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Aliens vs. Zombies
Since Zombies and Aliens obey all traffic laws,
they can only cross the streets at crosswalks and
can never jaywalk diagonally.
Aliens awaiting landing are placed off to the side
of the board in the reserve. Aliens that are killed
by Zombies are sent back to the reserve. Zombies
that are killed are sent to the other side of the
board to the Zombie dead pile.
[2.0] SET UP
Place the board between the two players.
Determine which player will control the Aliens
and which player will shamble along with the
Zombies. If necessary, roll a die to determine who
will be the Alien player.
Place the 10 event tiles face-down and randomize
them. Return two random tiles to the bag (they
will not be used this game) without looking,
leaving eight tiles on the table.
Put all the Zombie counters in a clean, dry
opaque container (like a coffee cup without
the coffee) that is called the grave. The Zombie
player draws 15 random counters from the grave
and places them on the map, up to three Zombie
counters per location.
Meanwhile, the Alien player should sort the
Alien units in the reserve by type and assemble
three groups, each containing one Trooper, one
UFO and one Tank. After the Zombie player
has finished placing his or her Zombies, the
Alien player places the three groups on the map
in locations with no other counters; each group
must be placed in a different location.
[3.0] HOW TO PLAY
The game is played out over eight turns. Each
turn is made up of the following phases, which
are conducted in order. Repeat these phases if
there are more event tiles to reveal. After the last
turn, see (8.0) to determine the winner.
1. Event
The Zombie player reveals one event tile.
The Zombie player pulls X random Zombies
from the grave, where X is the number on the
Event tile, and “spawns” these Zombies on any
number of locations on the outside edge of the
map and/or dirt lots (brown locations); there is
no limitation to how many Zombies can be in
a location and they can spawn in locations with
Aliens. The Zombie player may empty the grave
while spawning – any remaining spawns are lost.
Finally, the event depicted on the event tile takes
place. See Events (4.0).
2. Alien Landing
The Alien player rolls one die and adds the result
to 1 (generating a number between 2 and 7).
This is the total combat strength, or less, of small
Alien units that will land on the map this turn.
The Alien player can choose small units (Trooper,
UFO, Tank or Leader) to place on empty
locations on the map, as long as they have a total
combined combat strength that is no greater than
the random number. Only one Leader can land
per turn. The Alien BFAR and Mutant cannot
land during this phase.
Leaders like to travel in style and there isn’t enough
room for more than one in the same landing pod.
3. Alien Actions
Each Alien on the map can take one action:
Move, Attack or Blast ‘Em. The Alien player can
act with one Alien at a time or group Aliens in
the same location to perform the same action.
See Actions (5.0).
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