Zombicide - How To Play 

CORRECTION: When you draw a Zombie Card with a Manhole cover, the indicated zombie(s) will spawn at each manhole cover where there is a survivor on that TILE (the survivor does not have to be on the manhole cover space).

This guy is awesome. He has officially explained the entire game in 30 mins. Cool

4:51 Pistol: has noise Pan: doesnt do noise Me who has played TF2: X to doubt

Love how they worked the numbers of the tiles into the artwork. Such a nice small detail really shows the care the took in making the game !

Once again Rodney, a fantastic 'How to play' episode - Hope to be there when you go live :)

I know that I've said this before, but allow me to say it again: You are SO GOOD at explaining games. You are a 100 PERCENT OUTRIGHT NATURAL when it comes to explaining things. I don't even mean you're great or excellent or superb.. I'm saying you're above EVEN ALL OF THESE THINGS when it comes to it. I'd dare say you are AN EXTREMELY RARE, one of a kind of the BEST KIND OF EXPLAINER that exists. I am often so impressed how you're able to so smoothly keep talking as you're showing the board/cards/etc. I mean, I'd say you had to be reading the stuff off of pre-written down papers that are offscreen, but I'll be danged if I know how you do it. I even wondered if you would record yourself using hand movements and showing cards/figures/etc over the board SEPARATELY and THEN did a VOICEOVER of the rules, reading them from a paper, maybe.... but you match up what you're saying with points and showing things, so it can't be that unless you've somehow MASTERED knowing exactly what you'll say , when you'll say it, as you show the board/etc.... No.. it must be... that you're talking right then, as you're showing the stuff...and you do it flawlessly. You are also able to put it in the SIMPLIEST, most easily understood ways, often showing with visual examples. You would make an AMAZING teacher. Not just an above average or excellent one,.. I'm talking INCREDIBLE. Like, maybe the best ever in your state or among the top ten of the country. Because you have this huge talent of being able to explain things so very well. The words just naturally flow from you, you don't even have to take a moment to think about what you're going to say next, seemingly....which, again, leads me to believe you're reading it off of something, more than likely. ...but even if that IS the case, who cares? You do it so well..it all combines to make great videos...even if you write down beforehand and read it, all that does is show me you have a HUGE TALENT for writing things as well, in a simple to understand way. You should write freaking books, man..... teach classes..... you are a master at this, trust me. Trust me.. i have no life.. I watch youtube vids ALL DAY LONG. I've told you this before. I watch hundreds a day and have hundreds of subscriptions. I HAVE SEEN A METRIC BRICK TON OF VIDS and so I've seen my share of people talking, presenting things, explaining things, listing off things, etc..... YOU ARE ONE OF THE BEST... IF NOT **THE** BEST. In fact, I might say you were THE best I've seen. Anyway.. i'm on another "it's your channels turn" spurt, can ya tell? Gonna watch the next 3 or 4 plays today. :)

I've watched more than a few videos on Zombicide gameplay, and this one gets top marks! Well done!

Thanks for creating these videos, Rodney. They must demand an incredible amount of time and effort to create. I'm eager to see more of Zombicide.

I'm so glad you are doing a playthrough of this game. I saw it on kickstarter and thedicetower, but I just wanted to see it in action. Thank you so much!.

You know, I'm oddly disappointed that you can't dual-wield pans in this game...

Thanks Rodney for the reply. My bud bought Zombicide and I got a chance to play the first time yesterday. The game is a blast. Still can't wait to watch your play through and see how bad my friends slaughtered the rules. Happy holidays to you and the family!

I'm really looking forward to this series. I've been excited about this game for awhile now.

Thank you, the explanation was perfectly paced and very thorough! I can't wait to play with my friends this afternoon!

This was super helpful! We picked up the base game at a local game auction the past fall and haven't had a chance to actually put it on the table. I sat down to try it out and had lots of questions. You've answered all of them! Time to break this game in now!

Just bought it, its brilliant. On another note, your how to play guides are the best on RU-vid. Thanks and carry on the good work

Fantastic rules explanations. I love your vids! Thank you! Now to try it out on Tabletop Simulator...

First time I watch one of your videos, and I loved it. I'll check this channel before even reading any sets of rules!

Good quality tutorial as always, have learned to play most of my board games via your videos. Keep up the good work :)

Just scored this game at the Barnes & Noble Summer sale (50% off!! WOOHOO!) and the rules weren't very clear (at least to us) about the manhole spawns. You cleared everything up for us! Love your vids!

Probably your best rules intro to date. Can't wait to see this game in action.

Thank you for making this video. This was a wonderful tutorial that helped us play the game right away.

I like Zombicide, but it annoys me how you hit a survivor, instead of a zombie when firing into a space occupied by both. My friends and I play with house rules to add more "realism." We roll a dice to determine who gets hit (zombie or survivor). 1-3 is a survivor hit, 4-6 is a zombie hit. We think this is better, since it allows the survivors to have a chance of saving their friends, but shooting at the zombies can backfire. Just like in the movies (I would say real life, but a zombie outbreak has never happened in human history).

Hi Rodney. Well, i must say thank you. I always feel my dice roll skill low, but now i know some one with lowest roll skill =). In the past few weeks, i see ALL your playing series, that whas a little tough, but very fun.

Love seeing these new episodes!

ahaha this guy is great. I got into Rivet Wars and Super Dungeon Explore thanks to this channel. Looks like Zombicide too! I laughed hard when you dumped all those zombies on the table!

Great Video. I just got the game yesterday. Instead of me explaining the game "mechanics" to my friends and family on a day we play, I will be sharing the video so they can watch it prior to "game day." This way they will have an idea of how the game works. Thanks again for the video.

I bought Zombicide season 2 last week, I send a message to the Zombicide Creator to say that I found out about their game because of you. The answer they sent me was pretty funny... a all in caps "thank you" with a bunch of exclamation point =P Thanks for the great work Rodney!

This is the first time I've wanted you to play a game again

I just got this game and love it, and this is a great video. Although I like how you set up the tutorial video with the 4 player/hard map with the 4 objectives and spawns :D we played that scenario last night and it is definitely tough!

Great video! So much better than reading through the rule book. Thank you!

The thing I love most about your series is your family's involvement. It's great watching you play and interact with your kids (it's also cool how we, the audience, get to watch your kids grow up a bit). I wonder, do these board games help your kids academically speaking (improved math skills and all that)? I know a lot of kids whose math skills improved after they play Magic The Gathering. Anyway, great Job sir! Merry Christmas :)

I really don't know how you do it, but every time i watch one of your video's the game falls into place for me :) Thanx for another great instructional video, and keep up the good work :)

This is the first video I watched of yours, so many more to come!

I just got this game. This video was so helpful as always Rodney!

Another great intructional video! Thanks for the head up on the for parents with younger viewers.

I cannot wait to see how this plays out!

Just got the game and this was a Great source for help Thanks!!!! Subscribed!!

I recently bought Zombicide season 2 and found the instructions a bit hard to get my head around, but this video has helped a great deal. Thanks.

Rodney holy crap you looked so young! Great to know that the quality was still amazing even all those years back!

Good luck with the project Rodney. Have fun ! Best wishes, Rick

cool, I just got this game for Christmas and was trying to learn the rules before I actually opened it up. Love the series!

Cool video. Good luck with the live episode!

Good tutorial. Just wanted to point out one rules error I noticed. When the man-hole zombie spawn card is pulled you said it only will spawn zombies at the man-hole covers with survivors at the same "space" on the board. This part is incorrect. The correct word on the card is "tile" so it checks a much greater distance than just the one space. For purposes of when a survivor is on a space shared by two or more tiles they are considered to be within all tiles. So the little orange survivor in the center would have triggered a man-hole spawn in all 4 tiles if any man-holes are present.

Hope you and your family have a great holiday. We'll all be as ready as we can for some quality zombie time.

I just bought Zombicide... AND LET ME TELL YOU THIS IS FAR BETTER WAY TO UNDERSTAND THE RULES!!!

I just bought this game and the manual was a little difficult to understand. This tutorial is simple and clear. Great instructions! Please make more :)

Wohooo! Very interested in this series!!!

Yes! A new series!

Thank you-very helpful video and look forward to playing the game

Rodney always has the best board game videos!

Very professional and clear. Thanks.

I showed this to my friends instead of teaching them how to play. =D

Just got my game today! cant wait to test it out with some friends!

The fact that you posted this on my birthday is destiny

Great man!... I am just starting with Board games and your videos are great

thank you for doing a wide selection of games.

Thanks for the video! Very helpful!

Good work on the video. There's a lot to this game and I think you summed it up well. (sorry for the extra work it caused you) ;-)

One of the best tutorial videos I've seen. Going to try to pick this up soon, will you please do a tutorial for Risk Godstorm?

This is a very insightful tutorial. I'm a big fan of this game along with the spin offs.

This game just arrived !!! Get to play it Thursday !!!

Your videos are the best!

Thanks, this was a big help for my tabletop group

Zombie slaughtering in glorious 1080p! Thanks Rodney and family; you made my X-Mas!

I...I hate how realistic some games became during 2020, but thanks for reaching me how to play this :D

such a great video!

This is an awesome idea. I hope you plan on posting the final video from twitch,

I just bought zombicide s1,2,3 at a garage sale and it had everything except the books. Thank you for this gem even if it was made 9 years ago... lol. Had a great time with friends.

This game looks awesome gonna try it someday!

Thanks for the guide man

THANK YOU FOR THE DETAIL WALKTHROUGH

Great tutorial man

Love it! Thanks ❤

RODNEY!!!! I decided to DO IT!! I backed Zombicide 2d Edition at the Presidential level!! I was looking for the first edition at game stores, wanting to look into it some more. I could not find a copy of the first edition anywhere. Then I saw the Kickstarter for 2d Edition. I wrung my hands for weeks unending, and today, 30 minutes before the end of the time period. So I just DID IT!!!!!!!

Thanks for this. Very helpful.

I so hope I can make the live playthrough this games looks like a crazy fun time!

I bought this after watching your video, it came in the mail yesterday! I did a stupid thing however, I don't have anywhere to store the miniatures so i decided to put them in ziplock bags for now.. And I separated the walkers into one bag, and what I didn't realise was I mistakingly put Rick in that bag. Poor Rick! He didn't stand a chance!

Looks like fun, I might even check it out!

Had my first Zombicide game night, and with guys who have shown no interest to board games. Once I showed them, they showed tons of interest and even though we made a bunch of mistakes we had tons of fun.

you have to be the best at explainingmich appreciated made the game simplistic.

I loved the idea of letting the community play live via Twitch. Would you be up for doing that on a regular basis?

Thx for the video, i understand the rules better than from the rule book. Greetings from germany

Who still watching this in 2018? *raises hand*

great video.

I played it last night with friends. It was great.

I want this game now

Hahahah did anyone else jump at the 5:40 part? I don't know why, but as I watched the explanation I got so relaxed, trying to absorb as much information as possible, and then BAM... bunch'a'zombies showed up xD

Nice! Haven't read through the complete section of comments. Some advice: a) Pay close attention to the threat level and try to have all characters switch the threat level at about the same time -> it is no good idea to have one character to be orange, while some are still blue; b) be very aware of the splitting rules, when groups of zombies move into different directions; c) and WHEN you run out of miniatures, then pay a lot more attention to the extra-activation rules. Enjoy the game!

Another great video Rodney! I also watched your "Dead of Winter" series. If you had to buy one first...which one would it be and why? (Zombicide or Dead of Winter) Thanks a lot and keep up the good work!

that was great!

Thank you so much for this video. So many of the rules aren't clear in the rules and this has cleared up a lot of confusion!

Awesome 😁

Love your videos! Always with a smile and with huge enthusiasm. Been watching you since your first video of Mansions of Madness. Keep up the good work!

Is there a link to the ‘live play’ you did on Twitch? Love the tutorial and wanna watch it played before I give it a go.

looks good

reminds me of 'last night on earth' except everyone has their own character, and it's co-op play, which i like. thinking of getting this game.

i have a custom survivor. Chuck Norris Blue Danger Level - Dreadnought: everything. Yellow Danger Level - +2 Action Orange Danger Level - +6 Dice Rolls: everything Red Danger Level - Jump Kick: Once ever turn you may activate this ability for free. Target any area with a zombie. Move Chuck Norris to that area and kill all the zombies in the area.

I love this game, I ran a zombicide event at my FLGS a few months ago and it was a huge hit.I made dozens of custom characters , with mini's on a triple sized board everything painted and had quests and random events spawn thru the game.It was a blast.I have pics that I made public on my facebook page from the event, check them out.I am the fat guy in the metallica shirt :-) As usual, love your videos!!!!!

20:21 *Laughs in parker with medic*

hey thank you so much. have you played the other expansions or scenarios