These two packages arrived today after being on pre-order since September.

Fort Hendrix Expansion

When this arrived my mind went back to the original Zombies tile game with its Zombie Corps expansion pack located in an army base. No points for originality but it is good to finally have some military zombies from Zombicide at last.

Mantic games do have something familiar with their Warpath plague faction which is also a great resource for zombie figures with a different twist. I like their mutants for Zona Alpha.

The campaign expansion comes with seven survivors and six military zombies. Additional packs of six zombie soldiers can also be purchased. The game comes with all of the standard paraphernalia such as game boards, character cards etc., but to be honest with you I do not play the game I just buy them for the figures to use with other rules!

The expansion was not as good a value for me, because as I said above, I am not interested in the game just the figures. Unlike their other expansion packs this one is extremely light on with only thirteen models.

Zombicide Chronicles

Zombicide Chronicles is a role playing version of the standard Zombicide Board game.

I am not a person who normally enjoys role playing games and I will probably never use this book for that purpose. It is, however, an excellent resource book for anyone who plays tabletop zombie games. I have included the full contents page below which outlines the contents of 172 page volume.

Not only does it have all of your normal role playing section like character generation, equipment, and character advancement etc. but it also has sixty pages on “The world of Zombicide” which outlines the geography, characters, opportunities and dangers in each part of the”city”.

For me this was the most valuable and it is worth the purchase just for this section. The city is divided into nine sectors. There is a description on each with details on the various locations within them. For example on page 163 there is a description about “Madame Gillette’s Boutique Magique”. Madame Gillette is a fortune teller who still lives in her small boutique left alone by the Zombies. She claims they leave her alone because she communicates with the dead and has convinced them to spare her.

By paying to have their hand read survivors can obtain certain bonus’. This is just one of many locations described in the “Uptown sector”.

With sixty pages of this sort of information a whole variety of tabletop scenarios can be developed with some quirky twists that make them more than just a “shoot up the zombies” game.

I really like the book and am glad I bought it. The volume will be well used for scenario creation.