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Rise of the Zombies!

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2013 · 1-8 players · 90min · weight 2.00 · 207 ratings

v2 v3 v4 wide v4 deep

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ID
126025
Name
Rise of the Zombies!
Year
2013
Rank
10653
Min players
1
Max players
8
Playing time
90
Min playtime
30
Max playtime
90
Avg weight
2
Num weights
12
Bayes avg
5.57821
Average
6.48109
Users rated
207
Num owned
509
Wanting
23
Wishing
110
Num comments
69
Fetched at
Wed Apr 29 2026 05:34:56 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Mechanisms (3)
Area MovementCooperative GameDice Rolling
Categories (4)
Card GameFightingReal-timeZombies
Description (1239 chars)

In Rise of the Zombies, a fast-paced card game of zombie survival, players play Location cards to form a path from the Safe House to the Rescue Helicopter, while fighting off hordes of zombies. The players must also play fast because they are racing a real-world timer. If time expires, the Survivors are left behind and die. Players play cards during a common "Survivor Turn". At the start of the Survivor Turn, all players can discard and draw until the number of cards in their hands is equal to their Hand Sizes. There are no player turns. Declare what you are doing, which card you are playing, and which zombie you are attacking, and roll dice. This simulates the chaos of combat. Most cards can be used to perform more than one function. You can perform as many actions during the Survivor Turn as your cards can support. You can even trade weapons and items with other Survivors in your Location. Once all players have resolved their actions, the Zombies get to attack. The game is co-opish... how you play the game is up to you. You don't gain anything by having other Survivors die, but if you spend too much time trying to help others, it might cost you your own survival. Help them? Leave them behind? It's all up to you.

LLM v2 (wide)

Not yet enriched at v2 (wide pass).

LLM v3 (deep)

Not yet enriched at v3 (deep pass).

LLM v4 wide (controlled-vocab primitives)

Not yet enriched at v4 (wide pass).

LLM v4 deep (archetype fit)

Not in the v4 deep-pass top-20% slice.