-Loki- wrote:
Green Horde got a dragon near the end. I’m guessing they’ve got something lined up for Invader.

For $90 this Optional Buy gives you Zombicide: Dark Side! This is an entirely new standalone core box, including all the content you would expect in a Zombicide base game: Survivors, Machines, Xenos, Tiles, Missions, Equipment, Tokens, etc. While Dark Side is an independent entry point into the Zombicide sci-fi universe, it is also fully compatible with Zombicide: Invader, which means it also acts as an expansion for it, bringing a lot more content to your game.

In Dark Side, players take on the role of the soldiers of Green Squade and delve into the underground mining facilities of PK-L7. There they will face a new breed of Xenos: Drillers! these red devils benefit from the pits that the Driller Abomination digs up, using them for extra protection, and to make surprise attacks on the Survivors. Players will also have to contend with the crushing darkness of the tunnels, which severely hamper ranged combat. With new equipment at their disposal, and new tactics to be learned, Green Squad might just stand a chance to make its way out of the dark!

Dark Side will be produced as a Limited Print Run. This means we will only produce enough quantity to fulfill the backers' orders and any other retail pre-orders, but have no plans to reprint at this time. To be clear, this is not a Kickstarter Exclusive, and will be available at retail. But numbers will be limited, so if you want to guarantee a copy, the safe way is to include it in your pledge.

By purchasing Dark Side in this campaign, you will also get some awesome extras not available in the retail version: A booklet featuring 10 new Missions that mix together elements from both the Invader and Dark Side boxes. These Missions also utilize a new game mechanic: Companions that will help the Survivors in their mission. 3 Kickstarter Exclusive Scientist Companions are included, each granting Survivors a different benefit. These extra elements are explored more in depth towards the end of this Update.

The Driller Abomination is the stuff of nightmares. This huge beast is all claws and horns and other things that skewer and gore. Its attacks deal 3 damage, instantly killing even an armored soldier. Like all Abominations, it gets an extra activation whenever an Abomination card is drawn, or the players run out of a type of Xeno miniatures, so it can be on top of you when you least expect it. Bringing it down requires 3 damage, which can be obtained by using a Seismic Grenade, or concentrating your fire.

Driller Workers are the grunts of this Xeno race. Spawning in large numbers, Workers may quickly surround the Survivors, specially if spawning from Open Pits. While Workers are usually not a big challenge to put down, things could become tricky if you need to eliminate them while entrenched in an Open Pit. Having to deal 2 Damage to kill each Driller Worker is no picnic!

That Hunters are a very real threat, Survivors should already be aware of (2 actions per activation usually means a quick death, even dealing only 1 damage per attack). However, Driller Hunters charging at you under the cover of darkness is a whole other level of terror! Try to draw them into a building, preferably to the corridors, so you may stand a chance of shooting them down a couple Zones away. If you're fighting them in the dark tunnels, you're in deep trouble. Don't even dream of engaging them in a Pit Zone, where it will take 2 Damage to destroy each of them.

Driller Tanks deal 2 damage in a single attack, which is enough to kill most Survivors in one hit. Thankfully they are not very fast, so if you meet them in the dark tunnels you may still be able to position yourself to take them on. But for all that is holy don't allow them to take protection in an Open Pit Zone. Having to deal 3 Damage to take one down means no normal weapon will do the job, it will be like attacking an Abomination!

Spoiler:

ecurtz wrote:
"It's not possible to get Dark Side instead of Invader." - Just in case absolutely everyone was wondering.

 smurfORnot wrote:
Well, this one is obviously better looking(though that is a bit subjectional), but why give people chance to choose which one they want to buy when you can sell em both? More or less same thing in the end, but hey, more money in CMON pockets.
If this was first box, I could have been tempted to back, since I do like this one more, though, it really looks even more 40k ripp off(SM&nids expansion).

They really wanna milk this franchize...not sure should they change they logo to something more in line with cows...

 MonkeyBallistic wrote:
I can be an all or nothing kind of chap at times. I just can’t justify the cost of getting the two base games plus the expansion and the add on gangs (around £200 I think), but I know I’ll feel forever dissatisfied if I only got part of it. So, weird as it might seem to some, this latest add on has convinced me not to back at all.

I like it, I don’t love it. I certainly don’t 200 quid like it. Plus, I’m pretty certain that there’ll be another Zombicide along eventually that I might like better. So, I’m out.

 Popsghostly wrote:

 MonkeyBallistic wrote:
I can be an all or nothing kind of chap at times. I just can’t justify the cost of getting the two base games plus the expansion and the add on gangs (around £200 I think), but I know I’ll feel forever dissatisfied if I only got part of it. So, weird as it might seem to some, this latest add on has convinced me not to back at all.

I like it, I don’t love it. I certainly don’t 200 quid like it. Plus, I’m pretty certain that there’ll be another Zombicide along eventually that I might like better. So, I’m out.

I understand your thinking. A lot must be thinking the same. The $$$ rise, but the backers waiver between 11,848-11,852 for the past hour.