Back from the dead

[geekinjenkins]

Despite the game being one of my all time faves, I hadn't played LNOE in about 8 years, because I became mired in the Cult of the New, and because I became disproportionately enamored of entirely co-op games. So, while I consider it a lesser design, various flavors of Zombicide got most of my zombie game playing time in recent years.

Despite owning a complete collection of LNOE products, I still bought the 10th Anniversary Edition, because I figured it made a better way to introduce new people to the game than overwhelming them with all of the other base sets and expansions. But it stayed on my shelf until tonight.

I finally dusted it off, and I'm so glad I did. It was a hoot. We played "Get to the Truck" and looked to have it wrapped up with no time to spare, and then the zombies really snapped victory from the jaws of defeat in the very last turn. Which, really, is exactly the kind of ending that felt right narratively.

I'm hoping to make some custom "Buffy-verse" cards to rope my teen daughter into the game. I don't think she's likely to come near it without an IP she's invested in, but maybe that'll be the gateway into playing more LNOE like I should have been doing all these years.