Gameplay
Each turn players take 2 Actions (move, explore, combat etc.) and then everyone read an Event Card which contains text for short adventure. At the end of turn, a News Card is drawn by the first player and resolved by him.
Mood
This board game emphasis the aspect of survival. Zone depicted on the playing board is an extremely hazardous and isolated area with very limited access to functional equipment and supplies. Players must remember to frequently repair their Items and buy new ones. It is also crucial to rest to reduce Fatigue and heal Damage.
Scavengers
Each player takes role of 1 Scavenger from the 10 included in the game. Each Scavenger has their own Special Skill, set of basic Skills and starting equipment. Values of stats such as Awareness, Agility or Intellect determine how good they are in avoiding dangers and traps, fighting mutants or gathering Artifacts from anomalies. The story of a Scavenger explains his/herPersonal Goal – the reason of arriving to the Zone. Differences between Scavengers makes playing each one of them completely unique.
Contains:
- Voice of Zona token (first player)
- 3 dice
- 4 starting item cards for each of the 10 characters
- Character board for each of the 10 characters
- Character Figure for each of the 10 characters
- 38 junk item cards
- 38 equipment item cards
- 16 secret item cards
- 21 rumor cards
- 4 player aid cards
- 4 backpack boards
- 4 fatigue dials
- Rumor token
- 17 yellow artifact cards
- 17 green artifact cards
- 4 reputation tokens
- 60 damage tokens
- 12 weakness tokens
- 40 ruble tokens
- Marketplace Board
- 14 green anomaly tokens
- 14 green mutant tokens
- 14 yellow anomaly tokens
- 14 yellow mutant tokens
- 8 lock tokens
- Token tray
- 20 emission cards
- 10 Emission Observatory event cards
- 10 Government Bunker event cards
- 10 Botanical Lab event cards
- 14 Sarcophagus event cards
- 25 yellow event cards
- 25 green event cards
- 40 secret location event cards
- 10 Underground Archive event cards
- Two-sided board with the map of Zona
- Emission marker
