Zilight

Description

THE GAME
Simple, fun and fast… and deadly.

Turn a regular playing card, look up in the book what the card means and make choices about how you are dealing with the situation presented by the card.

Which weapon do you use to fight the eight zombies who shuffled around the corner? Do you rescue the family in the trapped car? Do you fully explore the hospital for supplies or just dash in for a quick look around? (You can even skip it entirely but skipping the hospital would be crazy as there is a good chance you will find medical supplies!)

Medical supplies aren’t all you need. Everyone is hungry in the apocalypse. Find food or starve. (Starvation reduces your health.)

Risk vs. reward is at play throughout the game.

Combat is resolved with a simple d6 based combat system. Whilst simple, it offers player choices such as which weapons to use – loud weapons are powerful but can attract more zombies, do you use your dog companion in combat (she stays safe until you use her in combat), or do you try and flee? (The more injured you are, the harder it is to flee.)

PLAYING
1) You use a regular deck of cards and turn over one card which is your day card

2) What suit the day card is determines it’s type: Diamonds = Locations to explore, Hearts = People to meet, Spades = Adversaries to fight or hunt, Clubs = Equipment

3) Look up the card in the game book and make choices about what you do based on the details.

4) Resolve those choices whether that’s combat, interaction, exploration etc

5) Day ends – rest, eat (maybe feed the dog if you’ve found her), heal

6) New day dawns, draw a new day card

(Survive for 28 days to win although an alternative, and much harder, winning objective is also presented.)