Last Night on Earth, The Zombie Game

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Last Night On Earth, best zombie game ever! Review by Gerry & Michelle

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This is one of my most favorite board games that brings friends and family together! Its fun, its scarey, and there is never a repeat game...the conclusions and adventure is always different. It reminds me of being involved in a zombie movie. What makes it even more realistic is you can customize your pieces by painting them, and we added some HO train scale trees to the mix and a model ford truck. (For the get to the truck scenerio) Its a game that you can always have fun playing. (Posted on 2/7/12)

Best zombie game ever. Review by Marc

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All components look good and are of great quality. Cards, die rolls, equipment and missions can make the game tilt one side or the other pretty fast - which accentuates the stress of survival during the entire play, nothing is certain until the end. This is both great and sometimes annoying depending which side you are on, but at least players rarely feel that they are playing a losing game for too long. A couple of lucky searches can have all heroes armed and strong in fights. A couple of unlucky rolls can break all weapons and get a hero killed quickly. Some missions are definitely intended to be more of a challenge for the heroes (Search missions require luck on the cards picked up and the mansion defense is a desperate situation that requires lots of luck to win). This is bar none the best zombie survival game out there. I will purchase an expansion or two. (Posted on 1/13/12)

Feels like a zombie movie! Review by KR

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I was told by my brother that this was a fun game so I did a little research and went out and bought it. He was right! I'm a huge fan of all things horror (especially zombie movies) and this game definitely has the zombie movie theme down. I found the game quite well balanced with the zombies winning half of the time and the heroes winning the other half.

The quality of the game is very good as well. I love the individual figurines and the L-shaped boards to mix up the layout every time you play. The fact that there are five different scenarios to play add to the replay value for the game. Also, I have to make a note about the cards. I love how they are thick, durable cards to ease the wear and tear. Of course, I also can't fail to mention the soundtrack that the game comes with. Yes, I know it's extremely cheesy music but it suits the theme and mood of the game and whenever playing the game with friends they always request that I put the CD on.

All in all I think this is a great game and there have been very few game nights where Last Night on Earth wasn't taken out and player. Highly recommended, especially for those looking for a good zombie board game. (Posted on 10/17/11)

Balanced and fun. Review by Magravan

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A friend brought his copy over to play in case part of our group didn't show up for the usual Battletech game, and so we played this with 4 people. Start up time was helped by a player who had already played it, but it seemed pretty quick to catch on for the rest of us. We played a few scenarios, and now we're all scouring the internet for expansions to make sure we are getting the most out of it. As the co-creator of a zombie-ish webcomic, The Other Grey Meat, I'm hoping to bring this game to any Cons we might attend as a fun diversion for readers / Con attendees to play.

For a Zombie themed board game, it is surprisingly balanced. Our first session, the zombies slaughtered the humans with a lucky really lucky set of rolls, but the second game went to the humans, though the zombies nearly beat them with a last ditch show down.

It's just really, really fun, and we all enjoyed ourselves immensely. I'm sorely tempted to make it the primary game for our game nights! The only thing that prevented a third (and fourth) game was that some of our players had to be at work in less than 6 hours.. (Posted on 4/7/11)

Guy with a Girlfriend: Last Night on Earth Review Review by Stephen

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Intro:

14 days ago I heard about and researched a zombie game called Last Night on Earth. 13 days ago I bought it. And 12 days ago I tried "the big sell" on my skeptical girlfriend. After some debate about the validity of zombies and why she should care, a date was made and we met in our kitchen later that night.

First Impressions:

Me: "Neat! Miniatures and a randomized game board! Multiple scenarios and great production values!"

Girlfriend: "Little plastic men and dice? I'm not so sure about this any more."

Basic run-down:

Last Night on Earth pits four human characters against an ongoing flow of zombies. There's a limit of 14 zombies that can be placed on the board at once. When starting a game you decide from which of the five provided scenarios to play through. For example, one has you trying to find gas and keys for which you use to escape in a truck. For the humans to succeed they usually either have to complete an objective before the turn counter runs out or wait for it to run out while maintaining a victory condition.

First Play Through:

From reading the rules I figured that it would be best to let my girlfriend play as the zombies as there would be less for her to keep track of. I took control of four humans characters. It's a little daunting keeping track of and controlling four characters but it becomes more manageable the more you play. Game play has the Zombies drawing/using cards, moving, and spawning new zombies on their turn followed by each human character individually taking each of their turns where they can move/search for items, trade with other humans, and fire ranged weapons. When either team's or character's turn ends with both sides in the same space then they have to resolve a fight through dice rolls.

My girlfriend slowly started getting into the flow of the action throughout our first game. We both enjoyed the surprise element of using our cards to affect fight outcomes and other things that we took for granted (like the mistaken assumption that zombies could only ever move one space per turn). Speaking about the cards themselves, a number of them had my girlfriend audibly laughing because of their humorous nature and aggravating results.

After fourteen rounds the human side came out victorious. And then I heard something that I never thought I'd hear: "Let's play again, I want to win this time".

Final Breakdown:

A week or so has gone by and we've played another 8 times. My girlfriend really likes this game and even requests to play it. We've had the opportunity to play this as a four player game but that just spreads out who controls what. In the case of four players, two people control two humans each and two people control 7 zombies each. Although playing this way is fun for the social aspect, we pretty much prefer the two player version. I highly recommend this to people who enjoy the zombie genre and to those that can stomach a fair bit of randomness in their gameplay. (Posted on 11/29/09)

A Zombie Movie in Board Game Form Review by Keith

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I'm a huge fan of anything with zombies but was a little hesitant about getting this game but eventually caved. I have to say that I'm glad I picked it up. The game does a great job of capturing the feel of cheesy zombie movies and putting it into board game form, from the pictures on the cards, the different game scenarios, and even the characters themselves.

There's a large element of luck to the game. Sometimes the heroes will pick up a string of good cards that let them make huge progress in a scenario or beat back part of the advancing horde. Other times, the zombies my luck out and eat the heroes rather quickly. Even when things get a little one-sided, it's still fun to see everything unfold.

The game itself is well designed. All of the card pieces (playing cards, the boards, hero cards, scenario cards, and counters) are made out of thick and durable material. The rulebook is well laid out and is easy to understand. The zombies and heroes each get their own deck of cards that are well balanced against each other. The board itself is 7 pieces - 1 large centre board that can be either the town square of a manor house depending on the scenario, and 6 corner pieces of which you pick 4 to use in your game helps add some replayability to the game by making the buildings you get and their placement random. The only disappointment in the box is the music CD. Most of the tracks sound the same and don't feel like this belong in a horror setting at all. I've found that my Midnight Syndicate CDs do a much better job of capturing the mood of the game.

Overall, I'm extremely satisfied with the game and would strongly recommend it to anyone who is a fan of zombies, zombie movies, zombie apocalypses, or brains. (Posted on 5/1/09)

Why don't you own this game yet? Review by DK

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I bought this game on a whim, and right after that I was worried I might regret it. As soon as I got some friends together (along with a few cases of beer) all doubt was gone, as this was one of the most fun games I had ever played. The rules cover pretty much all ground, and should there be a part that is a little unclear, this is a great opportunity to make your own rule.
The quality of the game amazed me, and the advanced rules brought in whole new dimensions to gameplay. The only part that was kind of a let down was the CD that comes with it. Yawn. But other than that, it is perfect. It captures the B-movie feel of the zombie genre, and every time the sheriff is a playable character, I can't help but picture Michael Beihn from Planet Terror.
On a personal note, there is nothing better than being the zombies and eating your friends. One of them damn near cried. (Posted on 1/24/09)

Let me state that I'm not a huge zombies fan from the start. So the theme for Last Night on Earth just did nothing for me. It's definitely a better game than Zombies!!! with some interesting additional scenarios and the introduction of Zombie and Human te Review by TR

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Let me state that I'm not a huge zombies fan from the start. So the theme for Last Night on Earth just did nothing for me. It's definitely a better game than Zombies!!! with some interesting additional scenarios and the introduction of Zombie and Human teams. It's good, I'm just not into it because the mechanics are 'roll and move' and 'play cards' pretty much. (Posted on 12/6/08)