A little card game, a big heart...

What you are thinking now, is probably the same thing
as I was thinking the first time I saw this...

I am not really into card games. At least not in any serious way. I love the concept of Magic the Gathering, and have more cards than someone who can’t play the game should probably have… But, it probably appeals to me much more on the cool fantasy and anal-collectorship side of things, as much as it does on a riveting game side. So, last summer when I joined a new gaming club – and went with great expectations of exciting games with sweeping hordes of models on each side – and was met with my first foray into the club being introduced to a card game with goofy carton zombies on the front of the box, I can honestly say I wasn’t too enamoured.


Oh, how quickly my opinion changed… The cards, as I have previously mentioned, are a little goofy and comical. That said, upon closer inspection, it is a sense of dark comedy with cartoon zombies holding severed legs as weapons, and all manner of civilian using whatever was closest to their front door as an undead warding tool.

The game itself is a tonne of fun. There isn’t going to be any cheesy or WAAC playing, but just good old fashioned fun and competitive banter. Basically, it is the zombie apocalypse, and you play the role of a zombie. In a bizarre and often unseen twist, you are the protagonist and all humans you encounter are the enemy. You take it in turns to have your go, and there are several phases including drawing item cards, attacking other players and character advancement. The game is effectively Top Trumps on steroids, with the character advancement and customisation factor of a RPG, collecting upgrades, loot and modifications as you play.

You can kit your zombie out in whatever way you see fit, and as serious or as silly as you see fit. Want your zombie swinging a severed limb? Sure. Want it to have mousetraps for shoes? Go for it. Want to wear a colander as a helmet? Why not! The sky is the limit, and with other a dozen other card sets released by the manufactuerer, you can chop and change the decks as much as you want, and have one of the craziest games you’ve ever played.

I taking my gaming quite “seriously”, and play a lot of my systems as competitively as time and opponent allows. But, I really found myself drawn into Munchkin Zombies. It doesn’t take itself too seriously, and that is what makes it so great. There is no broken aspects, there is only fun. Before I knew it, four hours had passed in the blink of an eye! I cannot implore you enough to give this game a go, and at the reasonable RRP most places stock it for, you’ve really got no excuse…