This game was designed as the final project for an Experimental Tabletop RPG design class at UCSC. Each player embodies a horde of zombies, in which the horde size and zombie types are randomized. The rules are full of light-hearted jabs at zombie movie tropes, and the overall gameplay seeks to see how goofy players can get about taking down the remaining few survivors in a zombie-apocalyptic wasteland.
Some design challenges included figuring out a way for players to have a full "fleshed out" (pun intended) sense of roleplaying despite playing as a brainless mass of zombies. Future rules will include RP tips for the players, such as suggesting that they use body language or basic grunts to communicate in character. I also worked on figuring out how to set up a good dice roll curve, and had to do plenty of math adjustments to make the rolling system (in which you roll LOTS of six-sided dice) feel tense but fair.
Download the rules pdf, grab a ton of six-sided dice, and get ready to gnaw on some skulls!
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