Z-Man GamesThe Walking Dead: The Board Game

Play this all the time with guys from the local game shop.Definitely suggest only playing with 4 players and allowing only a new character card being used to come back into the game within the first 5 turns or so. Let the first person have a choice and the second person out in that time gets stuck with the last.This allows for more competitiveness as too many people makes it feel more like luck, pulling your attention intoo many directions as you're often able to work towards a goal that stops someone else from winning their third location (ie. not letting them have the most resources/followers/wounds/etc).You can draft the main characters one way and then draft the single followers the other, but there are way too many followers to go through and choosing your follower to stop someone else from creating a combo is often a greater disadvantage to you than it is to the other player.Drawing completely random main characters keeps it balanced in the sense that everyone has to be mindful of the limitations of the character they get. The only choice being for the first person out in the first 5 turns helps balance out the handicap of being 5 turns behind. The 5 turn limit is there to make taking a new character a way to counter a simple bad luck streak early in the game (losing your only follower in one encounter and then having to beat a number of zombies you have no chance of beating for instance).Once you bring your resources up a bit and/or gain a second follower... there really is no reason your character should die with careful management.The other TWD game is very different, but also very enjoyable. Much easier to learn and faster paced, but with the same careful choices, resource management, and survival mentality thrown in.

This game plays much like "Dead of Winter" not as elaborate, but a great alternative. Setup and play is simple (get some baggies for pieces). But the random nature of dice based gaming makes this fun for both new or veteran player. My financee has jumped on the board game bandwagon just 4 months ago and now she's playing pandemic, forbidden island, Ticket to Ride and more. For the walking dead fan this is a great game at a great price. Zman Games continues to impress!!

This is the game based on the comics, not to be confused with the TV show. Like all Z-man games, the quality is top notch. I got my copy after playing with some friends. It's a great game with several players, but I wanted to give the solo game a try. It's fairly easy to win the game using the solo rules but also depending on the dice rolls and cards drawn. Overall great zombie themed game and a must have for any collector or Walking Dead fan.

When i bought it i clicked the special edition one. And what i got was not special edition it was used and box was torn. very poor quality! although it is a very fun game!

There's a tear in the box and scuffs/dents everywhere. That game is a good game, but in rating purchasing it from Amazon, I can't give it many stars. Buy it somewhere that has better shipping practices.

This is a fun game to play with a group of people. From my experience, 4 people is the perfect amount. Any more than that and madness and confusion ensues because it takes a century to get to your turn and people start talking and not paying attention because they are bored from all the waiting.The game plays out like a zombie apocalypse would. Sometimes you are dealt a really terrible pairing of main character/ follower and then you have to kill 7 zombies and you are dead by your first turn. Other times you may accumulate and awesome team of followers and scout the world and slay all the zombies. It involves dice and cards, so it really is a game of chance. The only educational aspect of this game is to teach you that life is not fair and if you don't surround yourself by useful people with gun skills, you are surely a goner at the end of the world.The game itself is sturdy and all the pieces are of good quality. There is one problem with the bases of the starting characters though. My friend also has this game and the bases to the characters that you move around the board slowly all fell off and became impossible to reattach without glue. My pieces are starting to do the same. Dale was the first to lose his legs (fitting I suppose, if you are a fan of the comics). ;)The sheer volume of pieces involved in this game is kind of a hassle for cleanup purposes. There are markers for damage, supplies, characters, and zombies. Then there are encounter cards, starting character cards, follower cards, and location cards. The are no sorting devices included with this game so we have amassed a lot of Ziploc baggies and rubber bands for organization.This is a great social game...assuming your friends watch The Walking Dead, read the comics, or are zombie nerds in general. It is fun if you know the characters. We make lots of jokes and root for certain character to succeed or fail their encounters. Overall, a great deal of fun to be had.

Awesome themeGreat looking components even if there is 398543578 piecesVery weak gameplayVague rules. (mostly for cards)No difficulty level ( to have fun with this you must house rule nearly everything)Very disappointing game.No solid co-op

This game was so much easier to figure out than we thought it was going to be. In an age when strategy board games take a political science degree to navigate this game was surprisingly easy to just pick up and play. Our whole family loves this game. it is smart without being overcomplicated. There is no need to have advance knowledge of the graphic novels in order to play but people who do know the GN will still really enjoy the game. Our whole family plays together. There is significantly less shouting at each other than in other board games, with the exception of the constant beratement "Never NEVER fire off your guns in Atlanta!" This is a very well designed game.

Me gusto mucho este juego, lo jugue varias veces con mi familia y amigos, es entretenido, tiene reglas faciles de seguir, algunas cartas de juego tienen retos y condiciones un poco extrañas pero es muy buen juego.

This is an insanely fun game. I've played solo and with friends both board games geeks and newbs. Everyone has loved it and found it so fun to play.

Everyone in the family has played this game and lost many hours to family entertainment . Would recommend for a good evening of fun

Lot's of fun, arrived fast also !

All my friends love the walking dead so this was an excellent game to buy for group gatherings, really easy rules to follow, but still challenging.