Netflix’s Army Of The Dead Combines With Zombicide Soon
May 28, 2021 by fcostin
2020 and 2021 have been the years of Streaming Services. Whether your poison is Netflix, Amazon Prime, Now TV, Disney+... there is no doubt most have us have binge-watched a serious amount of films and tv series' over the past year and a bit.
Army of the Dead: A Zombicide Game // CMON Games
Zombies are a tabletop gamers' bread and butter. We are all prepared for a zombie invasion and have already mentally arranged all of our details, from where we will hide to what weapon will be used.
The newest zombie film on Netflix pushed on to our screens by Zack Snyder himself entitled Army of the Dead. Brings one of our favourite ring-fighting Guardians of the Galaxy, Dave Bautista into a world of organised zombie crime in the heart of Las Vegas.
Why am I telling you about a Netflix film? Is this what we are doing at OnTableTop now? Well, as much as I thought it was pretty great, I am more excited about the upcoming board game adaption coming to our tabletops. And no, this is not a standalone 'Army of the Dead board game.
CMON Games have excitedly announced Army of the Dead: A Zombicide Game will incorporate the game mechanics and structure that we truly love from Zombicide, but add a little spice with some Army of the Dead thematic changes.
The tabletop adaptation will be taking players on the same route down the Las Vegas strip in the hunt for a vault chock-a-block with cash. The world is six years deep into invasion and players must adapt to survive the onslaught of evolved and intelligent undead life. The zombies will not be slow, they will not be stupid and strategy will need to be implemented to come out alive and with money in hand.
This game will be a standalone Zombicide game, so if you have ever been keen on taking a look at Zombiecide but never knew where to get started: this may be the perfect jumping-on point for you. Sharing the core mechanics of the main game, without dipping into the whole Zombicide franchise.
As Army of the Dead: A Zombicide Game has just been announced, nothing more than the game concept has been released. However keep your eyes peeled, and more importantly: If you like zombie films, be sure to log on to Netflix and give Army of the Dead a watch. The Zombie-fied white tiger is certainly a nice touch, and prepare yourself for Army of the Dead: A Zombicide Game to head to our tabletop.
What is your chosen Zombie Invasion weapon? I'll be bringing out the Katana, Michonne-style camping on my small island surrounded by water. Friends welcome, must bring beer.
"The tabletop adaptation will be taking players on the same route down the Las Vegas strip in the hunt for a vault chock-a-block with cash..."
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The movie didn’t look interesting… CMON games are starting to become a plague… and yet another zombie games… Naaaaah. I’ll pass.
I watched this last Saturday. The acting was was woody, the script was nuts and made no sense….I loved it. I recommend to all who like silly fun action movies. I can see how it would fit zombiecide ?
ive seen the add on tv why would you want to steal a shed load of money when most of the world are zombies an anything that still works is free?
The rest of the world is ok. The event is localised to just Las Vegas.
That’ll make a difference then.
that’s the only thing that would make sense … but then again it wouldn’t be the first (zombie)movie to suffer from major plot holes that unravel the entire reason for the movie.
Wait until you watch Aquarium of the Dead that one has a real bite to it…and zombie starfish
what about Zombie Sharknado ? 😉
Nooooo, really? Thanks will be taking a look at that. I recommend Zombie Strippers which sort of sounds a little naughty but is just very bad in a very good way ?
CMON messed up my order for the last Zombicide, told me I had to either pay an extra $200 for a game I already paid for, or get a greatly reduced refund, This after a month of trying to get ahold of Customer Service to talk with them. I will not be supporting them in the future.
That’s awful I can see why you wouldn’t support them again. Thanks for the heads up ?
Aren’t they over abusing this theme?
It’s almost a pandemic you could say ?♀️??♂️?♀️
CMON make zombie games … them exploiting an opportunity like that was not exactly unexpected.
It’s kind of like accusing MB of making yet another Monopoly variant.
And CMON do quite a bit more work when it comes to re-theming their games than MB ever did …
I doubt it is a game for me, but I can understand them trying.
How to stop a zombie apocalypse. When someone dies:
1. Put them into lace-up shoes with the laces tied together.
2. Put a plastic bag over their heads.
When they reanimate as zombies, they’ll immediately fall over, and with bags on their heads, can’t see where they’re going or bite you.
Pick the zombies off at your leisure.
You’re welcome.
Nice solution. I came up with maiming their feet, that way they’d turn from The Walking Dead to The Crawling Dead. I’d watch that show 🙂
Entertaining movie, loads of Easter eggs and nods to other movies. Wasn’t expecting much at first but fun to watch and pick the red shirt….
It was kinda fun to spend and evening. Characters where fun, but there was a lot that didn’t work.Probably won’t watch it again and I’m a huge zombie fan.
That movie won’t reach classic status and be mostly forgotten when the CMON products arrive.
Also: I recently received my first zombicide products as I backed the re-boot kickstarter. It’s surprisingly fun, but I can’t for the life of me see how you’d want so many different iterations of it.
Invaders was quite different and also provides fantastic minis and new monsters for Stargrave. Black Plague is probably my favorite and Green Horde added a lot to it. Again, lots of miniatures for miniature agnostic skirmish games (also upcoming Fistful of LEad Fantasy and 7TV Fantasy).
Hey man,seeing as I’m being on this site, you certainly don’t have to justify any reasons to buy more mini’s to me.
Not another one…… night of the dead, 2ND edition… wild west… and now another film deal…. christ, how about having the balls to try something different…
“Why am I telling you about a Netflix film? Is this what we are doing at OnTableTop now?”
Shots fired at BoLS? 😀
Halfway through the movie and loving it! Indeed, it is a loosely tied together, cliche zombie romp but the scenario is interesting, the action non-stop and the acting decent. What else do you want from a Summer BlockBuster? I look forward to this game, while I agree the Zombicide franchise has been a bit overdone yet manages every time to bring some freshness to the rule and situations. I also use these miniatures for other games such as Last Days and soon 7TV Apocalypse. That makes the work of painting all these zombies and survivor a lot more palatale…
My major issue with Army of the Dead (much like Zach Synder’s Dawn of the Dead remake) NOT ENOUGH BITING.
This is a very strange statement. Of course, I love films where there is fantasy with battles. When one army goes against the second. I think I’ll still watch this movie. I read the comments and noticed a lot of positive feedback. Let’s see if I like it.