Comments on: Martians!!! Like Zombies!!!, but More Martiany

By: ggodo

ggodo — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:38:40 +0000

The fact that you put the links there makes me respect you all the more, Ed. I suck at HTML and web design.

By: orangeisthenewiloveyou

orangeisthenewiloveyou — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:48:20 +0000

i did always love Zombies!!! it’s a great game. that’s a bummer that Martians!!! isn’t too different, though.

By: Ed Grabianowski

Ed Grabianowski — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:03:51 +0000

I put those links in manually myself.

By: The BullLifter

The BullLifter — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:11:21 +0000

I knew about the comission that comes back to Robot Viking; I didn’t know if you choose what to put there, or if it is some type of window that will put stuff there based on the words used in the post.

By: Ed Grabianowski

Ed Grabianowski — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:58:29 +0000

If y’all buy amazon stuff by clicking through a link on Robot Viking (regardless of what you buy, whether it’s the item in the link or not), I get like a 4 percent commission. I make roughly enough to buy a paperback novel there each month, which ain’t much but beats a sharp stick in the eye.

By: The BullLifter

The BullLifter — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:40:26 +0000

Bwahahaha! Amazon lists the Zombies!!! Bag O’ Zombies for $94.14! I know it must be a typo; it is still HIlarious.

By: The BullLifter

The BullLifter — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:38:20 +0000

Thanks Ed. I saw the link. Waited to click on it, to be sure that’s the one to get. (Not sure how that little add works.) Looks like I can get 1 and 2 for $40. Not too shabby.

By: ggodo

ggodo — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:51:57 +0000

Always wanted to try Zombies!! might have to pick that up at some point. Sounds like it has just enough dickery for Board Game Night. Nothing quite like 5-10 people trying to utterly screw each other over.

By: Ed Grabianowski

Ed Grabianowski — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:58:04 +0000

I’ll just add that combining a bunch of expansions together is really fun if you have the time and the table space. We had an epic game two Halloweens ago. You start with the basic town, but shuffle the entrance spaces for the other areas into the tile deck. Whenever someone finds one (say the gate to the military base or the door to the mall), then players can start drawing tiles from the base or mall decks. You end up with this sprawling map and players running all over, each of them going after a different win condition or trying to drag each other down.

By: Ed Grabianowski

Ed Grabianowski — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:54:47 +0000

I would definitely start with the first one (there’s a helpful Amazon link in the story there, hint hint). It includes basic zombies, you run around town trying to find the helipad so you can escape.

I also really like 2, the military base. The base is fun to explore, and there are extra-tough radioactive zombies.

3 is good, located in a mall. Lets you re-enact Dawn of the Dead.

4 works best as a standalone (we’ve tried combining it with the others and it’s a little uneven). You get Zombie dogs and explore some woods looking for an old cabin. The best part is the Evil Dead premise – the win condition is finding the pages of an old demonic book and casting the proper spell in the cabin to end the zombie invasion.

5 is the university, which is good if you want yet another place to add into a massive game, and it does add “guts” tokens, which are nice but not crucial.

That’s as far as I’ve played, though I hear 6 is good because it adds sewer movement, which makes getting around town easier.

By: The BullLifter

The BullLifter — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:13:13 +0000

Zombies!!! sounds like a load of fun. Since there are eight versions, your (or the other Vikings) suggestions on which one to get first?