Game Info
Year
2019
Players
3-6
Age
14+
Playtime
40 min
Complexity
2.2/5
Collection
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Description
Cooperative survival game where players scavenge trade craft and fight off zombie assaults across six challenging nights.
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Foster the Meeple Top List at 2:43 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
none
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- Zombie apocalypse survival
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
Mechanics unknown.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- we haven't done a strictly like Halloween top 10 in a while now
- these are 10 games that we recommend you try for the happiest of seasons of Halloween
- I just feel like I know we've talked about a million times but I feel like I can't have this list without horrified being on it
- if you are looking for a good like murder mystery style deduction game that isn't too like horror themed but is murder themed you know but it's so much fun and I we play it every Halloween so I would highly recommend it
- Castle party is super accessible very fun um and one we also play every Halloween and it is freaking adorable
- it is notoriously difficult to play
- it plays incredibly quickly and it's one of the one of my favorite social deduction games
- it is just it's so much fun it's so colorful and cute but in like a not so scary spooky kind of way
- I really love the way this plays it too I think it's really fun
- this game is total nonsense total chaos so much fun it will burn your brain though
- it's very very very good and very spooky like the artwork on the on the tiles is beautiful
- it is very viby it's witchy Vibes
- Cobble and fog invokes spookiness
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Brains On Games Review at 0:16 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Artwork and components are thematic and high-quality (deluxe wooden pieces, sheriff's badge token, textured boards).
- Strong cooperative tension with planning and discussion; good for developing executive functioning skills.
- High replayability and customization via expansions; supports semi-cooperative and hidden-role variants.
- Balance of risk and strategy with tense wave-based gameplay.
Cons
- High randomness; could be a deal-breaker for some players.
- Deluxe components require additional storage (organizer) beyond the standard box.
- The title can be hard to remember or recall verbally.
- Possible alpha player dynamics in groups; may require group curation.
Thematic elements
- zombie survival, teamwork, resource management
- Post-apocalyptic night-time zombie survival where six waves of zombies attack a group of survivors
- character backstories with nicknames; asymmetric character abilities
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- asymmetric abilities and first-player bonus — Each character has two abilities, one always usable and one available when they are the first player.
- Asymmetric Player Powers — Each character has two abilities, one always usable and one available when they are the first player.
- Card Crafting — Cards indicate crafting ingredients and recipes to build traps, barricades, and weapons.
- card-drawing / central deck — Players draw from a shared deck to obtain tools, junk, or crafting resources.
- combat and trap optimization — Attacking involves choosing to attack or craft traps; traps deal damage and can prevent damage.
- Cooperative Game — Players work together to survive waves of zombies.
- cooperative play — Players work together to survive waves of zombies.
- crafting system — Cards indicate crafting ingredients and recipes to build traps, barricades, and weapons.
- Inventory management — Limited item carrying capacity with a backpack option to increase load.
- randomness and risk management — Card draws are randomized, requiring players to adapt plans on the fly.
- Risk Management — Card draws are randomized, requiring players to adapt plans on the fly.
- round-based wave system — Six waves of attacks determine game length.
- Trading — During planning, players can trade one card to another to aid preparation.
- Trading between players — During planning, players can trade one card to another to aid preparation.
- zombie order manipulation — Players can influence the order of zombie attacks to maximize effect or mitigation.
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Quotes (from this video)
- the artwork was really appealing
- it's light in terms of its complexity
- the rules are fairly simple and easy to understand
- it's gorgeous and the pieces are fantastic
- replayability is huge; it's super replayable
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Foster the Meeple Discussion at 24:21 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
Positive
Pros
- Zombie-themed
- Very difficult to win
- Less setup than other zombie games
Cons
- Extremely difficult
Thematic elements
- Survival against zombies
- Zombie apocalypse
Comparison games
- Dead of Winter
- Zombicide
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- cooperative play — It is a co-op game.
- Event system — And then based on whatever event, whatever comes up, different types of zombies are going to be coming after you.
- Resource Management — You are going to be gathering different items.
- Survival — You have to try and defend yourself in order to survive over however many rounds it is.
Video topics + discussion points
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Quotes (from this video)
- Survival of the fittest, baby. It is what it is.
- you need to win. you need to defeat everybody else and it is not a nice game
- Root is a very mean game because it does have kingmaking which is very mean and also very competitive
- It's so freaking cute.
- because what's more whimsical than a cafe where cappy bars are serving you?
- I think Get Bit is not loved enough.
- Phenomenal game. Phenomenal solo trick taking. Amazing.
- It is meant to be a mindful activity for solo players.
- you can play it so many times in a row, you will never get sick of it.
- It's a great game for me time.
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