CORRECTION: When you draw a Zombie Card with a Manhole cover, the indicated zombie(s) will spawn at each manhole cover where there is a survivor on that TILE (the survivor does not have to be on the manhole cover space).
@@WatchItPlayed Also worth noting and has been menshoned is if the players zone is made up of other tiles then those tiles manhole covers also spawn eg. in this vid if the centre zone had a player in it then all 4 tiles activate manhole cover spawns (1st edition rules page 14). Glad we won't be bothering with the manhole cover spawning plus shooting survivors 1st when 2nd edition arrives soon. 😁🤟
I know that I've said this before, but allow me to say it again: You are SO GOOD at explaining games. You are a 100 PERCENT OUTRIGHT NATURAL when it comes to explaining things. I don't even mean you're great or excellent or superb.. I'm saying you're above EVEN ALL OF THESE THINGS when it comes to it. I'd dare say you are AN EXTREMELY RARE, one of a kind of the BEST KIND OF EXPLAINER that exists. I am often so impressed how you're able to so smoothly keep talking as you're showing the board/cards/etc. I mean, I'd say you had to be reading the stuff off of pre-written down papers that are offscreen, but I'll be danged if I know how you do it. I even wondered if you would record yourself using hand movements and showing cards/figures/etc over the board SEPARATELY and THEN did a VOICEOVER of the rules, reading them from a paper, maybe.... but you match up what you're saying with points and showing things, so it can't be that unless you've somehow MASTERED knowing exactly what you'll say , when you'll say it, as you show the board/etc.... No.. it must be... that you're talking right then, as you're showing the stuff...and you do it flawlessly. You are also able to put it in the SIMPLIEST, most easily understood ways, often showing with visual examples. You would make an AMAZING teacher. Not just an above average or excellent one,.. I'm talking INCREDIBLE. Like, maybe the best ever in your state or among the top ten of the country. Because you have this huge talent of being able to explain things so very well. The words just naturally flow from you, you don't even have to take a moment to think about what you're going to say next, seemingly....which, again, leads me to believe you're reading it off of something, more than likely. ...but even if that IS the case, who cares? You do it so well..it all combines to make great videos...even if you write down beforehand and read it, all that does is show me you have a HUGE TALENT for writing things as well, in a simple to understand way. You should write freaking books, man..... teach classes..... you are a master at this, trust me. Trust me.. i have no life.. I watch youtube vids ALL DAY LONG. I've told you this before. I watch hundreds a day and have hundreds of subscriptions. I HAVE SEEN A METRIC BRICK TON OF VIDS and so I've seen my share of people talking, presenting things, explaining things, listing off things, etc..... YOU ARE ONE OF THE BEST... IF NOT **THE** BEST. In fact, I might say you were THE best I've seen. Anyway.. i'm on another "it's your channels turn" spurt, can ya tell? Gonna watch the next 3 or 4 plays today. :)
Well this is an incredibly kind post for you to have taken the time to share 79cents. To address some of your speculation, yes, I do use a script! I read the rules, play the game and then re-write the rule book from scratch into a format that I think would be best for explaining the mechanism of the game. I also record the parts I'm saying while I'm moving the components on screen. To me it's the most natural way to match what I'm saying with what I'm doing. Thanks again for watching and enjoying the videos and for being so kind in your feedback.
agreed Rodney is so awesome at explaining rules. 3 pinnacle channels of board gaming on RUclips : Shut Up And Sit Down ( Comedy), The Dice Tower (IMDB of boardgame reviews), and Watch it Played (Best Tutorial videos and Overviews)
@@WatchItPlayed I know you covered Zombicide years ago, but would you ever consider covering the other expansions have released since(some of the expansions have added new rules, abilities, and mechanics)
@@kodyballard49 I don't typically cover expansions. Three are so many different games I want to cover on the channel, that I tend to feature different games, rather than returning to titles for the expansions.
I like Zombicide, but it annoys me how you hit a survivor, instead of a zombie when firing into a space occupied by both. My friends and I play with house rules to add more "realism." We roll a dice to determine who gets hit (zombie or survivor). 1-3 is a survivor hit, 4-6 is a zombie hit. We think this is better, since it allows the survivors to have a chance of saving their friends, but shooting at the zombies can backfire. Just like in the movies (I would say real life, but a zombie outbreak has never happened in human history).
Nathan Kirksey i think most people use house rules for that its far to extreme sure fire a smg at a friend and zombie lets face it there both dead but a pistol u can aim to kill the zombie so i personaly think it should be more down to what the ranged wep.this is just my opinion but i will say ur solution is actually really fair
yeah... probably the only house rule I'll ever accept as non negotiable. I get that they need the game to be challenging, but that goes to an extreme, and it's unrealistic. I mean, even if I fire an smg into a crowd, if it's mostly zombies, it'll hit mostly zombies, in addition to friendlies. but a more accurate weapon would be much less likely to hit a friendly, unless you're blind. or dick cheney
+Nathan Kirksey I do something similar, since technically there is still a possibility of hitting someone when firing a gun I have it based on the gun. For example if shooting a rifle or pistol, fairly accurate weapons so you roll a dice, if 1 2 it hits the survivor, if higher it hits the zombie. For shotgun the chances go up.
Good tutorial. Just wanted to point out one rules error I noticed. When the man-hole zombie spawn card is pulled you said it only will spawn zombies at the man-hole covers with survivors at the same "space" on the board. This part is incorrect. The correct word on the card is "tile" so it checks a much greater distance than just the one space. For purposes of when a survivor is on a space shared by two or more tiles they are considered to be within all tiles. So the little orange survivor in the center would have triggered a man-hole spawn in all 4 tiles if any man-holes are present.
Just scored this game at the Barnes & Noble Summer sale (50% off!! WOOHOO!) and the rules weren't very clear (at least to us) about the manhole spawns. You cleared everything up for us! Love your vids!
Great Video. I just got the game yesterday. Instead of me explaining the game "mechanics" to my friends and family on a day we play, I will be sharing the video so they can watch it prior to "game day." This way they will have an idea of how the game works. Thanks again for the video.
Very nice to hear you're able to use the videos this way. This will hopefully have everyone on the same page and ready to start zombie bashing when you all get together!
RODNEY!!!! I decided to DO IT!! I backed Zombicide 2d Edition at the Presidential level!! I was looking for the first edition at game stores, wanting to look into it some more. I could not find a copy of the first edition anywhere. Then I saw the Kickstarter for 2d Edition. I wrung my hands for weeks unending, and today, 30 minutes before the end of the time period. So I just DID IT!!!!!!!
ahaha this guy is great. I got into Rivet Wars and Super Dungeon Explore thanks to this channel. Looks like Zombicide too! I laughed hard when you dumped all those zombies on the table!
Had my first Zombicide game night, and with guys who have shown no interest to board games. Once I showed them, they showed tons of interest and even though we made a bunch of mistakes we had tons of fun.
I just bought zombicide s1,2,3 at a garage sale and it had everything except the books. Thank you for this gem even if it was made 9 years ago... lol. Had a great time with friends.
I bought Zombicide season 2 last week, I send a message to the Zombicide Creator to say that I found out about their game because of you. The answer they sent me was pretty funny... a all in caps "thank you" with a bunch of exclamation point =P Thanks for the great work Rodney!
How have you liked playing the game? I am a little hesitant as it is $140 bucks here in Australia... although I can buy it online for $97 xD Just want to make sure I will enjoy it before buying.
If you have 4 players(including yourself) willing to take about an hour to learn. It's a blast for sure. And I paid 110 after tax so I'd order online as well lo. And we haven't won once with out cheating :/ which is the fun part.
I bought this after watching your video, it came in the mail yesterday! I did a stupid thing however, I don't have anywhere to store the miniatures so i decided to put them in ziplock bags for now.. And I separated the walkers into one bag, and what I didn't realise was I mistakingly put Rick in that bag. Poor Rick! He didn't stand a chance!
This was super helpful! We picked up the base game at a local game auction the past fall and haven't had a chance to actually put it on the table. I sat down to try it out and had lots of questions. You've answered all of them! Time to break this game in now!
I just bought this game and the manual was a little difficult to understand. This tutorial is simple and clear. Great instructions! Please make more :)
I really don't know how you do it, but every time i watch one of your video's the game falls into place for me :) Thanx for another great instructional video, and keep up the good work :)
Nice! Haven't read through the complete section of comments. Some advice: a) Pay close attention to the threat level and try to have all characters switch the threat level at about the same time -> it is no good idea to have one character to be orange, while some are still blue; b) be very aware of the splitting rules, when groups of zombies move into different directions; c) and WHEN you run out of miniatures, then pay a lot more attention to the extra-activation rules. Enjoy the game!
Hi Rodney. Well, i must say thank you. I always feel my dice roll skill low, but now i know some one with lowest roll skill =). In the past few weeks, i see ALL your playing series, that whas a little tough, but very fun.
Thanks Rodney for the reply. My bud bought Zombicide and I got a chance to play the first time yesterday. The game is a blast. Still can't wait to watch your play through and see how bad my friends slaughtered the rules. Happy holidays to you and the family!
Hahahah did anyone else jump at the 5:40 part? I don't know why, but as I watched the explanation I got so relaxed, trying to absorb as much information as possible, and then BAM... bunch'a'zombies showed up xD
The thing I love most about your series is your family's involvement. It's great watching you play and interact with your kids (it's also cool how we, the audience, get to watch your kids grow up a bit). I wonder, do these board games help your kids academically speaking (improved math skills and all that)? I know a lot of kids whose math skills improved after they play Magic The Gathering. Anyway, great Job sir! Merry Christmas :)
I'm so glad you are doing a playthrough of this game. I saw it on kickstarter and thedicetower, but I just wanted to see it in action. Thank you so much!.
I just got this game and love it, and this is a great video. Although I like how you set up the tutorial video with the 4 player/hard map with the 4 objectives and spawns :D we played that scenario last night and it is definitely tough!
i have a custom survivor. Chuck Norris Blue Danger Level - Dreadnought: everything. Yellow Danger Level - +2 Action Orange Danger Level - +6 Dice Rolls: everything Red Danger Level - Jump Kick: Once ever turn you may activate this ability for free. Target any area with a zombie. Move Chuck Norris to that area and kill all the zombies in the area.
I didn't end up making this a regular thing, but I've returned to Twitch more recently and am hoping to (including a play through of Zombicide 2nd edition)
+Watch It Played. I have a question tho how do you get healed if your wounded and do you discard the weapons card that you use ? what makes me confused is that there is an ammo card and I don't know how to use it and what it's for.
+chewnasta loco You can't get healed if you get wounded (unless a card was to say that it provided healing). Getting wounded is bad news! You do not discard weapons that you use. The ammo card is a bit hard for me to explain through the youtube comments. How it works is printed on the card itself.
+terrancemuffin Lots of what you talk about isn't in the copy of the rules I have - where are you getting your info from? The copy of rules I have says nothing about any kind of order to attacking enemies in a zone..
+terrancemuffin Glad you're enjoying the videos :) As for the rules, I got them from the rule book. Are you sure you don't have them in your copy, or maybe you just missed them? Here's an online copy of the rules and you'll find the attack priority for ranged attacks listed on page 17: cmon.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/zombicide_rulebook.pdf
It's quite possible I missed them. I bought my copy on Monday and have only played the tutorial mission and a random (hard) mission. More play will reveal the rules better I imagine! Thanks again!
we played this scenario last night. won but wasn't easy. had a moment where we wiped out all zombies in one turn, as soon as a few more turns where played we where overrun again :D
nice to hear that you like germany, if you ever want to come here again we can play the game together XD iam from the south in germany near stuttgart :)
Can you please go through the different seasons of Zombicide? I'm looking to buy it but overwhelmed with the sheer amount of products. Not really sure what to get first/later and how everything fits Thanks!
The manhole part: I believe you made a mistake. In the guideline it talks about tiles and whatnot. So if there is a survivor on a tile that has a manhole, a zombie will pop up (of course when the manhole card is drawn at the Zombie's phase) and not necessarily same zone. Please read and let me know if I am misunderstanding it.
This was a mistake in the video, but a correction was added to the top of the description for the video, back in the day. Something that can still be missed though, so sorry for any confusion.
The video is perfect, but I think the manhole thing was wrongly explained. I was confused about it for a long time when reading the manual, but I finally got it. It's kind of weird to explain, but I hope you look into it on the manual, everyone.
+AliciaDarky Thanks for enjoying the video Alicia! Don't worry, we are aware of the mistake with the manhole and ensured the correct rules were put at the very start of the video description. Cheers.
That's a wonderful tutorial. Thank you. A friend of mine who is non native Eng speaker tried to explain to 3 of us non-native as well in more than 1h. Then we watched this video together in 30min. It was a blast for us even we didnt win a single scenario. Seriously is there a way we can win the game without house rules?
I love this game, I ran a zombicide event at my FLGS a few months ago and it was a huge hit.I made dozens of custom characters , with mini's on a triple sized board everything painted and had quests and random events spawn thru the game.It was a blast.I have pics that I made public on my facebook page from the event, check them out.I am the fat guy in the metallica shirt :-) As usual, love your videos!!!!!
Another great video Rodney! I also watched your "Dead of Winter" series. If you had to buy one first...which one would it be and why? (Zombicide or Dead of Winter) Thanks a lot and keep up the good work!
AFAL Gameplays Dead of Winter is great with 4 or 5 players. It's team based but there could be a traitor. Zombicide plays completely differently and can be played with 1 - 6+ players. Depends on your gaming group actually.I know some of my friends LOVE Dead of Winter while I'm sure people wouldn't be into zombicide.
Thanks for answering. I did buy Dead of Winter a couple of months back. Probably the best board game I own, all my friends and family absolutely love it.
I get a little confused with only 2 things: When you want to move past a zone with a zombie in it how many actions do u spend? For example, if there are two walkers in a zone directly north of me, can I move past them to the next zone by using all 3 movements? Or would I get stuck in the same zone as them? Another question: When using ranged combat weapons do I wound my allies when they are in the same zone as me but I'm shooting a zombie in a different zone? Or is that only when a zombie is in the same zone as the both of us? Love your series btw, learned so many new games because of it!
1) You count the actions each time you leave a space. So to leave the first empty space in your example, would cost 1 point. To leave the second space would cost 3 (1 plus 2 more for the zombies). So that would be a grand total of 4 action points in order to do what you're saying. 2) Only the target space counts for who gets wounded. Hope that helps!
Also, one more question(sorry there are so many rules!) if there are two survivors in different zones and both are making the same amount of noise, and there is a zombie in another zone that isn't in line of sight with either of them AND equal amount of spaces separate the survivors and the zombie, do u apply the split rule? Or do u just move the zombie whichever direction u choose?
Love your videos! Always with a smile and with huge enthusiasm. Been watching you since your first video of Mansions of Madness. Keep up the good work!
CORRECTION: When you draw a Zombie Card with a Manhole cover, the indicated zombie(s) will spawn at each manhole cover where there is a survivor on that TILE (the survivor does not have to be on the manhole cover space).
I don't understand do you meant that zombie will spawn in any tile where there's a survivor?
After 8 years your here
@@jayolila3046 Hey, if you're here, I'm here :)
@@qazweq If there is a survivor ANYWHERE on the same TILE as a manhole cover, when the card is drawn, a zombie will spawn at the manhole cover.
@@WatchItPlayed Also worth noting and has been menshoned is if the players zone is made up of other tiles then those tiles manhole covers also spawn eg. in this vid if the centre zone had a player in it then all 4 tiles activate manhole cover spawns (1st edition rules page 14).
Glad we won't be bothering with the manhole cover spawning plus shooting survivors 1st when 2nd edition arrives soon. 😁🤟
This guy is awesome. He has officially explained the entire game in 30 mins. Cool
JadeSnake42 Well thank you Jade - very kind of you to say. Glad you enjoyed it!
I know that I've said this before, but allow me to say it again: You are SO GOOD at explaining games. You are a 100 PERCENT OUTRIGHT NATURAL when it comes to explaining things. I don't even mean you're great or excellent or superb.. I'm saying you're above EVEN ALL OF THESE THINGS when it comes to it. I'd dare say you are AN EXTREMELY RARE, one of a kind of the BEST KIND OF EXPLAINER that exists. I am often so impressed how you're able to so smoothly keep talking as you're showing the board/cards/etc. I mean, I'd say you had to be reading the stuff off of pre-written down papers that are offscreen, but I'll be danged if I know how you do it. I even wondered if you would record yourself using hand movements and showing cards/figures/etc over the board SEPARATELY and THEN did a VOICEOVER of the rules, reading them from a paper, maybe.... but you match up what you're saying with points and showing things, so it can't be that unless you've somehow MASTERED knowing exactly what you'll say , when you'll say it, as you show the board/etc....
No.. it must be... that you're talking right then, as you're showing the stuff...and you do it flawlessly. You are also able to put it in the SIMPLIEST, most easily understood ways, often showing with visual examples. You would make an AMAZING teacher. Not just an above average or excellent one,.. I'm talking INCREDIBLE. Like, maybe the best ever in your state or among the top ten of the country. Because you have this huge talent of being able to explain things so very well. The words just naturally flow from you, you don't even have to take a moment to think about what you're going to say next, seemingly....which, again, leads me to believe you're reading it off of something, more than likely.
...but even if that IS the case, who cares? You do it so well..it all combines to make great videos...even if you write down beforehand and read it, all that does is show me you have a HUGE TALENT for writing things as well, in a simple to understand way. You should write freaking books, man..... teach classes..... you are a master at this, trust me.
Trust me.. i have no life.. I watch youtube vids ALL DAY LONG. I've told you this before. I watch hundreds a day and have hundreds of subscriptions. I HAVE SEEN A METRIC BRICK TON OF VIDS and so I've seen my share of people talking, presenting things, explaining things, listing off things, etc..... YOU ARE ONE OF THE BEST... IF NOT **THE** BEST. In fact, I might say you were THE best I've seen.
Anyway.. i'm on another "it's your channels turn" spurt, can ya tell? Gonna watch the next 3 or 4 plays today. :)
Well this is an incredibly kind post for you to have taken the time to share 79cents. To address some of your speculation, yes, I do use a script! I read the rules, play the game and then re-write the rule book from scratch into a format that I think would be best for explaining the mechanism of the game. I also record the parts I'm saying while I'm moving the components on screen. To me it's the most natural way to match what I'm saying with what I'm doing. Thanks again for watching and enjoying the videos and for being so kind in your feedback.
agreed Rodney is so awesome at explaining rules. 3 pinnacle channels of board gaming on RUclips : Shut Up And Sit Down ( Comedy), The Dice Tower (IMDB of boardgame reviews), and Watch it Played (Best Tutorial videos and Overviews)
Love how they worked the numbers of the tiles into the artwork. Such a nice small detail really shows the care the took in making the game !
Just bought it, its brilliant. On another note, your how to play guides are the best on RUclips. Thanks and carry on the good work
Thank you very much Dave - the kind words are appreciated!
@@WatchItPlayed I know you covered Zombicide years ago, but would you ever consider covering the other expansions have released since(some of the expansions have added new rules, abilities, and mechanics)
@@kodyballard49 I don't typically cover expansions. Three are so many different games I want to cover on the channel, that I tend to feature different games, rather than returning to titles for the expansions.
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Pistol: has noise
Pan: doesnt do noise
Me who has played TF2: X to doubt
I like Zombicide, but it annoys me how you hit a survivor, instead of a zombie when firing into a space occupied by both. My friends and I play with house rules to add more "realism." We roll a dice to determine who gets hit (zombie or survivor). 1-3 is a survivor hit, 4-6 is a zombie hit. We think this is better, since it allows the survivors to have a chance of saving their friends, but shooting at the zombies can backfire. Just like in the movies (I would say real life, but a zombie outbreak has never happened in human history).
Nathan Kirksey House rules man, house rules
Nathan Kirksey i think most people use house rules for that its far to extreme sure fire a smg at a friend and zombie lets face it there both dead but a pistol u can aim to kill the zombie so i personaly think it should be more down to what the ranged wep.this is just my opinion but i will say ur solution is actually really fair
yeah... probably the only house rule I'll ever accept as non negotiable. I get that they need the game to be challenging, but that goes to an extreme, and it's unrealistic. I mean, even if I fire an smg into a crowd, if it's mostly zombies, it'll hit mostly zombies, in addition to friendlies. but a more accurate weapon would be much less likely to hit a friendly, unless you're blind. or dick cheney
+Nathan Kirksey I do something similar, since technically there is still a possibility of hitting someone when firing a gun I have it based on the gun. For example if shooting a rifle or pistol, fairly accurate weapons so you roll a dice, if 1 2 it hits the survivor, if higher it hits the zombie. For shotgun the chances go up.
***** I might actually use that.
Good tutorial. Just wanted to point out one rules error I noticed. When the man-hole zombie spawn card is pulled you said it only will spawn zombies at the man-hole covers with survivors at the same "space" on the board. This part is incorrect. The correct word on the card is "tile" so it checks a much greater distance than just the one space. For purposes of when a survivor is on a space shared by two or more tiles they are considered to be within all tiles. So the little orange survivor in the center would have triggered a man-hole spawn in all 4 tiles if any man-holes are present.
Yep, we added this as a note to the description of the video.
Fantastic rules explanations. I love your vids! Thank you!
Now to try it out on Tabletop Simulator...
Glad you enjoyed it! Have fun playing.
Just scored this game at the Barnes & Noble Summer sale (50% off!! WOOHOO!) and the rules weren't very clear (at least to us) about the manhole spawns. You cleared everything up for us! Love your vids!
Glad this helped! Hope you have a great time playing :)
Great Video. I just got the game yesterday. Instead of me explaining the game "mechanics" to my friends and family on a day we play, I will be sharing the video so they can watch it prior to "game day." This way they will have an idea of how the game works. Thanks again for the video.
Very nice to hear you're able to use the videos this way. This will hopefully have everyone on the same page and ready to start zombie bashing when you all get together!
You know, I'm oddly disappointed that you can't dual-wield pans in this game...
Ha! I like the way you think :)
That would be extremely funny, I might make that a thing in my zombicide series 🤣🤣
But you can with Ambidextrous?
Rodney holy crap you looked so young! Great to know that the quality was still amazing even all those years back!
It’s been a couple years since then, to be sure :)
First time I watch one of your videos, and I loved it. I'll check this channel before even reading any sets of rules!
So glad you found it helpful!
Thanks for creating these videos, Rodney.
They must demand an incredible amount of time and effort to create.
I'm eager to see more of Zombicide.
Thanks for the kind words!
RODNEY!!!! I decided to DO IT!! I backed Zombicide 2d Edition at the Presidential level!! I was looking for the first edition at game stores, wanting to look into it some more. I could not find a copy of the first edition anywhere. Then I saw the Kickstarter for 2d Edition. I wrung my hands for weeks unending, and today, 30 minutes before the end of the time period. So I just DID IT!!!!!!!
ahaha this guy is great. I got into Rivet Wars and Super Dungeon Explore thanks to this channel. Looks like Zombicide too!
I laughed hard when you dumped all those zombies on the table!
So many zombies!
Had my first Zombicide game night, and with guys who have shown no interest to board games. Once I showed them, they showed tons of interest and even though we made a bunch of mistakes we had tons of fun.
Sounds like a successful session to me :) We all make mistakes, as long as people have fun, that's what counts!
I just bought zombicide s1,2,3 at a garage sale and it had everything except the books. Thank you for this gem even if it was made 9 years ago... lol. Had a great time with friends.
So glad you enjoyed the game!
I showed this to my friends instead of teaching them how to play. =D
This can be a nice way of getting everyone ready to play, so on game night, you all come prepared - hope they found it helped!
Actually, they thanked me a lot for it. I suck at explaining game rules. =D
I bought Zombicide season 2 last week, I send a message to the Zombicide Creator to say that I found out about their game because of you. The answer they sent me was pretty funny... a all in caps "thank you" with a bunch of exclamation point =P Thanks for the great work Rodney!
Well thank YOU for passing along the kind words about our series to the designer - that really helps a lot. Hope you have lots of fun :)
Just got the game and this was a Great source for help Thanks!!!!
Subscribed!!
Thanks for subscribing! Great to hear the video was a help :)
How have you liked playing the game? I am a little hesitant as it is $140 bucks here in Australia... although I can buy it online for $97 xD
Just want to make sure I will enjoy it before buying.
If you have 4 players(including yourself) willing to take about an hour to learn. It's a blast for sure. And I paid 110 after tax so I'd order online as well lo. And we haven't won once with out cheating :/ which is the fun part.
Kewlausgirl a hundred and what now?
I recently bought Zombicide season 2 and found the instructions a bit hard to get my head around, but this video has helped a great deal. Thanks.
You're very welcome - thanks for checking out the videos!
I bought this after watching your video, it came in the mail yesterday!
I did a stupid thing however, I don't have anywhere to store the miniatures so i decided to put them in ziplock bags for now.. And I separated the walkers into one bag, and what I didn't realise was I mistakingly put Rick in that bag. Poor Rick! He didn't stand a chance!
I have my minis in baggies too - but I wasn't as cruel to Rick as you were :)
This was super helpful! We picked up the base game at a local game auction the past fall and haven't had a chance to actually put it on the table. I sat down to try it out and had lots of questions. You've answered all of them! Time to break this game in now!
So glad this video was helpful Dozer!
Once again Rodney, a fantastic 'How to play' episode - Hope to be there when you go live :)
Probably your best rules intro to date. Can't wait to see this game in action.
Thanks Brad!
Thank you, the explanation was perfectly paced and very thorough! I can't wait to play with my friends this afternoon!
+David Smit I hope you have a great time playing David!
I just bought this game and the manual was a little difficult to understand. This tutorial is simple and clear. Great instructions! Please make more :)
I will! :)
Great video! So much better than reading through the rule book. Thank you!
+Brian Nutter You're very welcome Brian - glad you liked it!
I just bought Zombicide... AND LET ME TELL YOU THIS IS FAR BETTER WAY TO UNDERSTAND THE RULES!!!
Glad you found this helpful!
I've watched more than a few videos on Zombicide gameplay, and this one gets top marks! Well done!
Thank you kindly Retro!
I really don't know how you do it, but every time i watch one of your video's the game falls into place for me :) Thanx for another great instructional video, and keep up the good work :)
michel van der Weide Thank you very much Michel - very pleased you find the videos helpful!
Nice! Haven't read through the complete section of comments.
Some advice:
a) Pay close attention to the threat level and try to have all characters switch the threat level at about the same time -> it is no good idea to have one character to be orange, while some are still blue;
b) be very aware of the splitting rules, when groups of zombies move into different directions;
c) and WHEN you run out of miniatures, then pay a lot more attention to the extra-activation rules.
Enjoy the game!
Good tips!
I...I hate how realistic some games became during 2020, but thanks for reaching me how to play this :D
You're very welcome!
Hi Rodney. Well, i must say thank you. I always feel my dice roll skill low, but now i know some one with lowest roll skill =). In the past few weeks, i see ALL your playing series, that whas a little tough, but very fun.
Thanks Rodney for the reply. My bud bought Zombicide and I got a chance to play the first time yesterday. The game is a blast. Still can't wait to watch your play through and see how bad my friends slaughtered the rules. Happy holidays to you and the family!
Thank you for making this video. This was a wonderful tutorial that helped us play the game right away.
Great to hear Christopher!
Hahahah did anyone else jump at the 5:40 part? I don't know why, but as I watched the explanation I got so relaxed, trying to absorb as much information as possible, and then BAM... bunch'a'zombies showed up xD
See, zombies ARE scary :)
Indeed they are, especially in such large numbers :D
The fact that you posted this on my birthday is destiny
The thing I love most about your series is your family's involvement. It's great watching you play and interact with your kids (it's also cool how we, the audience, get to watch your kids grow up a bit). I wonder, do these board games help your kids academically speaking (improved math skills and all that)? I know a lot of kids whose math skills improved after they play Magic The Gathering. Anyway, great Job sir! Merry Christmas :)
I think gaming was helpful for their problem solving and attention to detail skills.
cool, I just got this game for Christmas and was trying to learn the rules before I actually opened it up. Love the series!
Hope you had a fun time playing!
I'm so glad you are doing a playthrough of this game. I saw it on kickstarter and thedicetower, but I just wanted to see it in action. Thank you so much!.
This is the first time I've wanted you to play a game again
THANK YOU FOR THE DETAIL WALKTHROUGH
You're very welcome :)
Rodney always has the best board game videos!
Very kind of you to say.
I just got this game. This video was so helpful as always Rodney!
Very kind of you to say! I hope you have a great time playing!
Hope you and your family have a great holiday. We'll all be as ready as we can for some quality zombie time.
I just got this game and love it, and this is a great video. Although I like how you set up the tutorial video with the 4 player/hard map with the 4 objectives and spawns :D we played that scenario last night and it is definitely tough!
It can be a brutal game, to be sure :)
This is a very insightful tutorial. I'm a big fan of this game along with the spin offs.
Thanks for checking out the video! Glad it was helpful!
One of the best tutorial videos I've seen. Going to try to pick this up soon, will you please do a tutorial for Risk Godstorm?
So glad you enjoyed this! No plans to feature Godstorm currently, but hopefully you'll find some other neat games to check out on our channel.
Zombie slaughtering in glorious 1080p! Thanks Rodney and family; you made my X-Mas!
Good quality tutorial as always, have learned to play most of my board games via your videos. Keep up the good work :)
Thank you Kamran.
i have a custom survivor.
Chuck Norris
Blue Danger Level - Dreadnought: everything.
Yellow Danger Level - +2 Action
Orange Danger Level - +6 Dice Rolls: everything
Red Danger Level - Jump Kick: Once ever turn you may activate this ability for free. Target any area with a zombie. Move Chuck Norris to that area and kill all the zombies in the area.
Chuck Norris Eats Zombie's For Breakfast levelling option ?
I loved the idea of letting the community play live via Twitch. Would you be up for doing that on a regular basis?
I didn't end up making this a regular thing, but I've returned to Twitch more recently and am hoping to (including a play through of Zombicide 2nd edition)
Another great intructional video! Thanks for the head up on the for parents with younger viewers.
you have to be the best at explainingmich appreciated made the game simplistic.
+chewnasta loco I'm so glad you found the video helpful!
+Watch It Played. I have a question tho how do you get healed if your wounded and do you discard the weapons card that you use ? what makes me confused is that there is an ammo card and I don't know how to use it and what it's for.
+chewnasta loco You can't get healed if you get wounded (unless a card was to say that it provided healing). Getting wounded is bad news! You do not discard weapons that you use. The ammo card is a bit hard for me to explain through the youtube comments. How it works is printed on the card itself.
I'm really looking forward to this series. I've been excited about this game for awhile now.
20:21
*Laughs in parker with medic*
Thanks, this was a big help for my tabletop group
+yurtishome A pleasure to assist! I hope you have a great time playing!
Thank you so much for this video. So many of the rules aren't clear in the rules and this has cleared up a lot of confusion!
+terrancemuffin Lots of what you talk about isn't in the copy of the rules I have - where are you getting your info from?
The copy of rules I have says nothing about any kind of order to attacking enemies in a zone..
+terrancemuffin Glad you're enjoying the videos :) As for the rules, I got them from the rule book. Are you sure you don't have them in your copy, or maybe you just missed them? Here's an online copy of the rules and you'll find the attack priority for ranged attacks listed on page 17: cmon.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/zombicide_rulebook.pdf
It's quite possible I missed them. I bought my copy on Monday and have only played the tutorial mission and a random (hard) mission. More play will reveal the rules better I imagine!
Thanks again!
Who still watching this in 2018? *raises hand*
Glad to have you here!
2019 boiiii
:)
@@sarahmoreels2248 also
Actually I'm in the year 5089
Great man!... I am just starting with Board games and your videos are great
Martin Pacheco Villegas Welcome to the hobby Martin! Thanks for the kind words about the videos :)
Good luck with the project Rodney. Have fun ! Best wishes, Rick
This is the first video I watched of yours, so many more to come!
Thanks for sticking around and watching others :)
@@WatchItPlayed they always help me rodney! 4 years later and im still using these videos to help me out!
@@WanderingKumquat Sweet :)
thank you for doing a wide selection of games.
Glad you're enjoying the variety!
This game just arrived !!! Get to play it Thursday !!!
Hope you enjoyed!
Very professional and clear. Thanks.
+David Schofield You're very welcome. Thanks for the kind comments!
we played this scenario last night. won but wasn't easy. had a moment where we wiped out all zombies in one turn, as soon as a few more turns where played we where overrun again :D
Those zombies are relentless!
Thank you-very helpful video and look forward to playing the game
+K Bee Glad you liked the video!
Thx for the video, i understand the rules better than from the rule book. Greetings from germany
So glad you liked it. I visited Germany recently - loved it!
nice to hear that you like germany, if you ever want to come here again we can play the game together XD iam from the south in germany near stuttgart :)
I stayed in Stuttgart during the trip :)
I want this game now
And now Zombicide 2 is out as well.
Just got my game today! cant wait to test it out with some friends!
Hope you had a great time playing!
I played it last night with friends. It was great.
So glad you enjoyed it!
Can you please go through the different seasons of Zombicide?
I'm looking to buy it but overwhelmed with the sheer amount of products.
Not really sure what to get first/later and how everything fits
Thanks!
Hey Kalvin, I don't usually cover expansions (so many games, so little time!). I don't actually have the expansions either :)
The manhole part: I believe you made a mistake. In the guideline it talks about tiles and whatnot. So if there is a survivor on a tile that has a manhole, a zombie will pop up (of course when the manhole card is drawn at the Zombie's phase) and not necessarily same zone. Please read and let me know if I am misunderstanding it.
This was a mistake in the video, but a correction was added to the top of the description for the video, back in the day. Something that can still be missed though, so sorry for any confusion.
Thanks for the guide man
You’re very welcome!
just as a heads up, Amazon currently has this game available for $60.00 which is a HUGE steal as the game can retail NEW at $90-$100
The video is perfect, but I think the manhole thing was wrongly explained. I was confused about it for a long time when reading the manual, but I finally got it.
It's kind of weird to explain, but I hope you look into it on the manual, everyone.
+AliciaDarky Thanks for enjoying the video Alicia! Don't worry, we are aware of the mistake with the manhole and ensured the correct rules were put at the very start of the video description. Cheers.
***** Haha, ok, thanks for the answer!
reminds me of 'last night on earth' except everyone has their own character, and it's co-op play, which i like. thinking of getting this game.
And there's plenty of expansions if you enjoy it!
I cannot wait to see how this plays out!
Good work on the video. There's a lot to this game and I think you summed it up well. (sorry for the extra work it caused you) ;-)
Thank you!
Cool video. Good luck with the live episode!
Is there a link to the ‘live play’ you did on Twitch? Love the tutorial and wanna watch it played before I give it a go.
I released it here on youtube as well: ruclips.net/video/c1DrPiEgS64/видео.html
That's a wonderful tutorial. Thank you. A friend of mine who is non native Eng speaker tried to explain to 3 of us non-native as well in more than 1h. Then we watched this video together in 30min. It was a blast for us even we didnt win a single scenario. Seriously is there a way we can win the game without house rules?
stm12p Yes, the game can be won, but it is challenging - like surviving a zombie apocalypse :)
I so hope I can make the live playthrough this games looks like a crazy fun time!
Thanks for the video! Very helpful!
Very welcome Gordon!
This game looks awesome gonna try it someday!
Thanks for checking it out here!
I love this game, I ran a zombicide event at my FLGS a few months ago and it was a huge hit.I made dozens of custom characters , with mini's on a triple sized board everything painted and had quests and random events spawn thru the game.It was a blast.I have pics that I made public on my facebook page from the event, check them out.I am the fat guy in the metallica shirt :-)
As usual, love your videos!!!!!
Turns out, yes, you really DID love this game :)
Love seeing these new episodes!
Great tutorial man
Thanks Doomguy!
Your videos are the best!
Thank you Conny!
Another great video Rodney! I also watched your "Dead of Winter" series. If you had to buy one first...which one would it be and why? (Zombicide or Dead of Winter) Thanks a lot and keep up the good work!
I don't offer recommendations on games. Just something I've never felt qualified to do. But I do create the videos so you can make that decision :)
AFAL Gameplays Dead of Winter is great with 4 or 5 players. It's team based but there could be a traitor.
Zombicide plays completely differently and can be played with 1 - 6+ players.
Depends on your gaming group actually.I know some of my friends LOVE Dead of Winter while I'm sure people wouldn't be into zombicide.
Thanks for answering. I did buy Dead of Winter a couple of months back. Probably the best board game I own, all my friends and family absolutely love it.
Heh, I saw this in the store and thought it looked interesting. Now I'll learn to play and be able to keep up with my very first watch it played =D
Hope you enjoyed!
I get a little confused with only 2 things: When you want to move past a zone with a zombie in it how many actions do u spend? For example, if there are two walkers in a zone directly north of me, can I move past them to the next zone by using all 3 movements? Or would I get stuck in the same zone as them?
Another question: When using ranged combat weapons do I wound my allies when they are in the same zone as me but I'm shooting a zombie in a different zone? Or is that only when a zombie is in the same zone as the both of us?
Love your series btw, learned so many new games because of it!
1) You count the actions each time you leave a space. So to leave the first empty space in your example, would cost 1 point. To leave the second space would cost 3 (1 plus 2 more for the zombies). So that would be a grand total of 4 action points in order to do what you're saying.
2) Only the target space counts for who gets wounded.
Hope that helps!
Thank you so much! Just played this game recently and wanted to clear things up
Also, one more question(sorry there are so many rules!) if there are two survivors in different zones and both are making the same amount of noise, and there is a zombie in another zone that isn't in line of sight with either of them AND equal amount of spaces separate the survivors and the zombie, do u apply the split rule? Or do u just move the zombie whichever direction u choose?
ennieday1009 Yes, you still apply the split rule.
Wohooo! Very interested in this series!!!
This is an awesome idea. I hope you plan on posting the final video from twitch,
Love your videos! Always with a smile and with huge enthusiasm. Been watching you since your first video of Mansions of Madness. Keep up the good work!
Thanks for being with us all this time Johnny!
Love it! Thanks ❤
You're very welcome!
Looks like fun, I might even check it out!
Glad you enjoyed the video.