King Midas

To make the game “really” interesting. We pick out our hand but do not look at our cards. We then get the person to the left to draw two cards and place them “face down” in front of you. YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO LOOK AT YOUR CARDS UNTIL IT IS YOUR TURN. The 1st person then starts their Pitch before they reveals the cards. After the opening pitch has begun, the player than reveals the cards and explain the product more.
This is a very random way to play as you have no time to come up with any ideas for the product – It keeps it fresh and everyone is just itching to see what the product is.
Try it out!

Keep a close eye on your fellow “merchants”, not just when you are the Sheriff. Keep track of how many times they bluffed and how many times they told the truth. Do your very best to read your opponents so when it is your turn to be the Sheriff you are ready for it.

This game is on our table on a daily basis. It’s one of my wife’s favourite games so we play it often, whether just the 2 of us or in a group setting. Right away you know who the “better” players are (the ones that are in every deal, orchestrating everything). It’s ok not to make deals with them and sometimes beneficial to winning this game. My wife wins almost every time. In order for me to have a chance at winning, I have to stop making deals with her or if I really want to make a deal with her I make it really hard for her to say yes so it looks like I’m not totally pushing her away.

We have a ritual every time we play. Once everything is set up and we are about to start the game, Each player stands up and places one of their closed fist in the middle making contact with the other players. (like a huddle before a sporting event) One person grabs the Rule Book and starts reading the Go Forth, Heroes! section.

“YOU AND YOUR ALLIES HAVE BEEN CALLED TO DEFEAT THE VILLAINS THAT THREATEN OUR WORLD. IT IS TIME TO ANSWER THE CALL – JOIN YOUR TEAMMATES IN FIGHTING EVIL AS DEFENDERS OF THE WORLD… PROTECTORS OF THE UNIVERSE… (THAN EVERYONE TOGETHER) SENTINELS OF THE MULTIVERSE!!!”
– we than cheer and throw our fist up in the air…

It sounds tacky – I know. But like every team game, it certainly gets you pumped up for the game.

You can easily merge ideas for the classic console zombie game “Left for Dead” into Zombicide. It allows a change of pace and brings a new atmosphere into the game. For Example:

1)When a player gets wounded; you can add a first aid card into the deck. Allowing players to search for them. When they eventually find one, they can use it on them if they have been wounded, or they can heal someone else that has been wounded but the player needs to be in the same square in order to heal.

2)When a player dies, they can re-spawn in a “selected” room marked at the start of the game. One of the other players has to enter the “selected” room in order free them.

3)”Boomer” takes the place of the Fatty’s. If the Boomer is in the same square during the zombie round they blow up causing 1 wound to any player in that square as well as noise, bringing more zombies to that area. If the Boomer is killed, they still blow up causing damage to those in the same square as well as noise.

4)”Tank” takes the place of the Abomination. And to those that have played LFD know that when the Tank is out, there’s no escaping. The tank can pick up cars and doors (That’s if he’s in the same square) and throw them at the nearest player (if he can see you) – roll the die and if odd you get hit.