RULES AND QUESTS

CHAPTERS
ZOMBIES’ PHASE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
GAME COMPONENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
STEP 1 – ACTIVATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
INFECTED HUNGER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Attack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Armor Rolls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
SETUP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Move . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
GAME OVERVIEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 PLAYING ORC RUNNERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
PLAYERS' PHASE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 STEP 2 – SPAWN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
ZOMBIES' PHASE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Colored Spawn Zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Extra Activations Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
END PHASE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Running Out Of Miniatures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
WINNING AND LOSING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 ORC NECROMANCERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
THE BASICS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 NECROMANCER CABALS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
USEFUL DEFINITIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
PLAYING YOUR CABAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
LINE OF SIGHT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
MOVEMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
COMBAT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
MELEE ACTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
READING AN EQUIPMENT CARD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Weapons And Combat Spells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 RANGED ACTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Door-Breaching, Zombie-Killing, Targeting Priority Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
And Noisy Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Friendly Fire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Combat Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Reloadable Weapons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
NOISE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 MAGIC ACTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
EXPERIENCE, DANGER LEVEL, AND SKILLS . . . . . . . . 16 FIRING A TREBUCHET . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
INVENTORY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 DRAGON FIRE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Hands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Body . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
BARRIERS, HEDGES, & WATERHOLES . . 37
Backpack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 BARRIERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
THE ZOMBIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 HEDGES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Orc Walker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 WATERHOLE ZONES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Orc Fatty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Orc Runner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 ULTRARED MODE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Orc Abomination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 PLAYING WITH 7+ SURVIVORS . . . . . . . . 39
Orc Necromancer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
The Horde . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
QUESTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
QUEST 0 - TUTORIAL: THE EVIL SHRINE . . . . . . . . . . 40
PLAYERS’ PHASE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
QUEST 1: DRAGON BILE QUEST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
MOVE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
QUEST 2: ORC NECROMANCERS? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
SEARCH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
QUEST 3: KNOW YOUR ENEMY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
OPEN A DOOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Spawning In Buildings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 QUEST 4: THE RIVER OF THE DEAD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
REORGANIZE/TRADE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 QUEST 5: THE CLEANSING FLOOD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
COMBAT ACTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 QUEST 6: SIEGE BREAKERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Melee Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 QUEST 7: FIRE IN THE HORDE! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
R anged Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
M agic Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 QUEST 8: CULLING THE HERD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
ENCHANTMENT ACTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 QUEST 9: FALLEN FORTRESS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
TAKE OR ACTIVATE AN OBJECTIVE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 QUEST 10: A NEW HOME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
SIEGE ACTIONS - TREBUCHET . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 SKILLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Moving a Trebuchet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Firing a Trebuchet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
INDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
MAKE SOME NOISE! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 CREDITS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
DO NOTHING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 RULES SUMMARY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
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 65 ORC ZOMBIE MINIATURES
GAME
COMPONENTS
9 GAME TILES (DOUBLE-SIDED)
35 Orc Walkers

14 Orc Runners

14 Orc Fatties

6 SURVIVOR MINIATURES
AND ID CARDS
1 Orc Necromancer 1 Orc Abomination

1 SIEGE ENGINE: TREBUCHET

Asim Berin Seli

Rolf Johannes Megan

48 TRACKERS 6 SURVIVOR
COLOR BASES

6 SURVIVOR DASHBOARDS
6 DICE

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 68 TOKENS 133 MINI-CARDS
Doors 78 Equipment Cards
Blue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x1
Green . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x1 Aaahh!! Orc Walker . . . . . . . . . x4
Neutral . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x12 Apples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x2
Axe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x2
Bone Kukri (Vault Weapon) . . . . . x1
Dragon Bile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x4
Bone Sword (Vault Weapon) . . . . x1
Chainmail Armor . . . . . . . . . . . x2
Exit Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x1 Crossbow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x2
Curved Dagger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x4
First Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x1 Death Gale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x2
Dragon Bile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x4
Noise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x18 Dwarven Axe (Vault Weapon) . . . x1
Dwarven Hammer . . . . . . . . . . x2
Falchion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x2
Free Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x1
Ghost Sight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x1
Great Axe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x2
Rotten . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x1 Hand Crossbow . . . . . . . . . . . . x2
Healing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x1
Barrier/Hedge . . . . . . . . . . . . . x6 Lava Burst (Vault Weapon) . . . . . x1
Lightning Ball . . . . . . . . . . . . . x2
Objectives Longbow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x2
Red/Blue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x1 Norse Shield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x2
Red/Green . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x1 Norse Sword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x1
Red/Red . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x8 Norse Sword (Starting Equipment)x1
Plate Armor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x1
Plenty Of Arrows . . . . . . . . . . . x3
Zombie Spawn
Plenty Of Bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . x3
Red/Blue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x1
Repeating Crossbow . . . . . . . . x2
Red/Green . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x1
Repulse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x1
Red/Necromancer Green . . . . . . x1
Salted Meat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x2
Red/Necromancer Brown . . . . . x1 Scimitar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x2
Red/Necromancer Red . . . . . . . x1 Shield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x2
Red/Necromancer Purple . . . . . x1 Short Sword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x1
Red/Necromancer Grey . . . . . . . x1 Short Sword (Starting Equipment)x3
Red/Necromancer Beige . . . . . . x1 Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x1
Red/Red . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x4 Spiked Bow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x1
Spiked Bow (Starting Equipment) x1
Steel Bow (Vault Weapon) . . . . . . x1
1 Reference Card 54 Zombie Cards Telekinetic Blast . . . . . . . . . . . . . x1
(Trebuchet) (#167 to #220) Telekinetic Blast
(Starting Equipment) . . . . . . . . . . . x1
Torch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x4
Tremor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x1
War Cleaver (Vault Weapon) . . . . x1
Water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x2

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 INFECTED A ZOMBICIDE IN TIME

HUNGER The Zombicide game range allows players to battle

Zombies in many settings, creating unique
atmospheres with dedicated Survivors, Zombies,

T his is the Western border, a land of black and

green, where the sun and rain are caught in an
eternal struggle to rule the skies. Here, nature grows
and other features.

with an unmatched vigor, and our houses have been

standing for generations. We are a proud people.
We had been fighting the wild Orcs for two years when
the zombie plague struck the kingdom. Our foes had Zombicide: Black Plague is another core box for the
grown beyond their own resources and were raiding our fantasy era. Black Plague and Green Horde are set in the
same universe and timeline, and are fully compatible.
farms to avoid starvation. They were fighting like the
hungry beasts they had become, and we answered in kind.
As Orcs are natural-born fighters and already hungry,
they were harshly struck by the zombie plague. Almost
all of them became infected in a short time. We were
fighting the zombie plague as well, and the long feud was
suspended for almost two weeks.
When the Orcs came back, they were changed. Their Classic Zombicide spans 3 Seasons, following the
army had entirely turned zombie and was still determined zombie apocalypse in a modern-day world, over a
to ravage our country. They were stronger and hungrier timespan covering roughly a year.

than ever, but craved a different kind of food. We Using the same basic mechanics, all Zombicide core
quickly realized Orc Necromancers were directing the boxes are designed to be entry points to the game.
Core boxes and expansions from a given era (classic
tide toward us, the survivors, the last obstacle between or fantasy) are fully compatible with each other.
them and ultimate power.
Their infected army is no match for our untamed resolve.
Zombicide: Green Horde is a cooperative game where 1 to 6
No matter how battered our ancestral home has become, players face hordes of Zombies controlled by the game itself.
it is ours and ours alone! Now is the time for Zombicide! Each player controls 1 to 6 Survivors in a fantasy world
invaded by Zombies. The goal is simply to complete the Quest
objectives, survive, and kill as many Zombies as possible!
Zombies are slow and predictable, but there are a lot of them.
Watch out for their Abomination and Necromancer bosses, too!
Survivors use whatever they can get their hands on to kill
Zombies. The better the weapon, the higher the body count,
but the more Zombies will appear, attracted by the onslaught!
Survivors can trade equipment, and players can share
tactics. Only through cooperation can players achieve the
Quest objectives and survive. Battling Zombies is fun, but
players will also need to rescue other Survivors, find food and
weapons, uncover the Necromancers’ secrets, and much more.

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 Also set aside the Equipment cards with the “Vault” keyword:
Bone Kukri, Bone Sword, Dwarven Axe, Lava Burst, Steel

SETUP Bow, and War Cleaver. These cards are identified by a blue
back. Vault artifacts are usually found as Objectives. Follow
the chosen Quest’s rules to know about the way Objectives
enter the game.
A Zombicide: Green Horde game usually features 6
Survivors, distributed in any way you see fit, among
players. We recommend new players join the game
with a single Survivor to get a quick grasp on the
game mechanics. A veteran player can easily control
a whole team of 6 Survivors and clear hordes of
Zombie pests all on their own!

1. Choose a Quest.

2. Place the tiles.

3. Place the doors, Objectives, and all tokens as indicated

by the Quest.

4. Each player gathers 1 to 6 Survivors for them to play.

Players sit around the table in any order they choose.
As they are cooperating against the game, all players form a
The potent Vault cards are usually found as Quest Objectives.
single team.

5. Players take 1 Dashboard for each of their Survivors,

placing the Survivor’s ID card on it. They take a colored
plastic base and attach it to the Survivor’s miniature to help
Place the Trebuchet’s Reference card within view of all
players. This card acts as a reminder of the Trebuchet’s rules
and stats, and does not belong to any single player.
identify it. They also take the 5 plastic trackers of the same
color as their base.

6. Set aside all Equipment cards with the “Starting

Equipment” keyword: 1 Spiked Bow, 1 Norse Sword,
1 Telekinetic Blast, and 3 Short Swords. These cards are
identified by a grey back.

Slow and cumbersome,

the Trebuchet can be devastating!

7. Deal the starting Equipment cards as you see fit among

the Survivors. Zombicide: Green Horde is a cooperative
game, so decide as a team. Each Survivor starts the game
with at least 1 card. If a Survivor’s starting Skill lists any
starting weapons, they receive those cards now, independent
of the Starting Equipment you’ve just distributed.

These are your team’s Starting Equipment cards.

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8. Shuffle the Zombie cards into one deck and the
Equipment cards into another. Place both decks
facedown close to the board.
10. Each player places their Survivors’ Dashboard(s) in
front of them. Make sure the sliding arrow is on the
0 space in the blue area of the Danger Bar. Then, they place a
tracker in the 0 slot of the Wound Bar and another tracker in

9. Place the miniatures representing the chosen Survivors

on the starting Zone(s) indicated by the Quest.
the slot for the first (blue) Skill. Place 3 more trackers in the
reserve slots on the top of the Dashboard.

Tracker on 3 trackers
the “0” of the in reserve.
Wound Bar

Megan has
a Starting
Equipment card.

Tracker on the “0” of Tracker on

the Blue Danger Level the Blue Skill.

11. Decide who will be the first player, and give them
the First Player token.

Example Setup of Quest 1.

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 GAME Once a player has activated all their Survivors, the player to
their left takes their Turn, activating their Survivors in the

OVERVIEW same manner.

When all the players have completed their Turns, the Players’
Phase ends.
Zombicide: Green Horde is played over a series of Game Rounds, The Players’ Phase is explained in depth on page 21.
which proceed as follows:

PLAYERS’ PHASE ZOMBIES’ PHASE

The player with the First Player token takes their Turn, All the Zombies on the board activate and spend 1 Action
activating their Survivors one at a time, in the order of their either attacking a Survivor next to them or, if they have
choice. Each Survivor can initially perform 3 Actions per nobody to attack, moving toward the Survivors or noisy Zones.
Turn, though Skills may allow them to perform extra Actions Some Zombies, called Runners, get 2 Actions, so they can
as the game progresses. The Survivor uses their Actions to attack twice, attack and move, move and attack, or move twice.
kill Zombies, move around the map, and perform other tasks Once all Zombies have performed their Actions, new Zom­bies
to accomplish the various Quest Objectives. Some Actions appear in all the active Spawn Zones on the board.
make noise, and noise attracts Zombies! The Zombies’ Phase is explained in depth on page 25.

END PHASE
All Noise tokens are removed from the board, and the first
player hands the First Player token to the player to their left.
Another Game Round then begins.

WINNING AND LOSING

The game is lost when all the Survivors have been eliminated,
or if too many Necromancers escape. Some Quests can be lost
when certain conditions are met (losing a single Survivor, for
example).
The game is won immediately when all of the Quest
Objectives have been accomplished. Zombicide: Green Horde is
a cooperative game, so all players win if the Quest Objectives
are fulfilled.

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 THE BASICS
USEFUL DEFINITIONS
Actor: A Survivor or Zombie.
Zone: Inside a building, a Zone is a room. On a street, a Zone
is the area between 2 linear markings (or a linear marking
and a tile’s edge) and the walls of buildings along the street.

This is a street Zone, These 2 building Zones

delimited by linear are separated by a
markings and walls. wall with an opening.

These are 2 street Zones.

They are also delimited
by the tiles’ edges.

This is a building
Zone, delimited
by walls.

This building has These 2 street Zones

4 building Zones, are separated by
separated by walls. a linear marking.

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 LINE OF SIGHT Inside a building, an Actor sees into all Zones that share an
opening with the Zone the Actor currently occupies. If there
Lines of Sight define whether Actors can see each other, such is an opening, the walls do not block Line of Sight between
as if a Survivor can see a Zombie across the street, from a 2 Zones. An Actor’s Line of Sight, however, is limited to the
room to the next in a building, etc. distance of 1 Zone.
If the Survivor is looking out into the street or from the street
On the streets, Actors see in straight lines that run parallel into a building, the Line of Sight can go through any number of
to the edges of the board. Actors cannot see diagonally. street Zones in a straight line, but only 1 Zone into the building.
Their Line of Sight covers as many Zones as the line can pass
through before reaching a wall or the edge of the board. NOTE: Hedges (see P. 37) interrupt Lines of Sight.

Megan can see every Seli’s Line Of Sight

street Zone in straight is limited to 1 Zone
lines, up to walls. through the building.

Seli sees through

Lines Of Sight go in the street, up
straight lines. No to the first
diagonal for Berin! Zone inside
a building.

Lines Of Sight
extend from
building Zones
to street Zones.

Asim can see

1 Zone away in
building Zones

Rolf cannot see

this Zone since
the door is closed.

Rolf’s Line Of Sight

is limited to 1 Zone
through the building.

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 Johannes has Lines Of
Sight to all straight
lines in street Zones.
The Hedge blocks
his view, though.

Seli can see through

the open door,
but not beyond
Hedges and walls.

Rolf has no Line Megan sees

Of Sight outside the whole garden,
his own Zone. but not the road.

MOVEMENT
Actors can move from one Zone to the next as long as the Inside a building, Actors may move from one Zone to another
first Zone shares at least 1 edge with the destination Zone. as long as these Zones are linked by an opening. The position
Corners do not count. This means Actors cannot make of a miniature in the Zone and the layout of the walls do not
diagonal movements. matter as long as the Zones share an opening.
On streets, movement from one Zone to another has no
restrictions. However, Actors must go through a door (or NOTE: Waterhole Zones are subject to special Movement rules
opening) to move from a building to the street and vice-versa. (see. P. 37).

To go to the central
Zone, Asim must
first Move here…
Seli can go to
the street through
the open door.

Asim
To Move here, Seli can go to
can’t Move
Seli must first this Zone through
diagonally.
open the door. the opening.

… then here.

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 READING AN EQUIPMENT CARD
Weapons And Combat Spells

Z ombie Orcs are invading a land which has

been at war for two years. Casualties have
been horrendous on both sides, but as long as one of
us stands, the battle is not over. On the bright side,
there are empty houses and weapons everywhere!
Zombicide: Green Horde features many Equipment cards. The
ones your Survivors use to blast Zombies fall in 3 categories:
Melee weapons, Ranged weapons, or Combat spells.

• Melee weapons display a 0 Range value and thus can only

be used in the same Zone as the Survivor. They are used with
Melee Actions (see P. 33).

Dwarven Hammers and Norse Swords are Melee

weapons. Melee weapons are fairly common and
• Combat spells have the distinctive appearance of a scroll
can often be used to open doors (see P. 13)
and a maximum Range value of 1 (or more). They are used
• Ranged weapons have a maximum Range value of 1 (or with Magic Actions (P. 35). Attacking at Range 0 with a
more). They are used with Ranged Actions (P. 34). Attacking Combat spell is still a Magic Action.
at Range 0 with a Ranged weapon is still a Ranged Action.

Steel Bows and Crossbows are Ranged weapons. Lightning Ball and Telekinetic Blast are Combat
They are great to thin out the Zombie ranks from afar. spells. They can be used to hit close or distant targets,
and sometimes get deadly special effects.

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Some Equipment cards can belong to several types at once.
MAGIC EQUIPMENT

These gems indicate at what Danger Level a

Survivor needs to be at in order to use this card.
Most Equipment cards display all four gems, so
Survivors can use them at any Danger Level.
Magic Equipment cards have some of these gems
removed, indicating that the card can’t be used
while the Survivor is at those Danger Levels (but
can be stored in any eligible slot).
The Spiked Bow is both a Melee
and a Ranged weapon.

Door-Breaching, Zombie-Killing,
And Noisy Equipment

Equipment that allows you to open doors,

but requires a die roll to do it, has this
symbol. The die indicates the minimum roll
needed to open the door.

Equipment that allows you to open doors

without a die roll has this symbol.

Equipment that allows you to kill Zombies has Combat

characteristics displayed at the bottom:

0 1 4+ 1

Each of these symbols is accompanied by a second symbol

related to noise. It defines whether the Action is noisy or not.
Noise attracts Zombies!
These are the Magic Equipment cards with
This Action is noisy and produces a Noise token
limited Danger Level access featured in
(see P. 15).
Zombicide: Green Horde. Please note that all
of them are also Vault weapons (see P. 06).
This Action isn’t noisy and does not produce a
Noise token.

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 Combat Characteristics

Melee weapons, Ranged weapons, and Combat spells display

Combat characteristics used to maim, shoot, or disintegrate
Zombies in many ways.

DUAL: If you have Dual weapons with

HAND: Put this
the same name in each hand, you may
Equipment in
use them both with a single Action
Hand in order
(Dual Ranged weapons and Combat
to use it.
spells must be aimed at the same Zone).

OPEN DOORS:
Opens doors
SILENT: Doesn’t produce without a die roll.
a Noise token when
used in Melee Combat.

NOISY: Produces a
RANGE: Noise token when
Min and max number of used to open doors.
Zones the weapon can HAND: Put this
reach. 0 indicates that Equipment in Hand
the Axe is Melee only. DAMAGE: Damage
in order to use it.
inflicted for each
success. A 2 value (or
more) is required to
eliminate Fatties.
DICE: Roll this many ACCURACY: Each
dice when a Melee roll that equals
Action is spent to or exceeds this
use this weapon. value is a success. SILENT: Doesn’t
Lower results produce a Noise
are failures. token when used in
Ranged Combat.

RANGE: Min and max

number of Zones the weapon
can reach. A max Range of 3
indicates that the Longbow
is a Ranged weapon.

DICE: Roll this many

DAMAGE:
dice when a Ranged
Damage inflicted
Action is spent to ACCURACY: for each success. A
use this weapon. Each roll that 2 value (or more)
equals or exceeds is required to
this value eliminate Fatties.
is a success.
Lower results

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are failures.

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 HAND: Put this
Equipment in Hand
in order to use it.
DUAL: If you have Dual SPELL: Spell cards
spells with the same feature a scroll
name in each hand, you illustration.
may use them both with
a single Action (Dual
Ranged weapons and
Combat spells must be DAMAGE: Damage
aimed at the same Zone). inflicted for each
success. A 2 value
(or more) is required
to eliminate Fatties.

NOISY: Produces a
Noise token when used
in magic Combat. Dual
weapons (or spells)
ACCURACY: Each roll
produce a single Noise
that equals or exceeds
token per Action.
this value is a success.
Lower results are failures

RANGE: Min and

DICE: Roll this many
max number of Zones
dice when a Magic
the spell can reach.
Action is spent to
use this spell.

NOISE
• Place this token in the Zone where the Survivor resolved the
Action. It stays in the Zone where it was produced, even if
the Survivor moves.
• A single Action can only produce a single Noise token,
no matter how many dice are rolled, how many hits are
obtained, or whether Dual weapons are used.
• Noise tokens are removed from the board in the End Phase

T he zombie plague brought silence to the

Orcish hordes. Huge zombie packs can slowly
move around without uttering a single sound, save when
(see P. 8).

NOTE: Each Survivor miniature also counts as a Noise

token. Zombies have acute hearing, and Survivors can’t
stay quiet, anyway!
they cross water pools or stumble upon some obstacle.
EXAMPLE: Berin spends an Action to open a door with an Axe.
Things may change upon hearing or seeing a survivor, It’s a noisy way to open a door. This produces a Noise token. Then,
though. At that point, zombie Orcs track their prey he attacks a Zombie in his Zone, knocking it down after 2 Melee
Actions. The Axe is a silent killing weapon, so these Melee Actions
endlessly like the soulless shells they are. We often use produce no noise. However, 2 Noises remain in this Zone: the Noise
noise to distract them or lure them to their demise. token produced by opening the door and Berin’s miniature itself.
In another Zone, Megan performs 2 Magic Actions with her
Casting a spell or smashing through a door makes noise, and Death Gale. Although she rolled 2 dice for each Magic Action, she
noise attracts Zombies. Each Action that opens a door with gets only 2 Noise tokens in her Zone: 1 for each Magic Action.
noisy Equipment or attacks with noisy Equipment produces The Noise tokens remain in the Zone where Megan produced them.
a Noise token. They don’t follow her when she moves.

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 EXPERIENCE, DANGER LEVEL, AND SKILLS
For each Zombie killed, a Survivor gains 1 Experience Point and However, this experience has a side effect. When you draw a
moves up a notch on their Danger Bar. Some Quest Objectives Zombie card to spawn Zombies, read the line that corresponds
provide more experience, as does eliminating Abominations. to the Survivor still in play with the highest Danger Level
There are 4 Danger Levels on the Danger Bar: Blue, Yellow, (see Zombie Spawn, P. 28). The stronger your Survivor is, the
Orange, and Red. These represent everything from a light more Zombies appear.
drizzle of Zombies to a flash flood.

At each Danger Level, the Survivor gains 1 new Skill to help Red Level:
them on their Quest (see Skills, P. 54). Skills stack across 2 Orc Fatties
Danger Levels, so at Red Level, your Survivor will have 4
Skills. As new skills are unlocked, place new markers on the Orange Level:
Survivor Dashboard to indicate them. 5 Orc Walkers
• When a Survivor reaches 7 Experience Points, their Danger
Yellow Level:
Level moves to Yellow. They gain a fourth Action. 4 Orc Runners
• When a Survivor reaches 19 Experience Points, their Danger
Level moves to Orange. They gain 1 of the 2 Skills of their Blue Level:
choice indicated on their ID Card. No Zombies
• When they reach 43 Experience Points, their Danger Level
moves to Red. Choose 1 of the 3 Skills indicated on their ID
Card.

0 to 6 7 to 18 19 to 42 43 Experience
Experience Points: Experience Points: Experience Points: Points: Red Level,
Blue Level, possess Yellow Level, gain Orange Level, choose a choose a Skill
a starting Skill. a fourth Action. Skill from between 2. from among 3.

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 INVENTORY • A lternatively, it can hold the specific Equipment card that
is listed on it. It is then considered to be equipped in Hand,
Each Survivor can carry up to 8 Equipment cards, divided representing a special piece of Equipment that this Survivor
into 3 types of Equipment slots on their Dashboard: 2 Hands, can draw and use in the blink of an eye.
1 Body, and 5 Backpack slots. You may discard cards from • An Equipment card bearing the Body symbol can only be
your inventory to make room for new cards at any time, for used when put over the Body.
free (even during another player’s Turn).
Backpack
Hands

The Backpack symbol marks the Equipment

The Hand symbol marks the Equipment cards cards that can only be stored in the Backpack
that can only be used in Hands.
• Up to 5 Equipment cards of any type can fit in the
• Both Hand slots are reserved exclusively for Equipment Backpack slots.
cards bearing the Hand symbol. • Equipment cards bearing the Body or Hand symbol can
• An Equipment card bearing the Hand symbol can only be be stored in the Backpack but, while there, they are not in
used when equipped in Hand. use. Any text on them will not be in effect until they are
moved to their appropriate inventory slots.
Body •An Equipment card bearing the Backpack symbol can
only be stored in the Backpack and, while there, is always
considered to be in use.
The Body symbol marks the Equipment cards
that can only be used on the Body.

• The Body slot is reserved for Equipment cards bearing the

Body symbol.

The Body slot is reserved for The Backpack slots

either an Equipment card are meant to hold
bearing the Body symbol, like an any weapon or spell
armor, or the listed Equipment card you are not
card (For Johannes, a Crossbow). currently using, as
well as support-
oriented cards like
Plenty Of Bolts.

Both Hands are used primarily for combat.

They can only hold cards bearing the
Hand symbol, like weapons and spells.

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 THE ZOMBIES Orc Abomination

Green Horde features 5 types of Zombie Orcs. Learning about We are not yet certain of the Orc
their characteristics is the best way to defeat them!
Most Zombies have a single Action to spend each time they
Abomination’s origin, but we know
activate (Runners have 2). A Zombie is eliminated as soon as what defines it best: raw power. It
is strong enough to rip an armored soldier apart in
it is successfully hit with an attack that has the minimum
required Damage value. Then, its assailant immediately earns
the listed Experience Points. a moment’s notice and impervious to anything but
extreme damage. Spot them as early as you can in
Orc Walker
the wandering Orcish hordes, then plan two things:
Orc Walkers used to be the rank-and-file a way to destroy them and an escape route.
warriors of the Orcish warbands. The Damage: 3
zombie plague took their cunning, but none Min. Damage to destroy: Damage 3
of their strength. Each of them is as strong as two Experience provided: 5 Points
grown men. Moreover, there are a lot of them still Special rules:
• Wounds inflicted by Abominations can’t be prevented by
roaming around fields, houses, and ruins. Armor rolls (see P. 26).
•A
 Damage 3 weapon is required to kill an Abomination. To
Damage: 2 slay the monster, you need either a Trebuchet (see P. 24), or
Min. Damage to destroy: Damage 1 to throw Dragon Bile in its Zone then ignite it with a Torch,
Experience provided: 1 Point creating a Dragon Fire (see P. 36).

Orc Fatty Orc Necromancer

Orc Fatties used to be leaders, shock troops, Evil knows no bounds, color, or
enforcers and… well, plain brutes. Pay extra frontier. As the zombie plague spread,
attention to them: they are strong, even by we soon observed that some figures
Orc standards, meaning they can punch a hole right among the Orcish hordes didn’t turn
through your chest. If you have to approach one or go into feral, mindless, killing machines. They were the
into close-quarters combat in an uncharted building, ones keeping still with gloomy smiles, as their own people
make sure you wear armor and carry a four-leaf clover. were being corrupted. These dark creatures were the
Damage: 3 necromancers. They caused all of this. The zombie
Min. Damage to destroy: Damage 2 horde is their weapon to spread chaos and seize power.
Experience provided: 1 Point
They flee upon being discovered in order to spread
Orc Runner the disease somewhere else. Make them your priority
Orc Runners are Goblins, the Orcs’ smaller target, and kill them whenever possible.
and faster cousins. They were already Damage: 2
Min. Damage to destroy: Damage 1
troublesome in life, and infection made it Experience provided: 1 Point
worse. They are fast, very numerous, and really Special rules: Necromancers’ special rules are explained in
unpredictable. Like our own human Runners, they seem depth on P. 30.
to have kept some of their survival instinct and hide
behind their beefier cousins to avoid retaliation.
Damage: 1
Min. Damage to destroy: Damage 1
Experience provided: 1 Point
Special rule: Each Orc Runner has two Actions per Activation. This token marks an Orc Necromancer’s entry Zone.

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The Horde
ORC ZOMBIES OVERVIEW
Zombie cards marked Zombicide: Green Horde features Orc Zombies. These
with the Horde brutal foes work in almost the same way as the
symbol are subject classic, Standard Zombies found in Zombicide:
to the Horde rules. Black Plague. Most of them are physically stronger,
displaying a higher Damage value and thus
inflicting more Wounds upon attacking Survivors.
They also benefit from the Horde game mechanics
and can invade the board in unpredictable ways.
All fantasy Zombicide contents are compatible: Orc
Zombie cards may be mixed in any way you see fit
with Zombie cards from other boxes.

NOTE: This effect does not apply with Orc Abominations and Orc
Necromancers. The “Aaahh!! Orc Walker” Equipment card has no
effect on the Horde either.
The Horde stands for a growing Orc Zombie crowd, ready to
invade the board and violently ambush Survivors from an • Each time a Necromancer card with the Horde symbol is
unexpected entrance. drawn (spawning or re-activating a Necromancer), players
add 1 Orc Walker, 1 Orc Fatty, and 1 Orc Runner to the Horde.
• Each time a Zombie card with the Horde symbol is drawn
to spawn Zombies on the board, set aside 1 extra Zombie • Whenever an “Enter the Horde!” card is drawn, the entire
miniature of the same type (Orc Walker, Orc Fatty, or Orc Horde spawns in the indicated Zone the Zombie card was
Runner). All miniatures set aside this way collectively form drawn for. Such an event ends the Spawn Step / ends the
the Horde and are locked there until the Horde spawns. Zombie spawning in the building.

The game is at Blue Level Then, the players draw a

during the Zombies’ Phase second Zombie card for the
Spawn Step (detailed on P. 28). second Spawn Zone: 2 Orc
Players draw a Zombie card for Runners. 2 Orc Runner
this Spawn Zone: 1 Orc Walker. miniatures are set on the
1 Orc Walker miniature is set second Spawn Zone. 1 extra
on the Spawn Zone. Another Orc Runner is set in the Horde.
1 is set apart in the Horde.

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 On the next Game Round, An Orc Necromancer card is drawn
an Orc Abomination for the second Spawn Zone! An Orc
is drawn for the first Necromancer miniature is set, along
Spawn Zone. Orc with a Necromancer Spawn Zone
Abominations don’t add (Necromancer rules are detailed on P.
Zombies to the Horde. 30). The Orc Necromancer’s appearance
adds 1 Orc Walker, 1 Orc Runner,
and 1 Orc Fatty to the Horde.
A third Zombie card is drawn
for the Necromancer Spawn
Zone: 1 Walker. Another Walker
miniature joins the Horde!
On the third Game Round, an
“Enter The Horde!” card is drawn
for the first Spawn Zone. The entire
Drawing the “Enter The Horde!”
Horde is emptied into this Zone,
card ended the Spawn Step.
representing an Orcish Zombie
No Zombie Cards are drawn here!
horde surging onto the board.

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 PLAYERS’ All Orc Zombie cards in Zombicide: Green Horde
feature the Horde symbol, except for Extra

PHASE Activations and “Enter the Horde” cards.

Starting with whoever holds the First Player token, each

player activates their Survivors one after another, in the order
of their choice. Each Survivor can execute 3 Actions at the
Blue Danger Level (not counting any free Action their Blue
Level Skill may give them).
The possible Actions are:

MOVE
Let the zombies come exactly where you want
them, then strike with all your might. If you can’t Other Zombicide boxes contain Zombie cards with
the Horde symbol, like the Tainted Walkers in the
do that, just strike with all your might. Friends and Foes expansion. They are subject to the
same Horde rules. Check them out!
– Rolf
The Survivor moves from one Zone to the next but cannot
move through external building walls or closed doors. If After searching, the Survivor may freely reorganize their
there are Zombies in the Zone the Survivor is attempting to inventory. You may discard cards from your inventory to
leave, they must spend 1 extra Action per Zombie to leave make room for new cards at any time, for free.
the Zone. Entering a Zone containing Zombies ends the When the Equipment deck runs out, reshuffle all the
Survivor’s Move Action, even if they have a Skill that allows discarded Equipment cards (with the exception of Vault
them to move through multiple Zones per Move Action (or cards, but including Starting Equipment cards) to make a
the Slippery Skill, see P. 57). new deck.

EXAMPLE: Berin is in a Zone with 2 Orc Walkers. To leave this

Zone, he spends 1 Move Action, then 2 more Actions (1 per OPEN A DOOR
Walker), for a total of 3 Actions. If there had been 3 Zombies in
the Zone, Berin would have needed 4 Actions to move. You see empty houses. I see graves. Both are
NOTE: Waterhole Zones follow special rules to perform Move
equally silent and must be opened with caution.
Actions (see P. 37). A Survivor must spend an additional Action – Seli
to leave a Waterhole Zone with a Move Action. This rule doesn’t
apply if the Survivor leaves the Waterhole Zone via a Bank.
Survivors benefiting from the Speed Enchantment ignore
Waterhole effects.

Open a door
symbol with
SEARCH die icon.

Keep on looking. We never know what we could

find, or how we could put it to use. The door is open
if any die result
– Johannes equals or exceeds the
Accuracy value of
You can only Search building Zones and only if there are
your Melee weapon!
no Zombies in that Zone. The player draws a card from the
Equipment deck. They may then place it in the Survivor’s
inventory or immediately discard it. A Survivor can only
Roll as many dice as the Dice
perform a single Search Action per Turn (even if it’s an extra value of your Melee weapon.
free Action).

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 Melee weapons with the “Open a door” symbol can be used to Many Quests feature colored doors. Usually, these cannot
open a door next to the Survivor. Spend an Action and roll as be opened until some conditions are met, like finding an
many dice as the weapon’s Dice value. The door is opened if Objective of the matching color. Read the Quest description
any die result equals or exceeds the Accuracy number of the to know more.
weapon. Place a Noise token in the Zone.

NOTE: Opening a door is not a Melee Action. It doesn’t benefit

from Dual wielding, Melee bonuses like Skills, or Daggers’ extra
bonus die. Only the printed Dice value of the weapon is used.

 ome weapons have the “Open a door” symbol

S
without a die symbol on it. They can be used to
open doors without the need to roll any dice. Spawning In Buildings
Just spend an Action to open the door. A Noise
token is placed if the weapon is noisy (see Opening a closed building for the first time reveals all the
Reading An Equipment Card, P. 12). Zombies inside all rooms of the building (a single building
extends to all rooms connected by openings, sometimes
straddling several tiles). Indicate each Zone of the building,
one after the other in any order you choose, and draw a
Zombie card for each Zone. Place the corresponding number
and type of Zombies in the indicated Zone (see Zombies’
Phase – Spawn, P. 28).
• If you draw an Extra Activation card, immediately perform
the action indicated on the card.
• If you draw an “Enter the Horde” card (see P. 19), all Zombies
The Telekinetic
set aside in the Horde spawn in the Zone. Spawning in this
Blast spell can
building ends right after the Horde’s arrival.
be used to open
• When the Zombie deck runs out, reshuffle all the discarded
doors from afar.
cards to make a new deck.

NOTE: Buildings that are open at the start of the game are never
spawned in.

Zombies will spawn in No door,

this building as soon as don’t spawn
the door is opened. Zombies here.
Don’t spawn Zombies
here. The closed
door keeps the room
unrevealed.

Zombie
spawn!
Johannes opens
the door, revealing
the building for
the first time.

Zombie
spawn!

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 REORGANIZE/TRADE R anged Action

There! Err…if you don’t have any use for that E  ngineering is my magic. Look, with this crossbow, I
armor, please give it to me. I see the spare part I can invoke wooden bolts and throw them at my enemies
need to complete my crossbow! just like you do with fire and brimstone, but without the
headache. Moreover, your scrolls are not waterproof.
– Johannes
– Johannes, to Megan
At the cost of 1 Action, a Survivor can reorganize the cards
in their inventory in any way they wish. The Survivor can
simultaneously exchange any number of cards with 1 (and
only 1) other Survivor currently in the same Zone. This other
Survivor reorganizes their own inventory for free.
A Trade Action doesn’t have to be equal. You can trade
everything for nothing, if both parties agree!

The Survivor uses a Ranged weapon they are holding in

Hand to fire at a single Zone within the Range shown on the
weapon’s card (see Combat, P. 32). Survivors shoot at Zones,
not Actors. This is especially important for Targeting Priority
Order (see P. 34).
Using a Ranged weapon at Range 0 is still a Ranged Action.
COMBAT ACTIONS
M agic Action
Combat Actions use all types of combat-oriented Equipment
cards: Melee, Ranged, or Magic. At some point, your weapons’ edge will dull, and
Melee Action
your armor will turn to dust. You will run out of
arrows and bolts. While you will fight for your lives
bare-handed, I will still invoke elemental powers
and save your butts. Magic seems old-fashioned for
a reason. It was always there and always will be.
– Megan, to Johannes

Where I come from, there is no fanciness. We

strike fast and hard. Of course, we also scream.
Let zombies hear the song of my people!
– Rolf
The Survivor uses a Melee weapon they are holding in Hand The Survivor uses a Combat spell (a spell with Combat
to attack Zombies in their own Zone (see Combat, P. 32). characteristics) they are holding in Hand to attack Zombies.
This attack follows the same rules as Ranged Combat.

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 ENCHANTMENT ACTION TAKE OR ACTIVATE AN
I’m not sure about the invisible forces at work, OBJECTIVE
but whatever it is we call upon when casting these Look at the map. The artifact could be here, here,
enchantments doesn’t seem to like zombies either! or there. How do we proceed?
– Asim - In the same old way: the shortest path, killing
everything in between.
– Megan and Rolf
The Survivor takes an Objective or activates an Objective in
the same Zone. The game effects are explained in the Quest’s
description.

SIEGE ACTIONS – TREBUCHET

Zombicide: Green Horde features a Trebuchet miniature, used
to kill Zombies at very long distance and help reach Quest
Objectives. The Trebuchet is a Siege Engine. It is not an Actor.
In order to perform Siege Actions, a Survivor spends a variable
amount of Actions all at once.

These are Enchantments. Moving a Trebuchet

The Survivor uses an Enchantment (a spell without Combat Action Cost: 3

characteristics) they are holding in Hand. Resolve the game The Survivor and the Trebuchet both move from a Zone to
effect(s) described on the card. the next. This Action uses the standard Move Action rules
• Enchantments are cast at target Actors or Zones (check the but does not benefit from additional Skills and game effects
card description) within the Survivor’s Line Of Sight. related to Move Actions.
• If the target is a Survivor, the caster may target themselves. A Trebuchet is destroyed whenever it is set in a Waterhole
• Most Enchantments bear the note Once per Turn. A given Zone. Remove its miniature.
Survivor can cast it only once during each of their Turns. If
they own multiple copies of the same Enchantment, each Firing a Trebuchet
copy can be cast independently. The same Enchantment
can be cast several times in a Game Round, if Survivors Action Cost: 3
exchange it and cast it as their activations go by. The Survivor loads and fires the Trebuchet, aiming at a Zone
at Range 2 or more (no Line of Sight is required). Firing a
Trebuchet is explained in depth in the Combat Rules (see P.
35). Firing a Trebuchet is not a Combat Action and does not
benefit from Combat Action-related game effects (Equipment
or Skills). Firing a Trebuchet does not produce Noise.

MAKE SOME NOISE!

The Survivor makes Noise in an attempt to attract Zombies.
Place 1 Noise token in their Zone.

DO NOTHING
The Survivor does nothing and prematurely ends their Turn.
Their remaining Actions are lost.

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 ZOMBIES’ Once the players have activated all their Survivors, the Orc
Zombies activate. No single player controls them; they do it

PHASE themselves, performing the following steps in order:

T he most prominent danger with Orc

Zombies is their strength, but it’s not
the only one. They kept their pack mentality, and
STEP 1 – ACTIVATION
Each Orc Zombie activates and spends its Action on either an
Attack or a Move, depending on its situation. Resolve all the
Attacks first, then all the Moves. Each Orc Zombie performs
infected hordes still roam around, looking for prey either an Attack OR a Move with a single Action.

in almost complete silence. And then comes their Attack

twisted, corrupted savagery. In the blink of an eye, Each Orc Zombie in the same Zone as Survivors performs an
Attack. An Orc Zombie’s Attack is always successful, does
a warband can surge and rush your positions. Never not require any die rolls, and inflicts a specific amount of
underestimate stupid creatures in large numbers. Wounds, depending on its type:
• Orc Walker: 2 Wounds
- Megan • Orc Fatty: 3 Wounds
• Orc Runner: 1 Wound
• Orc Abomination: 3 Wounds, no Armor roll (see next page)
• Orc Necromancer: 2 Wounds

Survivors in the same Zones share the Orc Zombie Attacks

in any way the players prefer, even if it means dealing them
all to a single Survivor.

Each Orc Zombie Attack deals the corresponding Wound

amount.

After any applicable Armor rolls (see next chapter), the

Wound Bar’s tracker is moved 1 point higher per Wound
received. A Survivor is eliminated as soon as their Wound
Bar reaches 3. Remove their miniature and discard their
Equipment.

Feeding Frenzy! Zombies fight in groups. All Zombies

activated in the same Zone as a Survivor join the Attack, even
if there are so many that it would be overkill.

EXAMPLE: A group of 5 Orc Walkers is in the same Zone as 2

Survivors. 4 of them would be enough to kill both Survivors, but
the players decide to allocate all Zombie Attacks on the same
Survivor. Your name will be remembered, pal!

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 Armor Rolls Move

Zombies don’t need sleep, rest, or daylight. Perhaps

that’s why they are so slow most of the time. Somehow,
they know deep inside they will reach you, one way or
another. Why hurry?
– Asim
The Orc Zombies that have not attacked use their Action to
Move 1 Zone toward Survivors:

1: Orc Zombies select their destination Zone.

• First is the Zone with Survivors in Line Of Sight that has
the most Noise tokens. Remember, each Survivor counts as
a Noise token.
• If no Survivors are visible, they move toward the noisiest
Zone.
In both cases, distance doesn’t matter. An Orc Zombie always
goes for the noisiest meal they can see or hear.

2: Orc Zombies move 1 Zone toward their destination Zone

Armor: Survivors wearing an armor Equipment card in their by taking the shortest available path.
Body slot can perform Armor rolls to avoid Attacks. Roll as In case there are no open paths to the noisiest Zone, Zombies
many dice as the number of Zombie Attacks the Survivor move toward it as if all doors were open, though locked doors
wants to avoid. Each die result that equals or exceeds the still stop them.
Armor number of the armor card negates a Zombie Attack
of your choice, on a one-for-one basis. A lucky Survivor If there is more than one route of the same length, Orc
could even choose to be the target of all Zombie Attacks for Zombies split into groups of equal numbers to follow all
teammates in their Zone and get away without a scratch! possible routes. They also split up if different target Zones
contain the same number of Noise tokens. If necessary,
Shield: A Hand-held Shield allows Armor rolls if the Survivor add Orc Zombies so that all new groups resulting from
isn’t wearing actual armor. If they are wearing armor, the a splitting group contain the same number of each Orc
Shield allows re-rolling its Armor rolls once. Re-roll all the Zombie type!
dice, and the new result takes the place of the previous one.

Abomination Attacks, and being eliminated by a Dragon

Fire, can’t be prevented by Armor rolls.

EXAMPLE: Rolf and Seli are in the same Zone as 2 Orc Walkers
and 1 Orc Fatty. Both Survivors have full health and Seli is
wearing Chainmail Armor (Armor 4+). The Zombies attack, each
Orc Walker inflicting 2 Wounds and the Orc Fatty inflicting
3 Wounds. The players decide how these 3 Zombie Attacks are
distributed among the Survivors:
- One of them could try to endure them all. Seli is the obvious choice
as a buffer, as her Chainmail Armor can negate Zombie Attacks.
- They can also share the Zombie Attacks in any way they please.
They choose to direct 1 Orc Walker to Rolf (no armor) and the
other Orc Walker and the Orc Fatty to Seli (Chainmail Armor
4+). Rolf has no Armor and thus can’t negate the 2 Wounds he
receives. Seli rolls 2 dice for Armor (1 for each Zombie Attack),
obtaining • and •. One success! A Zombie Attack is negated.
Seli chooses to negate the Orc Fatty Attack, and endures 2
Wounds from the Orc Walker Attack her Armor failed to prevent.

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Special Cases for Splitting: • 2 Orc Walkers go one way, the other 2 take the other route.
• Orc Abominations and Orc Necromancers never split. The • The Orc Fatty joins one group of Walkers, and a second Orc Fatty
players decide which direction they go. is added to the other group.
• If there aren’t enough Orc Zombie miniatures to add for an • The 3 Orc Runners also split, 2 joining the first group, and the
even split, decide which Orc Zombie group gets the final other joining the second group. Another Orc Runner is added to
reinforcement and which direction the uneven split groups the latter group so that the groups remain even.
go. It doesn’t generate extra Activations (see P. 29). Things just got a lot harder for the Survivors.

EXAMPLE: A group of 4 Orc Walkers, 1 Orc Fatty, and 3 Orc NOTE: Orc Necromancers use their own Movement rules. They
Runners move toward a group of Survivors. The Orc Zombies can always Move toward the nearest non-Necromancer Spawn Zone
take 2 routes of the same length, so they split into 2 groups. (see P. 30).

Asim and Rolf are

the noisiest, but this
Zombie sees Seli.

Seeing several Survivor

groups, a Zombie always
goes to the noisiest, no
matter the distance!

This Zombie sees

no Survivors, so it
goes towards the
noisiest Zone.

2 equal routes to
destination: this
Zombie group splits
in both directions!

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 PLAYING ORC RUNNERS

O rc Runners are pack predators, in the worst

way. They roam around in packs with
uncanny speed and often get unpredictable speed
bursts. We used to perceive Goblins as mischievous,
traitorous critters with an agenda. Now, they’re just Orc Runners have 2 Actions per Activation. After all Orc
monster speedsters with a one-track mind: kill you. Zombies (including Orc Runners) have gone through the
Activation step and resolved their first Action, Orc Runners go
through the Activation step again, using their second Action
to Attack a Survivor in their Zone or Move if there is nobody
to attack.

EXAMPLE 1: At the beginning of the Zombies’ Phase, a group of

3 Orc Runners and 1 Orc Fatty is 1 Zone away from a Survivor.
For their first Action, since they have nobody they can Attack in
their Zone, the Zombies Move into the Zone with the Survivor. The
Orc Runners then perform their second Action. Since they now
occupy the same Zone as a Survivor, they Attack. Each of the Orc
Runners inflicts 1 Wound, killing the Survivor.

EXAMPLE 2: An Orc Runner is in the same Zone as a Survivor,

and an Orc Walker is in the adjacent Zone. The Orc Runner Attacks
the Survivor with its first Action, inflicting a Wound, and the Orc
Walker Moves into the Zone, since it sees the Survivor. Then the
Orc Runner performs its second Action. It Attacks the Survivor
again, inflicting a second Wound.

EXAMPLE 3: A Survivor stands in the same Zone as 2 Orc

Walkers, 1 Orc Fatty, and 2 Orc Runners. All Orc Zombies Attack
and inflict 9 Wounds (3 Wounds are enough to kill the Survivor).
None of the Zombies Move, as they all Attacked. Then the Runners
resolve their second Action. They have no one to Attack, so they
Move 1 Zone toward the noisiest Zone.

STEP 2 – SPAWN
Infected or not, it makes no difference. Whatever
the odds, the only good Orc is a dead Orc… oh, wait.
– Berin
The Quest maps show where Orc Zombies appear at the end of
each Zombies’ Phase. These are the Spawn Zones.

Zombie Spawn tokens mark the Spawn Zones’ locations.

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Indicate a Spawn token and draw a Zombie card. Read the Extra Activations Cards
line on the card that corresponds to the color of the Danger
Level of the most experienced Survivor still in the game I like my foes to offer a little challenge. It keeps
(Blue, Yellow, Orange, or Red). Place the number and type of
Orc Zombies shown.
me on the edge.
– Asim
Red Level:
2 Fatties At the Yellow,
Orange Level: Orange, and Red
5 Walkers Danger Levels,
all Orc Walkers
Yellow Level: immediately
4 Runners activate.

Blue Level:
No Zombies At the Blue
Danger Level,
nothing happens.

Repeat this for each Spawn token.

When you reveal an Extra Activation card, no Orc Zombies
Always begin with the same Spawn Zone and continue clockwise. appear in the designated Zone. Instead, all Zombies of the
When the Zombie deck runs out, reshuffle all the discarded indicated type immediately get an extra Activation (see
Zombie cards to make a new deck. Activation step, P. 25). Notice that these cards have no effect
at the Blue Danger Level!
Remember, Zombie cards with the Horde symbol
trigger Horde rules (see P. 19). Whenever you Running Out Of Miniatures
spawn Orc Zombies using one of these cards, put an
additional Orc Zombie of the same type in the Horde! The Zombicide: Green Horde box contains enough Orc Zombies
to invade the board. However, players may still run out of
EXAMPLE: Asim has 5 Experience Points, placing him in the miniatures of the indicated type when required to place an
Blue Danger Level. Seli has 12, which puts her in Yellow. In order Orc Zombie on the board or in the Horde through spawning or
to determine how many Zombies spawn, read the Yellow line, populating a building. In this case, the remaining Orc Zombie
which correspond to Seli, the most experienced Survivor. For the miniatures are placed (if there are any), and then all Zombies
card shown above, you’d spawn 4 Orc Runners in the Zone and of the indicated type immediately resolve an extra Activation.
add 1 Orc Runner to the Horde.
NOTE: Being unable to set an Orc Zombie in case of a split (see P.
Colored Spawn Zones 26) doesn’t trigger an extra Activation.

Multiple Activations may occur in a row. This rule is especially

important for Orc Abominations and Orc Necromancers, as
there is a single miniature of each in the Zombicide: Green
Horde core box. Under some circumstances, an Abomination
or Necromancer may get several extra Activations in a single
Game Round.
Several Abominations and Necromancers can roam the board
if you own miniatures of them.

Always keep a wary eye on the Orc Zombie population on

Some Quests feature Blue and/or Green colored Spawn Zone the board (and especially the Horde) or risk an unexpected
tokens. Unless otherwise stated, their Zone doesn’t spawn Zombie riot!
Zombies until a specific event (like taking an Objective of
the matching color) happens and activates them.

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 ORC NECROMANCERS • Each subsequent drawing of additional Necromancer Zombie
cards, no matter the type, gives an Extra Activation to every
Being traitors to their own species and evil beyond reason, Orc Necromancer on the board until they flee or die.
Necromancers do their best to spread havoc and seize power.
They don’t have time to battle Survivors on their own and • Each time an Orc Necromancer card is drawn (spawning or
try to flee as soon as they are discovered. Orc Necromancers re-activating a Necromancer), players add 1 Orc Walker, 1 Orc
follow these special rules: Fatty, and 1 Orc Runner to the Horde (see the Horde rules, P.
19).
• An Orc Necromancer is a Zombie for game purposes.
• An Orc Necromancer tries to flee the board. If there are no
• An Orc Necromancer comes with its own infected army. Survivors in its Zone for it to Attack during its Activation
When a Necromancer Spawns, put an additional Zombie (see Zombies’ Phase, P. 25), it Moves 1 Zone toward the
Spawn token (on its Necromancer side) in its entry Zone. nearest active Spawn Zone (NOT its entry Zone or inactive
Then, immediately resolve a regular Zombie Spawn for it. Spawn Zones), ignoring any Survivors it might see. If several
From now on, the Necromancer Spawn token is active. It escape Spawn Zones are at the same distance, choose one.
spawns Zombies from the Zombie deck in the same way a
standard Spawn Zone would. The game is immediately lost if a Necromancer manages
to escape once there’s a total of 6 Zombie Spawn tokens
on the board (including the Necromancer Zombie Spawn
tokens).

The Orc Necromancer

tries to escape through
the nearest Spawn
Zone. It can’t be its
entry Zone, marked
An Orc Necromancer with the Necromancer
Zombie card has been Spawn Zone. The
drawn! A Necromancer upper Zone is just
Spawn token and the 3 Zones away!
matching Orc Necromancer
miniature are put here.
- Add 1 Orc Walker, 1
Orc Fatty, and 1 Orc
Runner to the Horde.
- Draw an additional
Zombie card for the
Necromancer Spawn Zone.
From now on, it spawns
Zombies like a standard All other Orc
Zombie Spawn Zone. Zombies are on
their way to fight
Rolf and Megan.

STEP 1

STEP 2

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 •
K illing an Orc Necromancer slows the invasion. If you
manage to kill it, choose a Spawn Zone (including its own
Necromancer Spawn Zone) and remove it from the board. If
the Necromancer Spawn Zone is still on the board after this
removal, replace it with a standard one.

• An Orc Necromancer escapes the board as soon as it activates

on its escape Spawn Zone. Replace the Orc Necromancer
Spawn token it placed on the board with a standard Zombie
Spawn token. 1- Megan uses a
Combat Spell to kill
the Orc Necromancer.

Its Necromancer 2- Players agree to

Spawn token is remove this Spawn
The Orc
replaced with a Zone, clearing the
Necromancer
regular red Zombie way to the Objective. The Necromancer
activates on its
Spawn token. Spawn token is
escape Spawn
replaced with a
Zone. Remove its
standard, red Zombie
miniature as it
Spawn token.
flees the board.

STEP 3: Good Ending

In special circumstances, all Spawn Zone tokens may

end in the same Zone. In that case, an Orc Necromancer
still comes with an additional Necromancer Spawn
token, but flees as soon as it activates.

STEP 3: Evil Ending

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 NECROMANCER
CABALS COMBAT
PLAYING YOUR CABAL
Necromancer Cabals’ rules allow you to play with multiple
Necromancers at once during your Zombicide: Green
W e are not on a battlefield. We face
zombies in our ravaged villages, in
forests, on muddy ground. We can’t even talk of a
Horde games. To use these rules, you require extra special proper war, perhaps only about resistance. A very
Necromancers, such as the ones included in some of the
Special Guest Boxes (sold separately). active and angry resistance, against a very active
and angry invader.
1. Create your own Necromancer Cabal during Game Setup:
Choose the Necromancers you want your Survivor team to
face (the more, the deadlier!). Sort out the 6 Orc Necromancer  hen a Survivor performs a Melee, Ranged,
W
cards from the Zombie pile, and replace them in any Magic, or Siege Action to attack Orc Zombies, roll
combination you see fit with your favorite Necromancer as many dice as the Dice number of the weapon,
cards. Replace these 6 tailored cards in the Zombie pile and Dice symbol Combat spell, or Siege Engine being used.
shuffle. You’re ready to go against the Cabal!
If the active Survivor has 2 identical weapons
EXAMPLE: Your group owns 2 Orc Necromancer miniatures or Combat spells with the Dual symbol
along with Ostokar and To-Me Ku-Pa. You choose to play all 4, equipped in Hands, they can use both weapons
and tailor your 6-card Cabal this way: Orc Necromancer (x3), Dual symbol at the same time at the cost of a single Action.
Ostokar (x2) and To-Me Ku-Pa (x1). You could choose any other For Ranged and Magic Actions, both weapons/
card combination. To-Me Ku-Pa will only appear once in a while, spells must be aimed at the same Zone.
but his special rules will make it spectacular!
EXAMPLE 1: Johannes has 2 Repeating Crossbows in his Hands.
2. Use the Necromancer rules to Spawn and Move The Repeating Crossbow has the Dual symbol, so Johannes can
Necromancers. Use the colors of the Necromancer Spawn shoot them both simultaneously. This allows him to roll 6 dice in
Zones to track where each of them spawned, and to determine a single Ranged Action, as each Repeating Crossbow has a Dice
its escape Spawn Zone. number of 3!
Remember: Drawing a Necromancer Zombie card also gives
an extra Activation to all other Necromancers on the board.

EXAMPLE: An Orc Necromancer, Ostokar, and To-Me Ku-Pa are

already on the board. You draw an Orc Necromancer card. Put Dual
an Orc Necromancer miniature in the Zone you just spawned in, symbol
along with its additional Necromancer Spawn Zone (don’t forget
to fill the Horde as well). All 3 other Necromancers get an extra
Activation. The end is near!

3. Beware the dark ritual! Necromancers standing at Range

0-1 from each other at the end of a Zombies’ Phase flee the
board as if they escaped through their escape Spawn Zone.
Replace the Necromancer Spawn tokens they placed on the
board with standard Zombie Spawn tokens.

4. Each of the special Necromancers have special rules

written on their Zombie cards. These rules are in effect from
Dice value: 3
the moment they enter the board until they flee or die.

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EXAMPLE 2: Asim is holding 2 Curved Daggers. As they are EXAMPLE: Johannes unloads his 2 Repeating Crossbows on 3
identical weapons with the Dual symbol, he can strike with them Orc Walkers guarding an Orc Fatty and scores 5 hits. The first
both at once. In theory, he would roll 2 dice (1 for each Dagger). 3 shots easily blow away the Orc Walkers. However, the Orc
However, each Curved Dagger gives a bonus of +1 Die to another Fatty takes the 2 remaining hits with no consequences, as the
hand-held Melee weapon. The bonus here is reciprocal, so each Repeating Crossbow only inflicts Damage 1.
Dagger has a Dice value of 2, for a total of 4 dice in Dual wielding! Seli arrives to finish the job with her Norse Sword. She only hits
once, but the Norse Sword inflicts 2 Damage, which is enough to
kill that Fatty!
If there had been 2 Orc Runners instead of a Fatty, a single
hit with the Norse Sword would not have eliminated the 2 Orc
Runners. Each successful hit can only take out 1 target. Any
remaining Damage is overkill and wasted.

MELEE ACTION
Special
effect

Dice value: 1

 ach die result that equals or exceeds the

E
Accuracy number of the weapon scores a
successful hit.
Accuracy
symbol

ach hit inflicts the amount of Damage

E
specified by the Damage value of the weapon to A Survivor holding a Melee weapon (a weapon with a max
a single target. Range of 0) in Hand can attack a Zombie in their own Zone.
Damage Each die that rolls equal to or higher than the Accuracy value
symbol on the weapon’s card is a successful hit. The player divides
their hits as they wish among the possible targets in the Zone.
• Orc Walkers, Orc Runners, and Orc Necromancers are killed Missed Melee strikes cannot cause Friendly Fire (see P. 35).
with a Damage 1 hit (or more).
• Orc Fatties are killed with a Damage 2 hit (or more). It does not EXAMPLE: Berin attacks an Orc Walker, an Orc Runner, and an
matter how many hits you obtain with a weapon that inflicts Orc Fatty with his Scimitar. He rolls a • and •, which means 2
Damage 1. An Orc Fatty will absorb the hits without flinching. hits. He decides to kill the Orc Runner and the Orc Walker, as the
• Orc Abominations are killed with a Damage 3 hit (or more). Scimitar’s Damage value is not high enough to kill the Orc Fatty.
As no weapon naturally has Damage 3 in Zombicide: Green Though Rolf is also in the same Zone, he is safe from Berin’s slashes.
Horde, you’ll have to destroy the monster with Dragon Fire
(see P. 36) or the Trebuchet (see P. 35).

THREE HANDS?
Putting the proper Equipment card in their Body
space, a Survivor could effectively be considered as
having 3 cards equipped in Hand. For obvious reasons,
they can only use 2 of them at any given time. Choose
any combination of 2 among these 3 before resolving
Actions or rolls involving the Survivor.

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 RANGED ACTION Targeting Priority Order

When using a Ranged weapon (even at Range 0), the shooting

Survivor does not choose the targets hit by successful rolls.
Hits are assigned to Actors in the targeted Zone according to
this Targeting Priority Order:

1 – Orc Walker
2 – Orc Fatty or Orc Abomination (the shooter chooses)
3 – Orc Runner
4 – Orc Necromancer

The hits are assigned to targets of the lowest priority until

they’ve all been eliminated, then to targets of the next priority
until they’ve all been eliminated, and so on. If several targets
share the same Targeting Priority Order, players choose the
targets hit among them.

A Survivor holding a Ranged weapon (a weapon with a max

MIN DAMAGE
Range of 1 or more) in Hand can shoot at a Zone they can see

TO DESTROY

EXPERIENCE
TARGETING
(see Line of Sight, P. 10) and that is within the weapon’s Range.

PRIORITY

ACTIONS

POINTS
Remember:

NAME
- Inside a building, the Line of Sight is limited to the Zones
that share an opening and just 1 Zone away.
- Hedges block Line Of Sight (see P. 37).
- Missed shots can cause Friendly Fire (see P. 35), so aim

1
carefully!
Orc Walker 1 1 1
The Range of a weapon, indicated by the Range
value on its card, is the number of Zones it can
shoot across.
Range Orc Fatty /
symbol 2 Orc Abomination
1 2/3 1/5

The first of the 2 values shows the minimum Range. The

weapon may not shoot at Zones closer than the minimum. In
some cases, this is 0, meaning the Survivor can shoot at targets
in the Zone they currently occupy (it is still a Ranged Action).
The second value shows the maximum Range of the weapon. 3 Orc Runner 2 1 1
A weapon cannot fire at Zones beyond its maximum Range.

EXAMPLE: The Longbow has a Range of 1-3, which means it can

shoot up to 3 Zones away but can’t be used in the same Zone
as the Survivor. The Hand Crossbow has a Range of 0-1, which
means it can shoot targets in its owner’s current Zone or at an
4 Orc Necromancer 1 1 1

adjacent Zone.

When a Zone is chosen for a Ranged Action, ignore any Actors EXAMPLE: Armed with 2 Hand Crossbows (Range 0-1, Dice 2,
in the Zones between the shooter and the target. This means Accuracy 3+, Damage 1, Dual Ranged weapons), Seli shoots at 2
Survivors may shoot through occupied Zones without danger Orc Walkers, 1 Orc Fatty, and 2 Orc Runners standing 1 Zone
to either fellow Survivors or Zombies. A Survivor can even away. She rolls 4 dice (2 for each Hand Crossbow, Dual weapons)
shoot at another Zone while there are Orc Zombies in their and gets: •, •, •, and •. The Hand Crossbows hit on 3, 4, 5, or
Zone! 6, which means 3 hits. The first 2 kill both Orc Walkers, as they
are first in the Targeting Priority Order. The last hit lands on the
Orc Fatty, but doesn’t kill it, since a Damage value of 2 is required
to eliminate an Orc Fatty.

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Friendly Fire EXAMPLE: Seli holds 2 Hand Crossbows at the beginning of her
Turn. She unloads them both with her first Action, reloads them
Oooops. with her second Action, then fires them off again with the third.
The Hand Crossbows are now empty.
– Your (former) best friend At the End Phase, both Hand Crossbows are reloaded for free.

A Survivor can’t hit themselves with their own attacks.

However, emergency situations can call for Ranged, Magic, or MAGIC ACTION
Siege Actions aimed at a Zone where a teammate is stuck.

In that case, misses on the attack roll automatically land on

Survivors standing in the target Zone. Assign these Friendly
Fire hits in any way you want.
Armor rolls are allowed, successes cancelling Friendly Fire
hits on a 1-to-1 basis. Each remaining Friendly Fire hit
inflicts on the Survivor as many Wounds as the Damage
value of the weapon (or Combat spell) used.
Remember: Friendly Fire doesn’t apply to Melee Actions.
Killing a Survivor earns no experience.

EXAMPLE 1: Johannes shoots with a Crossbow (Dice 2, Accuracy

4+, Damage 2) at a Zone containing Berin and 2 Orc Walkers.
He rolls • and •: 1 hit and 1 miss! The hit kills an Orc Walker,
and the miss means a bolt hits his fellow Survivor. Berin endures
2 Wounds. Ouch.
A Survivor equipped with a Combat spell (a spell with
EXAMPLE 2: In an emergency, Megan casts a dual Telekinetic Combat characteristics) in Hand can blast a Zone they can
Blast (Dice 1+1, Accuracy 4+, Damage 1) at a Zone where Seli see (and within the spell’s Range). Magic Actions share the
and an Orc Runner stand. She rolls • and •, 2 successes! One same rules as Ranged Actions.
is enough to kill the Orc Runner. The other success is lost. Only
missed shots are assigned to Survivors, so Seli is safe.
FIRING A TREBUCHET
EXAMPLE 3: Seli shoots a Hand Crossbow (Range 0-1, Dice 2,
Accuracy 3+, Damage 1) in her own Zone, where she stands along For 3 Actions, the Survivor loads and fires the Trebuchet
Rolf and 2 Orc Walkers. She rolls • and •, 1 success and 1 miss. standing in their Zone. This Action does not benefit from
The success kills an Orc Walker. The botched bolt automatically additional Skills and game effects related to Combat Actions.
lands on Rolf, as a Survivor can’t hit themselves with their own Firing the Trebuchet does not produce Noise.
attacks. Rolf endures a Wound.
1. The player designates any Zone on the board, at Range 2 or
Reloadable Weapons more, as a target (it can even be a building Zone). No Line Of
Sight is required.
While most weapons can be used repeatedly, a few, like the
Hand Crossbow, require spending an Action to reload them 2. Choose which ammunition type you want to use (all 3 are
between shots if you want to fire multiple times in the always available), then perform an attack:
same Game Round. You can turn the card upside down to - Scattershot. 6 dice. Accuracy 4+. Damage 1.
remember that the weapon is empty and needs to reload to - Grapeshot. 3 dice. Accuracy 4+. Damage 2.
fire again. At the End Phase of the Game Round, all such - Boulder. 1 die. Accuracy 4+. Damage 3.
weapons are freely reloaded, so that they always start the The Accuracy is lowered to 3+ if any Survivor (not necessarily
Round ready to fire. the shooter!) has a Line Of Sight on the target Zone.
• If such a weapon is fired and passed to another Survivor
without reloading, it must still be reloaded before the new 3. Hits and casualties are applied as per standard rules.
owner can use it in the same Game Round. Targeting Priority Order and Friendly Fire apply.
• When equipped with 2 identical Dual weapons that require
reloading, a single Action reloads both. Bombarding the Horde: The Trebuchet can be used to shoot
• Survivors may fire a single Dual reloadable weapon at a Zone at the Horde. In that case, treat all Zombies set aside in the
and then execute another Ranged Action to fire at another Horde as standing in a single Zone (there is no Line Of Sight
Zone with the other Dual reloadable weapon. on the Horde). Targeting Priority Order applies.

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 DRAGON FIRE Later, another Action can be spent to discard a Torch card from
Hand and ignite a Dragon Bile pool at Range 0-1 within Line
When all else fails, call upon dragons. Of Sight, creating a Dragon Fire. Every Actor and Siege Engine
in the token’s Zone is killed/destroyed, no matter its Damage
– Megan threshold, Armor values, or remaining Wounds. Dragon Fire
produces no Noise.
The Dragon Bile pool is then removed, and the Survivor who
threw the Torch earns all applicable Experience Points.
Use Dragon Fire to set blazing Zombie traps! If all Dragon Bile
tokens are already on the board and you need to set a new
one, choose one of them and move it to the new Zone.

Surrounded by Zombies, Asim throws a Dragon

Bile bottle in his own Zone. A Dragon Bile
Dragon Bile pools can be ignited with a Torch. token is set. Then Asim Moves away.

At the cost of 1 Action, a Dragon Bile card can be discarded

from Hand to put a Dragon Bile pool at Range 0-1 of the
Survivor, and within Line Of Sight.

All Zombies moved to chase Asim. The Survivor

now throws his Torch in the Dragon Bile, creating

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Dragon Fire! All Zombies in the token’s Zone are
eliminated. Asim earns all the Experience Points!

GREEN HORDE - RULES

 BARRIERS,
HEDGES,
& WATERHOLES
Zombicide: Green Horde features a countryside environment
with few buildings. High Hedges border fields and gardens. •
H edges interrupt Lines Of Sight (for Survivors and
The region’s stormy weather creates Waterholes of varying Zombies alike). Actors standing on a tower Zone (see the
shapes and sizes, bordered by Banks and Ledges. Wulfsburg expansion) are not affected by this rule.

• Roll a die whenever a Survivor crosses a Hedge without any

BARRIERS Survivor having a Line Of Sight to the destination Zone.
On a •, add an Orc Walker in the destination Zone (it was
wandering around, unseen so far). This Spawn has no effect
on the Horde but can trigger extra Activations if you run
out of miniatures (see P. 29).

• Additional Hedges can be created by putting Hedge tokens

on straight borders between 2 Zones. Use them in a strategic
way to introduce variations to your favorite Quests and to
create your own custom Quests!
Barriers are set on straight borders between 2 Zones,
preventing Move Actions/Steps between those Zones, WATERHOLE ZONES
without blocking Lines Of Sight. They are useful to trap
Zombies and thin their ranks with Ranged attacks. Waterhole Zones represent Street Zones where Actors stand
waist-deep in water. Most of them connect with dry Zones
• Survivors can’t Move through a Barrier. However, they can either via Banks or Ledges.
still perform Actions (Magic Actions, Ranged Actions, etc.) A Bank represents a smooth, easy passage from the Waterhole
and use Skills (Jump, etc.) with Line Of Sight requirements to a dry Zone. Their common border is designed as a gradual,
through Barriers. irregular shore. It’s light and foamy.
A Ledge represents a steep division between the Waterhole
•
Barriers are obstacles that prevent Zombies’ Move Step. and a dry Zone. Their common border is designed as a strict,
They redefine their route around the Barriers to reach their dark divide.
destination Zone. If no other route can be taken to reach
their destination Zone, adjacent Zombies destroy the
Barrier, for free, before performing their Move Step. Remove A dark, straight divide? It’s a Ledge!
the Barrier token before moving Zombies. Zombies can’t leave through it. Survivors
spend an extra Action to leave through it.
• Quest descriptions may feature additional rules for Barriers.

HEDGES
Always plan for a fight when crossing hedges, for This is a
no one knows what lurks behind. Do not be satisfied Waterhole
Zone. It slows
with being a survivor, become a predator! down Survivors.

- Rolf
A light, gradual
Hedges are printed on tiles and are also available as tokens to shore? It’s a
customize the layouts of Quests. Shortening Lines Of Sight Bank! Easy route
in a significant way, Hedges play a major role in Movement, for everyone.
Ranged Combat in any form, and defining Zombie routes.
They literally allow Survivors and Zombies to play a deadly
game of hide-and-seek with each other.

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 Actors can move from a dry Zone into a Waterhole Zone normally, The Orc Zombie faces a
with no special restrictions. However, performing an Action Ledge, preventing it from
to leave a Waterhole Zone has different results depending on reaching Asim. The Zombie
the destination and what’s at the edge of the Waterhole: traces its route all around
the block, crossing the
LEAVING A WATERHOLE ZONE
Bank through the southern
TO ANOTHER door to reach its target.
THROUGH THROUGH
WATERHOLE
A BANK A LEDGE
ZONE
SURVIVOR

Spend an Spend an
additional No penalty additional
Action Action

Zombies can’t
ZOMBIE

leave through
No penalty No penalty
a Ledge. Select
another route. This Orc Zombie is in
the same situation
but faces a Bank.
•
Other features on the common border still apply: walls It can reach Megan
prevent Movement and Line Of Sight, Hedges prevent Lines in a straight line.
of Sight, etc.

• Survivors benefitting from the Speed Enchantment ignore

Waterhole effects.

•
Siege Engines are destroyed whenever they are set in a
Waterhole Zone. Remove the miniature.

• Dragon Fire (from any origin) has no effect in Waterhole Zones.

• Actors moving from a dry Zone to a Waterhole Zone, whether

it is through a Bank or a Ledge, follow the normal movement
rules with no special limitations.

The examples below highlight the Banks and Ledges around

the Waterholes, and how they affect gameplay.

The Bank is the only

route for both these Orc
Zombies to reach Rolf.
They can’t cross Ledges!

This Zombie can cross a

Ledge to go from dry land
to a Waterhole but not
the other way around.

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 ULTRARED PLAYING WITH
MODE 7+ SURVIVORS
Zombicide has an expanding gallery of Survivors to play with.
Zombies may be strong, but they are dead and, as Sooner or later, you may be tempted to try playing with more
than 6 Survivors. To do so, you’ll need the extra Survivor
far as I know, the dead can’t learn from experience. dashboards, plastic markers, color bases, and Starting
On the other hand, we survivors are few, but we Equipment cards contained in expansions that are sold
use our will to live to fight back, learn… and evolve. separately, such as Wulfsburg and the Hero Box.
Playing with an increased number of Survivors (or players!)
– Seli is quite easy. Follow these guidelines, and adjust them to fit
your challenge level.
The Ultrared mode allows your Survivors to gain Experience
Points beyond the Red Danger Level and pick up additional
Skills. This mode is great to reach amazing body counts and
complete very large boards.

Ultrared Mode: When your Survivor reaches the Red Level,

move the experience tracker back to 0 and add any Expe­r ience
Points gained past the minimum required to hit the Red
Level. Your Survivor is still on the Red Level and keeps their
Skills. Count additional Experience Points as usual and
gain unselected Skills upon reaching Danger Levels again.
When all the Survivor’s Skills have been selected, choose a
Skill among all of the Zombicide: Green Horde Skills (except
those featuring brackets, such as Starts with [Equipment], for
example) upon reaching Orange and then Red Level. • For each Survivor above the sixth, add 1 additional Starting
Equipment card from the expansion to the pool of cards
EXAMPLE: Seli just earned her 43rd Experience Point, getting that will be distributed among Survivors during Setup.
to the Red Level. She has the following Skills: Jump (Blue), +1
Action (Yellow), +1 free Melee Action (Orange), and +1 free Move •
Add 1 additional Zombie Spawn token per 2 Survivors
Action (Red). above the sixth (rounded up). Stack these additional Spawn
The player moves the experience tracker back to the start as tokens in the same Zones as existing ones or in any new
the zombicide continues. Seli is still at Red Level and keeps on Spawn Zone of your choice, if you have several available.
earning Experience Points as she kills Zombies. Yes, that means some Zones will double or even triple their
Seli doesn’t get an additional Skill upon reaching the Blue and spawn rate!
Yellow Levels for the second time since she has all available Skills
for these Levels. Upon reaching the Orange Level again, she gains • In a 6-Survivors game, once there are 6 Zombie Spawn
“Hit & run”, her second Orange Level Skill. Reaching the Red Level tokens on the board, the game is over if a Necromancer
again, the player chooses a new Skill among the 2 remaining ones escapes. This Spawn token limit is increased by 1 for every 2
for this Level and goes for “Zombie link”. The experience counter Survivors above the sixth (rounded up).
returns to the start.
During her third go through the experience bar, Seli doesn’t get
any Skill at Blue, Yellow, or Orange Levels, as she already has ADDITIONAL SPAWN
them all. Upon reaching the Red Level for the third time, she earns # SURVIVORS SPAWN TOKENS TOKEN LIMIT
the last Red Level Skill: “Roll 6: +1 die Combat”. The experience
counter goes to the start again. Up to 6 0 6
From now on, Seli still earns Experience Points and gets a player-
chosen Skill every time she reaches the Orange Level, and then 7-8 1 7
another upon reaching the Red Level.
9-10 2 8

11-12 3 9

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 +1 free Combat Action – The Survivor has 1 extra free
Combat Action. This Action may only be used for Melee,

SKILLS Ranged, or Magic Actions.

+1 free Enchantment Action – The Survivor has 1 extra

Each Survivor in Zombicide: Green Horde has specific Skills free Enchantment Action. This Action may only be used for
with effects described in this section. In case of a conflict Enchantment Actions.
with the general rules, the Skill rules have priority.
The effects of the following Skills and/or bonuses are +1 free Magic Action – The Survivor has 1 extra free Magic
immediate and may be used the Turn in which they are Action. This Action may only be used for Magic Actions.
acquired. This means that if an Action causes a Survivor to
level up and gain a Skill, that Skill may be used immediately +1 free Melee Action – The Survivor has 1 extra free Melee
if the Survivor has any Actions remaining (or the Survivor Action. This Action may only be used for a Melee Action.
may use any extra Actions the Skill grants).
+1 free Move Action – The Survivor has 1 extra free Move
+1 Action – The Survivor has an extra Action they may use Action. This Action may only be used as a Move Action.
as they please.

+1 Damage: [Type] – The Survivor gets a +1 Damage bonus with

the specified type of Combat Action (Magic, Melee, or Ranged).

+1 Damage with [Equipment] – The Survivor gets a +1

Damage bonus with the specified Equipment.

+1 to dice roll: Combat – The Survivor adds 1 to the result

of each die they roll on a Combat Action (Melee, Ranged, or
Magic). The maximum result is always 6.

+1 to dice roll: Magic – The Survivor adds 1 to the result of

each die they roll on a Magic Action. The maximum result is
always 6. +1 free Ranged Action – The Survivor has 1 extra free Ranged
Action. This Action may only be used as a Ranged Action.
+1 to dice roll: Melee – The Survivor adds 1 to the result of
each die they roll on a Melee Action. The maximum result is +1 free Search Action – The Survivor has 1 extra free Search
always 6. Action. This Action may only be used to Search, and the
Survivor can still only Search once per Turn.
+1 to dice roll: Ranged – The Survivor adds 1 to the result of
each die they roll on a Ranged Action. The maximum result +1 max Range – The Survivor’s Ranged weapons and Combat
is always 6. spells’ maximum Range is increased by 1.

+1 die: Combat – The Survivor’s weapons and Combat spells +1 Zone per Move – The Survivor can move through 1 extra
roll an extra die in Combat (Melee, Ranged, or Magic). Dual Zone each time they perform a Move Action. This Skill stacks
weapons and spells each gain a die, for a total of +2 dice per with other effects benefiting Move Actions. Entering a Zone
Dual Combat Action. containing Zombies still ends the Survivor’s Move Action.

+1 die: Magic – The Survivor’s Combat spells roll an extra die 2 Zones per Move Action – When the Survivor spends 1
for Magic Actions. Dual Combat spells each gain a die, for a Action to Move, they can Move 1 or 2 Zones instead of 1.
total of +2 dice per Dual Magic Action. Entering a Zone containing Zombies still ends the Survivor’s
Move Action.
+1 die: Melee – The Survivor’s Melee weapons roll an extra
die for Melee Actions. Dual Melee weapons each gain a die, Ambidextrous – The Survivor treats all Combat spells, Melee,
for a total of +2 dice per Dual Melee Action. and Ranged weapons as if they had the Dual symbol.

+1 die: Ranged – The Survivor’s Ranged weapons roll an extra Barbarian – When resolving a Melee Action, the Survivor may
die for Ranged Actions. Dual Ranged weapons each gain a substitute the Dice number of the Melee weapon(s) they use
die, for a total of +2 dice per Dual Ranged Action. with the number of Zombies standing in the targeted Zone.
Skills affecting the dice value, like +1 die: Melee, still apply.

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Battle rage – The Survivor gains an extra die to roll for Destiny – The Survivor can use this Skill once per Turn when
subsequent Melee Actions whenever they kill at least 1 they reveal an Equipment card they drew. They can ignore
Zombie with a Melee Action. The bonus is cumulative if the and discard that card, then draw another Equipment card.
Survivor gets at least 1 Zombie kill in the subsequent Melee
Actions and applies until the end of the Survivor’s Activation. Double casting – Every time the Survivor performs an
Enchantment Action, they can select an extra target for the
Blitz – Each time the Survivor kills the last Zombie in a Zone, same Enchantment for free. First, designate both targets,
they get 1 free Move Action to use immediately. then resolve one application after the other, in any order.

Bloodlust: Combat – Spend 1 Action with the Survivor: they Free reload – The Survivor reloads reloadable weapons (Hand
Move up to 2 Zones to a Zone containing at least 1 Zombie. Crossbows, for example) for free.
They then gain 1 free Combat Action (Melee, Ranged, or Magic).
Frenzy: Combat – All weapons and Combat spells the
Bloodlust: Magic – Spend 1 Action with the Survivor: they Survivor carries gain +1 die per Wound the Survivor suffers.
Move up to 2 Zones to a Zone containing at least 1 Zombie. Dual weapons and spells each gain a die, for a total of +2 dice
They then gain 1 free Magic Action to use immediately. per Wound and per Dual Combat Action (Melee, Ranged, or
Magic).
Bloodlust: Melee – Spend 1 Action with the Survivor: they
Move up to 2 Zones to a Zone containing at least 1 Zombie. Frenzy: Magic – Combat spells the Survivor carries gain
They then gain 1 free Melee Action to use immediately. +1 die per Wound the Survivor suffers. Dual Combat spells
each gain a die, for a total of +2 dice per Wound and per Dual
Bloodlust: Ranged – Spend 1 Action with the Survivor: they Magic Action.
Move up to 2 Zones to a Zone containing at least 1 Zombie.
They then gain 1 free Ranged Action to use immediately.

Born leader – During the Survivor’s Turn, the

Survivor may give 1 free Action to another
Survivor to use as they please. This Action must be
used during the recipient’s next Turn or it is lost.

Break-in – In order to open doors, the Survivor rolls no dice

and needs no Equipment (but still spends an Action to do so).
They don’t make Noise while using this Skill. However, other
prerequisites still apply (such as taking a designated
Objective before a door can be opened). Moreover, the
Survivor gains 1 extra free Action that can only be
used to open doors.

Brother in arms: [game effect] – The Survivor

can use this Skill whenever standing in the
same Zone as at least 1 other Survivor. As
long as Brother in arms is active, each
Survivor in the Zone (including the one
with this Skill) benefits from the indicated
Skill or game effect.

Charge – The Survivor can use this Skill for

free, as often as they please, during each of
their Turns: they move up to 2 Zones to a Zone
containing at least 1 Zombie. Normal Movement
rules still apply. Entering a Zone containing
Zombies still ends the Survivor’s Move
Action.

Collector: [Zombie type] – The Survivor

gains double the experience each time they kill
a Zombie of the specified type.

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 Frenzy: Melee – Melee weapons the Survivor carries gain Jump – The Survivor can use this Skill once during each of their
+1 die per Wound the Survivor suffers. Dual Melee weapons Turns. The Survivor spends 1 Action: they move 2 Zones into
each gain a die, for a total of +2 dice per Wound and per Dual a Zone to which they have Line Of Sight. Movement related
Melee Action. Skills (like +1 Zone per Move Action or Slippery) are ignored,
but Movement penalties (like having Zombies in the starting
Frenzy: Ranged – Ranged weapons the Survivor carries gain Zone) apply. Ignore everything in the intervening Zone.
+1 die per Wound the Survivor suffers. Dual Ranged weapons
each gain a die, for a total of +2 dice per Wound and per Dual Lifesaver – The Survivor can use this Skill, for free, once
Ranged Action. during each of their Turns. Select a Zone containing at least
1 Zombie at Range 1 from your Survivor. Choose Survivors
Hit & Run – The Survivor can use this Skill for free, just after in the selected Zone to be dragged to your Survivor’s Zone
they resolved a Magic, Melee, or Ranged Action resulting without penalty. This is not a Move Action. A Survivor can
in at least 1 Zombie kill. They can then resolve a free Move decline the rescue and stay in the selected Zone if their
Action. The Survivor benefits from the effects of the Slippery controller chooses. Both Zones need to share a clear path.
Skill for this Move Action. A Survivor can’t cross closed doors or walls and can’t be
extracted into or out of a Vault (see Zombicide: Black Plague).
Hold Your Nose – This Skill can be used once per Turn. The They can cross Barriers and Hedges, though.
Survivor gets a free Search Action in the Zone if they have
eliminated a Zombie (even in a Street Zone or Vault - see Low Profile – The Survivor can’t get hit by Survivors’ Magic
Zombicide: Black Plague) in the same Game Round. This Action and Ranged Actions (Siege Actions still apply). Ignore them
may only be used to Search, and the Survivor can still only when casting a Combat spell or shooting in the Zone they
Search once per Turn. stand in. Game effects that kill everything in the targeted
Zone, like Dragon Fire, still kill them, though.
Ironclad: [Zombie type] – The Survivor ignores all Wounds
coming from Zombies having the indicated keyword in its Lucky – The Survivor can re-roll once all the dice for each
name (such as “Walker”, “Runner”, etc.). “Ironclad: Walker” Action (or Armor roll) they take. The new result takes the
works with Orc Walkers, for example. place of the previous one. This Skill stacks with the effects of
other Skills and Equipment that allows re-rolls.
Iron Hide – The Survivor can make Armor rolls with a 5+
Armor value, even when they are not wearing armor on their Mana Rain – When resolving a Magic Action, the Survivor
Body slot. When wearing armor, the Survivor adds 1 to the may substitute the Dice number of the Combat spell(s) they
result of each die they roll for Armor rolls. The maximum use with the number of Zombies standing in the targeted Zone.
result is always 6. Skills affecting the dice value, like +1 die: Magic, still apply.

Marksman – The Survivor may freely choose the targets of all

their Magic and Ranged Actions. Misses don’t hit Survivors.

Matching Set! – When a Survivor performs a Search Action

and draws an Equipment card with the Dual symbol, they
can immediately take a second card of the same type from
the Equipment deck. Shuffle the deck afterward.

Point-Blank – The Survivor can perform Ranged and Magic

Actions in their own Zone, no matter the minimum Range.
When resolving a Magic or Ranged Action at Range 0, the
Survivor freely chooses the targets and can kill any type of
Zombies. Their Combat spells and Ranged weapons still need
Iron Rain – When resolving a Ranged Action, the Survivor to inflict enough Damage to kill the targets. Misses don’t hit
may substitute the Dice number of the Ranged weapon(s) Survivors.
they use with the number of Zombies standing in the
targeted Zone. Skills affecting the dice value, like +1 die: Reaper: Combat – Use this Skill when assigning hits while
Ranged, still apply. resolving a Melee, Ranged, or Magic Action. 1 of these hits
can freely kill 1 additional identical Zombie in the same Zone.
Is That All You’ve Got? – You can use this Skill any time the Only a single additional Zombie can be killed per Action
Survivor is about to get Wounded. Discard 1 Equipment card when using this Skill. The Survivor gains the experience for
in your Survivor’s inventory for each Wound they’re about to the additional Zombie.
receive. Negate 1 Wound per discarded Equipment card.

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Reaper: Magic – Use this Skill when assigning hits while Scavenger – The Survivor can Search in any Zone free of
resolving a Magic Action. 1 of these hits can freely kill an Zombies. This includes street Zones, Waterhole Zones, etc.
additional identical Zombie in the same Zone. Only a single
additional Zombie can be killed per Action when using this Skill. Search: +1 card – Draw 1 extra card when Searching with
The Survivor gains the experience for the additional Zombie. this Survivor.

Reaper: Melee – Use this Skill when assigning hits while Shove – The Survivor can use this Skill, for free, once during
resolving a Melee Action. 1 of these hits can freely kill an each of their Turns. Select a Zone at Range 1 from your
additional identical Zombie in the same Zone. Only a single Survivor. All Zombies standing in your Survivor’s Zone are
additional Zombie can be killed per Action when using this Skill. pushed to the selected Zone. This is not a Movement. Both
The Survivor gains the experience for the additional Zombie. Zones need to share a clear path. A Zombie can’t cross closed
doors, ramparts (see the Wulfsburg expansion), or walls,
Reaper: Ranged – Use this Skill when assigning hits while but can be shoved in or out of a Vault (see Black Plague), a
resolving a Ranged Action. 1 of these hits can freely kill an Waterhole Zone, and through a Barrier or Hedge.
additional identical Zombie in the same Zone. Only a single
additional Zombie can be killed per Action when using this Skill. Slippery – The Survivor does not spend extra Actions when
The Survivor gains the experience for the additional Zombie. they perform a Move Action out of a Zone containing
Zombies. Entering a Zone containing Zombies still ends the
Regeneration – At the end of each Game Round, remove all Survivor’s Move Action.
Wounds the Survivor received. Regeneration doesn’t work if
the Survivor has been eliminated.

Roll 6: +1 die Combat – You may roll an additional die for

each 6 rolled on any Melee, Ranged, or Magic Action. Keep
on rolling additional dice as long as you keep getting 6. Game
effects that allow re-rolls (the Plenty Of Arrows Equipment
card, for example) must be used before rolling any additional
dice for this Skill.

Roll 6: +1 die Magic – You may roll an additional die for each
6 rolled on a Magic Action. Keep on rolling additional dice as
long as you keep getting 6. Game effects that allow re-rolls
must be used before rolling any additional dice for this Skill.

Roll 6: +1 die Melee – You may roll an additional die for each Spellbook – All Combat spells and Enchantments in the
6 rolled on a Melee Action. Keep on rolling additional dice as Survivor’s Backpack are considered equipped in Hand. With
long as you keep getting 6. Game effects that allow re-rolls this Skill, a Survivor could effectively be considered as having
must be used before rolling any additional dice for this Skill. several Combat spells and Enchantments cards equipped in
Hand. For obvious reasons, they can only use 2 identical Dual
Roll 6: +1 die Ranged – You may roll an additional die for Combat Spells at any given time. Choose any combination
each 6 rolled on a Ranged Action. Keep on rolling additional of 2 before resolving Actions or rolls involving the Survivor.
dice as long as you keep getting 6. Game effects that allow
re-rolls must be used before rolling any additional dice for Spellcaster – The Survivor has 1 extra free Action.
this Skill. This Action may only be used for a Magic Action or an
Enchantment Action.
Rotten – At the end of their Turn, if the Survivor
has not resolved any Combat Action (Melee, Sprint – The Survivor can use this Skill once during each
Ranged, or Magic), not Fired a Siege Engine, and of their Turns. Spend 1 Move Action with the Survivor:
not produced a Noise token, place a Rotten token they may move 2 or 3 Zones instead of 1. Entering a Zone
next to their base. As long as they have this token, they are containing Zombies still ends the Survivor’s Move Action.
totally ignored by all Zombies and are not considered a Noise
token. Zombies don’t attack them and will even walk past Super Strength – Consider the Damage value of Melee
them. The Survivor loses their Rotten token if they resolve weapons used by the Survivor to be 3.
any kind of Combat Action (Melee, Ranged, or Magic), Fire
a Siege Engine, or makes noise. Even with the Rotten token, Starts with a [Equipment] – The Survivor begins the game
the Survivor still has to spend extra Actions to move out of a with the indicated Equipment. Its card is automatically
Zone crowded with Zombies. assigned to them during Setup.

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 Steady Hand – The Survivor can ignore other Survivors of
their choosing when missing with a Magic or Ranged Action.
The Skill does not apply to game effects killing everything in
the targeted Zone (such as a Dragon Fire, for example).

Swordmaster – The Survivor treats all Melee weapons as if

they had the Dual symbol.

Tactician – The Survivor’s Turn can be resolved anytime

during the Players’ Phase, before or after any other Survivor’s
Turn. If several Survivors benefit from this Skill at the same
time, choose their Turn order.

Taunt – The Survivor can use this Skill, for free, once during
each of their Turns. Select a Zone your Survivor can see. All
Zombies standing in the selected Zone immediately gain
an extra Activation: they try to reach the taunting Survivor
by any means available. Taunted Zombies ignore all other
Survivors. They do not attack them and leave the Zone they
are standing in if needed to reach the taunting Survivor.

Tough – The Survivor ignores the first Wound they receive

from a single Zombie every Zombies’ Phase.

Transmutation – The Survivor can use this Skill as often as

they please, during each of their Turns. Spend 1 Action and
discard an Equipment card from your inventory: draw a new
Equipment card. The Survivor can reorganize their Inventory
for free. This is not a Search Action. "Aaahh!!" cards are
resolved as usual.

Trick Shot – When the Survivor is equipped with Dual

Combat spells or Ranged weapons, they can aim at different
Zones with each spell/weapon in the same Action.

Zombie Link – The Survivor plays an extra Turn each time

an Extra Activation card is drawn from the Zombie pile.
They play before the extra-activated Zombies. If several
Survivors benefit from this Skill at the same time, choose
their Turn order.

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 Skills.....................................................................................16, 54
Spawn...................................................................................22, 28

INDEX Starting Equipment.....................................................................6

Street..............................................................................................9
Targeting Priority...................................................................... 34
Abomination.............................................................................. 18 Trebuchet.............................................................................24, 35
Accuracy...............................................................................14, 33 Vault Artifacts...................................................................... 6, 13
Actions........................................................................................ 21 Walker........................................................................................ 18
Actor...............................................................................................9 Waterhole................................................................................... 37
Armor.......................................................................................... 26 Wounds...................................................................................... 25
Backpack Slot............................................................................ 17 Zombie Activation.................................................................... 25
Barrier......................................................................................... 37 Zombie Attack........................................................................... 25
Body Slot.................................................................................... 17 Zombie Move............................................................................. 26
Building.........................................................................................9 Zombies’ Phase...................................................................... 8, 25
Combat..................................................................................23, 32 Zone................................................................................................9
Combat Spell.............................................................................. 12
Damage.................................................................................14, 33
Danger Level.............................................................................. 16
Dice........................................................................................14, 32
CREDITS
Door Opening......................................................................13, 21 Game designers:
Dragon Fire................................................................................. 36 Raphaël GUITON, Jean-Baptiste LULLIEN, and Nicolas
Dual....................................................................................... 14, 32 RAOULT
Enchantment Action................................................................ 24
End Phase......................................................................................8 Executive Producer:
Thiago ARANHA
Equipment.................................................................................. 12
Experience.................................................................................. 16 Art:
Extra Activation.................................................................. 27, 29 Jérémy MASSON, Nicolas FRUCTUS, and Louise COMBAL
Fatty............................................................................................ 18
Friendly Fire............................................................................... 35
Graphic Design:
Mathieu HARLAUT, Louise COMBAL, and Marc
Hand Slot.............................................................................. 14, 17 BROUILLON
Hedge.......................................................................................... 37
Horde........................................................................................... 19 Sculptors:
Inventory.................................................................................... 17 Patrick MASSON, Thierry MASSON, Elfried PEROCHON,
Edgar SKOMOROWSKI, Remy TREMBLAY, Carles
Line of Sight............................................................................... 10 VAQUERO, Rafal ZELAZO
Magic Action.......................................................................23, 35 RN Estudio: Carlos GARCIA and Rafael NAVAJAS
Melee Action........................................................................23, 33 Bigchild Creatives: Hugo GOMEZ BRIONES, Alejandro
Melee Weapon........................................................................... 13 MUNOZ, Adrian RIO, Africa MIR, Raul FERNANDEZ
Move............................................................................................ 21 ROMO, and Lua GARO
Movement.................................................................................. 11 Editing:
Necromancer........................................................................18, 30 Jason KOEPP and Colin YOUNG
Noise............................................................................... 13, 15, 24
Objectives................................................................................... 24 Publisher:
David PRETI
Orc Zombies............................................................................... 18
Players’ Phase......................................................................... 8, 21 Playtest:
Quests......................................................................................... 40 Leo ALMEIDA, Christophe CHAUVIN, Edgard CHAUVIN,
Range....................................................................................14, 34 Lancelot CHAUVIN, Louise COMBAL, Yuri FANG, Odin
GUITON, Mathieu HARLAUT, Eric NOUHAUT, and Rafal
Ranged Action.....................................................................23, 34
ZELAZO.
Ranged Weapon........................................................................ 12
Reloadable Weapons................................................................. 35 © 2017 CMON Global Limited, all rights reserved. No part of
Reorganize/Trade...................................................................... 23 this product may be reproduced without specific permission.
Guillotine Games, and the Guillotine Games logo are trademarks
Room..............................................................................................9
of Guillotine Games. CMON, and the CMON logo are trademarks
Runner..................................................................................18, 28 of CMON Global Limited. Actual components may vary from those
Search......................................................................................... 21 shown. Made in China.
Setup..............................................................................................6
THIS PRODUCT IS NOT A TOY. NOT INTENDED FOR
Shield.......................................................................................... 26
USE OF PERSONS 13 YEARS OF AGE OR YOUNGER.
Siege Actions.......................................................................24, 35
Silent............................................................................................14

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 GAME ROUND SUMMARY 
 
GAME RULES OVERRIDE THIS ROUND SUMMARY!

a ch G a m e Ro u n d be g in s w it h: hen every pla yer’s finished:

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PLAYERS’ PHASE ZOMBIES’ PHASE
The first player activates all of their Survivors, one after the
other, in any order. When they’re done, the next player’s Turn Step 1– Activation: Attack OR Move
begins. Play clockwise. Each Survivor has 3 Actions to spend, All Zombies spend 1 Action doing 1 of these 2 things:
chosen from the following list. Unless stated otherwise, each
• Zombies in the same Zone as at least 1 Survivor Attack them.
Action may be performed several times per Activation.
• Move: Move 1 Zone (spend extra Actions if there are Zombies). • The Zombies which didn’t Attack, Move.
• Search (1x per Turn): In a Building Zone free of Zombies only. Necromancers follow special rules (see P. 30).
Draw a card from the Equipment deck. Each Zombie favors visible Survivors, then Noise. Choose the
• Open a Door: Spawn Zombies inside a building if it’s the first shortest path. If several paths share the same length, split the
door. Zombies in equal groups.
• Reorganize/Trade: Exchange Equipment with another Survivor
standing in the same Zone. You can trade however you want, it NOTE: Runners get 2 Actions per Activation. Once all Zombies have
doesn't have to be even. taken their first Action, Runners go through the Activation Step
• Combat Action: again to resolve their second Action.
• Magic Action: Equipped Combat spell required.
• Melee Action: Equipped Melee weapon required. Step 2– Spawn
• Ranged Action: Equipped Ranged weapon required. • Always draw Zombie cards for all Spawn Zones in the same
• Enchantment Action: Equipped Enchantment required. order (play clockwise).
• Take or Activate an Objective in the Survivor’s Zone.
• Danger Level used: Highest Danger Level among active
• Make Noise: Put a Noise token in the Survivor’s Zone.
Survivors.
• Do Nothing. All remaining Actions are lost.
• Siege Action: • No more minis of a specified type? All Zombies of specified type
• Moving a Trebuchet (3 Actions): Destroyed in Waterhole. get an extra Activation!
• Firing a Trebuchet (3 Actions): Target a Zone at Range
2+ or the Horde. No Line Of Sight required. Accuracy 3+ if any
Survivor has a Line Of Sight on the target Zone. Choose: END PHASE
- Scattershot. 6 dice. Accuracy 4+. Damage 1. • Remove all Noise tokens from the board.
- Grapeshot. 3 dice. Accuracy 4+. Damage 2.
• The next player receives the First Player token (play clockwise).
- Boulder. 1 die. Accuracy 4+. Damage 3.

TARGETING PRIORITY ORDER

When several targets share the same Targeting Priority Order, the players choose which ones are eliminated first.

TARGETING DAMAGE MIN DAMAGE EXPERIENCE

PRIORITY NAME ACTIONS INFLICTED TO DESTROY POINTS

1 Orc Walker 1 2 1 1

Orc Fatty /
2 Orc Abomination (1)
1 3 2/3 1/5

3 Orc Runner 2 1 1 1

4 Orc Necromancer 1 2 1 1

(1) Abomination: Ignore Armor rolls.