County Road Z

The version titled 1.26 is the most recent, though it will say 1.25 on page 2. Essentially, the print version is 1.25, and the pdf is 1.26, and the only difference is covered in the FAQ. It's a small difference, otherwise you can play from the physical book without a problem.

You can absolutely play with just some tokens and dice! Some paper or string to represent walls and whatnot may also be convenient. There's also a dice-only combat variant in the works for folks who want to focus on the basebuilding and resource management. Look for us on various social media and you'll be able to keep up with new freebies.

That is, unfortunately, not part of my skillset! I may start learning to build that kind of asset, especially now that Drivethru is partnering with roll20. I did my playtesting in the VERY early days on a zombicide board, but you're absolutely right that it isn't really thematically appropriate. Thanks for dropping in here, sorry about the late response!

It's just a rulebook. The game is strictly bring-your-own-miniatures. If you own a copy of zombicide, those components work great, then all you need is a d10.

That's 100 percent correct! Zombies react after every action, as long as that action's noise value reaches them.

I am just starting to try this game out with my son. We were looking for something to graduate up to from Zombicide, that had a bit more robust campaign system, so thanks for this so far.

Followup to the Zombies activation question above, it seems to me that if a move (6) will activate every zombie within 6" immediately after the move, then it will be impossible to melee attack first on any zombie, as moving up to them will immediately trigger an attack on their part when the movement is completed. But moving 1" away from them will trigger them to move into range, which then can be followed up with an attack from the character...

Also, if you are, for example, 5" away from a zombie and move away from it one move action, it will (being the same speed) move 6" as well and still be 5" away from you. If a second move action is taken it will again move 6" and get to move a total of 12" that turn. Then at the end of the turn, it will activate again (since...See more it is aggressive) and move a third time to get into base contact (5" more movement) for a grand total of 17" movement (faster than the player)... Am i missing something here or is this how they are intended?

Thanks!

That's 100 percent correct! Zombies react after every action, as long as that action's noise value reaches them.

Wow, looks like you got a mistaken reply. The real answer is yes, absolutely, for sure! There's a bit of a delay on the printer's side, but the updated edition will be available to Print on Demand very soon!

20 aggressive zombies should get you into the late game before you run out, if ever. 12 could probably manage.