Crossbow house rules?

[sgiove]

Looks good.

I too was expecting a Crossbow to be included in BitF. I was actually hoping they'd include an optional "noise" rule for ranged weapons. I imagined that a Crossbow, and other similar ranged weapons (Flare Gun, Bow and Arrows, Thrown Weapons, like Hand Axe or Knife) would be considered "silent" and wouldn't emit the noise that a firearm would cause.

My thought on a noise rule would be that when a ranged weapon was fired it would cause a chance for nearby zombies to each advance one space toward the hero firing the weapon. There could also be an item "Silencer" that could be used to make normal ranged weapons "silent" (with a chance of breaking after each use of course).

"Silent" weapons would not have this disadvantage. Having never played Zombicide, I don't exactly know how that game handles its noise rule. I would also imagine that explosives (dynamite and exploding gas tanks) would have a chance to attract zombies to the space they explode in, rather than toward the hero - giving an item like Dynamite an added benefit of diverting zombies away from the hero.

Just my two cents. I guess I could always house rule something like this but I thought there was a good chance BitF would introduce this, as well as one or two "silent" weapons.