- We're clearing walkers and hoarding supplies.
That's right.
It's the Walking Dead: Something To Fear card game
from Skybound Games.
(upbeat music)
This selectively strategic card game
puts two to six players against one another
in a character choosing competition
for supplies,
sustenance,
and survival.
Set up by giving each player in the game
a set of the nine character cards separated by color.
Each player should have their own set
which contains the same nine cards.
Next, take the encounter cards
and depending on the number of players
remove any cards that do not contain
your player count on the back.
We're setting up for four players,
so I'll remove these five and six cards from the game.
Now shuffle the encounter cards together
to form the encounter deck,
placed in the center of the table.
Reveal encounter cards from the deck
equal to the number of players plus one.
These cards are known as the encounter row,
the area to the left of the deck should be left open
for the mob cards which will be assigned end game.
Finally each player shuffles their character cards
and places them face down to form their personal deck,
then draws three cards to form their starting hand.
Give the tie breaker marker to the player
who last read a comic book.
Game play occurs over nine rounds.
Each split into four steps;
character selection,
encounters,
mob formation,
cleanup.
First, in the character selection
each player chooses one card from their hand
to place face down in front of them.
Once all players have placed,
they reveal them simultaneously.
The remaining cards in their hand
are set aside for this round.
Next, in the encounter step
players take turns in order of character number,
highest to lowest.
Each character card has character name,
number, ability,
and sometimes a reveal symbol
which means their ability activates immediately
upon revealing them
rather than resolving in turn order.
Once all the reveal abilities have been resolved,
players take turns in number order,
either using the ability on the card,
or securing one encounter card in the encounter row
to be placed in front of them
forming their personal stash.
Encounter cards may have an encounter type,
ability rule,
mob damage,
personal damage,
and victory points.
Encounter cards and a personal stash
count toward that player's end game points.
Depending on the victory point reward displayed
and in the case of some cards,
the more copies of that encounter type they have,
the more points they receive.
However, encounter cards can also provide
personal damage to that player.
Should a player's total damage
from all games sources exceed 20 at the end of the game,
they automatically lose.
After all players have used their ability
or selected an encounter card,
the mob forms.
Any remaining encounter cards in the row
are now placed in the mob section
forming the hoard of walkers
that will overrun the players at the end of the game.
The combined total of the mob damage
grows as more cards are added.
This mob damage hits each player
at the end of the game
on top of their personal damage from their stash.
Mob damage from cards in the player's stash
do not affect them.
After the mob has been augmented
play moves to the clean up step
where each player discards their character card
from this round to form a personal discard pile.
Discard piles are open information
so anyone is allowed to look through them at any time.
Each player refills their hands back up to three cards,
and a new encounter row is revealed.
Gameplay continues with players stashing points,
redirecting walkers,
and growing the mob.
At the end of the ninth round,
the end game is triggered.
First, the mob attacks.
Add up all that mob damage and assign it to each player
who then adds that number
to their personal damage total from their stash.
At this point any player over 20 damage
did not survive the mob,
and loses the game.
All players who survived
now add up the points in their stash
and the highest score wins.
And that is the Walking Dead: Something To Fear card game.
I'm Negan,
and you can watch me and my friends play this game
and other awesome games
on Game The Game right here on Geek & Sundry.
We'll see there.
(upbeat music)