhaps I should have specified a bit more. It is the receipt for a sure success strategy to max-out the total amount of money pledged. Thus more ka-ching for CMoN/GG.

**adamsouza**

From the Kickstarter FAQ

Season 3 - Rue Morge
Skinner Zombies: Just like standard zombie types, but when you kill them you spawn a Crawler for each "1" you roll.
Crawlers: Half a zombie, just like a standard zombie but last in the targeting priority list.
A-Bomb Abomination: Just like a standard abomination, meaning he can only be killed with a Molotov or similar weapons, but at the end of his activation he pulls all adjacent Survivors to his zone.

Angry Neighbours
Seeker Zombies: All Seekers on the board get an activation whenever a Seeker spawn card is drawn.

VIP - Very Infected People
VIP Walkers: Just like normal walkers, they come with special spawn cards which you shuffle into your spawn deck. When you kill one you can keep it on your card. If you discard a set of 5 VIPs with different sculpts you get a pimpweapon of your choice.

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New update

And how about another awesome new Guest Artsist box?

Paolo Parente

Paolo Parente (born 1965, Italy) is an illustrator and concept artist who spends most of his time locked away in his factory-monastery in Shenzhen, China. Paolo produces toys, games, and comic books for his own universe, DUST (a super science WW2 setting).

Paolo is best known for his work with WoTC for Magic the Gathering and numerous other game and comic book properties. Lately he’s done concept design for upcoming films with HK director Tzui Ark and French director Christophe Gans.

MAKI the SCREAM QUEEN

“I’ve died thirty-eight times already, so what’s once more?”

Maki’s first acting gig was as Victim #3 in Freaks of Satan, where she played a hitchhiker stabbed to death by a psychotic trucker. A starlet was born that day. Maki appeared in thirty-seven more low-budget horror movies, dying in increasingly creative ways. When the zombie outbreak hit she was guest-of-honor at a horror convention. Grabbing a sword and a knife from the weapons sales table Maki started to hack, slicing and dicing zombies to pieces. It was her finest performance. Since life is now a horror movie, Maki feels right at home.

DYLAN the DOMINATRIX

“This is going to hurt.”

Obsessed with the game of Operation from an early age, Dylan dreamed of becoming a doctor. Alas, her dreams ended when she flunked out of medical school. Needing money to pay off her student debts, she decided to put her collection of medieval clamps, drills, and hacksaws to good use as a dominatrix. Dylan soon dropped her plans of becoming a doctor, deciding that inflicting pain was much more fun than treating it. When the zombie outbreak struck Dylan grabbed her heavy-duty rubber gloves and some of the more exotic implements of her dungeon and went to work!

I find it a bit odd that the character descriptions on some of these new guest box characters are so different from the actual moddel look... especially Dylan.

Dylan seems to be typical Paolo design, but would have been better as a mechanic?

**whalemusic360**

Nope, not a construction worker, dominatrix. Kinda of a weird jump. Whatever, should help jump to the 960k mark. I have noticed a distinct Village People theme going on with the VIPs. Expect an Indian in full head dress or a Biker in all leather next.

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

whalemusic360 wrote:
Nope, not a construction worker, dominatrix.

That took me by surprise as well. I thought she was going to be a car mechanic or something.

**Herzlos**

These are still going to be the soft boardgame plastic stuff, right?

So maybe not the best for picking up purely to paint?

**Azazelx**

Dominatrix is even more disturbing, given that drill. Still, the back stories are easily disregarded.

**grefven**

Herzlos wrote:
These are still going to be the soft boardgame plastic stuff, right?

So maybe not the best for picking up purely to paint?

Correct. Ain't the best figures if your goal is only to paint the best figures available. However, they do paint up quite nicely. Check the image earlier in this thread to see how well they can be painted up to. They aren't bad in my opinion.

**DaveC**

I painted the 6 survivors from season 1 and they paint up nicely the detail is pretty good for the material. I stopped there though as I realised the epic scale of painting everything up and decided to leave it unpainted and purely a board game. I replaced the original 6 in a bits order from eBay and the painted ones are in a display case. Definitely worth painting if you have the time but I just don't right now.

Spoiler:

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It seems there have been a lot of WTF?! comments about the dominatrix writeup. CMoN just commented to say that they will take the best background created by a backer and print that instead.

Some more rules for the A-Bomb have also just appeared. Unlike the normal Abominations, the A-Bomb can only be killed with weapons that have the ability to destroy everything in a square (e.g. molotov, missile launcher and flamethrower). This makes it's ability to drag all adjacent players into it's square even more dangerous!

**paulson games**

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DYLAN the DOMINATRIX

“This is going to hurt.”

Obsessed with the game of Operation from an early age, Dylan dreamed of becoming a doctor. Alas, her dreams ended when she flunked out of medical school. Needing money to pay off her student debts, she decided to put her collection of medieval clamps, drills, and hacksaws to good use as a dominatrix. Dylan soon dropped her plans of becoming a doctor, deciding that inflicting pain was much more fun than treating it. When the zombie outbreak struck Dylan grabbed her heavy-duty rubber gloves and some of the more exotic implements of her dungeon and went to work!

I think she's based after the girl in American Mary, which is basically a med student who ends up kicked out of med school and falls into doing all sorts of illegal body mods for people and surgeries for criminals. Not really a dominatrix but does some pretty brutal stuff. Outside of the construction worker get up she looks pretty similar too. The art reminds me of the satisfaction video by Benny Banassi: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsR2-Tpsqqc

**Morathi's Darkest Sin**

Seems CMoN is aware.. they are asking folks to suggest a new back story for Dylan in the updates/comments.

**paulson games**

The game isn't exactly kid friendly, as it's awash in violence, blood, and some other fairly graphic imagery. A possible text reference to sex? OMG we certainly can't have that. Get back to thoughts of human corpses being brained with blunt objects, burned with fire, faces and heads blown apart with gunfire, all the stuff properly suited for the kiddies.

**-iPaint-**

Personally I couldn't care less what the description is, but the art just doesn't scream "Dominatrix" to me. It says "Renovator" or "DIYer" or "Handywoman."

Dominatrix is stuff like leather, chains, whips, and gag-balls....

~iPaint

**zedmeister**

So, my Mrs was intrigued by this and I'm now tempted to back. How's the game play? What about previous seasons?

**Slinky**

zedmeister wrote:
So, my Mrs was intrigued by this and I'm now tempted to back. How's the game play? What about previous seasons?

It's simple but good, I've played it with my wife with fun had by all

**-iPaint-**

zedmeister wrote:
So, my Mrs was intrigued by this and I'm now tempted to back. How's the game play? What about previous seasons?

Check out Watch It Played's video covering Season 1 (it's probably the best box to get, as it allows you to play all of the community and official extra scenarios).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voQC7HVZ5uw&list=PLHvfN_pNBj_GnfBsLKLLvczsIHSMQNZ4S

The game is quick paced, light on rules, and calls for lots of dice rolling. It's been well received by anyone I've played it with. It's also an excellent source for zombie miniatures, if you plan to play other zombie themed tabletop games or RPGs.

~iPaint

**whalemusic360**

Normally I'd agree S1 is the way to go, but you get extra bang for your buck with the extras on kickstarter. I'd say that's the way to go for the next 25 days.

**Bossk_Hogg**

-iPaint- wrote:
Personally I couldn't care less what the description is, but the art just doesn't scream "Dominatrix" to me. It says "Renovator" or "DIYer" or "Handywoman."

Dominatrix is stuff like leather, chains, whips, and gag-balls....

~iPaint

Really she's a booth babe at some hardware show or a thematic stripper. That's the sexy construction worker Halloween costume, not an actual construction worker. The shirtless boobs out overalls are some fanservice right there lol.

**Scrub**

Morathi's Darkest Sin wrote:
Seems CMoN is aware.. they are asking folks to suggest a new back story for Dylan in the updates/comments.

They could do with changing her name too, I know plenty of Dylans... they are all male. It is most definitely a male name and it looks bloomin' strange there!

**Bossk_Hogg**

Scrub wrote:
Morathi's Darkest Sin wrote:
Seems CMoN is aware.. they are asking folks to suggest a new back story for Dylan in the updates/comments.

They could do with changing her name too, I know plenty of Dylans... they are all male. It is most definitely a male name and it looks bloomin' strange there!

Maybe its a tip on what's going on with Dylan down south.

**ced1106**

zedmeister wrote:
So, my Mrs was intrigued by this and I'm now tempted to back. How's the game play? What about previous seasons?

Wonder what CMON thinks BDSM play is. Building treehouses, I suppose.

Anyway, the game's a good entry-level game for casual players. I'd say the only previous season you should have is the first season base game, because you don't have to wait a year for it, you can try it out and see if you like Zombicide before the Z3 KS ends, and it's thematically where a zombie series would start (post-apocalyptic urban vs. hospital). At $60-$70 online, it's not as good a deal as Z3, however.

**Alpharius**

Already at $940K with 24 DAYS left to go!

Is Zombicide the One Zombie game to rule them all?