Pyramid Review
Growing Hunger (for the Last Night on Earth Board Game)
Published by Flying Frog Productions
Design and rules by Jason C. Hill
Graphic design, photography, and layout by Jack Scott Hill
Art by Jason C. Hill, Jack Scott Hill, James Ma, & Matthew Morgaine
Miniature Sculpts by Gael Goumon
Full-color boxed set with rulebook, two L-shaped outer boards, four Hero figures, four Hero character sheets, seven Zombie figures, 25 Hero Card deck expansion, 25 Zombie Card deck expansion, three scenario cards, two sheets of counters; $39.95
Those Zombies, the ones with the Growing Hunger? Since this is a supplement to Last Night On Earth, they'd better hurry up if they want to eat.
Flying Frog Productions surprised everyone in 2007 with their homebrew zombie game with the customizable boards, and like those flesh-eaters, it won't stay dead. It's more of the same staggering fun in the company's first follow-up.
Four new characters jumpstart the action. Amanda the prom queen is good at hiding from the Zombies, and male characters fight harder when she's around. The sheriff gets some help from Detective Winters, a well-equipped cop who sidesteps injuries. Sam is a hulking former military man who soaks up punishment and ignores Zombie ploys in turn. And Kenny, the picked-on bag boy? The kid's wound tighter than kite string and just waiting to let loose on something.
If the group wore out the original scenarios, here are three new ones. The Heroes wipe out the manor house in "Burn It to the . . .
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Article publication date: August 22, 2008
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