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NOTLD Project Venus v102
NOTLD Project Venus v102
NOTLD Project Venus v102
PROJECT VENUS · NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD: A ZOMBICIDE GAME · CAMPAIGN EXPANSION BY TAKFAR
CHAPTERS
01 PROJECT VENUS............................... 2
01 PROJECT
VENUS
03 PROJECT VENUS CAMPAIGN.............. 7 Against all odds, Ben, Barbra, Harry, Helen, Judy and
Tom have survived the Night of the Living Dead. In the
PV1. THE MISANTHROPE............................ 7 days after reaching Willard and finding it overrun with
PV2. OPERATION CORNFIELD..................... 10 Ghouls, they have managed to link up with a few more
survivors, and together they are trying to make sense
PV3. KNOCK, KNOCK!................................. 15 of the madness that has befallen the world. What dark
secrets will they find? Will they be able to get to the
PV4. COUSIN JOE’S LONG WALK................ 18 bottom of the events that led to this terrible disaster?
Even if they do, will they make it out alive?
04 EXPANDING OTHER SCENES............... 21 The Project Venus Campaign is aimed at advanced
SPECIAL GHOUL TYPES.............................. 21 players who have played NotLD before, and are used to
the tactical ramifications of Survivor skills and Ghoul
REVISED SCENES....................................... 22 behavior. The Campaign offers a continuing narrative
with new challenges and increased complexity in the
05 COMMENTARY TRACK....................... 23 Survivors’ interaction with the world, including non-
player characters (whom we will call Supporting Actors)
that follow special game rules (their Scripts).
06 APPENDIX......................................... 25
This rulebook also features new and updated equipment
EQUIPMENT DECKS.................................... 25 and rules, which will spice up gameplay, add variety
SPECIAL CARDS......................................... 27 and open up new tactical possibilities for the Survivors.
Beyond being tailored to the new Scenes, the new rules,
REVISED EQUIPMENT................................. 29 adversaries and equipment included in this rulebook
can be used in standard NotLD gameplay.
TOKENS................................................. 31
It is suggested players use some of the miniatures
present in the “Dead of Night” Kickstarter exclusive box
CREDITS file v1.01
to represent new characters in the Campaign. If you do
Night of the Living Dead: A Zombicide Game is now own these, however, it is possible to use another
published by CMON Ltd. CMON and its publishing miniature or token to represent these characters, or
partners own the rights to the game and related art. print out their respective tokens presented in this file’s
All the art used in this file is either found on openly Appendix section.
distributed NotLD game promotional materials, free The first section in this rulebook presents the new and
for non-commercial use, or produced by the author revised rules and equipment, which will be used in all
of this Scene (Hélio Farias). The Kitchen Knife
Scenes (you may play the Scenes without either, but
and Scissors art was produced by Paul Liolio (user
their inclusion is recommended for the full experience).
Polioliolio at boardgamegeek.com).
The section that follows consists of the campaign’s four
This Campaign Expansion was designed and Scenes, presented in order. The third section contains
playtested by Hélio Farias, and should be distributed,
instructions on how to use this Expansion’s content
modified and otherwise enjoyed freely. If you want
in other NotLD Scenes. Finally, the last part of this file
to contact me for feedback, send me some Geekmail
at https://boardgamegeek.com/user/takfar consists of an Appendix containing the Expansion’s
custom cards and tokens, ready for printing.
Special Thanks: to all those involved in the
production of the Night of the Living Dead film and This Campaign was developed and playtested by
the CMON Zombicide crew, and to the NotLD BGG Hélio Farias. You can find and contact the author (via
forums. Geekmail) at https://boardgamegeek.com/user/takfar.
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• Relatives: Emotional Distress. It is not an easy
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orbited Venus and then was purposefully destroyed Ranged Action against a Relative, minus one Action for
by NASA, when scientists discovered it was carrying each Ally standing in the same Zone as the attacker (to
a mysterious high-level radiation with it. Could a minimum of one Action). Furthermore, all Ranged
that radiation be somehow responsible for the Actions against the Relative’s Zone receive -1 to their
wholesale murders we’re now suffering? roll’s result.
When playing the Project Venus scenes, the following • Tight Car. Survivors cannot swap seats if the Car
new rules should be observed, in some cases adding to has been driven during the current Players’ Phase. A
the original rulebooks rules, in other cases overriding Passenger can still do Melee or Ranged Actions as usual.
them either partially or completely (whenever a rule in
Once per Ghouls’ Phase, if a Car’s Zone is targeted by
this rulebook conflicts with the core rulebook, consider Ghoul attacks, first apply wounds normally to any
the rules in this chapter supersede the original rules). target in that Zone who is not a Driver or Passenger,
The intent behind these rules is to add versatility to then roll one die. Subtract as many wounds as indicated
the gameplay, which does come at the cost of some by that die roll from the total number of wounds that
added complexity, so read the new and updated rules are dealt to the car’s occupants.
thoroughly before starting the game (you may always Remember the Car cannot be driven over Corn Fields
pick and choose which of these rules to implement, of or Woods Zones; some Scenes may also restrict driving
course, although it is recommended that all of them are over certain exterior Zones that feature particularly
included for a complete Project Venus experience). large obstacles.
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• Ambidextrous. Do not use this Skill’s properties as • New Action: Set a Trap. A Survivor who is in
listed in the core rulebook. This Skill’s text is changed possession of a “Bear Trap”, “Nails and Wire” or
to: A Survivor with the Ambidextrous Skill can perform “Claymore Mine” equipment card (the cards may be
Dual Attacks using two identical weapons which do used from the backpack), and who is standing in a Zone
not have the Dual Symbol. Furthermore, the Survivor clear of Ghouls and Supporting Actors, may take a “Set
treats any weapon that has the Dual symbol as if it had a Trap” Action, laying the card down in their current
Dual Weapon Compatibility with any other weapon. Zone. Each trap’s effects is described in their respective
paragraph below. Optional trap tokens are included in
• Dropped Equipment. At any point during a Survivor’s
the Appendix.
activation, that Survivor may choose to drop an
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Equipment card in their current Zone. This does not If standing on a Zone that is clear of Hostiles, a Survivor
count as an Action. Set a dropped equipment card in may use a Set a Trap Action to pick the trap’s equipment
the Zone where it fell. Other effects may cause Actors to card back up. Eliminating Actors due to a trap’s effect
drop equipment. Up to two dropped equipment can be does not grant XP (unless that actor has a specific XP
picked up from a Zone by using a single Search Action. value given to all players upon elimination).
• Solo Play Activation Order. For solo play, instead of • Set a Trap: Barbed Wire Trap. A Survivor who
freely choosing the order of Survivor activation on each possesses a “Nails and Wire” Equipment card may
Players’ Phase, draw the Survivors’ ID cards randomly take a “Set a Trap” Action and lay down the card in the
during Scene setup to set the order of activation during current Zone to set to set a Barbed Wire Trap. Ghouls
gameplay (you may position the player boards in a way cannot move away from the Zone where the Barbed
that makes this order clear to you). Survivors will always Wire Trap is set, and all the Survivors’ Melee and
activate in this order, starting with the one holding the Ranged Actions as well as Car Attacks targeting this
First Player Token. During the End Phase, pass the First Zone have +1 to their roll result. Survivors must spend
Player Token to the next Survivor in order. one extra Action to move out of this Zone.
During the End Phase, roll one die for each Ghoul
•Zombicide mode, experience and equipment. Under
standing in the Barbed Wire Trap Zone. On a result of 1,
these rules, Zombicide mode is considered to represent
the trap is removed and the card is discarded.
a Survivor’s insight and concentration on the task at
hand, and is first awarded in each Scene after once • Set a Trap: Bear Trap. A Survivor who possesses a
the Survivor meaningfully contributes to the scene’s “Bear Trap” Equipment card may take a “Set a Trap”
completion. Experience represents a mix of actual Action and lay down the card in the current Zone to set
combat experience and short-term adrenaline. Rules a Bear Trap. The next time a Neutral or Hostile moves
for working with Zombicide mode, starting equipment into that Zone, the trap causes 2 wounds to a single
and experience are laid out on each individual scene’s target in the Zone (targeting priority applies), then the
description. card is flipped.
A Survivor standing in a Zone with a flipped Bear Trap
NEW ACTIONS may prepare the trap again, unflipping the card, by
taking a “Set a Trap” Action.
• New Action: Encouragement. A Survivor may spend • Set a Trap: Claymore Trap. A Survivor who possesses
three Actions to allow another Survivor to immediately a “Claymore Mine” Equipment card may take a “Set
perform a single Action or a Free Action (if they haven’t a Trap” Action and lay down the card in the current
used the same Free Action on this round). If that Action Zone to set a Claymore Trap. The next time a Neutral
causes the other Survivor to gain any amount of XP, the or Hostile moves into that Zone, discard the card and
Survivor who encouraged gains 1XP. Encouragement is perform a Ranged Attack against the Zone, rolling six
not restricted by Line of Sight, distance, or obstacles. dice, with Accuracy 3+ and causing 2 damage on a hit.
Keep in mind that friendly fire and targeting priority
• New Action: Craft. In order to combine two items rules apply to this attack (all Survivors standing in the
to create a Special Equipment, the Survivor must Zone may be hit by Friendly Fire when this goes off).
spend one Action to Craft. When this is done, instead
of discarding the components, leave them in reserve
(you may set them underneath the resulting Special NEW EQUIPMENT
Equipment card).
A Survivor may use a Craft Action to disassemble The following equipment will be added to the game as
Special Equipment back into its original components; replacements for some of the duplicate cards in the
other circumstances ( described core game. When replacing cards, it’s recommended
in specific equipment cards) to print out the cards from the Appendix and slot
may also cause the Special them into card sleeves on top of the original card, thus
Equipment to revert back keeping the card intact and maintaining the original
to its original form. If the printing for the card back.
Special Equipment Alternatively, you may either paste the new card fronts
is discarded (eg.
onto the original card using light adhesive glue so as not
when throwing a
to damage the original card (this may make shuffling
Molotov), discard its
more difficult), or otherwise print both the front and
components along
the back of the new cards – although the newly printed
with it.
cards are likely to stand out from the original cards
when placed facedown in a deck.
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STARTING EQUIPMENT RANGED DECK EQUIPMENT
• Kitchen Knife. Replace one of the starting Table legs • Bow & Arrow. Replaces one of the Sawed-Offs. A
with the Kitchen Knife. During Setup, the Survivor who weapon that can be useful at longer ranges and may be
gets the Winchester 94 gets one of the remaining Table able to inflict extra damage on a good roll. When paired
Legs (not the Kitchen Knife). The Kitchen Knife is a with Flammable Fluid, its effectiveness can be further
starting weapon that can remain useful in combat until increased.
later in the scene, as it allows the Survivor to perform a
• Browning Automatic Rifle Replaces one of the
bonus Melee Action after attacking with a Weapon with
Sawed-Offs. A relic from the World War Two, it can
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the Dual symbol in Melee Range.
deal good damage, but is not especially accurate and
is prone to jamming (represented by the Reload trait).
HOUSE DECK EQUIPMENT Due to the large caliber rounds being used, this weapon
• Radio Broadcast and TV Broadcast. These cards does not benefit from the Plenty of Bullets equipment.
replace one of the Flashlight and one of the Scope cards. When paired with Boards, it can be set up as a BAR
Once the card is resolved, it is removed from the game, emplacement.
instead of being discarded. These cards’ inclusion will SPECIAL EQUIPMENT
increase the challenge of the game and speed up the
early game rounds during which Survivors are tipically • Spiked Bat. Replaces one of the Torches. A straight
searching for equipment and very few Ghouls are on upgrade from the Baseball Bat, Crafted using Nails and
the board. Wire, can deliver one near-guaranteed heavy hit per
activation.
• No, Johnny, No!. Print out two of these cards and
replace two of the Karen, Poor Baby cards. These add • Bayonet Winchester. Replaces one of the Scoped
alternate Relative spawn conditions to the game, Winchesters. Can be Crafted early on in the Scene, and
increasing the variety in Relative behavior. allows its wielder to hit both at close and long range,
as well as charge into battle. It is a hastily improvised
• Nails and Wire, Bear Trap. These will replace one weapon, however, and may break apart with use.
Plenty of Bullets and one Plenty of Shells items. Both
cards can be used with the new Set a Trap Action; Nails • Flaming Arrows. Replaces one of Ma’s Shotguns.
and Wire can also be used to Craft the new Spiked Bat This is an upgrade to the Bow & Arrow, which can be
Special Equipment. Crafted if the Survivor has Flammable Fluid. It is
the only weapon in the game which has a chance of
• Scissors. Replaces one the Boards cards. Scissors dealing 3 damage on an attack. The Survivor must keep
make it easier to use the new Craft and Set a Trap Flammable Fluid in their inventory at all times, tho, or
Actions, while functioning as a last-resort weapon this reverts back to the Bow & Arrow.
against Ghouls.
• BAR Emplacement. Replaces one of Ma’s Shotguns.
• Garbage Can Lid, First Aid Kit. These cards replace When combined with two Boards, the
two of the Boards cards. Survivors will need all the Browning Assault Rifle can become
protection and recovery they can get to face the new a stationary emplacement
challenges, and these two Equipment will help them, (if which may be used by any
only slightly). Survivor standing
• Bourbon. Replaces one the Boards cards. Survivors on its Zone. If the
who take a swig of Bourbon can more easily deal with Survivor is on
Special Ghouls (namely, Relatives/Horrid Cupid, Pale Zombicide mode,
Venus/Flesh Eater and The Man in the Suit), whose they also ignore the
abilities can paralyze or wound from a distance, or weapon’s Reload trait.
otherwise make them harder to attack. Bourbon is also
a Flammable Fluid, and can thus be used to Craft and
maintain flaming equipment (Torch, Flaming Arrows,
Molotov).
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REVISED EQUIPMENT NEW SURVIVOR SKILL: SNEAKY
Some of the Euipment presented in the core NoTLD This Expansion introduces one new, optional Survivor
game has received revisions to their functionality. This skill: Sneaky. A Survivor who has this Skill may activate
is aimed at making them more versatile and generally Sneaky… mode, spending an Action to flip their skill
more balanced in their power level. card from Loud! to Sneaky…
In order to update your equipment cards, it is Ghouls (and Supporting Actors) ignore a Survivor in
recommended to cut off the top of the card and paste Sneaky… mode when moving, unless they have Line of
Sight at Range 0-1. If the Sneaky… Survivor is inside a
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03 project venus
campaign
PV1 THE
MISANTHROPE
SETUP
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- Tiles needed: 1R, 3R, 4V, 5R, 6V, & 2V.
Medium / 120 Minutes - Survivors start in Romero Mode, with their Romero
ID faceup.
It’s been two days since we left Willard. We’ve been - Setclosed Barricade, Door and Staircase tokens in
searching for supplies and a safe place to rest. We the designated places.
came near this farmhouse, announced ourselves as - TheTruck token is placed in the designated Zone.
friends. Some maladjusted type just started firing The truck cannot be driven, and neither Survivors
at us from a second-floor window! Kenny was shot nor Ghouls can move into this Zone.
dead, and a moment later, so was Claire. We took - The House Equipment deck must have exactly five
cover. There’s plenty of Ghouls around, too, which Boards cards (for this Scene only, do not include the
weirdly don’t seem to mind the psycho up in the Bourbon, Garbage Can Lid and First Aid Kit custom
house. We’re going to have to break and enter if we cards as Boards replacements).
are to have any hope of survival...
SCENE RULES OVERVIEW
OBJECTIVES • Creepy Basement. The Melee and Ranged Equipment
decks are only accessible from the Staircase in the large
• Eliminate the psycho. The game is won soon as both shed on tile 5R. The Staircase token itself is treated as a
conditions are met simultaneously: separate Zone and must first be opened in order to be
- The Misanthrope has been killed. accessed by Survivors. A Survivor must be in Zombicide
- All Survivors are inside the house. mode in order to go into the Staircase token Zone.
The game is lost whenever there is at least 1 Ghoul in •Go for Cover!. Immediately after placing a Barricade
the house at the end of a Players’ Phase. token or after being fired upon by the Misanthrope
(regardless of being hit or not), the Survivor may switch
to Zombicide mode.
North
Spawn Zones
Survivor
Starting Area
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SUPPORTING ACTORS’ PHASE • GAME ROUND SUMMARY
• Manhunter. During the Supporting Actors’ Phase,
The Misanthrope will either shoot the Survivors (or • Players’ Phase: If the Misanthrope is on the board (he
Ghouls if no Survivors are in sight) from the house’s has moved downstairs), he will immediately shoot any
second floor, or move down and confront them directly. Survivor that enters his Line of Sight, rolling a die and
(check the Misanthrope’s Script on Page 9).
causing a wound on a result of 5 or higher.
• Ghouls’ Phase: Proceed as normal.
• Partial and Full Cover. While he is upstairs, The
• Supporting Actors’ Phase:
Misanthrope will fire onto two exposed targets (targets
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with no cover), causing one wound to a Survivor or - If The Misanthrope is upstairs, he will attack up to two
eliminating a Ghoul on each shot. He cannot fire into targets who are not in Full Cover.
buildings, Corn Fields, Woods, nor into the Zones - If The Misanthrope is downstairs, he will attack up
behind buildings (marked full cover on the map). to two Survivors he has Line of Sight to, prioritizing
targets at Range 0.
If a target is in one of the tombstone Zones or is
immediately south of the Truck or Woods, they gain • End Phase: If The Misanthrope upstairs and there
partial cover from the Misanthrope’s shots. In that are Survivors inside the house in tile 3R, he moves
case, The Misanthrope will fire at the target following downstairs. If he is downstairs and there are no
his standard target preference, but will roll a die for Survivors inside the house in tile 3R, he moves upstairs.
each shot, which only hits on a result of 5 or higher.
If he is in the Hallway and Survivors are still inside the
house, he retreats to the Stairway Zone.
When standing on an exterior Zone, a Survivor may
discard one Boards equipment card and take a Barricade THE FINAL CONFRONTATION
Action to place one Closed Barricade token on their
current Zone. If the Zone had no cover, it becomes a • Breaking and Entering. The Survivors must enter the
Partial Cover Zone. If it was already a partial cover House, forcing the Misanthrope to move down from his
Zone, it becomes Full Cover. These Barricade tokens do shooting position, and meet him in combat.
not impede movement. They are affected by “Barricade • Some respite, at last; The Misanthrope is killed after
& Door Opening” and Breakers as usual. suffering 12 wounds (you may use two spare dice to
mark his current wound status or mark the progress
on a piece of paper). Once he is dead, if all Survivors are
safe inside the house, the Ghouls lose all interest and
start to wander away… Read the following:
COMING UP NEXT...
As they continue their search in the Misanthrope’s
den, the Survivors find disturbing signs of malicious
manipulation of the dead. After leaving the haunted
place, they take back to the road. Upon reaching
the town of Derry, they come upon a small group of
Survivors, who are doing their best to retake the area
from Ghouls. The Survivors also notice a group of stern-
looking men in black suits who seem unconcerned
with their plight. The local Sheriff says these men have
government permission to conduct “operations” in
Full Partial the area, no questions asked... Do they know anything
Impassable
Cover Cover about the undead that they’re not telling the public?
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- SCRIPT: THE MISANTHROPE - During the Supporting Actor’s Phase, if any Survivors
are within line of sight, the Misanthrope will perform
two attacks against two Survivors (or both at the same
The Misanthrope has been driven mad by his target, if only one is available), prioritizing targets at
experiences with war and by a constant search for Range 0. These attacks hit automatically and cause
hidden knowledge. He is simultaneously paranoid one wound. If, during the End Phase, no Survivors are
and unempathetic towards other people. The event inside the house on tile 3R, he moves back upstairs.
that turned the dead into ravenous monsters, causing
The Misanthrope will not move away from the Staircase
a collapse in society’s foundations, finally made him
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Zone unless Taunted or Shoved by a Survivor (he will go
snap into a homicidal maniac. He distrusts all beings,
as far as the Hallway, but will automatically avoid any
living or undead, and will shoot on sight. His contact
attempts of further manipulation). A Survivor trying
with radioactive materials has also made him strangely
to move into or away from the Misanthrope’s Zone
undetectable by Ghouls.
counts him as if he were a Ghoul for the purposes of
movement rules.
TM1. SHOOTING FROM UPSTAIRS
• Staircase Shootout. After The Misanthrope comes
• Get Off my Lawn. The Misanthrope begins the
down to the Stairway, anytime a Survivor moves into
Scene off the board (he is in the second floor of the
his Line of Sight, he immediately shoots (rolling a
farmhouse). While he is upstairs, on every Supporting
die and causing a wound on a result of 5 or higher).
Actors’ Phase, he will shoot at exposed or partially
When a Survivor attempts a Melee Action against The
covered targets below. If during the End Phase one or
more Survivors are inside the house on tile 3R, The Misanthrope’s Zone, each of the two combatants rolls
Misanthrope will come downstairs to confront them a die. If the Survivor’s result is higher, they may roll
(see section TM2). their attack as normal, dealing the usual damage per
hit. If not, the attack has been blocked (the Action is
• Shooting Range.From a window on the second floor spent, and no Melee Action roll is made).
of the house, The Misanthrope has a commanding view
Any Ranged Actions against The Misanthrope’s Zone
of the farmland below. On each Supporting Actor’s
suffer a -1 to their die results, and he only sustains one
Phase, he will fire at two different targets (or the
wound from each success in any Ranged Action. If a
same target twice if no other valid target is available).
Molotov is thrown against the Misanthrope, he suffers
A target hit by one of The Misanthrope’s attacks will
2 wounds and will immediately retreat upstairs.
receive one wound (if the target is a Survivor) or be
immediately eliminated (if it is a Ghoul). The attacks The Misanthrope is eliminated after suffering a total of
hit automatically if the target is fully exposed. If the 12 wounds.
target is in Partial Cover, roll a die: The
Misanthrope hits on a result of 5 or higher.
If Survivors can be fired at (they are
either exposed on have partial cover only)
the Misanthrope will target them (exposed
Survivors are targeted first). If more than
two Survivors are valid targets, he will
prioritize the holder of the First Player token
first, the next player (clockwise) next, and
so on (if the affected player controls more
than one Survivor, they may choose which
one is targeted). If only one Survivor is a valid
target, that Survivor will receive both attacks.
If no Survivors are valid targets for a shot
(because they are all in full cover), the Psycho
will fire upon Ghouls, aiming at the one
closest to the white spawn, and then the one
closest to the violet spawn. If multiple valid
Ghoul targets are in the same Zone or are at
equal distances from the targeted spawn,
the Survivors may pick which Ghoul The
Misanthrope will shoot. Ghouls ignore The
Misanthrope completely. Partial Cover rules
also applies to Ghouls.
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PV2 OPERATION
CORNFIELD
Hard / 90 Minutes
OBJECTIVES
• Silent or Deadly. The game is won when, at the end of
a Players’ Phase:
- All three pieces of Evidence have been collected, and:
Just a couple days ago, we were taking shelter in - Sheriff is not Hostile, all Survivors are in tile 3V and
the house of a misanthrope that tried to kill us no Ghouls are in the tile, or Sheriff and Agent are both
(we got rid of him), and we found chilling tapes and dead and all Survivors are in an Escape Zone.
pictures of someone meddling with radiation and Unless Sheriff and Agent are both dead, the game is
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dead bodies. Really dark stuff. lost when a Molotov is thrown into a Corn Field Zone.
We kept moving and reached Derry. Found a handful
survivors here trying to reclaim the place from the SCENE SETUP
dead, but there`s something fishy, too: some shady - Tiles needed: 1V, 2R, 4V, 3V, 5R, 6R.
organization has set up a base in one of the town
houses. They’re not telling anyone anything, but - Survivors start in Romero Mode, with their Romero
they’re clearly connected to current events. ID faceup. All Survivors start with their XP marker
set to 4.
We’ve convinced the local Sheriff to let us join him
in a Ghoul hunt right by the organization’s place. - Setclosed Barricade, Door and Staircase tokens, as
All the messing around with the undead should well as the Sheriff and Agent miniatures or tokens,
prove a good enough distraction to allow someone in the designated places.
to sneak inside and find the information we need. - TheCar token is placed in the designated Zone.
Survivors cannot enter or drive the Car.
SCRIPTED PERFORMANCES - Randomly draw two sets of two facedown Ranged
Equipment and two Melee Equipment and shuffle
Operation Cornfield is an advanced Scene, which
each of them. These will form the Weapon Stash
includes rules to control the behavior of two “Supporting
decks.
Actors” (Sheriff and Agent). These Actors have their
own skills, movement patterns and reactions to - Randomly draw two sets of two facedown House, one
Survivors and Ghouls under different circumstances, Ranged and one Melee Equipment cards and shuffle
which allow for multiple paths to success in the Scene. each of them. These will form the Actors’ Inventories.
One or more experienced players should familiarize - Set aside the Weapon Stash and Inventory Decks.
themselves with the Scripts for each of the Supporting - Randomly draw one facedown Ghoul Spawn card and
Actors before the game. set it in the Basement Zone.
North
2x Weapon
Stash Decks:
Shed/Car
2x Inventory
Decks:
Sheriff/Agent
Survivor
Starting Area Spawn Zones Evidence Basement
Off-limits Escape
Zones Zones
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SCENE RULES OVERVIEW or two cards from this pile. Survivors may Search from
these decks even if they are in Romero mode.
• Fighting the Plague. Immediately after eliminating
a Ghoul that is in a Corn Field or Woods Zone, the • Off-limits Zones. The Survivors are not allowed in
Survivor may switch to Zombicide mode. If both tiles 1V or 2R. The Supporting Actors are constantly
Supporting Actors are killed, all Survivors may switch watching for intruders, even during the Players’ Phase:
to Zombicide Mode. Sheriff will alert Agent if he sees movement, and Agent
will kill any intruder he sees. Both will notice intruders
• Weapon Stashes. There are two weapon stashes in the if they have Line of Sight at Range 0-2, even if the
board in which Melee and Ranged equipment cards are Survivor only passes through. Both can see one Zone
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available (one for the shed in tile 5R, the other for the into corn fields or woods – unless the target is Sneaky…)
Car in tile 1V). Each of these has four equipment cards
which are shuffled together during setup. A Survivor • Hostile. If Supporting Actors become Hostile, their
performing a Search Action in this Zone may take the behavior changes (check each Actor’s Script). You may
top card in the Deck. Survivors may Search from these want to switch their miniatures from the Romero to
decks even if they are in Romero mode. Zombicide equivalents, or flip their tokens to the red
arrow side, in order to keep track of hostility.
• Collecting Evidence. There are three locations in tile
2R (the Basement, the Main Room, and the Side Room) • Scripts. Each Supporting Actor has a Script which
in which Evidence can be collected. A Survivor may explains their behavior, detailed on pages 13 and 14.
perform a Search Action to collect Evidence once on Each time the Script instructs Supporting Actors to
each of these Zones (the Survivor may take a token to eliminate a Ghouls, the Survivors decide which Ghoul
represent the evidence, such as an unused barricade to eliminate amongst eligible targets.
token, or a printed Evidence token). Collecting Evidence
immediately grants that Survivor 3XP. • GAME ROUND SUMMARY
• Ghoulish Basement. The Organization is using the • Players’ Phase: Proceed as normal, but remember that
Basement to experiment on Ghouls. Immediately after
any time a Survivor is sighted while in an off-limits
the Stairs door is opened, draw the Ghoul Spawn card
Zone, there will be immediate consequences.
that was set in the basement, perform the card’s Orange
Danger Level spawn in this Zone, then discard it. • Ghouls’ Phase: Sheriff and Agent only attract Ghouls
that have Line of Sight to them at Range 0-1. Ghoul
• Infested Plantation. When Ghouls spawn on the
activation may cause the Supporting Actors to be killed
White Spawn Zone, use the spawn corresponding to a
if they are swarmed (check Scripts).
Danger level one higher than current (up to Red level).
The White Spawn cannot be removed from its Zone. • Supporting Actors’ Phase:
• Playing with Fire. Molotovs are messy and loud. If - Sheriff will first deal with nearby Ghouls; if he’s Hostile
a Molotov ever goes off in an off-limits Zone, Sheriff he will then deal with players; finally, he will move.
immediately goes Hostile. If a Molotov goes off in a Corn - Agent will deal with nearby Ghouls, and then move.
Fields Zone while either Sheriff or Agent are alive, the • End Phase: Proceed as normal.
Scene is lost: the Survivors’ cover is blown, and backup
from the Organization will be here in no time.
THE POLICE CAR
SUPPORTING ACTORS
• Interacting with the Car. The Car in this Scene
• Expanded Cast. Two Supporting Actors have parts cannot be driven or entered, but it can be interacted
in this Scene (Sheriff and Agent). You may use the with in three different ways by a Survivor in its Zone:
Chief McClelland and Johnny miniatures to represent - Weapon Stash: The Survivor may Search from the
them, or print the tokens presented in the Appendix Car’s Weapon Stash Deck.
section. These Actors are initially Neutral towards the
Survivors, but may become Hostile due to Scene events. - Honk: By spending one Action, the Survivor will
Honk. Agent will immediately move up to two Zones
• Supporting Actors’ Phase. This Scene introduces towards the car, disregarding any Ghouls. The second
one additional Phase to the game, to be executed time the car is honked, Agent turns Hostile.
immediately after the Ghouls’ Phase during each game - Explode: If a Molotov is thrown into the Car’s Zone,
round. The Supporting Actors are activated in this the Car is set aflame. At the end of the Player’s Phase,
Phase according to their Scripts (check pages 4 and 5). the Car is destroyed along with its Weapons Stash ,
• Patrol Routes. Supporting Actors will attempt to move and all Actors in tile 1V are eliminated. Agent then
in a set patrol pattern, one Zone at a time. Once they moves up to four Zones towards the car; Sheriff will
reach the end of their route, they will turn around and also move to his initial board position (both move
move back the way they came from. It is recommended immediately after the explosion if they are alive,
to keep their miniatures or tokens facing the way they disregarding any Ghouls in the way).
are currently moving towards. • Car Search Route. If the Car is honked or exploded,
• Supporting Actor Inventories. The Supporting Agent will immediately head towards the car by the
Actors (Sheriff and Agent) have Inventory decks of shortest possible route. Once he reaches the Car’s
their own. If they are eliminated, their Inventory deck Zone, he will do one full sweep of the surrounding
is set in the Zone in which they were killed (a Molotov area, moving one Zone at a time, and then return to his
will destroy the Inventory, however). By performing a original Patrol Route (check Agent’s Script).
Search Action in this Zone, the Survivor may draw one
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MISSION ACCOMPLISHED • Blown Cover. If all the Evidence has been collected,
both Sheriff and Agent are dead and the Survivors
• Covert Operation. If the Survivors have managed
are in an Escape Zone, the Survivors no longer have
to collect all evidence, have cleared the Corn Fields
to deal with the Ghouls in the Corn Field. The Scene is
and reassembled together (Sheriff is not Hostile, all
successfully completed. Read the following:
Survivors are on tile 3V and there are no Ghouls in that
tile), then the mission has been successfully completed, We torched the place. The house, the corn fields,
and their cover is kept. Read the following: the bodies. The Sheriff may have not been in on all
this, but that Agent was rotten to the core, and we
Alright, we’ve done it, and they don’t suspect a
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Survivor
Starting Area Spawn Zones
Evidence Basement
Closed Door/Barricade/Stairs
Off-limits Escape
Zones Zones
Sheriff’s Agent’s
Starting Zone Starting Zone
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- SCRIPT: SHERIFF -
Sheriff is mainly interested in clearing the area of
Ghouls. He agreed to let the Survivors take part in this
task, and has no idea of the group’s covert objectives.
Sheriff will follow his patrol route to the best of his
ability, eliminating any Ghouls that stand in his way.
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S1. PLAYERS’S PHASE
• Hawk-eyed. Sheriff has Line of Sight up to 1 Zone into
Corn Fields and Woods (unless the target is “Sneaky…”).
• Vigilant. Once per Players’ Phase, if one or more
Survivors pass by Sheriff’s Line of Sight while in an S3. SUPPORTING ACTORS’ PHASE
off-limit Zone at Range 0-2, Agent immediately moves • Attack: at the start his activation, Sheriff checks
2 Zones towards that location. each of the following situations in the order they are
• Unmovable. Sheriff cannot be Taunted or Shoved. described below, acts accordingly, and then proceeds
to Move:
• Catch This. If Ghouls are Shoved into Sheriff’s Zone,
he immediately eliminates one Ghoul at Range 0. • Are there Ghouls at Range 0?
• Neutral. Unless he’s Hostile, Sheriff does not impede - Yes: Sheriff eliminates up to two Ghouls and Shoves
movement for Survivors. the remaining Ghouls one Zone off to the East.
• Goes up Easy. Sheriff dies after suffering one wound. - No: Check if there are Ghouls at Range 1.
• Going Hostile: Sheriff goes Hostile if: • Are there Ghouls at Range 1?
- A Survivor attacks him, or attack Agent while he is in - Yes: If he has not Shoved during this phase, Sheriff
Sheriff’s Line of Sight, or; eliminates up to two Ghouls at Range 1.
- A Molotov explodes in an off-limits Zone. - No, or he has already Shoved: Sheriff does nothing.
• Is Sheriff Hostile?
- Yes: He moves up to two Zones, following the same
behavior as standard Ghouls. He stops moving if he is
at Range 1 of a Survivor or closer.
- No: He attempts to continue his patrol (see below).
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- SCRIPT: AGENT -
Agent is tasked with securing the Forward Operating
Base where the Organization has set up their observation
bureau for the Ghoul incident. He does not care for the
locals and is fully prepared to eliminate anyone that
presents a threat to his operation.
A4. DEATH
• Inventory: If Agent dies, all Survivors gain 4 XP. Set
all the cards from his Inventory in the Zone where he
died. By performing a Search Action in this Zone, the
Survivor may draw one or two cards from this pile.
Agent’s Car Search Car Search Agent’s Remember to take note of whether he was killed, once
Patrol Route Route Start/End Starting Zone the Scene ends.
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PV3 KNOCK,
KNOCK!
Hard / 90 Minutes
OBJECTIVES
• Hit and Run. The game is won when, at the end of a
Players’ Phase:
- The Violet Spawn has been removed.
- All Survivors are inside the house in tiles 1R or 3R,
They’re here! They’ve found us! and all doors and barricades in the house are closed.
We had been taking turns to watch for incoming The game is lost whenever there is at least 1 Ghoul in
Ghouls - or, worse yet, goons from the Organization the house at the end of a Players’ Phase.
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that has been experimenting with the living dead.
PREVIOUSLY ON...
Our group has been on the run after infiltrating
one of their local bases and collecting evidence If Survivors have not played the previous Scene in
about their dirty deeds, but it seems they won’t the Campaign (Operation Cornfield), proceed with
stop tailing us... so we’ll strike back at them. the standard Setup. If the Scene was played, check
“Alternate Scene Setup” for additional instructions.
Helen concocted a plan: according to documents
we’ve found, Ghouls get extremely excited in the SCENE SETUP
presence of a certain blue glowing radioactive
material. So, what we do is: we take a piece off this
- Tiles needed: 1V, 2R, 4V, 3V, 5R, 6R.
stuff we found back in some lunatic’s place, throw - Survivors start in Romero Mode, with their Romero
it into their office, fill it with Ghouls, and run. ID faceup. All Survivors start with their XP set to 8.
Since they seem to have found us, there’s no time to - Set Barricade, Door and Truck tokens as shown below.
waste: let’s get this done! Set the Sheriff, Operative and The Man in the Suit’s
miniatures/tokens in their starting Zones.
- Each Survivor draws one Equipment from Melee or
ENEMIES AND ALLIES Ranged deck and gains that Equipment.
Knock, Knock! Introduces three Supporting Actors: - Draw and reveal one Melee and one Ranged
Operative is a human adversary that can shoot down Equipment. Set these aside: these will form Sheriff’s
Survivors at range; The Man in the Suit is a Ghoul that initial Inventory.
accelerates nearby Ghouls; Sheriff is a friendly Actor
that Survivors control directly (if Sheriff was Hostile ALTERNATE SCENE SETUP
or was killed during Operation Cornfield, however, he
will not appear as a Supporting Actor in this Scene).
- If neither Sheriff not Agent were killed nor Hostile
during Operation Cornfield: Each Survivor may
The Supporting Actors’ Scripts are available on page 17.
choose start in any interior Zone on tiles 1R, 3R or 5R.
North
Sheriff’s
Inventory
Survivor
Starting Area Spawn Zones Upstairs
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- IfSheriff was Hostile or killed during Operation have Line of Sight to any Survivors will no longer move
Cornfield: Do not place the Sheriff miniature or towards the largest group. Instead, they will move
token in tile 3R. Instead, place a Relative Ghoul on towards the “Upstairs” Zone.
the White Spawn Zone. All Survivors start with 2 • Expanded Cast. Three Supporting Actors have parts in
additional XP and draw one House Equipment card. this Scene (Sheriff, Operative and The Man in the Suit).
They may choose to keep or discard the equipment. You may use Chief McClelland and Johnny’s miniatures
- IfAgent was killed during Operation Cornfield: to represent Sheriff and Operative, or print the tokens
Randomly draw one Melee and one Ranged equipment provided in the Appendix. The Man in the Suit should be
and set them faceup in the Interior Zone on tile 1R. represented by the unique Walker miniature (marked
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cards. All Survivors start with 4 additional XP. described in page 17.
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- SCRIPTS: KNOCK, KNOCK! - SHERIFF
• A Friend. Sheriff is an Ally controlled collectively by
THE MAN IN THE SUIT the Survivors (the Player holding the First Player token
has the final decision if needed). For most purposes,
• Dark Experiment. This Ghoul has some sort of Sheriff is considered an unwounded Survivor that is
resonance effect with the surrounding living dead. in Zombicide mode (the Scene is not failed if he dies,
Maybe he is an advanced experiment, or his body however). Sheriff fully trusts the Survivors at this
reacted differently to the Organization’s procedures. point, so if they target him with a Melee or Ranged
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• A Bit Like a Regular Ghoul. During the Ghouls’ Phase, Action, he dies (no die roll is needed).
treat The Man in the Suit exactly as if he were a regular • Two Actions. Sheriff can do two Actions during his
Walker Ghoul. Starting at Red Danger Level, the Man activation. These can be any Action a Survivor would
in the Suit is tougher to take out: it takes a hit from a do, (except if it would cost more than two Actions, such
two-damage attack to eliminate him from the board. as Encourage or Shoving a large amount of Ghouls).
Eliminating The Man in the Suit nets the Survivor 1XP.
• Sharpshooter. By doing the appropriate Melee Action
• Additional Activation. When The Man in the Suit (at Range 0) or Ranged Action (at Ranges 1-2), Sheriff
activates during the Supporting Actor’s Phase, he and automatically hits a target he has Line of Sight to,
every other Ghoul at a certain distance (depending dealing one damage. If he spends two Actions, he hits
on danger lever) with a clear path to him gain one for two damage. The Man in the Suit and Operative may
activation. This distance is measured in movement still avoid this damage with a die roll.
steps, regardless of Line of Sight. After this activation,
The Man in the Suit’s participation in this Phase ends. • Hawk-eyed. Sheriff has Line of Sight up to one Zone
into Woods Zones and can perform Ranged Actions
• Shrugs off damage. The Man in the Suit is eliminated through closed Barricades.
with one damage (this increases to two at Red Danger
Level), but whenever he would take damage roll a die: • Sneaky. Sheriff is ignored by all Actors unless
on a result of 5 or 6, he ignores all damage. they have Line of Sight to him at Range 0-1 (he goes
completely unnoticed if he is inside a Woods Zone).
The Man in the Suit’s
Activation Range
• Shove. Sheriff can Shove once per activation. Note
that he needs to have enough avaliable Actions to
Shove, according to the “Limited Shove” rules.
• Inventory. Sheriff’s Inventory can hold up to three
Blue Level
cards. Equipment stats do not generally affect him,
but if he does not have weapons with Ranged or Melee
Accuracy stats, he cannot perform the corresponding
Yellow Level Actions. If Sheriff is killed, his Inventory cards are
dropped in the Zone he was in, and up to two of his
Equipment can be picked up with one Search Action.
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PV4 COUSIN JOE'S OBJECTIVES
• Destroy the installation. The scene is won as soon as
LONG WALK both the following objectives have both been achieved:
Very Hard / 120 Minutes - Pale Venus has been eliminated.
- The Violet Spawn has been removed.
A few things we’ve learned: The Scene is failed if Cousin Joe is eliminated before the
The radiation that has caused this situation wasn’t Violet Spawn has been removed.
an accident, and it’s not from outer space. It’s
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2x Weapon
Stash Decks:
Backroom/Car
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PREVIOUSLY ON... • The Installation. The Stairs token is accessible from
the interior Zone on tile 6V. A Survivor must perform a
If Survivors have not played the previous mission in the
Door Action to open the Stairs (Ghouls cannot open it);
Campaign (Knock, Knock!), or if Sheriff was not alive at
The token then becomes a Zone on its own, representing
the end of that Scene, proceed with the standard Setup.
the underground installation’s laboratories.
If Sheriff was alive at the end of Knock, Knock!, after
If Cousin Joe is inside the Open Stairs Zone and a
completing the standard Setup, the Survivors start
Molotov is thrown on it, remove the Purple Spawn.
with 2 less XP and may each perform one Trade Action
with any other Survivor. Once that is done, read the • Chain Reaction. If either the Violet Spawn is removed
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following excerpt, and then start the Scene. or Pale Venus is eliminated, move each of the three Red
Spawns onto each of the Tombstone Zones on tile 6V.
Poor Sheriff was the one handling the Cesium.
Started vomiting and shaking one day, was dead the • GAME ROUND SUMMARY
next. We’ll probably all have cancer sooner rather
than later, too. Can’t worry about that now. • Players’ Phase:
- Cards that would spawn relatives will spawn Horrid Cupid
(or activate her if she is already on the board).
SCENE RULES OVERVIEW - Survivors may attempt to tie up Cousin Joe, or, if he is
already tied up, may push or pull him.
• Hey, Joe. If a Survivor interacts with Cousin Joe by • Ghouls’ Phase:
taunting, shoving, tying up, pushing or pulling him, - Cousin Joe activates as if he were a walker (he does not
that Survivor may switch to Zombicide mode. activate if he is tied up).
- Pale Venus activates as if she were a Breaker (but does not
• Weapon Stashes. Survivors standing in a Zone with a
move unless she has Line of Sight at Range 1 to a Survivor).
Weapon Stash may draw from its respective deck when - Horrid Cupid activates as if she were a Relative, but can
performing a Search Action. The Backroom’s Weapon attack at Ranges 0-1.
Stash is on Tile 2R. If the Car moves, its Weapon Stash - When a spawn card would spawn a Relative, instead spawn
moves with it. Note that all Survivors may Search from Horrid Cupid (or activate her if she is in on the board).
Weapon Stashes, even if they are in Romero mode. - If a Barricade/Door Opening is drawn, move Pale Venus.
• Spawn Zones. During the Ghouls’ spawn, do not • Supporting Actors’ Phase:
draw a Spawn card for the Violet Spawn. Whenever a - Cousin Joe activates nearby Ghouls and then moves.
Relative would spawn from any source, spawn Horrid - Pale Venus spawns a Ghoul.
Cupid on the Violet Spawn Zone instead (or activate her - Horrid Cupid causes nearby Survivors to flip all Equipment
if she is already in the board). The Violet and the White in their hands and attracts nearby Ghouls into her Zone.
Spawns cannot be moved. • End Phase: Pale Venus recovers from all her wounds.
Additionally, the Yellow Spawn will always spawn
based on the Yellow Danger Level for its respective MISSION ACCOMPLISHED
spawn card, regardless of the current Danger Level.
• To Ashes. If the Survivors have destroyed the
• Terrifying Undead. During this Scene, use one installation by hitting it with a Molotov while Cousin
Relative miniature to represent Cousin John (Johnny’s Joe is inside, and if the Pale Venus has been destroyed,
is recommended), and another to represent Horrid the mission has been successful. Read the following:
Child (Karen’s is recommended). Do not use a third
relative miniature, even if you have one. Use the tall
We could never have expected to find the wretched
woman Ghoul miniature (included in the Dead of Night
creatures we did, but we were even more appalled
box) for Pale Venus, or print a token to represent her.
at the nature of the experiments being performed:
“Project Venus”, some sort of bid at immortality.
THE FUNERAL HOME Somehow we were able to set that horrifying
• Cold Storage. The Ghouls on the Yellow Spawn Zone laboratory on fire and destroy the abominations
are initially dormant and will not activate until the within. The Ghouls around went mad for a while...
door to the Zone is first opened (either by players or and then they fell to the ground, truly dead.
by an appropriate Barricade/Door Opening effect. If a It’s been two days now. Fuel ran out. None of us
Molotov is thrown onto the Yellow Spawn Zone, remove has been able to sleep. Food doesn’t settle in our
the Yellow Spawn from the game permanently. stomachs. Most of us have a fever. The radiation
• Stupor. Cousin Joe will not activate in any Phase, must have gotten to us.
until after he first has Line of Sight to a Survivor. We had been walking to Pittsburgh, hadn’t seen
any Ghouls this whole time... Not a living soul
JOE’S WALK either, and way too many corpses: burnt, slashed,
half-eaten, stinking, but none of them moving. That
• All Tied Up. A Survivor standing at Range 0 from seemed good enough.
Cousin Joe may attempt to tie him up. It takes a Melee
Action (no weapon is used, roll a single die) with a result But there they are now. Living Dead, crowding the
of 5 or higher to succeed. road into Monroeville. What we did in Blairsville
worked, but there must have been other labs.
Once Cousin Joe is tied up, any Survivor may Push or
Pull him, and he will never activate during the Ghouls’ We’re too weak to run. Too weak to fight.
Phase. He will still cause Ghoul Acceleration on the We know how to do this, tho. One good shot to the
Supporting Actors’ phase (see his Script). After he is head. Got enough ammunition to make sure none of
tied up, Cousin Joe can no longer move through window us will rise back up afterwards.
openings and he does not impede Survivor movement.
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- SCRIPTS: CJ'S LONG WALK - • Rise from Your Grave. During the Supporting Actors’
Phase, Pale Venus will spawn one Ghoul on her current
Zone: a Walker on Yellow Danger Level, a Breaker on
COUSIN JOE Orange Danger Level, or a Fatty on Red Danger Level.
• Redhead. Cousin Joe triggers an • Terrifying Visage. Pale Venus’s terrifying nature
amplification resonance effect makes her much harder to attack: it costs four Actions
with the surrounding living to perform a Melee or Ranged Action against Pale Venus,
dead. His genetic makeup, minus one Action for each other Survivor standing in
curiously marked by his the same Zone as the attacker (to a minimum of one
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• Ghoul Acceleration. At the start of the Ghoul’s Phase,
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Expansion’s features in Scenes from the game’s
Mysterious Man’s
original rulebook, or other Custom Scenes. These
Activation Range
features are fully compatible with other Scenes: in fact,
the new rules were first developed as a way to enhance
the core game.
Blue Level
• Revised Rules. Most revisted rules (Relatives:
Emotional Distress, Tight Car, Limited Shove, Dual
Weapon Compatibility, Ambidextrous, Dropped
Equipment and Solo Play Activation Order) can be Yellow Level
directly applied to all Scenes.
The Supporting Actors’ Phase and the Campaign’s
perspective on Zombicide Mode, Experience and
Orange/Red
Equipment were taken into account when building *requires two damage to eliminate Level*
each Scene, and are not applicable to Scenes that do not upon reaching Red Level.
inherently include these.
FLESH EATER
• New Actions. The Encouragement and Craft Actions
can be used in any Scene. The Set a Trap Action should It’s one thing to hear about crazed murderers
be used if any of the three new Trap Equipment cards cannibalizing human flesh. It’s another thing completely
(Nails & Wire, Bear Trap, Claymore Mine) are included to see one of them carrying around a human body part,
in the game. feasting on it as it attracts more and more ravenous
dead to the grisly spectacle.
• New and Revised Equipment. All the new and updated
equipment cards are compatible with all Scenes. Do • A Lot like a Breaker. Flesh Eater activates as if she
check if the Scene requires a specific number of Boards were a Breaker, deals 1 wound when she attacks, and
cards: if it does, you may want to leave out of some of is eliminated upon receiving one wound. The targeting
the Boards replacements (Scissors, Bourbon, Garbage priority for Flesh Eater is the same as that of ordinary
Can Lid, First Aid Kit). If you want to swap these in and Breakers. Use the tall woman Ghoul miniature
out as needed, use card sleeves to slot the new faces (included in the Dead of Night box) for the Pale Venus,
together with the original cards without pasting them or print a token to represent her.
onto the card, or print out the full card (back and front) • Terrifying Visage. Flesh Eater’s terrifying nature
from the Appendix. makes her much harder to attack: it costs four Actions
to perform a Melee or Ranged Action against Flesh Eater,
minus one Action for each other Survivor standing in
SPECIAL GHOUL TYPES the same Zone as the attacker (to a minimum of one
Action). All Ranged Actions against Flesh Eater’s Zone
Provided below are less powerful and simpler versions receive -1 to their roll result, and it takes two Actions
of The Man in the Suit from Knock, Knock! and Pale to move into Range 1 or Range 0 of Flesh Eater.
Venus from Cousin Joe’s Long Walk (Horrid Cupid is
represented in the new rules through the Relatives: • Rise from Your Grave. Immediately after she
Emotional Distress rule). These can be included in activates, Flesh Eater will spawn one Ghoul on her
any Scene as a way to increase challenge and mix up current Zone: a Walker on Yellow Danger Level, a
gameplay. These Ghouls’s reference cards and optional Breaker on Orange Level, or a Fatty on Red Level.
stickers can be found on the Appendix, on page 27.
SPECIAL GHOUL IMPLEMENTATION
MYSTERIOUS MAN Print the reference cards and the stickers found in the
Appendix (page 27). Paste the stickers representing
Who was this man? A businessman? A politician? A
Mysterious Man onto the Ghoul Spawn cards
preacher? Or someone who for some reason is a conduit
numbered 07, 28 and 46, and the ones representing
for the power that has brought the dead to life? Flesh Eater onto cards 01, 22 and 43. The represented
• A Lot Like a Walker. Mysterious Man activates as if he Special Ghoul will spawn whenever one of these cards
were a Walker Ghoul, deals 1 wound when he attacks, is drawn, in addition to any other effects already in the
and is eliminated upon receiving one wound (this card. If the Special Ghoul is already in the board, that
increases to two once Red Danger Level is reached). Ghoul gains an additional activation.
The targeting priority for Mysterious Man is the same Alternatively, if you want to avoid increasing gameplay
as that of ordinary Walkers. Mysterious Man should be challenge, replace Spawn cards 19 and 20 with the
represented by the unique Walker miniature (marked Special Ghoul Reference cards and spawn/activate the
13 under its base). Special Ghoul when its respective card is drawn.
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REVISED SCENES • Oh, I’d Like to leave, yes. Replace the existing rule
description with:
Scenes from the core rulebook for NotLD work well If at the start of a Players’ Phase four or more Survivors
in conjunction with Project Venus’s expanded rules are on Yellow Danger mode or higher, the house can no
and equipment. It is possible, however, to take this longer be searched.
integration further, by introducing changes to the
original Scenes that better incorporate the Zombicide • Traveling Posse. Add the following text to the existing
mode ideas found in this expansion, as well as rebalance rule description:
the original Scenes for a heightened level of challenge As soon as tile 6R is set, and each time a new tile from
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and tension. the Travelling Pile is set, perform one spawn in the
The following Scene revisions have been tested with the central Zone of the new tile.
new features in Project Venus and are recommended From then on, spawns in the Ghouls’ Phase will proceed
for more advanced players: as follows: perform one Spawn in the central Zone of
the tile closest to Willard, and one spawn on each
S1: WHAT’S HAPPENING? corner of the tile with the most Survivors (choose a tile,
• Working Together. Replace the “Trusting each other” in the case of a tie for most Survivors).
Special Rule with:
• Ambushed! Ghouls spawned inside Corn Field Zones
Immediately after Building a Barricade, a Survivor activate immediately after spawning.
may switch to Zombicide mode.
S7: GO GET JOHNNY
S2: IS THERE A KEY?
• We Still Remember. Survivors start in Romero mode.
• Emotional Support. Replace the “Trusting each other”
A survivor may spend one Action to dedicate an item
Special Rule with:
(discarding a House equipment card) in one of the
A Survivor that has been counted as an Ally when three Tombstone Zones in tile 6V. Immediately after
another Survivor kills a Relative or Flesh Eater may doing so, that Survivor may switch to Zombicide mode.
switch to Zombicide mode.
All Survivors may Search from the appropriate decks
S3: THEY’RE AFRAID OF FIRE in the Equipment Stashes, even if they are in Romero
Mode.
• Clear a Path! Replace the “Trusting each other” Special
Rule with: S8: JOHNNY’S CAR
Immediately after discarding a Flammable Fluid to
• Lead the Way! Survivors start in Romero mode. The
create a Molotov, or after killing a Ghoul with either a
Survivor who first moves into an exterior Zone in tile
Molotov, a Torch or Flaming Arrows, the Survivor may
5R may immediately switch to Zombicide mode. From
switch to Zombicide mode.
then on, the first Survivor to move into a new tile from
S4: NOW, LET’S MOVE IT! the Travelling Pile (and finally onto tile 6V) who has not
yet switched to Zombicide mode may do so.
• Division of Labour. Replace the “Trusting each other”
All Survivors may Search from the appropriate decks
Special Rule with:
in all interior Zones, even if they are in Romero Mode.
Immediately after killing a Ghoul inside the house, or
killing a Ghoul with a Car Attack, the Survivor may • On the Way to the Cemetery. Replace the existing
switch to Zombicide mode. rule description with:
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• Objectives. Replace the existing objectives with:
The game is won if, at the end of the Ghouls’ Phase, the
following objectives have been accomplished:
- Every interior Zone has been searched for a House
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Deck equipment card at least once.
- The Lost Child is in the Stairway Zone (past the open I’ve been in the boardgame hobby since around 2015,
Stairs) on tile 3R. as as such, I had played Zombicide (specifically Black
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- The house on tile 3R has no Ghouls inside and both excited to see the more naturalistic art style that
windows have closed barricades. spoke more to me, as well as the call back to the classic
• Setup. Add the following section to Setup: Zombie film, which was not only pioneering, but also
- Johnny’s Relative miniature will be the only an amazing work on its own right.
miniature used for spawns and Actions related to the Having decided this would be the Zombicide game
Relative Ghoul (it gets an extra activation whenever for me, I embarked on the Kickstarter campaign, and
a new Relative spawn would be performed, as usual). waited eagerly for the delivery. When I finally got to
• Look What I Found! Survivors start in Romero mode. play the game, I was completely engaged. The core
The Survivor who first searches the House Deck in an mechanics are incredibly robust, the components and
internal Zone that has not been searched before may art are outstanding. While the rules are brilliantly
immediately switch to Zombicide mode. simple (understandably and rightly so), I felt the game
had enormous potential for increasing depth and
All Survivors may Search from the House, Melee or variety of gameplay without changing its formula.
Ranged equipment of their choice, even if they are in
Romero Mode. This Expansion is the result of an intense month
(January 2021, spent under COVID-19-related social
• The Lost Child. The first time a Relative Ghoul would distancing rules) of development and playtesting,
spawn as an effect of a House Deck card draw, set which occupied practically all of my vacation time,
Karen’s Relative miniature (or another miniature or and then most of the free time I had after getting back
token of your choice) in the current Zone instead. This to my job responsibilities. This project started out as
miniature will represent the Lost Child, a Survivor a small house rule to make Relatives more dangerous
found hiding in one of the houses. and Zombicide shifting more interesting (incorporated
Immediately after the Players’ Phase as the “Relatives: Emotional Distress” rule), evolved
ends, the Lost Child may take a single with the inclusion of new equipment, and only later
Move Action, or a single Get in/out of morphed into a full-fledged Campaign Expansion. The
the Car Action. The Lost Child cannot exchange of ideas going on in the small but dedicated
be a Driver in the Car, and can get community in the NotLD Boardgamegeek Forums was
in as a passenger even if the a huge incentive to developing the Expansion. Each of
Car is full (one driver and five the Scenes in the Campaign was developed as a way to
passengers). tackle a set of specific design intents.
Players collectively decide The Misanthrope was the first attempt at creating a
what Action the Lost Child new kind of “boss” adversary, while replicating movie
should take. If no consensus is scenes in which the protagonists are targeted by
reached, the player holding the unseen sniper fire. Operation Cornfield was inspired
First Player token for the current by classic video games such as the Commandos series,
Player Phase has the final word. and it was the point when the “Supporting Actors
The Lost Child cannot carry Phase” really came into being, as a way to deal with
equipment and is eliminated the added complexity of characters with a full-fledged
immediately upon taking a AI system. Knock, Knock! came out of an intention
single wound (causing the to explore the Taunt and Shove mechanics, as well as
Survivors to fail the Scene creating a larger arc of back-and-forth movement,
immediately). with the late horde attack. The presence of Sheriff as an
Ally turns the sniper dynamic from The Misanthrope
S10: ANOTHER ONE FOR on its head. Finally, Cousin Joe’s Long Walk tackles
THE FIRE three game design objectives: a longer map than usual;
an “escort” mission with a twist (the escortee actively
• They go up Pretty Easy.
attracts enemies), and a hellishly difficult mission.
Survivors start in Romero mode.
The first time a Survivor eliminates While the undead apocalypse is (so far) a clearly
two or more Ghouls during the fictional event and the redhead connection (as well as
same activation, they may switch the entire narrative, really) has a ludicrous B-movie-
to Zombicide mode. Note that all style intent behind it, the Cesium reference has a
Survivors may Search from the very real and very serious inspiration. Mishandling of
House, Melee or Ranged equipment radioactive Cesium caused the 1987 “Goiânia Accident”
of their choice, even if they are in in Brazil, irradiating 249 people and causing at least
Romero Mode. 4 deaths. This work is dedicated to all victims of the
mismanagement of radioactive material in various
incidents around the world.
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UPDATED RULES: NEW AND UPDATED EQUIPMENT:
• SUPPORTING ACTORS’ PHASE: • STARTING EQUIPMENT
This new Phase takes place after the Ghouls’ Phase. - Kitchen Knife (Table Leg)
Instructions on how to control each Supporting Actor
are given in their respective Script. • HOUSE DECK EQUIPMENT
- Boards (x2) (Revised)
• RELATIVES: EMOTIONAL DISTRESS - Scissors (Boards)
It takes three Actions (minus one per ally in the - First Aid Kit (Boards)
attacker’s Zone) to attack a Relative. Ranged attacks - Garbage Can Lid (Boards)
aganst Relatives’ Zones have -1 to their roll results. - Bourbon (Boards)
- Flashlight (Revised)
• TIGHT CAR
- Radio Broadcast (Flashlight)
Survivors cannot swap seats in a Car if it has already - No, Johnny, No! (x2) (Karen, Poor Baby)
been driven during this Players’s Phase. Once per - Nails and Wire (Plenty of Bullets)
Ghouls’ Phase when Survivors inside a car would take - Bear Trap (Plenty of Shells)
wounds, roll a die; the car absorbs that much damage. - TV Broadcast (Scope)
• LIMITED SHOVE • MELEE DECK EQUIPMENT
Shove costs one Action for every four Ghouls being - Axe (Updated)
Shoved. Fatties count double for this purpose. - Chainsaw (Updated)
- Sledgehammer (Chainsaw)
• DUAL WEAPON COMPATIBILITY
- Katana (x2) (Updated)
Crafted Weapons can be used in Dual Attack Actions - Claymore Mine (Machete)
when paired with weapons that are component parts - Pickaxe (Machete)
in their crafting. The rolls for each weapon are made
individually, but if a reroll is possible, all dice must • RANGED DECK EQUIPMENT
be rerolled. - Bow & Arrow (Sawed-Off)
• AMBIDEXTROUS - Browning Automatic Rifle (Sawed-Off)
- Smith & Wesson Model 10 (Revised)
A Survivor that has this skill may perform Dual
Attacks with two identical weapons and considers • SPECIAL EQUIPMENT
weapons with the Dual symbol to be Dual Compatible - Ma’s Shotgun (x2) (Revised)
with all weapons. - Flaming Arrows (Ma’s Shotgun)
- BAR Emplacement (Ma’s Shotgun)
• DROPPED EQUIPMENT
- Bayonet Winchester (Scoped Winchester)
During their activation, Survivors may freely drop - Torch (x2) (Revised)
equipment in the Zone they are in. A Survivor - Karens’ Trowel (Revised)
performing a Search Action may pick up up to two - Spiked Bat (Torch)
dropped equipment in that Zone. - Scoped Winchester (Revised)
• SOLO PLAY ACTIVATION ORDER
When playing a Solo game, randomly draw Survivor
NEW SKILL:
activation order during Setup. The order of Survivor • SNEAKY:
Activation is fixed. During the End Phase, pass the A Survivor with the Sneaky Skill gains the “Sneaky.../
First Player token to the next Survivor in activation Loud!” card. The card is flipped to “Loud!” at the start
order, who will activate first in the next round. of every Players’ Phase. The card may be flipped to
“Sneaky” by spending one Action. When the Survivor
NEW ACTIONS: is “Sneaky...”, they are ignored by all Actors, unless
they are in Line of Sight at Ranges 0-1 (they are
• ENCOURAGEMENT: completely ignored if inside a Corn Fields or Woods
A Survivor may spend 3 Actions to allow any other Zone). The card is immediately flipped to “Loud!” if
Survivor to immediately perform one Action. If that the Survivor rolls more than three dice during the
Action causes the other Survivor to gain any amount course of an activation, and it cannot be flipped to
of XP, the Survivor who encouraged gains 1XP. “Sneaky...” during that activation.
• CRAFT:
SPECIAL GHOULS:
It takes one Action to combine equipment to create
a new equipment, or to separate an equipment into • MYSTERIOUS MAN:
its component parts. Components are not discarded, At the start of the Ghouls’ Phase, gets an extra
but are instead placed underneath the resulting activation, along with all nearby Ghouls.
equipment card.
• FLESH EATER:
• SET A TRAP:
It takes four Actions to attack her (minus one for
The Set a Trap Action allows traps to be set in the each Ally in the attacker’s Zone), and Ranged Actions
board, when in possession of certain equipment. The against her Zone receive -1 to their roll. Spawns one
equipment may be picked up with a Set a Trap Action. Ghoul after activating.
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appendix: special CARDS
New Equipment:
Print the new equipment cards and slot them onto a sleeve over
the replaced card if you are using sleeves, or otherwise paste
them onto the replaced card using light adhesive to maintain the
original card’s integrityrepresent the respective items.
Sneaky Cards:
Print and cut the overlays and paste them back to front to create a double-
sided card. Do the same with the Sneaky.../Loud! card. Place the overlay
over the Survivor’s ID card, and keep the Sneaky.../Loud! card at hand.
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Trap tokens: Use the tokens
provided to represent
the traps when set. The Evidence tokens: Use the
Bear Trap is double-sided tokens provided here to
to represent it being set/ represent the Evidence used
sprung. in Operation Cornfield.
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Character Tokens: If you
don’t own the Dead of
Night Kickstarter box, use
the tokens provided here
to represent Pale Venus,
The Misanthrope, Agent/
Operatove and Sheriff/
Agent are double-sided to
represent Neutral/Hostile
states.
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