Blood In the Forest

[ATOEtalGeek]

Well I would have to say that BF moves it back toward the Zombies. I think the new Hero cards are on par with the rest of the game and expansions but I think the new Zombie cards tilt heavily toward the Zombies because of the new opportunities for the Zombie player to gain Experience. The new cards include mechanics for supplying the Zombies with Experience beyond just causing wounds. I think the new Upgrade cards lean toward the Zombies because of this. Two of the 6 Zombie upgrades provide an opportunity for removing a Hero upgrade. Two others remain in play and are powerful.

Then you have the Zombie Champions themselves. Many times during the game as a Hero you will reason that you can afford to take a wound here or there to get to point B. So if you have to fight a Zombie on the way you can "afford" it, even with some bad rolling. If a Feral Dead gets ahold of you it could easily kill you in one encounter with some bad rolling on your part. Feral Dead move two spaces at a time instead of one.

We played the Salvage Mission and that has the Zombies winning by killing just two Heroes.

Also, the forest spaces really hinder line of sight - which takes some of the bite out of the ranged attack.

So I would say overall it leans back toward the Zombies.