Undead States of America

NEW: Undead Avenues Skirmish Game

Steve Metze — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 21:41:20 +0000

Undead Avenue is a new take on the classic “escape from the city” urban Zombie Apocalypse story. You start in a section of downtown sealed off in all directions, maybe by accident, maybe because the government or the police or the National Guard doesn’t want anyone, or anything escaping.

This book contains the rules to simulate an urban zombie nightmare,
along with cards to simulate character wounds, equipment, weapons,
allies and newly learned skills, plus enough cut-out city markers to
create an entire neighborhood. The rules are set to play in three acts,
just like a movie.

Click here to learn more!

The Battle of Yonkers

Steve Metze — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:38:11 +0000

By popular demand, this is my interpretation of the Battle of Yonkers from the book World War Z. I’ve got four Military units and three Military Vehicle units behind Fortifications on the road, with six Unarmed Civilians behind them. There are two pieces of Urban terrain behind the Military units. Coming down the highway are the zombie masses. This battle takes place in Year One, so, artillery and air force strikes are welcome, but aiming and head shots are not yet. To recreate the battle, the rules are that the humans can’t retreat or reposition until after a morale check, whatever the result. In addition, the human player does not get to start with any types of Ammo Stockpiles, including one through United War Effort. The leader of the Military forces is watching via helicopter (or satellite) and cannot be killed in this battle.

I put an equal number of zombie forces as humans coming down the highway (13 total units), although advanced players should try to go up against double this number or even up to a full 30 zombie units. If the zombie player uses more than 13 units, the extra beyond the starting 13 should all be “in reserve” off the board with the restriction that they can only come in on the top edge of the board, but may come in up to 4 at a time that way. The zombie player gets one “freebie” zombie, which can pop out of either of the two urban terrain markers behind the military units. The zombie player rolls one die each turn, and the first turn they roll a 5 or 6, they may place a zombie unit in one of the urban terrain markers. As a special rule, the “freebie” zombie unit should get one full move before any Military units will notice it, and therefore fire at it.

Enjoy.

Survivor Blogs

Steve Metze — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:41:59 +0000

There have been a number of blogs sprouting up about suspiciously zombie-like behavior. Maybe the Zombie War isn’t as far off as we thought. This one seems to be from Washington State. This one appears to be a woman from Colorado. This blog is from a soldier in New York, and this one is from someone in the UK.

Undead States of America Box Set

Metzae — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 18:01:28 +0000

We have teamed up with Rebel Minis to bring you the Undead States of America Box Set. This is a complete set of over two hundred 15mm miniatures, all the minis you need to create an undead horde and human resistance. It is currently available only through the Rebel Minis website, but we will be carrying them on our site very soon.

The box comes complete with a mix of:

120 15mm Zombies

30 15mm Armed Civilians

30 15mm Unarmed Civilians

20 15mm Military

Interview with The Spiel

Metzae — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:13:10 +0000

Steve gave a great interview with the wonderful gang at The Spiel while at the Origins Gaming Convention. You can listen to the full interview at their website, or subscribe to their podcast via iTunes.