The Graveyard Shift: Cthulhu Zombie Game

Description

The Graveyard Shift: A Cthulhu Zombie Game .

Weird things are happening out at the graveyard outside Arkham. Sheriff Engle and his trusty deputy are here to investigate. What is there to find? Some spooky grave diggers, a professor there to set up an “experiment”, and a bunch of kids with a book that looks like it is bound in human skin… This can’t be good….

Each turn a player buys to right to make up what happens next in the game. Their action isn’t automatic, they have to pick another player to be their referee. The referee decides how likely the action is (which sets what the player has to roll). Other players may buy the right to make counter-arguments which trigger dice rolling contests. While this sounds complicated it is actually extremely simple. Events either happen or don’t. The players keep a running record of what has happened until the facts lead them to a story climax which ends the game! Because people make up different actions each time the game never plays the same way twice! .

No one knows at the start of the game what is going on. It could be zombies. It could be the Necronomican or that crazy professor might be trying to make a collect call to Cthulhu! What ever it is I hope you save us… the world is counting on you. .

This is an intermediate level Matrix Game. It comes in a box with a 20x15 inch hard board map of a country estate, a booklet of character sheets, a scenario booklet, a rules booklet, an action matrix (which helps people learn how to make up actions), wooden counters, plastic gold coins, and dice. You can literally be playing the game 10 minutes after opening the box! .

TYPE: Intermediate Engle Matrix Game
PLAYERS: 2 to 10 (best 4 to 8)
AGE: 13 to adult
DURATION: 2 hours
COMPLEXITY: Moderate
REPLAYABILITY: High