Rules Breakdown: All Flesh Must be Eaten (Unisystem)

[@danforrest7709]

Been running a TWD game using this for about 4 years now. Love this system.

[@RPGGamer]

Brilliant. I'd always wondered how it held up for campaign play as the game seemed more suited to one shots, so great to hear that it does.

[@chaosindoses]

I see an AFMBE video....I like and subscribe. I am a man of simple but rare tastes EDIT: Yeah multiple characters with the Fast Reaction Time quality make initiative tricky

[@RPGGamer]

Thanks for the advice about fast reaction time, I'm not experienced with Unisystem at all, only played it a few times, mainly the Buffy and Angel games.

[@chaosindoses]

@@RPGGamer No problem whatsoever as this game is near and dear to my heart. You gave exactly what was needed. Fantastic vid

[@thatromanfella8377]

My love of the apocalypse genre came from games like the last of us, why not combine my two lives together? Thanks for the system breakdown!

[@RPGGamer]

I love AFMBE, because it really catches that 1980's horror movie vibe, with the cheerleader, sports jock and geek fighting for their lives together. A zombie version of Red Dawn, or the Breakfast Club.

[@CooChewGames]

Had never heard of this... thanks.

[@RPGGamer]

It's a really cool Zombie game, designed towards shorter but faster paced campaigns.

[@richmcgee434]

Have to point this comment out to my FLGS store owner. He's been one of the main guys behind the scenes at both New Millenium Entertainment and Eden Studios, and helped write, lay out, and edit this book as well as doing some of the art IIRC. Didn't name his game store Zombie planet by accident. :)

[@theiran]

@@RPGGamer We have a GM who's trying to combine AFMBE with white wolf's Exalted. What do you think of that mashup? I feel it's going to be a train wreck. But I thought I'd get another opinion.

[@RPGGamer]

@@theiran I don't have Exalted, but I've spoken with friends who do. I could see the idea of almost godlike creatures being the only survivors of a Zombie Apocalypse being quite interesting. Some survivors guilt as their mortal allies and friends have been killed. But then again, depending on the group, it does stand the massive chance of being a trainwreck, I could see my group turning it into a joke/

[@rpgarchivist5195]

Unisystem has two versions. Classic and Cinematic. AFMBE is classic Unisystem while Buffy the Vampire Slayer is cinematic. Cinematic Unisystem is even more streamlined but also adds Drama Points to the mix. If you have not done so already I recommend checking it out. CLASSIC UNISYSTEM: All Flesh Must Be Eaten, Terra Primate, Conspiracy X, WithchCraft, Armageddon CENIMATIC UNISYSTEM: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Army of Darkness, Ghosts of Albion

[@RPGGamer]

I've covered Angel, Witchcraft and Conspiracy X in the past, but sadly don't have any of the others.

[@redfeildre349]

@@RPGGamer It's a shame Eden Studios did not continue. For a while Unisystem was my hands down favorite RPG to run as a GM. Coffee Break of the Dead is a classic adventure. Ran it a number of times. Had a few great Buffy sessions as well. I even ran the WitchCraft adventure Campus Crusade using the Buffy rules. I need to get back to this system in the future. But right now I'm running Lamentations of the Flame Princess.

[@Daniel.Ribeiro.5150]

I really like this game system. Thinking about adapt it to a sci-fi RPG. Thank you, your RPG reviews are the bests! (Sorry,english is not my native language)

[@RPGGamer]

Glad you like them! There's a sci fi book for All Flesh Must be Eaten, called All Tomorrows Zombies, (my review of which here kzbin.info/www/bejne/jmXHcoyGoc6YepY . It covers a sort of Aliens type setting a Star Wars like setting among others, so sounds like it might be very useful for you.

[@jarettlee6242]

Loved it. Was hoping you went into custom zombies as well.

[@RPGGamer]

These rule breakdowns just cover the absolute basics, but I am considering revisiting games for their more custom elements.

[@hyche_-6790]

Not sure if anyone'll see this but I have a question, it might be dumb though, do zombies get a chance to dodge in combat? like in the video where the cheerleader got a chance to dodge the attack? I haven't read through the rule book completely yet so I might've not gone to that part yet or missed it. Great video btw! Helped me grasp the rules better EDIT: OH NOW I GOT IT, I rewatched that part of the video and now I understand now combat works! Yep, great video, thanks!

[@RPGGamer]

I love questions which are that easy to answer. Glad the video was useful to you.

[@babyshart6265]

I'm actually lost on zombie combat too even from my readings. Where did you get clarification in the video?

[@hyche_-6790]

@@babyshart6265 in the combat section, I hadn't understood that the combat works like contested tasks, I thought that the attacker needed to roll a 9 or better lol. But its pretty much so if the attacker rolls higher they get succeed in hitting, if the target rolls higher they succeed in dodging, hope that helps

[@mrvenom88]

You'll be glad to know that Buffy and Angel run using Cinematic Unisystem and are quite different to the Classic products (AFMBE, Witchcraft, ConX, etc). Combat is much faster, the skill list pared down to about 10, damage is no longer rolled, Drama Points added...

[@RPGGamer]

Cool, cheers for letting me know. My group only played Buffy once, and sadly I was out of the country at the time, so missed it. I've got the rules laying around, so guess now I've got an excuse for covering Unisystem again. :)

[@jasonarthur5487]

I thought the rules give two methods of tests resolution. One roll d10 add attribute & skill get over 8 or 9. Degree of success means how well the action was. Or the diceless method but use essence to bid away chance of failures. It’s been awhile since I look at the book.

[@jasonarthur5487]

Ohh 2yrs old. Feel a lil late to the party lol.

[@RPGGamer]

You've possibly got a different edition, I've looked through my rulebook since you posted this and I don't see any mention of using essence in that fashion. Seems like an interesting idea, but it's honestly not in my copy.

[@jasonarthur5487]

@@RPGGamer ehh maybe lol. Or I’m confusing game systems.

[@RPGGamer]

@@jasonarthur5487 Could be, Unisystem was used in a bunch of games, so variant rules are a possibility.

[@jasonarthur5487]

@@RPGGamer wished they completed the beyond human book. Did the company close?

[@Melvinshermen]

Also do More Songs About Food Vats

[@DevilsReject765]

Really like this game 😁😁😊😊

[@RPGGamer]

Was going to run a Halloween game of it, but decided on the old Ghostbusters RPG instead, oh well, next year. (or maybe a Christmas zombie horror adventure could be in order) Great game.

[@DevilsReject765]

@@RPGGamer Wow never knew that Ghostbusters had a RPG series 😧😧😧😧

[@YuainLucky]

Nice video. I wonder if there are mutations.

[@RPGGamer]

I believe that they introduced mutations in some of the sourcebooks, so you could have mutant zombies.

[@YuainLucky]

@@RPGGamer Hmmm, that works. Wonder if they could work on infected human.

[@mrvenom88]

@@YuainLucky rules for zombie PCs are introduced in Enter The Zombie and include any PC with zombie features (they don't have to be literally undead)

[@a3van609]

6:45 The stats right there says his LPS is 36, yet your calculation says its 30. Huh?

[@RPGGamer]

Don't know for sure. It's possible in character creation to gain 3 extra life points for each quality point you spend. So perhaps these Templates spent spare Quality points getting extra Life Points? But checking through the rules, and through a couple of other unisystem games I've got the formula they give is 10 + (4*(str+con)).

[@mrvenom88]

The Detective has two levels of the quality Hard to Kill which adds 3LP per level. It also affects tests to retain consciousness and resist death.

[@RPGGamer]

@@mrvenom88 Cool, that answers that mystery.

[@greamefazakerley4401]

hi im about to play All Flesh Must be Eaten but im getting confused about unarmed damage i it 1d4xstr but i have a character whith Martial Arts which adds a damage bonus equal to the character’s skill level so if i have a str of 2 is that 1d4x2+1 or 1d4X3

[@greamefazakerley4401]

all so thx for any info any 1 can give me to my question

[@greamefazakerley4401]

nm i fond out

[@RPGGamer]

Care to share your discovery in case anyone else is looking for it?

[@greamefazakerley4401]

@@RPGGamer np it is strx2+what ever the Martial Arts skill is