Zombicide: Black Plague

Reviews

Louis

Next up we moved on to quest number 2, and this time with three players. We still think that overall, Zombicide Black Plague is more difficult than Season 1, and we still don’t like the double spawn cards, but we feel like now we can carry on and enjoy just playing the games from now on. In addition, we never quite seemed to find any really decent items, although I do like dual wielding hammers, nothing seemed to quite match up to Season 1’s dual wielding Sawed Off Shotguns, Shotguns, or Sub MG’s. With only starter equipment to hand, my only character who could defeat the fatties had numerous unsuccessful rolls, and was quickly killed, with two more survivors lost in quick succession.

Joefromtwg

Armour & shields! Following my solo outing we gave the first quest a try with two of us teaming up.

GirlGeekUpNorth

I think the double spawns are the one thing I don’t like about this version, but it does add an element of unpredictability to the game that is very fitting for a zombie apocalypse. Zombicide Black Plague takes the original game and puts it into a Medieval setting, and while much of the game play is the same, there are some new elements that have been added. I still can’t get the hang of using noise tokens, I think it’s fair to say that Zombicide games in my house will be pretty much ignoring this rule.

So, after discovering that we were spawning fatties wrong, and now finally getting to grips with double spawns, we moved up to quest number 4, and the first medium difficulty game, which we were very nervous about. After a false start, (we opened the first door and spawned an Abomination, so we just re-started) we had a really enjoyable game!

5. I’m not sure at this point if I like the double spawn cards.

Right now I’m still not loving the double spawn cards, but considering that in three games I’ve managed to draw four in a row, three in a row, and five in a row, that’s not really surprising! Necromancers I can cope with, they add an interesting dynamic to the game, but double spawns just seem to really hit us hard.

The luck of the cards can make or break your game, more heavily so than in Season 1. The only negative thing is the price. The first thing I discover, is that I’m an idiot.