We are at the dawn of a new space age. Xenium, a special fuel with
outstanding properties, was discovered on a distant planet called PK-L7 and a
mining outpost was established. As the base grew larger, and the miners drilled
deeper, something happened. The Xenos, an alien species we believed to be
peaceful, suddenly went mad and turned against us. They are infected, like
zombies.
Few of us remain after the onslaught, and we don’t expect any help.
We are survivors, we will have revenge, and we will prevail! Now is the time
for… ZOMBICIDE!
Zombicide: Invader is a cooperative board game for 1 to
6 players. Team up with your friends, to play as survivors of a space
colony fighting the infected Xeno horde!
Find weapons, eliminate Xenos, and upgrade your survivors’ skills with
experience. The more Xenos you kill, the more of them are
coming!
Play 10 missions on 10 different maps made with the included modular map
tiles, or create your own. Find weapons. Kill Xenos. The more Xenos you
kill, the more skilled you get, and the more Xenos appear!
Zombicide: Invader is the first game of the Zombicide Sci-Fi
setting. In this standalone game, players are survivors of a human
colony on PK-L7, a distant and hostile planet. The gold rush for Xenium, a new
fuel for space travel, turned into a nightmare as the Xenos, an alien species,
turned into feral monsters. The battle rages in and out of the space station, in
tight corridors and on the planet’s surface. Xenos corrupt everything they
touch with a disgusting substance called “mould”, slowly turning the station
into a hive. There is no escape route and no rescue, all space ships have left
this forsaken planet: you have to fight and survive on your own.
Zombicide: Invader retains the core Zombicide mechanics and
introduces new ones, with survivor types (civilian and soldiers),
environment features, futuristic weapons, and robots. You read that right: your
team may control a Bot and a Sentry Gun against the Xeno hordes.
Will you fight Xenos as an ironclad soldier or as a resourceful civilian
(another word for “adorable scoundrel”)? You choose!
Invader’s Survivors may either be Civilians, who can find equipment nearly
anywhere but have less protection; or Soldiers, who wear sturdy armour, but look
for weapons only in Security Rooms.
Whatever your choice, each Survivor possesses their own set of Skills,
allowing you to fight Xenos in many ways. Each Survivor has their personality
and distinct feel!
Each survivor in Invader receives a quality plastic dashboard to keep them
organized. A built-in sliding arrow tracks experience gains, and plastic pegs
mark wounds and indicate new Skills.
Finally, multiple slots hold all your cards, making the inventory system
intuitive and structured.
Each Equipment card must be set in the dedicated dashboard slot to be used.
Weapons are equipped in both Hand slots. Two Body slots may receive extra armor
or specialist items, like Oxygen Tanks or Searchlights. The rest is set in the
Backpack for later use. Thanks to their Skills, Survivors may prove more
efficient with a specific weapon category (melee, ranged, or even using robots),
but in the end, anyone can use any weapon.
In Zombicide: Invader, Survivors may use Concentrated Attacks to kill
the most powerful foes. As they focus all their might toward a single
target, they increase their chances to overcome its defenses and eliminate it.
Concentrated Attacks are particularly useful against armored Xenos, like Tanks
or even the Spoiler Abomination!
The Xenos were only there for Xenium and didn’t care about
humans, until something struck them and turned these alien into killing
machines. Each of them has their own lethal specialties, implied by their
nicknames.
Workers are the rank-and-file Xenos but come in large
numbers.
Tanks deal powerful blows and endure a lot before
going down.
Hunters are fast and a little smarter than their brethren.
They seek and destroy.
Spoiler Abominations are Xenos war machines. They shrug off
all but the most powerful blows and can insta-kill anyone crossing their path.
The worst threat, however, does not come from their sheer power but from their
ability to spread the alien substance called Mold anywhere they go.
Mould covers and spoils anything it touches. Mould-covered
Zones can no longer be Searched for Equipment and lose any special properties
they may have. Worse, Mold can even spawn more Xenos! The only way to get rid of
it is using a Flamethrower. And then, it is just burnt and inactive, the Zone it
spoiled and cannot be recovered!
The game is lost whenever two Spawn Zones are linked by an uninterrupted
chain of active Mold. It means the Xenos have conquered the area, and the
Survivors must evacuate.
So, whenever you see a Spoiler Abomination, check your inventories
for Flamethrowers or use Concentrated Fire!
Zombicide: Invader comes with 72 incredibly detailed
miniatures.
Survivors have detachable coloured plastic bases to help identify them,
matching the colour of the pegs on your Survivor dashboard. Zombicide: Invader
comes with 72 incredibly detailed miniatures.
Survivors have detachable coloured plastic bases to help identify them,
matching the colour of the pegs on your Survivor dashboard.
Zombicide: Invader features Machines, new support weapons for
Survivor teams.
Bots are mobile war machines remote-controlled by their
owner. They can accompany the team, bringing sizeable fire support, or go off on
their own to investigate dangerous areas without the risk of losing a Survivor.
Invader comes with a Peacekeeper Bot, equipped with a powerful melee weapon and
a fast-firing ranged weapon.
Sentry Guns are fixed turrets with ranged firepower. They
are great at securing chokepoints and laying ambushes for rampaging Xenos.
Invader features the Falchion Sentry Gun, a fixed machine gun with a solid rate
of fire and a long-range.
Zombicide’s sci-fi range features several models for Bots and Sentry Guns.
They have different game characteristics and can be swapped in any way you want
to fit your play style.
Invader’s tiles may be arranged in a nearly infinite number of
ways to create any amount of planetary bases to conquer and defend
against Xenos. As the interior is fully opened, you will have to check all
possible routes between the Xenos and your team to avoid nasty ambushes and
unexpected events.
Also, keep an eye on exterior Zones; while the Xenos may walk effortlessly on
PK-L7’s surface, your Survivors need Oxygen Tanks to do so. These can only be
found in Oxygen Rooms. Don’t let them get moulded!
Invader’s environment offers many surprises of its own, adding a whole
other dimension to your most dangerous Missions.
Game Contents:
- 72 miniatures
- 6 survivor plastic dashboards, colour bases, and ID cards
- 9 double-sided game tiles
- 125 mini-cards
- 48 plastic trackers
- 65 tokens
- 6 dice
- 1 rulebook
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