Cover art for Dead Panic

Dead Panic

2013 · BGG
Avg rating
5.95
Bayes rating
5.65
Weight
2.27 (Medium Light)
Players
2-6
Playtime
1 hr 30 min
Ratings count
1,226

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Description

The zombie apocalypse has begun, and you and your friends take on the roles of various characters who are all working to survive.

In Dead Panic, each player takes on the role of one of eight unique characters, which have special abilities. Players work together to survive in a remote cabin, at the center of the board, against waves of the undead that close in from the edges of the board. If the players can hold out, survivors bring pieces of the radio needed to call for rescue. Once rescue arrives, it's up to each player to leave the safety of the cabin and make it out alive!

To fight the zombies, players use cabin cards, some of which are weapons that help players attack zombies at a distance or in hand-to-hand combat. If characters take too many injuries during combat, they die and return to the game as a zombie with customized rules as a member of the undead! Other cabin cards are items, which give the players various benefits and a better chance at survival. The supply of items and weapons is limited, however. Once the cabin deck is exhausted, it is not reshuffled. A separate deck of cards, called event cards, allow the zombies to have their turn. This deck not only brings a variety of zombies into play but each card also has a special effect when drawn.

Can you survive Dead Panic?



Mechanics

Action Points Dice Rolling Hand Management Variable Player Powers

Themes

Zombies

Publishers

Edge Entertainment Fireside Games

Designers

Justin De Witt