Shamble-Con

2-4 players 30+ minutes

You and your friends just wanted to play a game, eat some over priced food and get the latest game from your favorite game company. But when you got to the convention, THEY were there. They smell bad. They shamble. And they want your Gaaammesss! These aren't ordinary gamers, they are zombie gamers!

Overview

Players are, well...players visiting a game convention that has been infected with a zombie plague. Players are racing to be the first to reach their objectives and get back out of the con.

Components

200 zombie gamer pawns Gameboard:

15 objective cards:

Each player has in their color (Red, Green, Blue, Yellow):
- 4 gamer pawns
- 15 small discs
- 3 large discs (numbered 1 to 3)
- 1 six sided die

Setup

Each player selects a color, takes the respective pieces and places 1 of their pawns on their starting square. Separate the objective cards into their respective types (game room, company, and concession). Shuffle each stack and deal one of each to each player. Determine a start player. Place all 200 zombies on the board with 2 per small square and 4 per large area excluding the start areas.

Game Play

In turn order, players will be allowed to perform 2 actions with each of their pawns. The available actions are:
1. Knock 'em down.
2. Move 'em.
3. Make a hole.
4. Stand 'em up.

Alternatively, if all of a player's pawns on the board are in one of their objective areas, they may complete an objective using all of the actions from all of their pawns.

1. Knock 'em down

Thankfully, zombie gamers aren't very dangerous. They just get in the way. So you may temporarily knock them down. To do so, the player designates a zombie in their own square or one adjacent as the target and rolls their six sided die and adds +1 for each additional pawn of their color in the same square. The player to the left rolls for the zombie. The lower result loses and is knocked down. If tied both are knocked down. If all of a players pawns are knocked down, the pawns are returned to the last completed objective (or the start square if no objectives have been completed yet).

2. Move 'em

Players may move their pawns only if there is room for the pawn. Small squares have a maximum occupancy of 2 and larger areas are 4. This applies only to standing pawns (hence why you need to knock down the zombies). Players may increase this maximum by one in small squares by laying down small discs (see below in "make a hole"). Players may also move through a contigous line of small discs of their color, but must still abide by the maximum occupancy rules at their destination.

3. Make a hole.

Players may place a small disc in a small square if all zombies in the square are laying down. Each small square can only have one disc in it.

4. Stand 'em up.

If a player's pawn is lying down, that pawn may use an action to stand back up as long as maximum occupancy is still observed.

Achieving an objective

To achieve an objective all of the player's on board pawns must occupy one of their objective spaces. The player determines their die modifier by subtracting the number of their standing pawns from the number of standing zombies in their area. The player rolls the die and then physically modifies the result on the die by their modifier (maximum 6, minimum 1) and places the die on the objective space. This is the number of turns they will be skipped before the activity is completed. Once completed, place a large activity completed disc (in numeric order) on the objective space. Once an objective is completed, place an additional pawn on the board.

Stand up zombies

At the end of their turn each player may stand up a number of zombies equal to the number of pawns they have on board (remember maximum occupancy rules).

End Game

The game ends immediately once a player has achieved all three objectives and gotten all of their pawns back to their start square. That player is declared the winner.

SwagCon

Players: 3-6
Playtime: 20-40 Minutes (Estimated)

Summary:

We all know that one of the top reasons to go to conventions is the free stuff from the vendor hall. At SwagCon the stuff is not only free, but will help you get around to collect more swag! Collect the most swag to win, but watch out for the crowds running around to get their own stuff!

Contents:

1 - Board of the vendor hall layout (24 booths, 20 of which will receive swag)
6 - Player pawns (These take up 1 square and are used to collect swag)
6 - Crowd pawns (These take up 2 squares and are used to block other players)
60 - Swag Chits (average 3 per booth, each with a special ability given to the players who collect them)
24 - Crowd Chits (4 of each player colors)
6 - Rule Summary Cards

Turn Order:
Roll 2 4-sided dice and one 6-sided die
Move your player pawn the sum of the 4-sided dice
Move your crowd pawn the amount on the 6-sided die
If your player pawn enters a booth with swag that you have not collected, you may choose to collect the swag.

Setup:
Take one of each type of swag and place them randomly on the booths. Four booths will not have any swag.
Place out the remaining swag with their counterpart on the board.
Place one of each player’s color crowd chits in the remaining four booths.
If you are playing with 3-4 players, decrease the amount of swag at each location by one.
Place player pawns and the crowds on the board title area.

Crowds:
In order to win, your crowd pawn must also collect four crowd chits from the board. Crowds follow the same movement rolls as player pawns. Crowds however take up 2 squares on the board, so it is more difficult to move and move around.

Movement Rules:
You may not move diagonally.
You do not need to use your entire die roll.
Pivoting a crowd pawn counts as a move.
You may not move through pawns or crowds unless you have swag that says you may.
Moving into and out of a booth each costs a movement.
Collecting up a piece of swag ends your movement.
You may not collect more than one of each piece of swag.

Swag Ability List:
Each booth has a unique piece of swag with a unique ability. There is a limited amount of each, so get the good ones before they are gone! Some swag has a reusable ability, while others may only be used once.

Reusable Swag: (Count of Chits - Ability)
4 - Add +1 to any one die per turn.
4 - Player pawn may move through squares occupied by one crowd per turn.
4 - Player pawn may move through a square occupied by one other pawn per turn.
3 - Player pawn may move diagonally one per turn.
2 - Instead of rolling the 6-sided die, you may return your crowd to the starting title box.
2 - If the booth next to the one your are currently in is empty of swag, you may jump into it at the end of your turn.
2 - Instead of a turn you may return your player pawn to the booth from whence this swag came.
3 - You may move any player’s pawn one square.
3 - You may move any crowd one square.
3 - This swag can double the ability of any other reusable swag.

Single Use Swag:
3 - Transport from one booth to any other booth.
4 - Take another turn using the same die roll.
2 - Set the dice instead of rolling them.
2 - Use a single use swag again.
2 - Bump into another player pawn to take a swag of your choice from him. (Bump = Attempt to enter the same square on the board as the other pawn.)
4 - This swag is worth two in the event of a tie.
4 - If this swag is used, all of this type of swag is removed from the game, including yours.
Swap pawn places with another player.
3 - Double the movement roll for a pawn.
3 - Double the movement roll for a crowd.

End of Game:
The game ends when there is no more swag on the board, or someone has collected 20 pieces of swag and all four crowd chits.

Winner:
The game winner is the player who has four crowd chits and the most number of swag chits. If no one has collected all four crowd chits, no one wins.