How to Play

Zombicide: 2nd Edition

1-6 players 60-60 min 7.9 Board Game Geek Rating

Players cooperatively control survivors navigating a zombie-infested city in this tactical board game. The automated zombie AI controls undead enemies while players scavenge weapons and equipment. Teams must work together across 25 interconnected scenarios, fighting through hordes to complete objectives and survive the apocalypse.

Published 2021

Zombicide: 2nd Edition

Get Ready

Setup the game with these step-by-step instructions before diving into your turn.

1
Identify zombie types
Recognize the different zombie categories: Walkers, Runners, Brutes, Abominations, The Lost, Crowz, Dogz, and Crawlers
2
Note zombie statistics
Reference the stat chart for each zombie type's Actions, Moves, Health, and Action Points (APs) to kill
3
Understand targeting priority
Learn the priority order from 1-5: Brutes/Abominations (1), The Lost (2), Walkers/Crowz (3), Runners (4), Crawlers/Dogz (5)
4
Prepare special zombie types
If using expansion zombies, separate their spawn cards and miniatures

On Your Turn

What you can do during your turn.

1
Apply targeting priority in ranged combat
Target zombies in order: Standard zombies first, then Toxic variants, then Berserker variants of the same type
2
Choose targets freely in melee
Players select which zombies to attack when in the same zone
3
Handle Berserker immunity
Only kill Berserkers with melee attacks or zone-clearing weapons like Molotov cocktails
4
Track Lost zombie damage
Losts require 5 wounds to kill and grant a free weapon card from the Equipment pile when slain
5
Activate Seekers carefully
Seekers gain an extra activation each time a Seeker card is drawn, potentially moving multiple times per round
6
Resolve Shooter attacks
When a Zombie Shooter card is drawn, all Shooter Walkers on the board fire at survivors in their line of sight, inflicting 1 wound per zone targeted
7
Spawn Crawlers from Skinners
After killing Skinner zombies, spawn one Crawler for each "1" rolled on the attack dice
8
Avoid Toxic Blood Spray
When eliminating Toxic zombies in melee, the attacker takes 1 wound from toxic spray
9
Collect VIP zombies
Place killed VIP Walker miniatures on your ID card; discard 5 different sculpts to draw a Pimpweapon card
10
Track Zombie Dogz activations
Dogz activate 3 times per round, attacking or moving each activation
11
Handle Crowz movement
Murders of Crowz move up to 3 zones per activation to reach their target, ignoring walls and obstacles
12
Watch the Toxic Abomination
At end of Zombie Phase, all zombies in its zone become Toxic variants
13
Avoid A-Bomb Abomination grabs
This Abomination pulls all survivors from adjacent zones into its zone after each activation

Winning

How to claim victory.

1
Eliminate zombies for experience
Killing any standard zombie earns 1 experience point
2
Kill Abominations strategically
Standard Abominations require 5 damage; A-Bomb Abominations require zone-clearing effects like Molotov cocktails
3
Prioritize dangerous targets
Focus on high-threat zombies like Seekers (which accumulate activations) and Dogz (which activate 3 times)
4
Manage special zombie immunities
Remember Berserkers, Losts, Seekers, and Skinners cannot be converted by the Toxic Abomination
5
Clear Lost zombies for rewards
Killing Losts lets you search the Equipment pile for any weapon you want
6
Complete VIP collections
Gathering 5 different VIP Walker sculpts rewards a powerful Pimpweapon card

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