Patient Zero Board Game – Zombies Have Never Been This Much Fun

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Patient Zero – A Strategy Board Game for Adults, Teens, and Family

This is a game of survival and Zombie world domination. Lead the people of one of the four towns in a post-apocalyptic world. Compete against other players, find the Patient Zero, take him to the Research Center and save the world while making sure your citizens don’t get infected and turn Zombie.There are multiple paths to winning the game:

• Patient Zero (default game): In order to win, take 3 Patient Zero units from the Hospital to the Research Center. Patient Zero units must be taken to a specific hex tile at the center of the board. But watch out for the Zombie herds and protect your units.

• Capture Territory: In order to win, capture 5 hex tiles of a specific type on the board. Each one should match one of the hex tile pictures in your mission card.

• Control Hospitals: In order to win, take control of each of the four hospitals on the board by placing one of your units on it. But beware of other players’ units and they may get there before you do. You may need to fight to get control.

• Attack a Player: In order to win, capture another player’s home territory.

• Zombie Rush: In order to win, drive a Zombie herd to your opponent’s home base by getting any of your units infected near your opponent’s home base. Your units will get infected when you are next to a Zombie hex tile and 7 is rolled. Any units adjacent to any Zombie unit will also turn Zombie.

Every game is unique and full of fun! The best strategy and a nice dash of luck decide who will be the undisputed ruler of the Patient Zero World!

A game of total Zombie world domination.

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Patient Zero Board Game Overview

The Rule of Your Turn
3-Steps: Produce, Move, and Attack

You are allowed to skip a step and it has to be always executed in order.
The Rule of Production
Roll both blue dice. The sum of both dice determines which tiles produce units.

Only tiles marked with numbers produce a unit of a WORKER, a SOLDIER, a TANK, a TRANSPORT, or a PATIENT ZERO unit.

If there are already 3 units on a resource producing tile, one unit must be discarded before a new unit can be produced.
The Rule of Attack
Only SOLDIER and TANK units can initiate an attack.

The Attacker can attack with any of her units from multiple tiles at the same time.

The Rule of Three
A maximum of 3 units may OCCUPY any hex tile.

A maximum of 3 units may be MOVED during a player’s turn.

A maximum of 3 units may be used in an ATTACK.
The Rule of Movement
All units move one tile at a time, except the TRANSPORT unit which can move up to 3 tiles at a time.

A TRANSPORT unit during its move can pick up and carry ONE unit of a WORKER, a SOLDIER, or a PATIENT ZERO unit.

Only WORKER and SOLDIER units can travel by SUBWAY.
The Rule of Distance
SOLDIER units can attack hex tiles adjacent to where they are. TANK units can attack hex tiles adjacent and one hex tile away.

Patient Zero Board Game Strategy

In the Patient Zero classic game, there are several strategies you can take to be more competitive:

WORKER UNITS
Your WORKER units are your most precious assets. Moving your WORKER units to resource tiles with high odds of producing resources is a key strategic step that might make you win the game. Throwing two six-sided dice produces one of 36 different outcomes, but because we use the sum, the resulting totals from 2-12 have different probabilities of occurring, as shown on the right. There is only one way to roll a 2, but 5 different ways of rolling a 6. Try to move your WORKERs to resource tiles with 6, 8, 5, and 9 on them. Producing TRANSPORT units early will allow you to travel faster on the board by carrying your WORKER units to other parts of the board.
SUBWAY TILES
SUBWAY tiles allow you to get to your opponent’s territory faster. And it also makes it easier for your opponents to come to your territory. Occupy the nearest SUBWAY tile as soon as possible and try to send your WORKER or SOLDIER units to other SUBWAY tiles to block your opponent’s expansion.
HOSPITAL TILES
HOSPITAL tiles produce the Patient Zero unit in the game. Getting your WORKER unit to the HOSPITAL tile as soon as possible will help you win the game in the Default Patient Zero mission. When you occupy the HOSPITAL tile, you also make your opponent’s job difficult.
STRATEGIC USE OF ZOMBIE INFECTION
You can send one of your units early in the game to your opponent’s territory and place it adjacent to a ZOMBIE tile and your opponent’s units. When 7 is thrown, your unit will become a ZOMBIE unit spreading infection further in to your opponent’s territory making it more difficult for your opponent to move around.