RULEBOOK

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GAME
CONTENTS

9 GAME TILES (DOUBLE SIDED)

71 MINIATURES

#1 GAME COMPONENTS . .2
6 SURVIVORS

#2 SURVIVE AND WIN . . . 3

#3 SETUP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
#4 GAME OVERVIEW . . . . . 4

40 WALKERS

#5 THE BASICS . . . . . . . . . 5
#6 PLAYERS PHASE . . . . 10
#7 ZOMBIES PHASE . . . . 12

8 FATTIES

16 RUNNERS

6 DICE

1 ABOMINATION

4 CAR TOKENS

#8 COMBAT . . . . . . . . . . . 15
#9 SKILLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
#10 MISSIONS . . . . . . . . . 20

# 11 INDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

ZOMBICIDE - RULES

POLICE CAR & PIMPMOBILE

6 ZOMBIE SPAWN TOKENS

1 EXIT POINT TOKEN

110 MINI-CARDS

42 ZOMBIE CARDS,
62 EQUIPMENT CARDS,
6 WOUNDED CARDS

6 SURVIVOR IDENTITY CARDS

#2

SURVIVE
AND WIN

10 OBJECTIVE
TOKENS

18 NOISE
TOKENS

12 DOOR
TOKENS

Zombicide is a cooperative game where players face hordes

of Zombies controlled by the game itself. Each player controls one, two, three, or four Survivors of a Zombie infection.
The goal is simply to complete the Mission objectives and
live to see another day.
The good news: Zombies are slow, stupid, and predictable.
The bad news: there are a lot of Zombies!
Survivors use whatever they can get their hands on to kill
Zombies. If they find bigger weapons, they can kill even
more Zombies!

1 FIRST PLAYER
TOKEN

24 SKILL
COUNTERS

6 EXPERIENCE
TRACKERS

You can trade equipment, give and receive (or ignore) advice,
and even sacrifice yourself to save the girl! Only through cooperation, however, can you achieve the Mission objectives
and survive. Killing Zombies is fun, but you will also need to
rescue other Survivors, clean out infested areas, find food and
weapons, take a ride through a ghost town, and much more.
After experiencing Zombicide, your gaming group will be the
ultimate zombie killing team in town!

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#3
SETUP

#4

1 Choose a Mission.

Zombicide is played over a series of game turns, which go

as follows:

2 Place the tiles.

PLAYERS PHASE

3 Place the doors, the cars, and Objectives.

4  Put

aside the pimpmobile cards (Evil Twins

and Mas Shotgun), Molotov, Pan, and Wounded cards. Also keep a single Fire Axe, Crowbar,
and Pistol card.

5  huffle
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the Zombie cards into one deck and

the Equipment cards into another, then place
them face down close to the board.

GAME
OVERVIEW

The player with the first player token takes his turn, activating his Survivors one at a time, in the order of his choice.
Each Survivor can initially perform three Actions per turn,
though Skills may allow him to perform extra Actions as
the game progresses. The Survivor uses his Actions to kill
Zombies, move around the map, and perform other tasks to
accomplish the various Mission objectives.
Once a player has activated all his Survivors, the player to his
left takes his turn, activating his Survivors in the same manner.

6  ach
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When all the players have completed their turns, the Players
Phase ends.

ZOMBIES PHASE

player chooses his Survivors based on

the number of players:
1 player: 4 Survivors.
2 players: 3 Survivors per player.
3 players: 2 Survivors per player.
4 to 6 players: 1 Survivor per player.

7  lace the miniatures representing the chosen

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Survivors on the starting area as indicated by
the Mission.

8  n
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each Survivors Identity Card, place an

experience tracker on the first square in the
blue area of the Danger Bar, and place a Skill
counter on the first corresponding Skill.

9 
Randomly deal the starting equipment: a Fire

All of the Zombies on the board activate and spend one Action either attacking a Survivor next to them or, if they have
nobody to attack, moving toward the Survivors they see or,
if they dont see any, toward the noisiest Zone. Runners get
two Actions, so they can attack twice, attack and move,
move and attack, or move twice.
Once all Zombies have performed their Actions, new Zombies appear in all of the active Spawn Zones on the board.

END PHASE

Axe, Crowbar, Pistol, and enough Pans so that

each Survivor gets one card. If a Survivors
starting Skill lists any starting weapons, he
receives those cards now, independent of the
starting Equipment thats just been distributed.

All Noise tokens are removed from the board, and the first
player hands the first player token to the player on his left.
Another game turn then begins.


E XAMPLE: Phil is dealt one of the random
starting Equipment cards and gets the
pistol! He then takes the weapon listed
on his Identity Card from the Equipment
deck: another pistol!

The game is lost when all Survivors have been gruesomely

killed and eliminated from the game.

10 who will be the first player, and give him

Decide
or her the first player token. Zombicide is a
cooperative game, so do not pick randomly!

WINNING AND LOSING

The game is won immediately when all of the Mission objectives have been accomplished. Zombicide is a cooperative
game, so all players win if the Mission objectives are fulfilled,
even if all of a players Survivors have selflessly given their
lives in heroic sacrifice. (A stupid death or willful suicide, on
the other hand, can hardly be considered all that victorious)
The Players Phase and Zombies Phase are explained in
depth in Chapters #6 and #7.

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#5 BASICS
THE
USEFUL DEFINITIONS
ACTOR
A Survivor or Zombie.
ZONE
Inside a building, a Zone is a room.
On the street, a Zone is the area between two pedestrian crossings and the walls of buildings along
the street. A single Zone may extend over two tiles
or even four tiles.

LINE OF SIGHT
How do I know if a Zombie sees me or if I see it?
On the streets, Actors see in straight lines that run parallel to the edges of the board. Actors cannot see diagonally.
Their line of sight covers as many Zones as the line can pass
through before reaching a wall or the edge of the board.
Inside a building, an Actor sees into all Zones that share an
opening with the Zone the Actor currently occupies. If there
is an opening, the walls do not block line of sight between
two Zones. An Actors line of sight, however, is limited to the
distance of one Zone.
NOTE: If the Survivor is looking out into the street, or
from the street into a building, the line of sight can go
through any number of street Zones in a straight line,
but only one Zone inside the building.

Josh cannot
see this
Zone since
the door is
closed.

Josh cannot
see this Zone
since he can
only see in a
straight line.

This is
a Zone in
a building.

This is a Zone
on a street,
straddling
two tiles.

Josh sees this

Zone through
the open door.
Since it's in a
building, lines
of sight are
limited to one
Zone and only
if the Survivors
can see through
an opening.

Wanda cannot see

this Zone since
she can only see
in a straight line.

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MOVEMENT
Actors can move from one Zone to the next, as long as the
first Zone shares at least one edge with the destination
Zone. Corners do not count; this means Actors cannot make
diagonal movements.
On streets, the movement from one Zone to another has
no restrictions. However, Actors must go through a door to
move from a building to the street and vice versa.
Inside a building, Actors may move from one Zone to another as long as these Zones are linked by an opening. The
position of the miniature in the Zone and the layout of the
walls do not matter, as long as the Zones share an opening.

In order to leave
this building this
Survivor must
first move here

then here. And

of course, step
through the door.

In Zombicide
you cannot move
diagonally !

NOISE

Firing a gun or smashing through a door makes noise, and

noise attracts Zombies. Each Action that opens a door with
a noisy weapon or attacks with a noisy weapon (see the
Noisy Weapons callout) produces a Noise token. Place this
token in the Zone where the Survivor resolved the Action. A
single Action can only produce a single Noise token, no matter how many dice are rolled, how many hits are obtained,
or if Dual weapons are used. Each Survivor miniature also
counts as a Noise token. Yes, they just cant seem to stay
quiet! Noise tokens are always removed from the board after
the Zombies Phase.

ZOMBICIDE - RULES

EXAMPLE: Ned opens a door with a Fire Axe. Its a

noisy way to open a door. This produces a Noise token. He then attacks a Zombie in his Zone, knocking
it down after a couple of whacks. The Fire Axe is a silent killing weapon, so this action produces no noise.
There remain two noises in this Zone, however:
the token produced by opening the door and Neds
miniature itself.

In another Zone, Amy executes three Ranged Combat

Actions with her two Dual Sub MGs. Although she
rolled six dice, she gets only three Noise tokens in
her Zone, one for each Ranged Action. The tokens
remain on the square where she produced them; they
dont follow Amy when she moves.

NOISY WEAPONS
Many Equipment cards, such as the Fire Axe, Crowbar, or Chainsaw, allow you to open doors as well as
eliminate Zombies.
 quipment that allows you
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to open doors has this symbol.
Equipment that allows you
to kill Zombies has this symbol.
The association of these symbols with one of the
following symbols determines whether the equipment produces a Noise token when you use it to
open a door or eliminate a Zombie:
 quipment that has this symbol
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produces a Noise token.

Equipment which has this symbol is silent
and does not produce a Noise token.

EXAMPLE 1:
The Fire Axe can
open doors and
kill Zombies. It
produces a Noise
token when used
to open a door.
When you use it
as Melee weapon
to put down a
Zombie, it does
not produce a
Noise token.

EXAMPLE 2:
The Chainsaw
can also open
doors and kill
Zombies. It
produces a Noise
token when used
to open a door
AND when you
use it as Melee
weapon to make
Zombie slices!

ZOMBICIDE - RULES

The experience
tracker is
placed here at
the beginning.

When the
Survivor kills
his first Zombie,
the tracker
moves here.

When the
Survivor kills
a second
Zombie,
the tracker
moves here.
When the Survivor
reaches the
Orange Danger
Level, pick an
extra Skill from
the 2 Skills of
this level.

Third Zombie
and so on.
When the Survivor kills
the 7th Zombie, youre in
the Yellow Danger Level!
12 more Zombies to reach
the Orange level...

The starting Skill

of the Survivor.

When the
Survivor reaches
the Yellow
Danger Level,
he receives the
Extra Skill thats
shown here.

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Place the readied

Equipment here.
Place the unused
Equipment here.

When the
Survivor reaches
the Red Danger
Level, pick an
extra Skill from
the 3 Skills of
this level.

EXPERIENCE, DANGER LEVEL, AND SKILLS

For each Zombie killed, a Survivor gains an experience point
and moves up a notch on his Danger Bar. Some Mission
objectives provide more experience, as does eliminating the
Abomination.
There are four Danger Levels: Blue, Yellow, Orange, and Red.
These represent everything from a light drizzle of Zombies
to a flash flood. (You really dont want to see what happens
at the Red level...)
On each Danger Level, the Survivor gains one new Skill to
help him on his mission (see Skills, page 18). Skills add to
each other across Danger Levels: at the Red Level, your
Survivor will have four Skills.
When a Survivor reaches 7 experience points, his Danger
Level moves to Yellow, and he obtains a fourth Action. He may
use this Action immediately and then every turn thereafter; in
other words, he now has a permanent additional Action.
When a Survivor gets 19 experience points, the Orange Danger Level becomes active, and he can choose one of the two
Skills indicated on his Identity Card.
At 43 experience points, the Survivor reaches the Red
D
anger Level and obtains one Skill from among the three
available at this Level.
This experience has a side effect, however. When you draw
a Zombie card to spawn a Zone, read the line that corresponds to the Survivor with the highest Danger Level!

LETS SEE SOME ID!

The Survivor Identity Cards in this box have information on the front and the back. The front shows
one of the six Survivors in the box. The back shows
a blank ID Card. Use these to create your own Survivors or download new ones from Guillotine Games!

HTTP://WWW.GUILLOTINEGAMES.COM/

THE ZOMBIES

There are four types of Zombies:

Walker. It stinks, its nasty, and its slow. Eliminating

a Walker provides 1 experience point.
Fatty. Big, bloated, and tough, these Zombies are
hard to put down. Weapons dealing only 1 Damage
cant hurt them...at all. You need a 2 Damage weapon
to kill them. Each Fatty spawns with two Walkers
alongside him, except when its group is splitting (see
Zombies Phase, page 12). Killing a Fatty provides 1
experience point.

INVENTORY
Each Survivor can carry up to five pieces of Equipment but
can only have two equipped and ready to use (one in each
hand) at any given time. While all weapons must be in a hand
slot in order to use them (whether to attack or to open a
door), other items, such as the Goalie Mask, Flashlight and
Plenty of Ammo cards, are always in effect, even while in the
reserve slots.
If your Survivor has more than five Equipment cards, discard
cards until he has five.
You may discard cards from your inventory to make room for
new cards at any time, for free.

Abomination. Mutated beyond recognition, the

Abomination is the Survivors worst nightmare. Only
weapons dealing 3 Damage or more can kill this
monster. A well-aimed Molotov will do the trick, as it
kills everything in its target Zone. Luckily, theres only
one Abomination on the board at any given time. If a
second Abomination is drawn, replace it with a Fatty
and its two Walkers. The Abomination spawns alone
(possibly having eaten its Walker fellows). Killing an
Abomination provides 5 experience points.
Runner. Amped up for some reason, these guys move
twice as fast as Walkers. Each Runner has two Actions
per activation, while all other Zombies only have one.
Eliminating a Runner provides 1 experience point.

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#6

PLAYERS
PHASE

Starting with whoever holds the first player token, each

player activates his Survivors one after the other, in the order
of his choice. Each Survivor can execute three Actions at
the Blue Danger Level. This is increased to four when the
Survivor reaches the Yellow Danger Level.
Some Survivors have a free Action at the Blue Danger Level.
Any free Actions do not count toward this total.
EXAMPLE: On her turn, Amy uses her free Move Action. She still has her basic three Actions of the turn
remaining.

If the Equipment deck runs out, reshuffle all the discarded

cards, with the exception of Wounded cards, Pans, Molotov,
and pimpmobile cards (Mas shotgun and the Evil Twins), to
make a new deck.
Special case: Cars. You can Search a car as long as the
Survivor is in the same Zone and no Zombies are in the Zone.
You can Search a pimpmobile only once per game. It contains either Mas Shotgun or the Evil Twins (draw randomly).
Some Missions may contain many pimpmobiles. In this
case, only the weapons that have not yet been taken can
be inside them. When there are no more...there are no more.

The possible Actions are:

You can Search police cars more than once per game.
Draw cards until you find a weapon. Discard the other cards.
The Aaahh! card triggers the appearance of a Walker as
usual and interrupts the Search.

MOVE

OPEN A DOOR

The Survivor moves from one Zone to the next but cannot
move through external building walls or closed doors. If
there are Zombies in the Zone the Survivor is attempting to
leave, he must spend one extra Action per Zombie to leave
the Zone. Entering a Zone containing Zombies terminates
the Survivors Move Action, even if he has a Skill that allows
him to move through multiple Zones per Move Action.

Doors are usually locked. In this case, the Survivor cannot

open the door unless he has a Melee weapon with an Open
a door symbol in his hand.

EXAMPLE 1: Ned is in a Zone with two Walkers. To

leave this Zone, he spends one Move Action, then
two more Actions (one per Walker), for a total of three
Actions. If there had been three Zombies in the Zone,
Ned would have needed four Actions to move!

OPEN A DOOR
SYMBOL

EXAMPLE 2: Wanda is next to a Zone containing a

Zombie when she moves. Her Move Action ends in
the Zone with the Zombie, even if her 2 Zones per
Move Skill would normally allow her to move up to
two Zones.

SEARCH
You can only Search Zones inside a building and only if there
are no Zombies in the Zone. The player draws a card from
the Equipment deck. He may then place it in the Survivors
inventory or immediately discard it. A Survivor can only perform a single Search Action per turn, even if its an extra, free
Action. After searching, the Survivor may freely reorganize
his inventory. (But the Survivor cannot trade with other Survivors; that is another Action!)

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You may discard cards from your inventory to make room for
new cards at any time, for free.

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Remember to place a Noise token in the Zone if the Survivor

uses a noisy weapon (see Noisy Weapons, page 7).
Opening a building for the first time reveals all the Zombies
inside all rooms of the building (a single building extends
to all rooms connected by openings, sometimes straddling
several tiles). Indicate each Zone of the building, one after
the other in any order you choose, and draw a Zombie card
for each Zone. Place the corresponding number and type
of Zombies on the indicated Zone (see Zombies Phase Spawn, page 13). If you draw an Extra Activation or Manhole
card, immediately perform the action indicated on the card,
and do not add Zombies to the current Zone.

REORGANIZE YOUR INVENTORY

AND TRADE WITH ANOTHER SURVIVOR

Some game effects, like the Lock it down Skill, allow an open
door to be locked back. If it is opened again afterwards, it
wont trigger a new Zombie Spawn.

At the cost of one Action, a Survivor can reorganize the

cards in his inventory in any way he wishes. The Survivor
can simultaneously exchange any number of cards with only
one other Survivor currently in the same Zone. This other
Survivor may reorganize his own inventory for free.

RANGED COMBAT
The Survivor uses a Ranged weapon he is holding in his
hands to shoot at a single Zone within the range shown on
the weapons card (see Combat, page 15).

MELEE COMBAT
The Survivor uses a Melee weapon he is holding in his hands
to attack the Zombies in his Zone (See Combat, page 15).

GET IN OR OUT OF A CAR

The Survivor gets in or out of a car in his Zone. To get in a car,
the Zone must have no Zombies and either the drivers seat or
one of the three passengers seats must be empty for the Survivor to occupy. There are no restrictions to getting out of a car.

CHANGE SEATS IN A CAR

The Survivor vacates the seat hes currently occupying and
takes a different empty seat in the same car. If there are no
empty seats in the car, Survivors cannot change seats.

DRIVE A CAR
Cars can only be driven if the Mission allows it. The Survivor occupying the drivers seat can move the car one or
two street Zones per Action spent (cars cannot be driven
into buildings). This Action is not a Move and is not subject to movement modifiers, such as a free Move Action or
increased movement, nor is it affected by disadvantages
related to Move Actions (cars can leave a Zone with Zombies
in it without the need to spend extra Actions). A car attacks
all Actors in the Zones through which it moves (see Combat
- Car Attack, page 17).

TAKE OR ACTIVATE AN OBJECTIVE

The Survivor takes an Objective token or activates an object
in the same Zone. The game effects are explained in the Missions description.

MAKE SOME NOISE!

The Survivor makes Noise in an attempt to attract Zombies.
Place one Noise token in his Zone.

DO NOTHING
The Survivor does nothing and prematurely ends his turn.
His remaining Actions are lost.

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#7

ZOMBIES
PHASE

Once the players have activated all their Survivors, the Zombies play. Nobody takes their role; they do it themselves,
performing the following steps in order:

STEP 1 - ACTIVATION
Each Zombie activates and spends its Action on either an
Attack or a Move, depending on its situation. First resolve
all the Attacks, then all the Moves, but each Zombie only
performs one or the other with a single Action.

ATTACK
Each Zombie in the same Zone as a Survivor performs an
Attack. A Zombies Attack is always successful and does not
require any dice rolls. It snatches, if possible, an Equipment
card the Survivor is carrying. The player who controls that
Survivor chooses an Equipment and discards its card. The
Survivor receives a Wounded card, which replaces the lost
Equipment. When he reorganizes his Survivors inventory,
the player may move this Wounded card just like an Equipment card, but he cannot discard or trade it, and it reduces
the amount of Equipment the Survivor can carry. A Survivor
with two Wounded cards is eliminated and his Equipment
discarded. If different Survivors are in the same Zone, the
players share the Wounded cards in any way they prefer.
Cooperation also means sharing the pain and suffering!
EXAMPLE: A Walker in a Zone with two Survivors
inflicts one wound during its activation. The players
choose which Survivor receives the Wounded card
and loses Equipment. They can decide, for example,
to give it to a Survivor who is holding no equipment.
They can also decide to give it to a Survivor whos
already wounded and put him out of his misery!
Feeding frenzy! Zombies fight in groups. All Zombies activated in the same Zone as a Survivor join the Attack, even if
there are so many that it would be overkill.
EXAMPLE: A group of seven Walkers is in the same
Zone as two Survivors. The first four Walkers are
enough to kill the hapless victims, but all seven
spend their Action attacking. Chow time!

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MOVE
The Zombies that have not attacked use their Action to move
one Zone toward their target, according to the following
parameters:

- f they can see a Survivor, they move toward him.

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- f they can see Survivors in different Zones, they

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move toward the noisiest group, regardless of the
distance (REMEMBER: Each Survivor counts as a
Noise token).

-  they cant see anybody, they move toward the

If
Zone that contains the most Noise tokens.

-  they cant see anybody and there are no open

If
paths to the Survivors, they move toward the noisiest Zone as if all doors were open, though locked
doors still stop them.

Zombies always take the shortest possible route to their target Zone. If there is more than one route of the same length,
the Zombies split into groups of equal numbers to follow all
possible routes. They also split up if different target Zones
contain the same number of Noise tokens. If necessary, add
Zombies so that all new groups resulting from a splitting
group contain the same number of each Zombie type!
Splitting special cases:

-  he Abomination never splits; the players decide

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which direction it goes.

- f there arent enough Zombies for a split, each ZomI

bie of the designated type immediately gains an extra
activation (see Running out of miniatures, p. 14).

- Fatties dont get extra Walker escort when splitting.

EXAMPLE: A group of four Walkers, one Fatty, and

three Runners move toward a group of Survivors. The
Zombies can take two routes of the same length, so
they split into two groups. Two Walkers go one way,
the other two take the other route. The Fatty joins
one group of Walkers, and a second Fatty is added to
the other group (this new Fatty does not come with
extra Walkers)! The three Runners also split, two joining the first group, and the other joining the second
group. Another Runner is added to the latter group so
that the groups remain identical. Things just got a lot
harder for the Survivors

RUNNERS
Runners are an exception in that they have two Actions per
turn. After all Zombies (including the Runners) have gone
through the Activation step and resolved their first Action,
the Runners go through the Activation step again, using their
second Action to Attack a Survivor in their Zone or Move if
there is nobody to attack.
EXAMPLE 1: At the beginning of the Zombies Phase,
a group of three Runners and a Fatty is one Zone
away from a Survivor. For their first Action, since
they have nobody they can Attack in their Zone, the
Zombies Move into the Zone with the Survivor. The
Runners then perform their second Action. Since
they now occupy the same Zone as a Survivor, they
Attack. Each of the Runners inflicts one Wound, killing the Survivor.
EXAMPLE 2: A Runner is in the same Zone as a Survivor, and a Walker is in the adjacent Zone. The Runner
Attacks the Survivor with its first Action, inflicting a
Wound, and the Walker Moves into their Zone, since
he sees the Survivor. Then the Runner performs its
second Action. It attacks the Survivor again, killing
him.
EXAMPLE 3: A Survivor stands in the same Zone
as three Walkers, two Fatties, and two Runners. All
the Zombies attack and inflict seven Wounds (two
Wounds are enough to kill the Survivor; the five remaining Wounds are still applied but without further
consequence). None of the Zombies Move, as they
all Attacked. Then, the Runners resolve their second
Action. They have no one to Attack, so they Move one
Zone toward the noisiest Zone.

STEP 2 - SPAWN
The Mission maps show where Zombies appear at the end
of each turn. These are the Spawn Zones. Point to a Spawn
Zone, and draw a Zombie card. Read the line on the card
that corresponds to the color of the Danger Level of the most
experienced Survivor still in the game (Blue, Yellow, Orange,
or Red). Place the number and type of Zombies shown. Repeat this for each Spawn Zone. Always begin with the same
Spawn Zone and continue clockwise.
ATTENTION: Each Fatty has two Walkers as escorts
when it spawns but not when you add one to balance
a group of Zombies that splits.
When the Zombie deck runs out, reshuffle all the discarded
cards to make a new deck.

EXAMPLE: Wanda has 5 experience points, placing

her in the Blue Danger Level. Doug has 12, which
puts him in the Yellow. In order to determine how
many Zombies spawn each turn, read the Yellow line,
which corresponds to Doug, the most experienced
Survivor.

If at least one Survivor

has reached the
Red Danger Level,
read this one. 5
Walkers! Brains
If the most experienced
Survivor is in the
Yellow Danger Level, 2
Runners appear when
you draw this card.
If all Survivors are
still in the Blue Danger
Level, read this line.
Phew nothing.

There are two special cases: the Extra Activation card and
the Manhole card. In both cases, no Zombies appear in the
designated Zone.

At the Yellow, Orange,

and Red Danger
Levels, all Runners are
immediately activated.
They receive two
Actions as normal for
this activation.
At the Blue Danger
Level, nothing happens.

When you reveal an Extra Activation card, no Zombies appear in the designated Zone. Instead, all Zombies of the
indicated type get another turn (see Activation step in the
previous page). Notice that these cards have no effect at the
Blue Danger Level!

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The most
experienced
Survivor reaches
the Yellow
Danger Level:
place 2 Walkers
per manhole.

4 Walkers
appear here:
2 for each
manhole!

The Survivors are

at this crossroads.
They are on four
different tiles!

When you draw a Manhole card, no

Zombie appears on the designated Zone.
Instead, place the indicated number and
type of Zombies in every Zone where the
map shows a manhole, on every tile where
at least one Survivor stands. Manhole
invasions never happen on tiles devoid of
Survivors.

2 Walkers
appear in
this Zone

2 Walkers
appear in
this Zone

:
ATTENTION: The Danger Level used
for spawning Zombies is set by the
Survivor with the highest Danger
Level still in the game. If this Survivor
is eliminated, the Danger Level drops
to that of the next most experienced
Survivor.

RUNNING OUT
OF MINIATURES
The Zombicide box contains
enough Zombies to invade a city.
However, players may still run out
of miniatures of the indicated type
when required to place a Zombie
on the board (when spawning,
populating a building, or due to
splitting). In this case, the remaining Zombies are placed (if there
are any), and then all Zombies of
the requested type immediately
gain an extra activation.

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Here no Zombie
appears through
the manhole, since
there is no Survivor
on this tile.

Here no Zombie
appears, since
there is no
Survivor on
this tile.
The Survivors
are in this
street. They
are on two
different tiles!

2 Walkers
appear in this
Zone, since
a Survivor is
on this tile.

2 Walkers also
appear in this
Zone, since
a Survivor is
on this tile.

#8
COMBAT
DUAL:
If you have a pistol in each hand,
you may use them both in a single
Action (aimed at the same Zone).

NOISY:
Produces a
Noise token
when used.
Dual weapons
produce a
single Noise
token per
Action.
RANGE:
Min and max
number of
Zones the
weapon can
reach. 0 is
Melee only.

OPENS DOORS:
Can be used to
open doors.
SILENT: Doesnt
produce
a Noise token
when used in
Melee Combat.
RANGE:
Min and max
number of Zones
the weapon can
reach. 0 is
Melee only.
DAMAGE:
Damage
inflicted for
each success.
A 2 value
is required
to eliminate
Fatties. A
3 value is
required to
eliminate the
Abomination.

DICE: Roll
as many
dice as this
value when
an Action is
spent to use
this weapon.

ACCURACY:
Each roll
that equals
or exceeds
this value is
a success.
Inferior
results are
failures.

When a Survivor executes a Combat Action, roll as many

dice as the Dice number of the equipped weapon being
used. If the active Survivor has two identical weapons with
the Dual symbol equipped in hand, he can use both weapons at the same time at the cost of a single Combat Action.
Both weapons must be aimed at the same Zone.
EXAMPLES: Doug has two Sub MGs in his hands.
The Sub MG has the Dual symbol, so Doug can shoot
them both with a single Action. This allows him to
roll six dice in a single roll, as the Sub MG has a Dice
number of 3!
Wanda is holding two machetes. She can strike with
them both at once, so she can roll two dice for every
Action she uses to attack.

SILENT: Doesnt produce a Noise

token when used to open doors.

DICE:
Roll as many
dice as this
value when
an Action is
spent to use
this weapon.

ACCURACY:
Each roll
that equals
or exceeds
this value is
a success.
Inferior
results are
failures.

DAMAGE:
Damage inflicted
for each
success. A 2
value is required
to eliminate
Fatties. A 3
value is required
to eliminate the
Abomination.

Each die result that equals or exceeds the Accuracy number

of the weapon scores a successful hit. Each hit inflicts the
amount of Damage specified by the Damage value of the
weapon to a single target. Walkers and Runners are killed
with a 1 Damage hit. However, a weapon that deals 2 Damage or more is necessary to eliminate a Fatty, and only a 3
Damage weapon (or a Molotov) will kill an Abomination. It
does not matter how many hits you obtain with a weapon
that inflicts 1 Damage, a Fatty or Abomination will absorb
the hits without flinching.
EXAMPLE: Doug unloads his two Sub MGs on three
Walkers who are guarding a Fatty and scores five hits.
The first three shots easily blow away the Walkers.
However, the Fatty takes the two remaining hits with
no consequence, as the Sub MG inflicts only 1 Damage.
Wanda arrives to finish the job with her machete. She
hits once, but the machete inflicts 2 Damage, which
is enough to chop that Fatty down!
If there had been two Runners instead of a Fatty, a
single hit with the machete would not have eliminated the two Runners. Each successful hit can only
take out one target, and remaining damage is overkill
and wasted.

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MELEE
A Survivor equipped with a Melee weapon (a weapon with
a max Range of 0) can attack a Zombie in his own Zone.
Each die roll equal to or higher than the Accuracy value on
the weapons card is a successful hit. The player divides his
hits as desired among the possible targets in the Zone.
EXAMPLE: Wanda attacks a Walker, a Runner, and a
Fatty with her dual machetes. She rolls a and ,
which means two hits. She decides to decapitate the
Runner and to butcher the Fatty, leaving the Walker,
the least dangerous of the three, for her next Action.
Though Ned is also in the same Zone, he is safe from
Wandas slashes.

DYNAMIC SURVIVOR IDENTITY

CARD OVERVIEW

EXTRA EQUIPMENT
Ned was wounded earlier in the
game. The Wounded card occupies
an Equipment slot. Another
Wound and Ned will be eliminated.
Thankfully, he found a Goalie Mask
to discard to prevent the next
wound. Ned also has some Gasoline,
which combined with Glass Bottles,
can be used to build a Molotov.
Come on, Abomination, lets burn!

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RANGED

A Survivor equipped with a Ranged weapon (a weapon with

a max Range of 1 or more) can shoot at targets in a Zone
he can see (see Line of Sight, page 5) and that is within the
weapons Range.

18 EXPERIENCE POINTS
Neds in the Yellow Danger Level. One more experience
point and hell get to the Orange Danger Level. The player
will then have to choose between two exciting new Skills.

EQUIPPED WEAPONS
Sniper Rifle and Fire Axe. By combining a Rifle and a Scope,
Ned has a priceless Sniper Rifle to shoot Runners among
crowds of Walkers. In the other hand, a 2 Damage Fire
Axe allows Ned to break through doors and Fatties alike.

REMEMBER: Inside a building, the Line of Sight is

limited to the Zones that share an opening and just
one Zone away.
The Range of a weapon is shown by the Range value on its
card, which represents the number of Zones it can shoot
across. The first of the two values shows the minimum
Range. The weapon may not be shot at Zones closer than
the minimum. In most cases this is 0, meaning the Survivor
can shoot at targets in the Zone he currently occupies. The
second value shows the maximum Range of the weapon. A
weapon cannot fire at Zones beyond the maximum Range.
EXAMPLE: The rifle has a range of 1-3, which means it
can shoot up to three Zones away but cant be used in
the same Zone as the Survivor pulling the trigger. The
Sub MG has a Range of 0-1, which means it can shoot
in its owners current Zone or at an adjacent Zone.
When a Zone is chosen for a Ranged Combat, ignore any Actors who are in the Zones between the shooter and the target.
This means Survivors may shoot through occupied Zones
without danger to either other Survivors or Zombies.
When using a Ranged weapon, the shooting Survivor does
not choose the targets hit by successful rolls. Hits are assigned to Actors in the targeted Zone following this targeting
priority order:

1 Survivors (except for the shooter)

2 Walkers
3 Fatties or Abominations
4 Runners

The hits are assigned to targets at the lowest priority until

theyve all been eliminated, then to targets at the next priority until theyve all been eliminated, and so on.
EXAMPLE: In Dougs Zone there is another Survivor,
Ned, four Walkers, one Fatty, and two Runners. Knowing hes Zombie chow, Doug is going to take as many of
them with him as possible! He rolls six dice (three for
each Sub MG). He obtains , , , , and . The
Sub MG hits on or , which means five hits. Ned
takes two, which kills him (with friends like these...),
and the remaining hits eliminate the Walkers.
Doug shoots again and gets , , , , , , three
more hits. The last Walker is down but the two remaining shots do no harm to the Fatty, which shields
the two Runners. The only way to target the Runners
first would have been with a Melee weapon, which
can freely assign hits, or with a Sniper Rifle.
NOTE: If a Survivor receives a hit from a 2 Damage
weapon, he suffers two Wounds, killing him.

IMPROVED WEAPONRY:
SNIPER RIFLE AND MOLOTOV
Specific Equipment cards can be combined to build improved weaponry. Take the two appropriate cards, which
must be already stored in the Survivors inventory, and
combine them into the new weapon. This does not cost an
Action, and the new weapon takes only a single slot in your
Survivors inventory. When built, Survivors may immediately
and freely equip improved weapons to their hands.
Sniper Rifle: Combine a Rifle and a Scope to get a sniper
rifle. Put the Scope card under the Rifle card. Now you can
choose your targets when firing with this Rifle.
Molotov: Discard a Glass Bottle and a Gasoline card and
give your Survivor a Molotov card. The Molotov doesnt need
Dice, Accuracy, or Damage values (though it still requires a
Ranged Combat Action to use). Just terminate everything in
the targeted Zone. Yes, even other Survivors and the Abomination. Discard the Molotov card after a single use, leaving
its hand slot empty.

RELOAD!

While most weapons can be used repeatedly, a few,

like the Sawed-off, require spending an Action to reload them between shots if you want to fire multiple
times in the same turn. At the End Phase of the turn,
all such weapons are freely reloaded, so that they
always start the turn ready to fire. If such a weapon
is fired and passed to another Survivor without
reloading, it must still be reloaded before the new
owner can use it in the same turn. When equipped
with two identical Dual weapons that require reloading, a single Action reloads both.

CAR ATTACK
When the Survivor in the drivers seat spends an Action to
move a car, it runs over every Actor in the Zone it starts in
and each Zone it enters. The player who controls the driver
rolls one die for each miniature in the Zone the car leaves,
every Zone it moves through, and the Zone it reaches (except
for the Survivors inside the driven car). Each , or is a
successful hit that inflicts 1 Damage (only 1; it is impossible
to run down a Fatty or Abomination). Assign these hits following the targeting priority order, just like a Ranged attack
(see previous section): first Survivors (except for those in the
attacking car), then Walkers, then Fatties and Abominations,
and finally Runners. All targeted Survivors must be killed
before hits can be assigned to any Walkers. The driver gains
all the experience points from the killed Zombies.

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Survivors may make Melee and Ranged attacks from the

inside of a car, without altering the Combat rules in any way.
Cars offer no protection to their occupants from normal
Zombie attacks or Survivor attacks.
EXAMPLE: Phil is driving the police car with Amy in
the passengers seat. The same Zone (Zone 1) contains one Walker, three Runners, and an unharmed
Josh, who could not get in the car because of the
Zombies in the Zone. In the next Zone (Zone 2) theres
one Walker, one Fatty, and two Runners. In the Zone
after that (Zone 3) lurk six Walkers. Phil spends one
Action to move the car out of Zone 1, through Zone 2,
and end up in Zone 3.
For Zone 1 he rolls five dice, getting four hits. Josh
takes two hits and dies. One Walker and one Runner
are killed.

#9
SKILLS
Each Survivor in Zombicide has specific Skills with effects
described in this section. In case of conflict with the general
rules, the Skill rules have priority.
Some of the following Skills are not attributed to the Survivors in this box. They will be used by other Survivors in the
future. Try them out with Survivors you create!
The effects of the following Skills and/or bonuses are immediate and may be used the turn in which they are acquired.
This means that if one Action causes a Survivor to level up
and gain a Skill, that Skill may be used immediately if the
Survivor has any Actions remaining (or the Survivor may use
any extra Actions the Skill may grant).

For Zone 2 he rolls four dice, getting three hits. The

Walker is killed, but the Fatty absorbs the remaining
hits.

+1 Action The Survivor has an extra Action he may use

as he pleases.

For Zone 3 he rolls six dice, getting three hits. Three

Walkers are killed.

+1 Damage: [Type] The Survivor gets a +1 Damage

bonus with the specified type of Action (Melee or Ranged).

Phil then spends another Action to move the car back

and forth between Zones 2 and 3.

+1 to dice roll: Combat The Survivor adds 1 to the

result of each die he rolls on a Combat Action (Melee or
Ranged). The maximum result is always 6.

For Zone 3 he rolls three dice, getting two hits and

killing two Walkers.
For Zone 2 he would roll three dice, but its pointless
since the Fatty will absorb any hits, keeping the Runners safe.
For Zone 3 he rolls another one die, getting one hit
and clearing the Zone.

+1 to dice roll: Melee The Survivor adds 1 to the result

of each die he rolls in Melee Combat. The maximum result
is always 6.
+1 to dice roll: Ranged The Survivor adds 1 to the
result of each die he rolls in Ranged Combat. The maximum
result is always 6.
+1 die: Combat The Survivors weapons roll an extra
die in Combat (Melee or Ranged). Dual weapons gain a die
each, for a total of +2 dice per Dual Combat Action.

+1 die: Melee The Survivors Melee weapons rolls an

extra die in Combat. Dual melee weapons gain a die each,
for a total of +2 dice per Dual Melee Combat Action.
+1 die: Ranged The Survivors Ranged weapons roll an
extra die in Combat. Dual ranged weapons gain a die each,
for a total of +2 dice per Dual Ranged Combat Action.
+1 free Combat Action The Survivor has one free extra
Combat Action. This Action may only be used for Melee or
Ranged Combat.

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+1 free Move Action The Survivor has one free extra

Move Action. This Action may only be used as a Move Action.

ZOMBICIDE - RULES

+1 free Search Action The Survivor has one free extra

Search Action. This Action may only be used to Search and
the Survivor can still only Search once per turn.

Lock it down At the cost of one Action, the Survivor can

close an open door. Opening it again later does not trigger a
new Zombie Spawn.

+1 max Range The Survivors Ranged weapons maximum Range is increased by 1.

Loud Once per turn, the Survivor can make a huge amount
of noise! Until this Survivors next turn, the Zone he used this
Skill in is considered to have the highest number of Noise tokens on the entire map. If different Survivors have this Skill,
only the last one who used it applies the effects.

+1 Zone per Move The Survivor can move through one

extra Zone each time he performs a Move Action. This Skill
stacks with other effects benefitting Move Actions.
1 re-roll per turn Once per turn, you can re-roll all the
dice related to the resolution of an Action made by the Survivor. The new result takes the place of the previous one. This
Skill stacks with the effects of Equipment that allow re-rolls.
2 cocktails are better than 1 The Survivor gets two
Molotov cards instead of one when he creates a Molotov.
2 Zones per Move Action When the Survivor spends
one Action to Move, he can move one or two Zones instead
of one.
Ambidextrous The Survivor treats all Melee and Ranged
weapons as if they had the Dual symbol
.
Born leader During the Survivors turn, he may give one
free Action to another Survivor, to use as he pleases. This Action must be used during the recipients next turn or it is lost.
Destiny The Survivor can use this Skill once per turn
when he reveals an Equipment card he drew. Discard that
card and draw another Equipment card.
Gunslinger The Survivor treats all Ranged weapons as if
they had the Dual symbol
.
Hoard The Survivor can carry one extra Equipment card
in reserve.
Hold your nose This Skill can be used once per turn. The
Survivor gets a free Search Action in the Zone if he has eliminated a Zombie (even outside a building) the very same turn.
This Action may only be used to Search and the Survivor can
still only Search once per turn.
Is that all youve got? You can use this Skill any time
the Survivor is about to get Wounded cards. Discard one
Equipment card in your Survivors inventory for each Wound
hes about to receive. Negate a Wounded card per discarded
Equipment card.

Lucky The Survivor can re-roll once all the dice of each
Action he takes. The new result takes the place of the previous one. This Skill stacks with the effects of other Skills
(1 re-roll per turn, for example) and Equipment that allows
re-rolls.
Matching Set! - When a Survivor performs a Search Action and draws a weapon card with the Dual symbol
, he can immediately take a second card of the same
type from the Equipment deck. Shuffle the deck afterward.
Medic Once per turn, the Survivor can freely remove one
Wounded card from a Survivor in the same Zone. He may
also heal himself.
Ninja The Survivor makes no Noise. At all. His miniature
does not count as a Noise token, and his use of Equipment
or weapons produces no Noise tokens either! The Survivor
may choose not to use this Skill at any time, if he wishes to
be noisy.
Slippery The Survivor does not spend extra Actions when
he performs a Move Action through a Zone where there are
Zombies.
Sniper The Survivor may freely choose the targets of all
his Ranged Combat Actions.
Starts with a [Equipment] The Survivor begins the
game with the indicated Equipment; its card is automatically
assigned to him before the beginning of the game.
Swordmaster The Survivor treats all Melee weapons as
if they had the Dual symbol
.
Tough The Survivor ignores the first Attack he receives
from a single Zombie every Zombies Phase.
Trick shot When the Survivor is equipped with Dual
Ranged weapons, he can aim at targets in different Zones
with each weapon in the same Action.

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#10MISSIONS
The following pages contain a Tutorial Mission to help get
you acquainted with the game and ten Missions to thoroughly put your Zombicide survival to the test! You can play
these Missions in sequence, or you can tackle whichever
one suits you best at the time, given that they vary greatly in
style, size, difficulty, and play time.
Special rules detailed in Missions supersede common rules
and cards rules.
These Missions are just the beginning; the Zombie invasion
has only started! Head over to www.guillotinegames.com
and youll find a constantly updating roster of new Missions
up for free download. Or get our map editor to create your
very own Missions and share them with the Zombicide
community!

00 TUTORIAL
TUTORIAL / 4+ SURVIVORS / 20 MINUTES

We were with some friends when the first siren

began to wail, quickly followed by countless others.
In less than an hour, everything changed. The
television and the radio announced horrible news.
We decided to take shelter at our neighbor s house,
which was much safer. We just had to cross the
street.
But THEY were already there...

Tiles needed: 2B & 1B.

OBJECTIVE
Take the Objective token.

SPECIAL RULES
Reduced Zombie deck. Use only the Zombie cards
numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, and 41 to make the Zombie deck. Put
the other ones in the box.
Special starting equipment. Do not give the Pistol,
Fire Axe, and Crowbar cards as starting equipment. Instead,
put them at the top of the Equipment deck. They will be the
first three cards drawn when Survivors search a Zone. Pan
cards are dealt as usual.

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Player starting area

Zombie Spawn Zone

Objective

1 Walker

Locked door

SURVIVORS
150 MINUTES

01

CITY
BLOCKS

HARD / 4+ SURVIVORS / 150 MINUTES

Our shelter is safe, for now. Unfortunately, our

food supplies won t last long. We ve decided to arm
ourselves and go explore the surrounding houses.
We cannot come back empty-handed.

Tiles needed: 2C, 1C, 4B, 5C, 7B, 5D, 6B, 5E & 1B.

OBJECTIVES
Take all the Objective tokens.
Find at least one Canned Food card, at least one Rice
card, and at least one Water card.
Once you have achieved the previous objectives, reach the
Exit Zone shown on the map with at least one Survivor. Gather
the Equipment and Survivors that escaped. You win if you
have at least one Canned Food, one Rice, and one Water card.

SPECIAL RULES
Each Objective token gives 5 experience points to the
Survivor who takes it.

Player starting area

Zombie Spawn Zone

Exit Zone

Locked door

Objective (5 XP)

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02
Y-ZONE
MEDIUM / 4+ SURVIVORS / 60 MINUTES

The living are losing ground. The pockets of

resistance fall one after another, and our CB radio,
once bustling with messages, is now silent. We must
leave. The zombies are growing in numbers, and our
supplies are getting scarce.
I could kill for some toothpaste.

Tiles needed: 4B, 4E, 1B, 7B, 5D, 6B, 3C, 4C & 2C.

OBJECTIVE
Reach the Exit Zone shown on the map with all Survivors.

SPECIAL RULES
The Objective token
represents a medicine
cabinet. The Survivor
who takes it immediately
loses a Wounded card.

Player starting area

Zombie Spawn Zone

Exit Zone

Locked door

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Medicine cabinet

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03

HE 24HRS RACE
T
OF ZOMBICITY

MEDIUM / 4+ SURVIVORS / 90 MINUTES

There s a large rest home in sight. The buildings do

not look too damaged, and some cars look like they
could still run. The supply room is probably full, since
it looks like the looters didn t linger here. We pretty
quickly saw why: the area is swarming with zombies.
The previous inhabitants couldn t really put up a
fight. Before exploring, we have to clean up.
I dream of bubblegum.

SPECIAL RULES
Each Objective token gives 5 experience points to the
Survivor who takes it.
You can use cars.
The pimpmobile can be searched only once. It contains
either Mas Shotgun, or the Evil Twins (draw randomly).
You can Search a police car more than once. Draw cards
until you find a weapon. Discard the other cards. The Aaahh!
card triggers the appearance of a Walker as usual and interrupts the Search.

Tiles needed: 2C, 4D, 4B, 5C, 6B, 5F, 1B, 3C & 4E.

OBJECTIVE
Reach the Red Danger Level with at least one Survivor.

Player starting area

Zombie Spawn Zone

Locked door

Objectives
(5 XP)

Cars you can drive

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04

DRIVE-BY
SHOOTING

MEDIUM / 4+ SURVIVORS / 90 MINUTES

Our new shelter is not enough protection. The

zombies just keep coming. We can t sleep, and some
of us are beginning to lose our grip. There must be
a nest around here, probably in the business area
near the subway entrance. Until this threat is
neutralized, we ll be continuously attacked.
I could use a new pair of shoes in my size.

Tiles needed: 3C, 4D, 2C, 5F, 4E, 4B, 2B & 5C.

OBJECTIVES
Take all the Objective tokens.
After fulfilling the objective above, all remaining Survivors
must reach the same Zombie Spawn Zone and make sure
there are no Zombies left in it.

You can search a police car more than once.

Draw cards until you
find a weapon. Discard
the other cards. The
Aaahh! cards trigger
the appearance of a
Zombie as usual and
interrupt the search.

SPECIAL RULES
Each Objective token gives 5 experience points to the
Survivor who takes it.
You can use cars.
The pimpmobile can be searched only once. It contains
either Mas Shotgun, or the Evil Twins (draw randomly).
You can search a police car more than once. Draw cards
until you find a weapon. Discard the other cards. The Aaahh!
card triggers the appearance of a Walker as usual and interrupts the Search.

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Player starting area

Locked door

Zombie Spawn Zone Objective (5 XP) Cars you can drive

05 W
BIG

HARD / 6+ SURVIVORS / 180 MINUTES

Zombies are dangerous, but they may not be the

greatest threat. We always have to find new
resources, food, weapons, ammo, and above all safe
shelter. Here we are in the city center, a cemetery
of concrete and glass. The big office buildings are
definitely infested. Hopefully, though, we can find
the means to survive a few more days. Remember,
we must not open more than one door at a time and
must not make too much noise. Otherwise, all the
zombies in the city will be on us in minutes!
I dreamed of bacon yesterday. Just bacon.

Tiles needed: 5D, 2C, 1C, 7B, 5C, 6B, 5E, 1B & 4B.

OBJECTIVE
Take all the Objective tokens.

SPECIAL RULES
Each Objective token
gives 5 experience points
to the Survivor who takes it.

Player starting area

Zombie Spawn Zone

Locked door

Objectives
(5 XP)

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06

THE
ESCAPE

HARD / 6+ SURVIVORS / 150 MINUTES

In the first hours of the infection, everybody

mobbed the supermarkets to get food. Big mistake.
Public places were swarming with zombies. We ve
stumbled on a Z-Mart in the suburbs. Till now,
everybody who entered just increased the number
of infected. Today is our turn to brave the crowd.
We ve finished the last of our supplies. We have no
choice...but we have experience and team work.
I need a bigger gun... and toilet paper.

SPECIAL RULES
You cannot Search the Survivors Starting Zone.
Placing supplies in a car: At the cost of one Action, a Survivor can place (or take) one Canned Food, Rice, or Water
card under a car token in the Zone he currently occupies.
You can use the cars.
The pimpmobile can be searched only once. It contains
either Mas Shotgun, or the Evil Twins (draw randomly).
You can search a police car more than once. Draw cards
until you find a weapon. Discard the other cards. The Aaahh!
card triggers the appearance of a Walker as usual and interrupts the search.

Tiles needed: 4C, 2C, 7B, 3C, 1B & 5D.

OBJECTIVES
Accomplish the following tasks in this order:
1 Place up to six supply cards under the car tokens (see the
special rules). The supply cards can be Canned Food, Rice,
or Water cards.
2 Get into as many cars as needed with the remaining
Survivors.
3 Reach the Exit Zone with the Survivors in the cars. A car
that reaches this Zone leaves the board with its occupants and
the supplies it contains. Put aside the supply cards that made
it off the board with the cars. You win if there are six or more.

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Player
starting area

Exit

Zombie Spawn Zone

Smashed door

No search
in this Zone

Locked door

Cars you can drive

07
GRINDHOUSE
EASY / 6+ SURVIVORS / 45 MINUTES

While everything was collapsing, there was an

accident at the nuclear power plant. Before
disappearing, the authorities placed a large number
of the power plant technicians in a wing of the
hospital under quarantine. We must make sure
these people are sealed in there forever, especially
if they are infected. Why? Because there s one
thing worse than a zombie: a radioactive zombie.
I wonder where all the dogs went.

Tiles needed: 3C, 2C, 2B & 4C.

OBJECTIVE

SPECIAL RULES
Each Objective token gives 5 experience points to the
Survivor who takes it.
Dual door opening: Opening a door opens the other door
of the same building as well.
Zombie occupation: Each building Zone contains a single
Walker at game start. Resolve a Zombie Spawn as usual
when opening doors.
Zombie Exit: Two Zones shown on the plan contain seven
permanent Noise counters. These Zones represent the
exits through which the Zombies might escape. If a Zombie
reaches one of these Zones, remove it from the board and
place it aside. If four Zombies leave the board in this way,
the game is immediately lost.
Neutralizing the Zombie Spawn Zones: A Survivor can
neutralize a Spawn Zone in Zone he currently occupies for
the cost of one Action. The Zone must contain no Zombies.
Please note the Zombie Spawn Zones are active even if
doors are locked.

Neutralize the Zombie Spawn Zones (see special rules).

Player starting area

Locked door

Objectives (5 XP)

Permanent Noise token

Zombie Spawn Zone

Single Walker token

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08

ZOMBIE
POLICE

HARD / 6+ SURVIVORS / 180 MINUTES

We killed a zombie that had been the mayor of

this town. It was carrying a fax from the chief
of police explaining how to reach a safe hideout,
an old, underground facility that had been turned
into a bunker, close to the police station. Apparently
it contains an armory, food supplies, and even a
shower. This bunker would be the perfect shelter
for us. Its entrance, however, is controlled from a
distance, and the district is swarming with zombies.
This is a dangerous mission but well worth it.
What doesn t kill you today just might tomorrow.

The blue Spawn Zone will be activated when the blue Objective has been taken.
The green door cannot be opened until the green Objective
has been taken.
Each Objective token gives 5 experience points to the
Survivor who takes it.
You can use cars.
The pimpmobile can be searched only once. It contains
either Mas Shotgun, or the Evil Twins (draw randomly).
You can search a police car more than once. Draw cards
until you find a weapon. Discard the other cards. The Aaahh!
card triggers the appearance of a Walker as usual and interrupts the search.

Player starting
area

Tiles needed: 2C, 7B, 4B, 1B, 5C & 3C.

OBJECTIVE
SPECIAL RULES

5 XP. Not an
objective.

5 XP. Green
objective

Green door

Blue door

The blue door cannot be opened until the blue Objective

has been taken.

BUNKER

ZOMBICIDE - MISSIONS

Zombie Blue
Spawn Zone

5 XP. Blue
objective

Locked door

Place at least one Survivor in the bunker Zone shown on the

map. The bunker must be cleansed of all occupying Zombies.

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Zombie
Spawn Zone

Cars you can drive

09

MIGHT
MAKES RIGHT

MEDIUM / SPECIAL / 90 MINUTES

We ve found a shelter, and we have enough supplies

to feed a small army. There s also a radio that s still
working. Thanks to this, we ve found another group
of survivors in the suburbs. They are defenseless and
surrounded by zombies. There s no reason for this
to be a trap. United we stand. Let s make some new
friends.
Found dental floss today, it felt like Xmas.

Tiles needed: 1B, 2B, 2C & 7B.

NOTE: Might Makes Right was designed for one to
three players.

OBJECTIVES
Take all the Objective tokens.
Return to the starting Zone with at least four Survivors (one
player), five Survivors (two players) or six Survivors (three
players). A Survivor placed on the starting area can leave
the board during his turn. Put him aside with his Equipment
cards. You achieve victory as soon as the required number
of Survivors is put aside.

Zombie
Spawn Zone
Player
starting
area

Locked
door

Objectives
(5 XP)
Police car

SPECIAL RULES
Each player begins the game with a single Survivor.
Four Objectives are visible on the map. Three of
them are neutral with identical sides. The fourth is
marked with a standard side and a blue side. Place
the counters face down and randomly so no one
knows where the marked counter is.
Each Objective token gives 5 experience points to
the Survivor who takes it. Each time a neutral Objective token is taken, the player who controls the fewest
Survivors randomly picks a new Survivor (in case of a
tie, the player who took the token decides). The new
Survivor is revealed and placed without Equipment
on the Zone where the Objective token was taken. He
may now be played as normal. Revealing the marked
objective token doesnt grant an additional Survivor
but still grants 5 experience points.
You cannot use the cars.
You can search a police car more than once. Pick
cards until you find a weapon. Discard the cards
which are not weapons. The Aaahh! card triggers the
appearance of a Walker as usual and interrupts the
search.

ZOMBICIDE - MISSIONS

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10

SMALL
TOWN

HARD / 4+ SURVIVORS / 120 MINUTES

Back to basics. We re exploring the

surrounding area in wider and wider
concentric circles around our hideout.
Several weeks have passed since the
infection began, and the zombie
population has peaked. What may seem
like a routine mission is actually an
ordeal where the smallest mistake could
be fatal.
Glad I quit smoking or all this running
around would kill me.

Tiles needed: 7B, 2B, 5B & 5C.

Player
starting area

Zombie
Spawn Zone

Locked door

Objectives
(5 XP)

OBJECTIVE
Take all the Objective tokens.

SPECIAL RULES

Each Objective token gives 5 experience points to the

Survivor who takes it.

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ZOMBICIDE - MISSIONS

#11INDEX
Abomination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,
Accuracy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-11
Activating Zombies . . . . . . . . . . . 12-13
Actor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Assigning hits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16-17
Basic rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9
Car attack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,17-18
Car, getting in or out . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Changing seats in a car . . . . . . . . . 11
Combat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-18
Combining cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Danger Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Dice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Do nothing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Drive a car . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Dual weapons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
End Phase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4, 32
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-8, 15
Experience points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Extra activation card . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Fatty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
First player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Game overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Hit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-18
ID Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4, 8, 16
Improved weaponry . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Inventory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Line of sight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Make Noise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Manhole card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Melee Combat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11, 16
Missions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-30
Molotov cocktail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Move Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Movement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Noise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7
Noisy weapons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Number of players . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Opening doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Players Phase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Ranged Combat . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16-17
Reloading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Reorganizing inventory . . . . . . . . . . 11

Room . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5, 10
Runner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Running out of zombies . . . . . . . . . 14
Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Shooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11, 16-17
Skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18-19
Sniper rifle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Spawning Zombies . . . . . . . . . . . 13-14
Starting equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Street . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Survivor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4, 5, 10
Taking an Objective . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Targeting priority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Trading Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Walker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Weapons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-17
Winning and losing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Wounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Zombie Attack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Zombie Move . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-13
Zombie splitting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Zombie types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Zombies Phase . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-14
Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6

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TURN SUMMARY
(by courtesy of your favorite Survivors)

FIRST
STEP

EACH TURN
BEGINS WITH:
PLAYERS'
PHASE
(as explained by Ned)

EVERY PLAYERS
WHEN
FINISHED:
ZOMBIES'
PHASE
(as observed by Josh)

END
PHASE

GAME RULES

O V ERR I DE

THIS TURN
SUMMARY

RULES.

Choose the first player (he receives the first player token)

The first player activates all of his or her Survivors, one after the other, in any order. When
he or shes done, the next players turn begins. Play clockwise. Each Survivor initially has
three Actions to spend, chosen from the following list. Unless stated otherwise, each
Action may be performed several times per turn.
MOVE: Move one Zone.
SEARCH: ndoor only. Draw a card in the Equipment deck (always only one Search
I
per turn per Survivor).
OPEN A DOOR:  pecial Equipment or Skill required. Spawn Zombies inside a
S
building if its the first door.
REORGANIZE INVENTORY: Equipment exchange with another Survivor (in the

same Zone) is possible.
RANGED COMBAT: Equipped Ranged weapon required.
MELEE COMBAT: Equipped Melee weapon required.
GET IN OR GET OUT OF A CAR: Cant get in if there are Zombies.
CHANGE SEATS IN A CAR: Move to a different empty seat.
DRIVE A CAR: f allowed by the Mission. Must be in the drivers seat. Attacks every
I
Actor in the Zones travelled.
TAKE AN OBJECTIVE TOKEN OR ACTIVATE AN OBJECT (in the Survivors Zone).
MAKE NOISE. Gotta need it to risk it.
DO NOTHING (and live with it).

1. ACTIVATION All Zombies spend one Action doing one of these two things:
ATTACK Zombies in the same Zone as a Survivor attack them.
OR MOVE  The Zombies who didn't Attack, Move. The others are having a brunch.

Each Zombie favors visible Survivors, then noise.

Choose the shortest path. If needed, split groups and add Zombies
to make the groups even.
NOTE: Runners get two Actions per turn. Once all Zombies have taken their first Action,
Runners go though the Activation step again to resolve their second Action.
2.

SPAWN
Always draw Zombie cards for all Spawn Zones in the same order (play clockwise).
Danger Level used = highest Danger Level among active Survivors.
Fatties spawn with two Walkers.
No more minis of specified type? All Zombies of specified type get an extra activation!

Remove all Noise tokens from the board.

The next player receives the first player token (play clockwise).

NAME

ZOMBIES
ECOLOGY
(as written down by Amy)

TARGETING
PRIORITY

ACTIONS

MIN DMG VALUE TO DESTROY EXPERIENCE POINTS INCOME

Walker

Runner

Fatty (*)

Abomination

(*) Each Fatty comes with 2 Walkers during Spawn phase.

SURVIVOR

WALKER

FATTY

RUNNER

Abomination counts as a Fatty for targeting purposes.

(as defined by Phil)

DISCLAIMER: SEVERAL ZOMBIES WERE SEVERELY INJURED

BY DOUG AND WANDA DURING THIS FOOTNOTES COMPILATION.