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Last Night on Earth: The Zombie Game is a survival horror board game that pits small-town heroes head-to-head against a horde of zombies. A team of four heroes is chosen by one set of players, and the zombies are controlled by one or two players. Each hero has its own special abilities. The board is modular, which changes the layout of the town and start positions of each hero. The game comes with several scenarios, which include simple survival, rescue, or escape. Differing combinations of heroes, scenarios, and board configurations offer a lot of replayability.
A hero deck and a zombie deck deliver tactical bonuses to each side. Combat is resolved using six-sided dice, modified by the weapon cards with which heroes may be equipped. Many of the cards include zombie movie tropes to achieve a feel of playing out a horror movie. All the game art is photographic, enhancing the cinematic feel. The game also comes with a CD soundtrack of original thematic music.
Each hero has its own plastic sculpted miniature. The game also has 14 zombies in two colors. Other objects and effects are represented by high-quality cardboard counters.
Year Published
2007
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5 Zombie Board Games
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Actual top_10_list at 15:41 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Accessible, thematic, and social
- Good showpiece for media crossovers
Cons
- Depth not as high as heavier co-ops
Thematic elements
- Cooperative versus scenario-based play
- Zombie-apocalyptic village defense
- Thematic, cinematic
Comparison games
- Pandemic
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Cooperative/Competitive hybrid — Humans vs zombies with modular maps and goals.
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No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- Katan almost gives you like this bit of credos because it's like this German game
- Wingspan does that well for me. It makes you want to be a board game ambassador
- Werewolf could create upset or maybe not so much as like diplomacy or something
- Code Names is my favorite game of all time
- Pandemic Legacy that was one of the greatest board game experiences of my life
- If you go to Golden Globes again and played a game after, I think it would be Wingspan
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Actualol game_review at 0:26 sentiment: mixed
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Overall sentiment (raw)
mixed
Pros
- strong spectacle and thematic flair
- engaging zombie-action moments and set pieces
Cons
- noted balance issues and occasional imbalance
- heavy reliance on card turn-by-turn reading can slow play
Thematic elements
- Survivor heroes vs. zombies with cinematic moments
- A small-town zombie apocalypse themed around archetypal horror movie scenarios
- cinematic, spectacle-driven moments rather than strict airtight mechanics
Comparison games
- Zombie Side: Black Plague
- Dead of Winter
- City of Horror
- Zombie 15!
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Events — Cards provide equipment and cinematic events that shape the play and narrative feel
- item and event cards — Cards provide equipment and cinematic events that shape the play and narrative feel
- roll and move — Heroes move by dice; higher dice rolls allow more movement; dice also drive combat outcomes
- Roll/Spin to Move — Heroes move by dice; higher dice rolls allow more movement; dice also drive combat outcomes
- zombie master/overlord dynamics — Zombies are controlled in a theatrical, omnipresent way (e.g., influencing lights, doors, weather) to slow heroes
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Quotes (from this video)
- Last Night on Earth is the B Movie of zombie board games
- it's a game to be enjoyed for its spectacle not its airtight game design
- the negotiation in city of horror isn't as rich as I'd like
- Dead of Winter is a fmatic masterpiece but not just in its glimpses of storytelling
- if you like the sound of a zombie game with a timed element then you absolutely should check out this game
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No Rolls Bard top_10_list at 5:21 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Pulp horror flavor with broad appeal
- Solid group experience and accessible rules
- Replayability through scenarios
Cons
- Balance and expansion dynamics can vary by scenario
- Can overstay its welcome with longer campaigns
Thematic elements
- survival and zombie outbreak
- Small town invaded by zombies; a classic horror standoff
- cinematic pulp horror with scenario-driven missions
Comparison games
- Zombicide
- Dead of Winter
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- dice-driven movement and combat — players roll dice to move, attack, and gather items
- Semi-cooperative — players share goals but chaos can arise from zombie actions
- Semi-cooperative / roles — players share goals but chaos can arise from zombie actions
- Team-based objectives — heroes cooperate to complete scenarios against zombie forces
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No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- it's the best time and boy do we have some creepy crawlers for you
- for most lists for nrb i try to feature mostly games we haven't covered before but for this one i'm going to be covering a few ones that we have
- it's a pulpy cinematic style game for movie fans and zombie heads alike
- it's a heady tense and brutal deduction game
- there's no horror experience like nemesis
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