

The zombie board games franchise has been around for many years now, but the best zombie board games we have covered here have managed to reimagine it in new and exciting ways. Whatever your playstyle, board games about zombies are a fun way to experience the cooperative and survivalist genre, and generally have a blast. The best zombie board games allow you to be either! You may survive it, or you may become an easy snack for a shuffling horde or flesh-eaters. There are many ways to be a part of the zombie apocalypse. When you buy through our links, we may earn a commission. It’s a good idea as it eventually starts sealing off rooms which adds to the tension.Image credit: CMON We independently review everything we recommend. You can put it out, explosions can happen etc The fire is a lot like Flash Point: Fire Rescue when it can start, if it starts it spreads randomly. You can imagine the big bad (I say big bad, it’s a mad Professor or one of his family) monitoring the cameras while hiding in his lab and making things happen to those he sees. Although not amazing or unique, it was thematic. Ending your turn in view of a camera means something bad can happen. Some rooms have cameras that can see down corridors.

They can also grab you which is very VERY hard to escape from. They can deal damage, the more damage you take means you start to fewer action points per turn to use. You use your successful defence rolls to cancel out the Zombie’s successful attacks. Dark, Darker, Darkest adds to the separation thing, the more of you there are in the same room the more defence dice you will have vs Zombie attacks.
