Mantic Zombie Apocalypse bargain box

 As part of Mantic's Summer Sale, they had a Zombie Apocalypse set.

It included a large number of "modern" zombies that looked a bit familiar.

They are sorted by design (there are a number of duplicates, but as this post shows, different colours make all the difference).

Some will receive replacement heads and arms from various sources.

Here they are all mobbed up.

The set also included a hard plastic model truck.

Two weird mortar, crew and creepy crawly piles.

Three largish monster zombies.

And one big Alpha Zombie.

Not sure about the mortar and crew, but the rest will eventually find a home.

Stargrave: Quarentine 37 Zombie

 The expansion book for Stargrave: Quarantine 37 was released in September. Along with the book, there is a set of figures, including zombies.

This is the first one I have painted.

As the campaigns in Quarantine 37 take place on a research station, I used some Slater's 7mm tread plate as the surface for the base.

Comparison of a plastic Crewman with the metal zombie.

Zombie Games

 A couple of Zombie games from my cupboard.

No More Room In Hell by Iron Ivan Games.

Skirmish Outbreak by radio Dish Dash.

Crooked Dice Security Troopers

Crooked Dice recently released a pack of Security Troopers for their Colony 87 SF range.

Each of the four figures are in two parts, a body and a head. There are two styles of head, a reinforced perforated visor and a smooth glass style visor. There are two armed with assault rifles, one technician with side arm and one with a cut down heavy cannon.

 The figures were undercoated with Citadel Chaos Black spray followed by Citadel Death Guard Green spray. A camouflage pattern was added to the cloth parts with Citadel Rhinox Hide.

The gun was repainted with Army Painter Black then a mixture of Army Painter Black and Vallejo Black Grey. Pouches and the holster were painted with Citadel Death World Forest.The figure was dry brushed with Citadel Nurgling Green. The cloth parts of the suit were washed with Citadel Agrax Earthjshade.

The visor was painted with Vallejo Game Colour Night Blue.

 Three of the four figures.

 So what was I going to use them for? Well, I thought that they would make good reconnaissance troops from some shady government group exploring the Zombie apocalypse.

I did have a quick add up of the required points for skilled troops with body armour, Assault Carbines, ammo etc.

It turned out that you would have ten to eleven walkers per trooper.

 They are of a reasonable match with the Walking Dead zombies.

Here's Negan! - Anyone Home? Revisited

So same set up as last time. 

Survivors (left to right from Negan’s point of view): Laura; Sherry; Dwight; Tara;  John. 

I still have not finished painting them.

Turn one

Survivor phase

Laura leads off.  Her ability to make two identical actions allows her to move six spaces across the board, revealing one of the tokens (a White die, with a roll of one).

Dwight follows along. He is Stealthy which allows him to Move four spaces rather than three.

Sherry moves through the door, and Tara follows up. John provides some back stop.

Walker phase

The Event card is Bitter Rivals, Dwight bags a +1 action at Sherry’s expense (a -1 action).

The Walker tokens move, followed by the Walker revealed by Laura fends off his attack.

Here’s Negan phase

Negan is not impressed with the party’s progress, lashing out with Lucille and John loses a point of Stamina. The Noise attracts another Walker to the entry point in the room and increases the Threat level.

End phase

The Threat Level increases again

Turn two

Survivor phase.

Laura stabs the Walker with her knife, beating its roll and gaining a Headshot. The Walker walks no more. She then proceeds towards the exit.

Dwight follows on, and manages to Hold His Nerve, reducing the Threat Level and gaining a point of Reputation.

Tara moves forward as does John. Sherry has only one action (due to the -1 Action token) and moves forward. All three only their one Move action.

Walker phase

No, Wait, Over There!

A Walker token is moved and another is added nearest to Laura. That is in Line Of Sight of Dwight, so it is revealed as a Red die. Dwight’s luck holds and no Walkers are placed.

The tokens move, and the moved token is revealed to be another Red die of Walkers. Dwight’s luck is still holding and a blank is rolled.

The Walker in the entry room advances towards Negan.

Here’s Negan phase

Negan thinks the party is too spread out, so everyone moves back towards him, while he advances one space.

End phase

The Threat Level increases by one.

Turn three

Survivors phase

Tara, Sherry and Tara move back towards the exit and attempt to Hold Their Nerve. Sherry succeeds, reducing the Threat back to one and gaining a point of Reputation.

Laura makes two Move actions via the top route, opening the door and revealing a Blue die of fire tokens, yielding two. There is no bypassing this, as this is Negan’s chosen route.

Dwight follows along.

Walker phase

Another Walker token appears on the entry point nearest to John.

The Walker and the token are moved. The Token is revealed to be a White die, yielding one Walker.

Here’s Negan phase

Negan taunts John, removing a point of Reputation.

End phase

Threat goes up three, once for insecure rooms, and twice for the Fire tokens.

Laura rolls the Black die twice, once for each Fire token. She loses one point of Stamina.

Turn four

Survivor phase

Laura moves forward and Extinguishes one of the Fires.

Dwight also moves forward and Extinguishes the other one.

Tara follows along and attempts to Hold Her nerve (and fails).

Sherry again Holds her Nerve (lowering the Threat and gaining Reputation). With her other action she follows Tara.

John tags along. He fails to Hold His Nerve.

Roamer phase

The Threat level goes up to four (low) and a Walker Token is placed on the two Low Threat entry points. A Walker token is placed on the Unsecured token nearest to John. The Tokens and Walkers move toward Negan.

Here’s Negan phase

Negan advises the party to keep moving, so they all move one space.

End phase

The Threat level goes up by one.

Turn five

Survivor phase

Laura has two goes at securing the room, succeeding on the second.

Dwight opens the door to face a White die worth of Walkers. His luck is still not bad, there is only one. He shoots his Crossbow, four points and a Headshot. The Walker collapses.

Tara advances and tries (and fails) to Hold Her Nerve.

Sherry is good at Holding Her Nerve, she follows on behind Tara.

John Clears The Way for Negan and Holds His Nerve.

Walker phase

Noises spook John, he loses all his Reputation.

Here’s Negan phase

Negan gives a rousing speech, boosting the Reputation of all who hear it.

 End phase

Threat Level goes up.

Turn Six

Survivor phase.

Dwight moves to investigate the Supply Token, finding some Bandages.

Tara moves into the room and manages to Hold Her Nerve.

Sherry moves into the room and attempts to Secure it. With both Dwight and Tara in the room (three White dice) she secures the room. One Reputation all round.

Laura attempts to patch herself up, but fails. She also enters the room.

John Holds His Nerve and trails Negan.

Walker phase

“Do you think I NEED BABYSITING!”, evidently Negan does not like John being behind him. and he loses a point of Reputation.

Walkers and tokens advance.

Here’s Negan phase

Negan gives John some advice, and a +1 Action token.

End phase

Increase Threat Level.

Turn seven

Survivor phase

Sherry moves forward into the next room. Motherlode, three Supply tokens, but one Walker. She attacks it rolling three and a Headshot.

Tara moves in on one of the Supply tokens, finding a box of cigars.

Laura has a look at another of the Supply tokens and finds a Fire Axe.

Dwight looks at the last Supply token, which reveals a Fire Extinguisher. That would have been useful earlier.

John follows along behind.

Roamer phase

The party have been Holding Their Nerve well, so even though the Threat Level goes up, no more Walker tokens appear.

The Walkers and tokens move.

Here’s Negan phase

Negan messes with John, bruised, John’s Reputation goes up by two.

End phase

Once more the Threat goes up.

Turn eight

Survivor phase

Sherry clears the last corridor, but fails to Hold Her Nerve.

Dwight clears the last corridor and Clears The Way.

Tara Clears The Way and follows Negan towards the Exit.

Laura Clears The Way and Negan Exits.

Game over!

Dwight has four Reputation (plus some bandages and a Fire Extinguisher).

John has only three Reputation.

Laura has four Reputation (and a Fire Axe).

Tara (after passing the box of cigars to Negan) has six Reputation.

Sherry is Top Dog, with seven Reputation.

Negan is not very impressed, and give John a beating to encourage him and the rest of the party to do better next time.

Here's Negan! - Anyone Home?

This is the second scenario in the game, played with all six survivors.




Having thought through the relative abilities of the characters, the starting positions were chosen (note, slightly different to the ones in the set up photograph).

Turn One

Survivor phase

Dwight moved first. He is stealthy and fast. He Ran to see what was lurking round the corner. Running may cause Noise so the player rolled the black die – luckily no Noise.

The Lurker was revealed to be a White die of Walkers, but Dwight’s luck held out the player rolled a blank.

Laura was next, she can perform the same Action twice. She Walked through the door and continued to the first door in the corridor. Opening the door revealed a Blue and a Red dice of Walkers and two supply tokens. Rolling the dice revealed three Walkers

Deciding discretion was the better part of valour, she continued to the next door and opened it. Another Supply token and a White die of Walkers. Rolling the die revealed two Walkers. Laura is not going to have a good time.

John, Tara and Sherry move forward.

Walker phase.

Draw Event card, move Walkers. Laura has to fend off four Walkers.



Walkers roll four Red dice, Laura rolls her defence of one. Walker score three, Laura scores two and loses one point of Stamina.

Here’s Negan phase

Negan moves two spaces and messes with Sherry. He is so impressed with how she handles the loss of two Stamina that she gains one point of Reputation.

End phase

The Threat level goes up.

Turn two

Survivor phase

John moves first into contact with one of the Walkers threatening Laura. He attacks with two White dice. He rolls two hits, but the Walker also rolls two. John’s Bruiser characteristic means he still knocks the Walker Prone.

Next to act is Laura. She decides it is time for some Rock and Roll. She shoots and knocks prone the first Walker but manages a Headshot on the second. Having caused Noise twice the Threat level goes up. She still has a Walker next to her. The noise causes Walkers to enter the room near Dwight (the first lot is a Blue die worth – a roll of two, the second is a blank. Dwight still has two hungry Walkers to face.

Dwight acts next. He shoots at the nearest Walker, hitting but not damaging it. He decides a tactical retreat is in order and moves back to the group.

Sherry and Tara move forward.

Walker phase

The survivors noisy antics have roused some Roamers. Another Walker appears in the room with Laura, and Negan can see one that has entered the starting room.

Let us start with Laura.

She is facing a Walker, so the Walker attacks. There is only one Walker now and it gets a one. Laura’s defence roll is nothing so she loses another point of Stamina.

Here’s Negan Phase

Negan moves forward two spaces, and Lucille protects the other survivors by removing one of the Walkers and reducing the Threat Level.

End phase.

Threat Level goes up, but the two Prone Walkers remain Prone.

Turn three.

Survivor Phase

Dwight moves towards the rest of the group. He shoots his Crossbow across the barricade at the approaching Walkers, but misses.

John dispatches the Prone Walker in front of him and moves forward.

Laura also dispatches the Walker in front of her, then moves to the back of the room, leaving John to deal with the rest,

Sherry moves forward and tries to Hold Her Nerve. She does, gaining one Reputation and lowering the Threat by one.

Inspired by Sherry’s efforts, Tara does the same with identical rewards.

Walker phase

Breakout: the small room near Dwight opens and there are Walkers inside.

The Walkers move.

Laura fends off the walker next to her.

John is not so lucky, losing four Stamina and being Bitten.

Here’s Negan phase

Negan moves up behind John and whispers “Are You Scared?” If John had any reputation, it had gone.

End phase

Threat goes up.

Turn four

Survivor phase

There is a bit of a bottleneck.



Laura decides that this is the time for some knife work and attacks the adjacent Walker. She fails to damage it. Because she can, she has another go and manages to knock it prone.

John can only move forward, with a simmering Negan behind him. He attacks the Walker. He does not make a Headshot, but his Bruiser Characteristic means that as he has rolled more than double the Walker’s roll, the Walker is destroyed. He then moves into the room withLaura and the Walker.

Dwight moves back from the door for a clearer shot, this time knocking one of them prone.

Tara moves back to support Dwight. She fails to Hold Her Nerve.

Sherry does Hold Her Nerve, gaining more Repuation and reducing the Threat Level.

Walker phase

More Roamers are roused.

The Walkers move.

Tara fends off the Walker threatening her, and retaliates knocking it Prone.

John also fends off his attacker.

Laura bucks the trend, losing another point of Stamina.

Negan loses one point of Stamina and everyone loses one point of Reputation.
Here’s Negan phase

Negan loses his rag, big time.



Three Walkers feel his wrath, as does John and Sherry. No one has any Reputation left.

End phase.

Threat goes up.

Turn five

Survivor phase.

Laura downs her Walker after two tries.

John destroys his opponent, but fails to Hold His Nerve.

Tara dispatches the Prone Walker in front of her, and also fails to Hold Her Nerve.

Dwight moves into a better firing position and knocks another Walker down.

Sherry tries and fails to Hold Her Nerve.

Walker phase

Laura panics and unleashes a hail of fire at the prone Walker, causing Noise.

Here’s Negan phase

Negan pushes on, leaving the other survivors Reputation in tatters.

End Phase

Threat increases.

Turn six

Survivor phase

Laura dispatches the Prone Walker. She then attempts to Secure the room. Assisted by John, it is Secured.

John tries to patch himself up and moves away from the door.

Tara moves back to dispatch the Prone Walker.

Dwight shoots and knocks another Walker over.

Sherry moves forward and Shoots, knocking the Walker Prone.

Walker phase

More Walkers enter play.

Negan destroys the Walker attacking him and any lingering Reputation of the Survivors.

Here’s Negan phase

Negan bullies Sherry into Securing a room and pushes on.

End phase

Threat goes up.

Turn seven

Survivor phase

Sherry dispatches the prone Walker she shot in the previous turn and moves into the room.

Dwight rushes into the room and attempts to Secure it. Unfortunately he fails.

John finds an Angle Grinder and tries to patch himself up.

Laura does manage to Secure the room.

Tara dispatches another Prone Walker and then follows the rest of the party.

Walker phase

More Roamers.

More Walkers appear.

Here’s Negan phase

Negan presses on

End phase

The Threat goes up again.

The situation before turn eight.



Negan has got away from his lieutenants, there is a mass of Walkers coming up the corridor and in the entry room. John is down to two Stamina and has been bitten, Sherry and Laura also have two Stamina. Tara has only one Stamina.

Time to hit Reset and try again.

Here's Negan - Training Day: parts four and seven

So, after the survivors did not survive the last three games, it was time for another rematch.

This time they kept their eyes on the prize, with a slight diversion when the first room became Compromised (reverting to unsecured) before Negan had set foot in it. Dwight had to rush back down the corridor to Secure it with John.

Moral: keep Negan in corridors until after that Event card has been revealed, use Clear The Way to hustle him through, but keep him at least three spaces behind the survivor in front if you are in a corridor.

They all made it through to the end room, with only a few bumps and bruises - this time John did not die at the end.

Game five was another two character plus Negan game, this time with Laura and Tara. The different characters have different abilities and weapons (Guns! Lots of Guns - so lots of Noise). This one went a similar way to four. I wish they would not store flammable material in that side room.

Game six was a success, again they kept their eyes on the prize and dragged Negan clear of the first room before it was compromised.

Game seven was Big League. All five characters plus Negan. The map had more doors and rooms to secure.

Because of the pinch point on the corridor, Dwight and Tara lead the way towards the Exit. Sherry and John went and cleared the room behind them.

Laura picked up the Supply token in the first room (an Angle Grinder!).

It was all going swimmingly until one of the Event cards opened the lower side room while Tar was passing releasing a number of Walkers. She fought them off and with John Secured the room.
When Dwight reached the Exit Room, it was on fire.

The Rivals Event card gave Laura +1 Actions (and Sherry -1 Actions) which was put to good use to get Laura up to the Exit room. Laura's ability to spend two actions on the same Action meant that they got the Fires out and the room secured.

Negan was then hustled across the board with Clear The Way with Sherry being the Tail End Charlie and not making it to the final photograph (she survived).

They did not score much on Reputation (Negan jumped up and down on all their Stuff, he was so angry at their lamentable performance), but they were all alive (though once again John was Bitten).

Here's Negan - Training Day: parts two and three

After the first game went so badly wrong for the survivors, I had another go.

As I had a better grasp of the rules, and was not taking notes it ran through much faster (the third game took less than forty minutes from the photograph time stamps).

Unfortunately for the survivors the result was not much of an improvement.

There are a number of learning points to take away from this.

Game Two.

John lead the way. the first room was secured promptly and with no fuss. Dwight followed along.

The second room was flooded which meant that you only got to reveal the Walker tokens when the survivor was adjacent to it,

Unfortunately, no one had the Boss's back and he was overwhelmed by Walkers from the Entry point,

Game Over.

Game three 

Having learned my lesson from the previous game, I used the Clear The Way action to get Negan across the corridor ahead of the horde. John pressed on, only pausing to attempt to put out the fire in the second room (Fire tokens increase the Threat level). This was to cost him as being within three space of fire can cause loss of Stamina. He then pressed on to the exit room. 

Dwight followed Negan to ensure he was not going to get eaten by anything following them. He did have a go at extinguishing the fire, managing to put out only one token.

John found the Exit room to be in darkness, this meant that in every Walker Phase it would spawn a Walker token until it was Secured. He did pick up a Sledgehammer, which would cause any Walkers adjacent to him to be made Prone, but at a physical cost.

He made one attempt to Secure the room, but on failing was overcome by the Walkers spawned in the Walker Phase. Having been Bitten, he turned.

And then Negan reached the entrance to the room. Negan will not enter an Unsecured room so stood in the doorway. Dwight did not have enough (or indeed any) Reputation to get him to move, so the spawning Walkers in the Exit room wore Negan down...

Game Over.

Learning Points

• Do not push ahead without ensuring Negan's safety. Use Clear The Way to move him through pinch points and clear of Entry points.
• Build up Reputation so you can Call Negan if he gets ahead of you. blocking.
• At least in this scenario, ignore rooms that are on Fire that are not on your route, you will need the Stamina.
• Make sure you have more than one character in  front of Negan, just in case one falls.

Now I have to wait until I get to play again, but in the meantime I will be planning my next cunning scheme...