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In Resident Evil, a deadly virus has caused the dead to rise and infect any living thing they encounter! Fleeing to a mysterious mansion, you must gather any materials you can find to protect yourself and fight for your survival against a legion of infected beings!
The Resident Evil DBG brings the story to life in a game of strategy where players construct their card decks while they play. Choose one of your favorite characters from Resident Evil such as: Chris Redfield, Jill Valentine, or Albert Wesker among others. Players start with only the most basic of items and weapons. As the game progresses, players build their arsenal with additional Weapons, Ammunition, Action or Item cards to customize their deck and improve their ability in defeating the Infected! Your deck will be your lifeline to survival. How will you survive the zombie outbreak?
The Resident Evil DBG will consist of 250 playing cards, 3 different game modes (Story, Mercenary and Versus) and hundreds of possible scenarios within each mode for unlimited replay value. No two games will ever be the same!
Story mode is the main version of the game where players must race to claim the best weapons, items, and ammunition before others get to it first. Quick thinking and a good instinct will help you survive the Mansion and be the one to escape to safety.
Mercenary mode is similar to Story mode but this mode rewards the players that take the offensive. Players must prove their skills by defeating as many zombies as they can in a limited amount of time. This mode can be played in teams.
Versus mode removes the Infected from the game and pits the human characters against each other in a battle for dominance. Players must watch their back as they attempt to defeat each other while staying alive themselves. Watch out because you may find that players are not as merciful as the Infected!
Players take on the role of one of the Heroes of Resident Evil. They start with a deck of 10 cards, which consist of Weapons and Ammo. Players must use their resources to obtain more powerful Weapons, Ammo, Items, and Action Cards that they add to their deck. As you progress in the game your Deck will become stronger and more efficient. You must use the cards in your deck to fight the "Infected" creatures which awards you Decorations . To win the game you must defeat more "Infected" creatures then your opponents, but the game only ends when the strongest "Infected" creatures is killed. Once he is killed, the player that has gained the most Decorations wins the game.
Ammo cards are used to power your Weapons as well as purchase new cards.
Weapon cards are used to battle the "Infected" creatures. Stronger weapons require more ammo.
Item cards allow you to strengthen and Heal your Character.
Action cards give you additional actions that you can take during your turn, such as drawing more cards or improving the power of your weapons.
Game Contents
250 Cards
Game Manual
Integrates with:
Resident Evil Deck Building Game: Alliance
Resident Evil Deck Building Game: Mercenaries
Expanded by:
Resident Evil Deck Building Game: Outbreak
Resident Evil Deck Building Game: Nightmare
- Strong ties to the Resident Evil IP
- Easier and quicker to play than other Resident Evil board games
- Has expansions that add variety
- Adds a 1v1 version
- Not a superior game, typical deck builder mechanics
- Graphic design isn't great
- Expensive due to being out of print
- Expansions are costly
- Surviving the Resident Evil universe
- Mansion
- Resident Evil board games
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Deck Building — Players build their decks by purchasing cards.
- Enemy deck — An enemy deck is used, often including a boss.
- Grid Movement — Players move through a grid representing the mansion.
- player vs player — One expansion added a 1v1 version of the game.
- Resource Management — Managing ammo is crucial; playing an ammo card grants ammo, but requires another card to refill the gun.
- Set Collection — Collecting specific types of cards like guns, ammo, and herbs.
Video topics + discussion points
Quotes (from this video)
- this one um I've said this before when this has come up.
- Um, this one's modern day and you are um actually you have like a you know it's you have a ocean um it's like a science building kind of thing. You're in the open ocean and you're like exploring the ocean. You're doing different stuff like that.
- This one is a scenario-based game as well.
- This is pretty to look at.
- It has a good solid solo mode as well
- I love that.
- this would be a game though if we did the two top 100s and average it out be higher for me.
- one of the best, if not the only game that I can think of where you're actually meant to sneak in and not actually fight uh the the enemies.
- one of the coolest things about this game is the the sheer amount of scenarios that you pick based off of the corporations.
- The way it handles the enemies is very very clean.
- So uh this game and stalker I think do do NPC movement very very well.
- the brass mags were an awesome addition to this. too to give that 3D effect.
- Burn Cycle is a fantastic game. Very unique uh from a lot of games that are out there.
- The network board was always a cool little mini game because that was like a mini game itself.
- this was my favorite game of of the uh Garfield games and that is Raiders of the North Sea.
- this one is one of the first games I played back in the day that had that interesting worker placement because you have there's three colored workers out there, uh, black, white, and gray.
- You get two actions every round.
- But you have to be weary about what you're picking up because you may be opening up something for somebody else, you know.
- This one also has the solo variant.
- it's so simple to set up and play and it's just it's an easy teach.
- Um, and uh, and yeah, I mean, that's cool.
- Madara is is a very interesting game because it's one that I absolutely love the story and it's the epitome of like the best kind of character build game um in my opinion for campaign games.
- But its dice system and its bosses are so bad.
- But really why this game why I love this game is is the story and just the sheer amount of items and uh ways to actually build your character.
- There's nothing out there that's like that's that really even comes close to this.
- So the writing is superb for this one.
- So, that is my 41.
- This is what I want every time I'm a campaign game comes out and it's like you can build your characters it's like right but can I or can I have two items equipped and that's it, you know,
References (from this video)
- Brings in tension when playing solo
- Added a lot more story and cards with expansions
- Component quality and card quality are not the greatest
- Resident Evil
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Deck Building — You can buy things to increase your deck.
- Hand Management — You have to spend cards to gain your ammo.
Video topics + discussion points
Quotes (from this video)
- We're just redoing this because 5 years is when we did this last time and after looking at my list then and look at my list now, there was been a metric ton of changes.
- Um so that changes a lot of it. Plus, companies are almost bullied into having a solo mode.
- So, these are going to be like games I play by myself, whether it's, you know, two-handed or or strictly solo games.
- It's a narrative game. Uh and uh you are running through you're like these these uh it's there's a lot of espionage like you're a spy.
- The app doesn't like take away from the game. It's not an app game where you also have cards. It's Yeah, it's a it's a perfect blend with that app driven.
- This has that Marvel Champions feel where you have your alter ego side.
- This one is just a really good uh 40k um
- Man, we we don't know how good we had it back then
References (from this video)
- Simple to learn
- Great for kids
- Fun exploration mechanic
- Thematic gameplay
- Out of print
- Potentially easy to exploit
- Expensive to acquire
- Survival Horror
- Resident Evil Mansion
- Exploration and Combat
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Deck Building — Players acquire new cards and upgrade their deck
- Mansion Exploration — Players can choose to explore the mansion each turn
Video topics + discussion points
Quotes (from this video)
- why is this game not in print it's stupid
- creates some great laughs