Last Night On Earth (board game)

[MoonSylver]

Due to the size, shape and overall responsiveness to shaking, I would not be surprised if one of the gifts under the tree this year were this game. We'll know soon enough =) Very cool! I spent the $ I had set aside for the new expansions on gifts for others, just before the pre-order was announced. So now I gotta figure out how I'm gonna come up w/ the $ in time... This looks nice! I like playing boardgames, so I might have to check this out. It's a lot of fun. Depending on what kind of games you're used to it might be a LITTLE rules heavy, but a careful reading of the rules, making sure to follow the wording/terminology/key words of the rules/cards & a practice session just to get a feel for it & after that it's smooth sailing.

[EvilNed]

Me and my friends like playing more "advanced" board games, without tapping into roleplaying territory. This looks just right, rulewise. I just have to check if I can get it in Sweden.

[Neil]

"Last Night on Earth: Timber Peak" seems to be getting good comments, with reviewers suggesting it as better starting point than the original? http://gamerviceroy.blogspot.co.uk/2...-on-earth.html

[MoonSylver]

"Last Night on Earth: Timber Peak" seems to be getting good comments, with reviewers suggesting it as better starting point than the original? I've heard that mentioned a few times, & am a bit puzzled by it. They cleaned up the rulebokk a tad, & the card decks are leaner & meaner, but that's really the only differences at the "core". TP adds "fire" rules (as in them spreading) & the Experience rules, but honestly, I'd rather start with the base set personally, as I think the card decks are full of more good stuff & sitations, & that the core characters are a better representation of "typical horror movie" than TP. TP would make a perfectly fine starter set. You can start fine with it. But I don't think it makes a "better" starter set personally. Now as an add on to the core? Then it goes WAY up IMO. Honestly, I have everything for LNOE & it's well worth it. Same for "A Touch of Evil". And I'm eagerly awaiting expansion & Hero Pack due soon for "Fortune and Glory" as well. All 3 are great games.

[EvilNed]

Do you have Invasion from Outer Space as well? I now own LNOE, Growing Hunger, all web suppliments and Hero Pack One. I also own Invasion from Outer Space, which you can combine with LNOE for a human vs zombies vs martians scenario. I did that once, and it was a blast. The zombies are helplessly outmatched, however.

[MoonSylver]

Do you have Invasion from Outer Space as well? I now own LNOE, Growing Hunger, all web suppliments and Hero Pack One. I also own Invasion from Outer Space, which you can combine with LNOE for a human vs zombies vs martians scenario. I did that once, and it was a blast. The zombies are helplessly outmatched, however. No...I don't connect with the subject matter as I do with the above. Under the right circumstances I wouldn't mind a 50's sci fi B movie style game, but IFOS just wasn't it for me.

[EvilNed]

I mostly bought it for the crossover, which I love, but also because I'm somewhat of a completist and I really love LNOE.

[MoonSylver]

I mostly bought it for the crossover, which I love, but also because I'm somewhat of a completist and I really love LNOE. Ah. I'll buy most anything they put out, but it has to have a relateable subject matter/something that I'll play, which IFOS & COPE just weren't for me.