The Hour Draws Nigh...(BRAINS NOM NOM!)

From the deepest bowels they will come. From the tallest buildings they will rain down. From the stores, and the sewers, and the coffee shops they will shamble and crawl and drag their bulk. The worst part is, they will never stop...



Zombies, products of genetic mutation or life's ironic twisted step along the evolutionary path? No matter who you are, there is always the chance that one day you might find yourself huddled in the corner of a convenience store clutching your handbag or the nearest blunt object to your chest, trying to block out the droning sound of the living dead. Scary thought huh?


Well, in the spirit of making life's most serious situations pretty funny, since 2001Twilight Creations Inc. has given us just the tool to make a zombie invasion a fun filled evening with the family. Zombies!!! This is probably one of the most fun games that I have played to date. The premise is simple, be the first person to kill 25 zombies (which is a LOT harder than you might think) or, in the spirit of Hollywood, be the first person to get to the helipad and take off with the chopper. For those of you who may be saying, "wow, this guy sounds whacked!", I challenge you. Play one game with a few of your close friends and you will see how quickly the limbs start flying and I'm not talking about the zombies. Several games I'v played have gone from friendly to cutthroat in a matter of seconds. The game comes complete with zombie figures, bullet and heart tokens and the lovely deck of event cards. The event cards are what make this game awesome! Very quickly the game goes from, "Hey, let me help you out." to "Oh, you are SO boned!" The event cards can either do really cool things like help you kill zombies easier and move faster or really dark things like let you put up to 10 zombies on the map tile where your friend is . I'm not going to go into the full details but, hopefully I'll be putting up a blow by blow of the big zombipocalypse me and my brother are having pretty soon. It should prove to be really fun.

So, until next time, keep the batteries in the flashlight and the crowbar within arms reach. Just remember, that sudden thump in the middle of the night might not be the cat jumping off of the table...