It’s a combination of staid predictability of the baddies and a stochastic inconvenience of the plot related-enemies.

The monsters and baddies have a hierarchy of who they kill or wound, how they move, and where, the only reference for this is on the back of the rulebook in a block of text. Buffy the Vampire Slayer, from Jasco Games, pits the players in the roles of the iconic TV white hats, Buffy, Willow, Xander, Giles, Angel and Spike against the Big Bads of the TV series; The Master, The Mayor, Adam, Glory, Caleb and the First across the city of Sunnydale. In closing, it's a great game marred by one nasty flaw that a lot of game companies keep repeating, and if you keep from wearing it out by playing it any time have people around, it has enough built in variety to stay fresh for a long time.These special actions are a little more complex and take a little longer, for example Xander's special ability lets him and another player both take one action without using one of the action tokens. The game with my wife ended in victory when Giles tossed the necessary tools to Buffy who won the third and final confrontation with the big bad just before the monster swarm devoured enough townies to trigger the hell-mouth. It’s an open information co-op so if you’re playing with others it should be very accessible but maybe a little fiddly to teach.

All the changes also mean that it takes a few plays before you feel like you really understand what’s going on or how to strategise. NOTE: Before contacting us, please make sure you have referred to our FAQ section as your question may have already been answered there! However, occasionally the game will throw you its own moments of minor panic as it spawns a townie in an area thick with the undead and then rings a metaphorical dinner bell.You’re all constantly pulled in several different directions at a time – pest control, protecting the weak, and trying to make some progress towards the end-goal.

If one of those two symbols match the monster of the week’s symbol, the monster dies replaced by a clue token.I think of games that were produced to fill a gap in a product branding campaign rather than because a designer had a great idea that just had to be let out. You won’t be surprised to know then that there’s even less effort shown with regard to considering how that material should work in a context. Fail to protect those who need protecting and your reward will be defeat, the forces of darkness having managed to finally gain a true foothold on Earth. This is quick, and the challenge is getting weapons to do it, or using other special items or abilities. In a four player game, one person plays Willow and Xander, while one person each plays Buffy and Oz.

I was just taking my Hero turns and keeping in mind how Townies can become threatened and not thinking about much else. You’re fighting a series of timers every round but none of them work to give you any moment of horror or alarm. No, your brain won’t be broken by the game, the gameplay is similar to many other co-ops, and there is plenty of randomness, but it delivers an evening of vampire-slaying goodness with some great nods to the show.He acquired a stack of cooperative games because his lovely wife prefers cooperative games over competitive games. Around the board there are life tracks, which you place markers on to keep track of everyone's health (white for good, black for evil).