Game Round
player phase
Players take turns in clockwise order. They may
activate their survivors in any order they choose
before the next player takes their turn. On each
survivors turn, they may take 3 actions by default:
1. Move 5. Use Weapon or Enchantment
2. Search 6. Take/Activate Objective
3. Open Door 7. Make Noise
4. Reorganize/Trade 8. Do Nothing (Pass)
1. Move
Move orthogonally one zone per action. Moving out of
a zone with zombies costs +1 action per zombie
Move action ends when entering a zone with
zombies, even with multi-move skills or slippery
2. Search (once per turn)
Search can only be performed once per turn
If no zombies are on your indoor zone, draw 1
equipment card and add it to your inventory or discard
it. You may perform a free reorganize/discard action
after searching.
3. Open Door
Use a melee item to open a door (no weapon bonuses).
If your weapons door symbol includes dice, you must
roll your weapons dice value. Your roll must meet or
exceed the number of dice pips to open it successfully.
If no die roll symbol is shown, no roll is required.
Spawn Zombies inside all rooms of a building that
is opened for the first time
Add a Noise token to the zone (if required)
4. Reorganize/Trade
Spend an action to reorganize your inventory and
exchange any number of cards with a survivor in your
zone. The other survivor in an exchange/trade can
perform a free reorganize action too.
5. Use Weapon, Spell or Enchantment
An action hits when dice rolls are equal to or higher
than accuracy. A weapons damage value must equal or
exceed a zombies min damage value to damage it.
If required, add a noise token to the survivors
zone.
Melee: Use an item in-hand to attack a Zombie in your
zone. +XP per kill.
Divide hits among possible targets in the Zone
Ranged: Use an item in-hand to attack a zone (a range
of 0 is still considered a Ranged attack). +XP per kill.
Cannot attack Zones closer than minimum range
If indoors, Line of Sight is reduced to one
neighboring zone (shared opening/one zone away)
Hits are assigned according to targeting priority
Misses inflict friendly fire: assign hits to a survivor
1 wound per damage. Cannot hit yourself
Armor roll can block friendly fire
Spell/Enchantment: Use a spell/enchantment item in-
hand and apply its effect on a target or zone within line-
of-sight (can target self if target is survivor). +XP per kill.
"Once per turn" limit applies to each copy of the
same enchantment/spell separately. This limit is
applied per survivor (an exchanged item can be
used by each survivor in one phase)
Magic/Combat Spells follow ranged attack rules
6. Take/Activate Objective
Take or activate an objective in your Zone. See the
Quests description for game effects.
7. Make Noise
Place one Noise token in the survivors Zone
8. Do Nothing
Survivor does nothing. All remaining Actions are lost.
zombie phase
Activation
During the Zombie Activation phase, all zombies take
one action to attack a survivor in their zone or move
towards a survivor. Some zombies (ex. runners) receive
two actions.
Resolve all attacks first, then resolve moves
1. Attack
Each zombie inflicts one wound to a survivor in their
zone (zombies in a survivors zone inflict all
attacks/wounds at once, even if it would be overkill)
If survivors share a zone when zombies attack,
players choose how to assign hits (even if all wounds
exceed survivors HP)
All hits must be assigned before armor rolls
If a survivors Wound Bar reaches 3 after any
applicable armor rolls, they are eliminated
Armor
If a survivor is wearing armor, roll 1 die per wound. A
roll that equals or exceeds the armor rating blocks.
Armor cannot block Abomination/Dragon Fire
wounds
Shield
If a survivor is holding a shield, roll 1 die per wound. A
roll that equals or exceeds the armor rating blocks.
Shields cannot block Abomination/Dragon Fire
wounds
Armor & Shield
If a survivor has armor and a shield equipped, they can
choose to roll for either the Armor or the Shield
(not both). If they chose Armor, they may re-roll all dice
from the previous Armor roll (new result taking place of
the previous one)
2. Move
Each zombie that did not attack or has a second action
(ex. runners) may move towards the survivors. Zombies
move towards zones in the following priority order:
1. Zone containing survivors that's in Line Of Sight
with the most Noise Tokens
a. Survivors count as noise tokens
b. Distance does not matter
2. If survivors are not in Line Of Sight, zombies move
towards the noisiest zone.
a. Distance does not matter. Survivors = Noise
Zombies use an action to move 1 Zone towards their
target Zone, taking the shortest available path.
If 2+ zones contain an equal number of
survivors/noise tokens, Zombies split into equally
sized groups and move towards each
If split, add zombies to make groups equal size
Do not duplicate Abomination/Necromancer
If there are no open paths to the noisiest zone,
Zombies move towards it as if all doors were open
(but cannot move through locked doors)
Necromancers
Necromancers always move towards the nearest non-
Necromancer Spawn Zone
Spawn
Draw 1 Zombie Card per Spawn Zone & add zombies
according to the highest survivor level color.
Cards should be drawn in same order each round
If spawn deck empty, shuffle discard into new pile
Blue/Green Spawn zones only spawn as per quest
rules
Extra Activation
No zombies spawn in that zone. Instead, activate all
zombies of that type immediately
Double Spawn
No zombies spawn in that zone. Instead, draw two cards
for next zone. See page 26 for examples.
Zombicide Black Plague Rules Reference 1.1 by LamarrsAnomaly
end phase
Noise Tokens
Remove all noise tokens from the board
First Player
Pass the first player token clockwise
Reload
Weapons are reloaded for free at the End Phase
During a round, a reloadable weapon that has been
fired must be reloaded by using an action
Two identical Dual weapons can be reloaded
with one action (if held by one survivor)
If passed to another survivor without being
reloaded, it must be reloaded before being fired
Winning
If all Quest Objectives have been completed, survivors
win immediately
Losing
All survivors are eliminated
Too many Necromancers escape
Quest specific condition for losing is activated
other rules
Dragon Bile/Fire
Dragon Bile can be discarded from Hand to place a
Dragon Bile pool at Range 0-1. A Torch can be discarded
from Hand onto it at Range 0-1 to create Dragon Fire.
Dragon Fire does not make noise
Dragon Fire kills any Actor in the Zone, regardless of
Damage threshold, Armor, or wounds
Dragon Fire removed after use, along with all Actors.
Survivor who threw torch gains all XP from kills
Vaults
Survivor must spend one action to pickup vault item
No line of sight across open vault door.
A vault is considered a building zone, but cannot be
searched and does not spawn zombies on reveal
Accessing a new building from inside a vault will
spawn zombies inside the new building
Out of Miniatures
If you run out of miniatures during a zombie spawn, all of
the minis on the board of the deficient type activate
Abominations
Wounds from an Abomination cannot be blocked
Necromancers
Necromancers are considered Zombies
When a Necromancer spawn card is revealed:
Spawn a Necromancer
Add A New Zombie Spawn (Necromancer side)
where the Necromancer appeared and spawn
zombies on that zone
Give all Necromancers on the board an extra
activation (regardless of Necromancer type)
A necromancer always attempts to flee the board
If no Survivors are in a Necromancers Zone, it
moves 1 Zone towards the nearest Spawn Zone
(not including the entry zone)
If several Spawn Zones are at an equal
distance, choose one as its target zone
If a Survivor is in a Necromancers Zone, it attacks
A Necromancer escapes if it activates (ie. takes a
move action) while on the escape zone
Replace Necromancer Spawn with a regular one
Game over: If a Necromancer escapes the board
when there are 6 Zombie Spawn tokens on the
board, the players lose the game
If you kill a Necromancer, remove a Spawn zone
Level Up & Gain Skills
When leveling up, choose one skill per danger level color