Overview

Marvel Zombies is a cooperative Zombicide game in which players control zombified Super Heroes facing S.H.I.E.L.D. agents and the last living Super Heroes, controlled by the game.

Your goal: complete the Mission objectives, eliminate Enemies and, above all, satisfy your Hunger. Every Enemy eliminated grants Experience, which makes you stronger… but draws ever larger forces. Growing Hunger makes you more powerful, but if you don't feed it, it will consume your mind and body.

This rulebook covers Zombie Mode. Hero Mode, with the roles reversed, is played with the Marvel Zombies: X-Men Resistance core box.

1 to 6 (4 Zombie Heroes recommended per Mission)
Goal

Complete all the Mission objectives, together, without losing a single Zombie Hero.

Victory

  • ✓ The game is won immediately when all the Mission objectives are completed.
  • ✓ It's a cooperative game: all players win or lose together.

Defeat

  • ✕ The game is lost at the End Phase of any Round in which a Zombie Hero was eliminated (Health down to 0).
  • ✕ Or when a Mission-specific losing condition is met.

Turn sequence

  1. 1
    Player Phase
    Each Zombie Hero's Hunger increases by 1, Activation tokens are flipped back to green, then each Zombie Hero activates, in the order the players choose: 3 Actions (4 from the Yellow Danger Level).
  2. 2
    Enemy Phase
    All Enemies and Bystanders activate (Attack or Move), then new Enemies spawn on every active Spawn Zone.
  3. 3
    End Phase
    End-of-round effects from the Mission and Skills. If a Zombie Hero was eliminated, the players lose; otherwise, a new Round begins.