Les morts aux trousses

Les morts aux trousses Rulebook

Table of Contents

Objective

Fetch the 1 key hidden in the office on the 1st floor, then go to the bunker (A or B).

Game Setup

House on 3 levels (basement / ground floor / 1st floor)
Elevator (for 1 person only / no zombies)
Place the objects on the floor (to be collected and converted at the end of the turn)
In the office: there are zombies (dice roll) + 2 keys (one is drawn at random)
Basement: it is dark (so movement = 2 instead of 3) / the bunkers are found here

Setup

2 bunker cards set aside
5 hit points each
3 object cards each
2 action/event cards each
Shuffle the cards (with the "skull" back) into the action/event deck
Designate the first player; play then proceeds clockwise
At the start, the survivors enter the house on the ground floor (through the white arrow)

Breakthrough Zones (zones de déboulement)

If the floor is blue, it is a breakthrough zone!
Maximum 3 zombies (beyond that, one is pushed into an adjacent room)
Several consecutive breakthroughs are possible!
During a fight between 3 zombies and 1 survivor, any new breakthrough is cancelled!
There is no collapse / hole in the floor / TV in a breakthrough zone

Office

It is the one with the light blue outline on the 1st floor (with 5 or 6 players it is the dark blue outline)
The first player to enter it must roll 1D6: the score obtained = number of zombies in the office (1/2 = 1 zombie; 3/4 = 2 zombies; 5/6 = 3 zombies)
First combat, then collection of the key (object token).
Plus, a choice of: either 1 hit point + 1 object card or 2 object cards

Turn Sequence

Zombie action:
- First turn of the game: each player brings in 1 zombie on the ground floor (red arrow) / 1 in the basement / 1 on the 1st floor (except the office).
- All other turns: each player brings in 1 zombie through a red arrow on the ground floor or basement, plus activates 1 zombie (move / attack / break a door).
Zombie attack: combats engaged during the previous phase are resolved.
Survivor movement and confrontation if necessary.
Draw: always 1 action/event card, plus possibly 1 object card (if an object token was collected).

Zombie Movement

1 space per turn (doors = white marking on the floor)
Stairs: yes
Elevator: no
Room on fire: no
Never leaves a room where a survivor remains (exception: smoke)
Falls without damage from a floor (walkway / hole / collapse)
Impossible to enter a location if it already holds 3 zombies (exception: breakthrough zone)
Announce the movements and the action cards relating to zombie movement before the combat
Breaking a door: only if there is no survivor in the room / +2 for the door

Combat (Zombies/Survivors) or (Survivors/Zombies) (successful attack = -1 hit point)

Principle of combat:

At range (zombies, then humans)
Melee (zombies, then humans)

1 zombie has only 1 hit point
Accumulation of zombies = combat bonus: (1 zombie = 0 / 2 zombies = 1 / 3 zombies = 2)
For a group of several zombies => 1 single die + bonus (accumulation)
Without a weapon a zombie cannot be killed / it is only pushed back
Zombie(s) against several survivors in one location = the victim is drawn at random
A zombie that survived melee blocks the continuation of the movement (as long as it has not been defeated)

Survivor Movement

Two kinds of failure stop a movement in progress:

When 1 zombie remains in the room
If a melee is lost against a human
Movement = 3 spaces per turn
Stairs: yes (entering + going up or down + leaving = 3 movement)
Elevator: yes (entering + going up or down + leaving = 3 movement)
Burning room => you may cross it without stopping = cost 1 hit point (if you stay in place, you pay 1 hit point on the next turn)
Jumping down from a floor: yes (cost = 1 movement + a test)
Smoke => no collection / no movement penalty / passage possible and combat not compulsory!
Darkness: movement = 2 (no collection)
The player whose turn it is has the initiative to fight the other players and zombies he crosses
At the start of your turn, you may leave a room containing survivors without having to fight
You encounter zombies => automatic combat / movement continues only if all are killed!
You encounter other survivors => each decides whether he wants to fight:
- Melee (with a survivor) succeeded = movement continues if there is no zombie left in the room
- Failed melee = movement stops
- Ranged shot (failed or successful) = movement continues if there is no zombie left in the room

Combat Between Survivors

(each successful attack = -1 hit point)

Ranged attack (the player whose turn it is has the initiative)

During a combat several ranged attacks are possible

Melee

A survivor may make only 1 melee per engaged combat
Before a melee, a survivor may shoot/throw/place a smoke grenade / draw an action-event card
Each player announces his weapons
The loser = -1 hit point
2 survivors (against each other) can be in melee
A human opponent who survived the melee blocks your movement for this turn
A survivor who kills another in melee automatically takes his belongings (even in the dark)
He may then finish his movement
Combat between 3 survivors = melee brawl => example: a survivor who enters a room occupied by several other survivors:
- decides whether to fight at range?
- may then attack 1 or more in melee Survivors who were not designated may decide to take part!

Weapons and Combat Resolution (all combats)

A) Ranged => in order: zombies, then survivors B) Melee (CC) => in order: zombies, then survivors

Ranged Combat

Possible (if):

same room / adjacent room
from above to below (hole / collapse / stairs)
from a walkway to a walkway / ground floor, and vice versa

Principle: (player with the initiative = player A) =>

(A) announces the weapon and rolls the die (successful shot on 4, 5 or 6 / on 1 the weapon jams)
(B) the opponent may immediately strike back by reflex
(A) the initiator of the combat announces whether he continues, and so on...

die score = 1 ===> weapon jammed

Melee Combat

Announce the weapon first + roll 1D6
The highest score wins (this includes the weapon bonuses and the number of zombies)
Die score = 1 ===> weapon destroyed (discarded) / the combat is still resolved

Combat in Smoke

No combat in smoke
No shooting / throwing into a room filled with smoke or adjacent to smoke
Molotov in smoke = yes

Combat in the Dark

A survivor fighting in melee in the dark has a -1 penalty
A zombie in the dark has no penalty
In the dark, a ranged weapon cannot reach a survivor (except molotov)
A survivor in the dark may attack at range toward an adjacent lit room
A survivor in the dark may place a smoke grenade / a molotov
If a survivor lights up, all survivors can see
Fire in a dark room = light

Jumping Into a Hole, Collapse or Walkway

The victim of a hole / floor collapse may try to dodge with 1D6:
- 1 to 3 => fall + survival test
- 4 to 6 => end of movement without falling
Jumping into a hole:
- entering the hole / falling / landing on the ground = 3 movement
- plus
- survival test (1D6 per floor)... 1 to 3 = -1 hit point / stop
- 4 to 6 = good landing on the ground, plus movement continues
Jumping into a collapse / from the walkway:
- from one floor to another = 1 movement
- plus
- survival test (1D6 per floor)... 1 to 3 = -1 hit point / stop
- 4 to 6 = good landing on the ground, plus movement continues

Collapse on the Head

Survival test (1D6):
- 1 to 3 = -1 hit point (under the rubble) + movement stopped
- 4 to 6 = ok / movement continues (unless enemies fell at the same time, in which case they must be killed first)

Doors

The one who closes a door is the only one who can use it from then on. (if another player also has a key, he may choose the same door)
Breaking a door in melee => +2 bonus for the door (on failure the movement is over!)
Zombies may also break a door (unless a survivor is in the room with them)
A door may also be broken with a rifle! A failed shot does not stop the movement. (you can go elsewhere)

Dead Survivors

You lay down your miniature.
On the next turn, you become a zombie.
You still play your zombie movement phase.
You keep your action/event cards marked "zombies"; put the others in the discard pile.

On your turn:

you bring in a zombie
you move another one (or even your own)

When a survivor dies in a ceiling collapse / in the fire, he is permanently destroyed!
When you rise as a zombie, if you still have your objects, you keep them without using them.
A survivor who kills a "survivor zombie" in melee automatically takes its objects (even in the dark).
If a survivor is killed at range from an adjacent room, or by a zombie, or by an event: his belongings may be recovered like an object token. (if among these objects there is a light source... then the whole room is now lit)
If a survivor is buried with the bunker key ===> the game is over!

Object Cards

3 per player at the start
1 to draw at the end of each turn (if an object token was collected)
To use an object: place the card in front of you

Action/Event Cards

(each card indicates when it is to be played)

2 at the start
1 drawn at the end of your turn

5-6 Player Variant

6 hit points each
2 office zones (light blue + dark blue)
1 key in each office
Elevator out of order