Dead Inside: Zombie Survival Card Game Preview

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Note: This preview uses pre-release components and rules. What you see here may be different from the final, published game. This post was a paid preview, you can find out more information here.

I always enjoy a good zombie movie, so Dead Inside piqued my interest when it came through the pipeline. Just a few weeks ago, I was in the Zombie Capital of the World, Pittsburgh, where I attended a zombie convention in nearby Monroeville Mall, the filming location of George Romero’s zombie classic, Dawn of the Dead. So, after braving hordes of undead fans, I figured I’m ready to take on some undead cards.

Dead Inside: Zombie Survival Card Game, launching on July 1 on Kickstarter, is designed by Tom and Bella Hanson. The game supports 2-4 players and takes about 30-45 minutes to play.

In Dead Inside, players are just trying to outlast each other in the zombie apocalypse. They’ll be running from zombies, fighting them off, and even steering herds toward their opponents to try and survive. You either win by being the final player standing or by lasting a full year in the apocalypse, which equates to going through all of the cards in the deck.

Setup is simple: place the deck of cards in the middle of the table and give each player 20 health, 20 food, and 20 water. On your turn, you’ll start by Scavenging, which just means drawing the top card of the deck and seeing what you get. Zombies will go on the table in front of you and constitute the horde you’re now contending with. Each player has their own group of undead to handle and must face it every turn.

You’ll next have to deal with your zombie horde by either running or staying to fight. If you choose to fight, you will attack each zombie individually by rolling 2 dice. If your