Number Of Zombie VS Number Of Heroes

[samuraitrev]

(11-19-2015 05:28 PM)jlafan2001 Wrote:  Got a few more questions about this scenario I want to run.

1) I want to have 16 heroes in this scenario. Is 55 zombies a good number to have or is it overpowered? I figure 11 zombies for roughly every 3 heroes. The 5th player would have 4 heroes to make it 16. It would be spread out over the tiles for LNOE and GH.

I have no idea if this will work. I can only suggest trying it and enjoying the carnage. Whatever happens will help you decide to use more or less Zombies next time.

If you take Die Zombie Die as an example you can only lose 2 Heroes balanced by having to kill 15 Zombies.
So the balance is suggested 1 Hero = 7.5 Zombies
So in your case 16 x 7.5 = 120 Zombies!!!

Hope this helps

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(11-19-2015 05:28 PM)jlafan2001 Wrote:  2) I plan on having 5 zombie players with 11 zombies each. How many cards would be a good number for each zombie player to have in their hand?

Still 4 cards, I wouldn't change that mechanic. The Zombies can share the 4 Zombie Cards.

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(11-19-2015 05:28 PM)jlafan2001 Wrote:  3) Would it be better for the zombies to roll for spawning or should I have them autospawn? If they roll, I assume they would need to roll 2D6 since they have 11 zombies each in their pool.

I think Zombies should roll for Spawning. Just 2D6 for the total amount of Zombies on the board. Another mechanic I wouldn't change.

Autospawn or each Zombie player rolling to Spawn for their Zombies will a) eat up lots of time and b) the Heroes will have no hope at all...

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(11-19-2015 05:28 PM)jlafan2001 Wrote:  4) I think it is 5 dots for every extra hero after the first 4. This would make it 60 dots. The Zombie Horde (21) is 4 dots but I plan on Zombie Horde (55). Any idea what the dot count on that would be?

Going from 14 Zombies to 21 = 4****
so the 7 extra Zombies = 4****

You want to add a further 34 Zombies.
so
21 Zombies + 4 dots
+7 extra Zombies = 8 dots in total = 28 Zombies
+ 7 extra Zombies = 12 dots in total = 35 Zombies (close enough)

In short it should be a dot cost of 12 to have 55 Zombies on the board. I think I got the maths right but I doubt that's going to work in practice. to actually get the point cost even you would have to keep going

+ 7 extra Zombies = 16 dots in total = 42 Zombies
+ 7 extra Zombies = 20 dots in total = 49 Zombies
multiply the above by 3
+21 extra Zombies = 60 dots in total = 147 Zombies!!!!

To be honest don't worry about the dot cost just try this out and watch the blood flow. Game testing will help you balance things.

hope all this helps (goes off to rest )