Tiny Epic Zombies Full Playthrough - JonGetsGames

Here is my Tiny Epic Zombies Full Playthrough! Paid sponsorship by Gamelyn Games.
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[@jackalope70]

I’m about 14 minutes into this video. THANK YOU for making such a great video tool for this game. You’ve made this so clear and I have a great grasp of what I need to do now because of it.

[@chrisobleness612]

Sampled this game's solo play, a bit bitty getting setup and going-- but after that was an exciting and fun challenge. Looking forward playing it with other people!

[@jonkirk2118]

Another great playthrough! It's so interesting to hear you explain how you think your way through these games. Many thanks.

[@KungfuTrickster]

Good playthrough, as always. Thank you. Keep up the good work.

[@georgeli4532]

This was a really great walkthrough Jon! It was very clear and is moving me over the fence to purchase this game on Kickstarter.

[@MrZombieplague]

Great playthrough and very informative. Thanks for putting this together, no small task!

[@tourguidechuck]

Thanks! Cleared up many things for me! Can't wait to play

[@MrXaule]

Really helpful for understanding the rules. It demonstrates how hard it is to keep track of the ruled alone. A second player can help catch these little slip ups.

[@Gutock]

Jon, Your playthorughs seem more confident, quicker, and interesting. Thank you for your hard work and trying to improve! I'd just say that you can inject EVEN MORE of your personality in here, but possibly I'm in the minority on this. Thank you again!

[@JonGetsGames]

Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed it. I am trying to be alittle less clinical and more "me" in these, but it's not really coming across as much as I'd like. Always something to work towards I suppose :)

[@Mark-OutWest]

He's always solo in these videos so how can he add anything more? I think he's doing just fine.

[@SLVR82]

I am about to pick up the game later and watching this video now is really helpful.

[@DevTheo1]

Thanks! You made this a lot easier for me to play the first time!

[@thesearemyhobbies]

I pledged that game. Thank you for the review and Playthrough!!!

[@roypillers7091]

Just a shout out to you. I had dismissed this game as a no back but decided to watch this video during dinner, ended up finishing it and backing the game that I was previously sure I was not interested in. (Also enjoyed your Unfair play through, though I was going to back that anyways)

[@rmsgrey]

Two rules nits - at least for the 1.0 version of the pre-production rulebook: When you search in the courtyard, the card has to go into one of the 4 edge stores rather than into any of the 8 stores (though it doesn't matter where in the courtyard you are) When a player makes noise, the zombie player has to use one of their character abilities; there's no option to move instead.

[@JonGetsGames]

This is a good illustration of why making playthroughs for un-published games can be a challenge, the rules tend to change abit before release!

[@rmsgrey]

Had a feeling it might be something along those lines - even that version of the rulebook looks like it's going to change a little before final release - there's a space reserved for more to come, so at minimum that label is going to want to be changed...

[@nin_the_destroyer2602]

Thanks for the indepth review, Jon. Would love to see a solo play video sometime, if possible.

[@JonGetsGames]

Glad you liked it :) These videos take a lot of time (around 15h for this one) so I don't plan on making another for this game.

[@JoshN614]

Great runthrough! I'm not sure if the zombie player seems engaging enough, so I'd probably just play this as a co-op or use the competitive mode. I really like how the missions have you running all over the map.

[@4aceslikes]

thanks for the vid, I played it last night for the first time and I found several mistakes in our game :) thanks for clearing stuff up...

[@TheBbari]

im surprised people aren’t liking this game I love it and this is a great play through. I didn’t like the health thing at first but if you think about it it makes sense and it adds the danger you say is missing since you can guarantee a kill on a zombie. I think it’s a pretty cool idea, you’re running and gunning through zombies and you run out of ammo you’re dead. If zombies were real I would think killing them is pretty easy and just have to watch for taking damage. It’s just a different way to look at it. The rooms all connecting is odd I just got the game and you can see the art work that they added holes in walls or crumbled openings to try to make rooms connect no matter their position.

[@PhilGerb93]

The health thing is very stupid, everything else is great.

[@stevefratus1546]

I've said it before and I'll say it again, I can't wait until October!!

[@LearnToPlaythrough]

Hey Jon- Excellent playthrough - hardly any mistakes - but a bit quick talking; though in a smooth rhythm so everything did not blend together. Out of the videos on the Tiny Epic Zombies Kickstarter page, by far the best. So after subscribing to your channel, watching your playthrough, and now commenting, I am off to the Tiny Epic Zombies Kickstarter page to back so I can get this game, and its PnP, up and running on my channel. Take care and see you at the Echo Ridge Mall. Cheers Jonathon M. Johnson

[@JonGetsGames]

Great to hear, thanks :)

[@stevefratus1546]

I backed this and I'm a little nervous about the two tokens that represent a zombie or person that needs to be rescued for that one mission card. If one gets a little ding or marked somehow you'll always know which is which. That stinks.

[@DaveDCBe]

On the team scenario it says for the gameplay that you can only only flip it over when you end your turn in the room with an escape token. Yet you take the items when you move or pass there and not on the end of your turn e.g. at 19:17 you take the orange exit when moving to the room, yet theturn is not over as you move one more time and end your turn on the crate. If it really is at end of turn the game would become different and more difficult for the human players as it will take more turns to finish the scenario's

[@JonGetsGames]

Sorry it's taken so long to get to your comment here. Thanks for pointing this error out, I've added a note to the video.

[@aliekoffeman6194]

I think this may have been changed in the final rules? Because I can't find this anywhere. Only that after entering a room with an escape token you can flip it over. Not that this also means you can no longer move.

[@DragonX5X]

great explanation keep it up

[@alienslysly]

Thanks for the playthrough! :) I must say the game initially did seem to favor the human players by quite a large margin, so it's good to see that 1 bad turn is all it'll take to turn the playing field. However IMO the zombie player doesn't seem like he has much to do & is quite subjected to the luck of the draw, since he only redraw every 4 turns. I'm also not sure about the end game, as it doesn't seem very tense (ie: the zombie player could forsee his defeat 1 or even 2 turns prior).

[@CreatureX99]

Genesyx one thing to note was that Jon was passing out the search cards randomly. The zombie player can look at the cards they give to human player and can try to better match up the noise icons. Thus making the game harder for the humans.

[@alienslysly]

Owh really? I thought he passed them out intentionally to make the game closer / have the ZP guess correctly ~50% of the time. Still I could see how the ZP may still fail at matching noise icons even with perfect deductions by pure luck of the draw.

[@bazzkrycek7982]

Rip Greaser :( did anyone else shed a tear for this brave fallen hero, great play through Jon as always :)

[@kevindmc96]

Correct me if im wrong, but when you put a zombie in the greaser’s room on the first turn arent you supposed to take a hit and move the greaser in a different room because of overrun? Or is this the KS rule before?

[@NoPunIncluded]

Doctor Zombie? I used to dance under that name.

[@Hieronymus-Pseudonymous]

:) Hey, Efka, when do we get to hear about your turn as a mobster in Sidereal Confluence?

[@Popm3lon]

So much better than Rahdo's endless waffling.

[@sailorpfat]

Grow up.

[@Mark-OutWest]

Agreed. I admire Rhado's enthusiasm but the constant indecision and placing every possible permutation in front of me at every moment before a turn is exasperating. I cannot learn any game he attempts to teach me.

[@get_the_lead_out]

What did me in for Rahdo is when he demoed a game almost a year ago (I think it was U-Boot but it’s been awhile). He went over the top gushing over how great and awesome the game is; then turned around and said he and his wife probably wouldn’t play it again because they’re not interested in that type of game. Sounded more like a sales pitch from a snake oil vendor than an even-handed review. Haven’t watched another of his videos since. I don’t mind people saying they don’t like a game - in fact I seek out negative reviews to hear both sides before making a purchase. But, don’t act one way, then contradict yourself.

[@stephendavies3377]

Jim Johnson He probably appreciated the dynamics/mechanics of the game but it was too conflict driven for him and his wife. They are adverse to conflict heavy games. That is not contradictory at all. That’s like me saying a women is beautiful but not my type because she always needs drama in her life.

[@jamesburns6603]

You said when you get OverRun you must Move. Now does that mean you have to Move only on your turn or also when it is the Zombie Player's turn? What if you are out of Movement points, do you still Move?

[@JonGetsGames]

This just means you have to move out of that room on your next turn. I think the emphasis here wasn't necessary since you always have to move anyway with the current rules so sorry for that causing some confusion. With a previous ruleset I believe you were able to attack a zombie in the room you start in and that is no longer the case.

[@TheBbari]

So it means you can’t melee the zombie that overran you but you could run to the next store and turn back and shoot it

[@Expersprobi]

At 59:15 the Zombie player should have won the game. Both zombies placed in the game store would have skipped a space because of the greaser ability, the first would have filled the game store and the second would have killed the barricade (based on the greaser ability and the note about the misplaced zombie). It would have brought their barricade to 0. Excellent play through though, I'm really enjoying your content lately.

[@JonGetsGames]

I think there may be a misunderstanding here. Whenever a store that is touching the courtyard gets full then zombies will take down barricades, but the Game Store is in the corner and only touches the Hardware Store and the Foodcourt. When a corner store becomes full the next zombie to be placed goes to the next clockwise store, so in your example you are right that the first zombie would fill up the Game Store, but the second one would move into the Foodcourt since it is the next store in the clockwise direction and not go into the courtyard to take down the barricade.

[@Expersprobi]

Good call, I forgot the fact that it's clockwise only which seems to be incredibly limiting to the Zombie player.

[@TheBbari]

Also, before that in the electronics store you activated the store and added 2 zombies and they both destroyed a barricade but it looks like the last room with the helicopter part in it was never occupied? Or I’m just not understanding what happened

[@aloharay]

Played this last night with a group. First played coop with AI zombie and got the the cards given to us purely randomly from the supply deck. Fun game experience. Played a second time and I was the zombie player. Wow it was fun. Two things in my control to try and thwart those pesky humans: First, I could double up or spread out placement of zombies into rooms to better cause overflow of zombies into barriers. I had their barrier down and killed both survivors within a few turns. That really put them on edge. Second, I had control of how cards were placed before players from my hand size of four cards. They had some objectives that required the radio cards and weapons for example. I rationed them out sparingly and to players who were not focused on that particular goal to lengthen the time it took them to complete. Oh you wanted that weapon? I made sure it spawned and then you got a "Explode Your Weapon" event card. boo hoo. hahahaha. The limit of only drawing up after all four of my cards were played meant I couldn't hold them off forever, but it was a balanced and fun way for me to try and delay their goals. Watching the supply deck dwindle gives me great satisfaction as running out of cards means Zombies win. Muahahhaha! I didn't know I had it in me.

[@JonGetsGames]

Sounds like a great time, I'm glad the game ended up working out well for you and your group :)

[@Mark-OutWest]

One of the search cards makes no sense. It says if you perform a ranged attack you may instead spend 2 ammo to kill 2 zombies in rooms adjacent to you. So where is the advantage? By default any player can spend 2 ammo to kill 2 zombies in rooms adjacent to you. I'm gonna double down on the attacks with this card.

[@supernova6398]

As my understanding, by default you able to do 1 Move and then do 1 Action, which if you choose to do Ranged Attack: then you will spend an ammo and kill 1 zombie in an adjacent room. With the search card you mentioned, I believe the advantage would be: you can kill 2 zombies in 2 adjacent rooms by ONLY USING ONE Move-Action. With the default, you have to Move again and do another Ranged Attack to kill the 2nd/another zombie.

[@Keithustus]

At 8:50 you say the zombies take a turn "between every one of the human players actions". (Note I put no apostrophe there since whether it's "players'" or "player's" matters and is not immediately clear. That would literally mean that a human player takes one of their three moves, then the zombie does, then the human does their second, and then the zombie player, and then the human performs their third. Instead, you should have said that the zombies take their turn "between every one of the human players' turns".

[@JonGetsBored]

Yep, that would have been a better word to use but I think it's clear how this works by watching how the turn sequences go in the video.

[@Keithustus]

No problem. Your videos are so fantastic that I just wanted to leave a record of such a tiny correction, since others may otherwise use your narration as gospel.

[@GirlyGamer-BoardGameGran]

It's great to see they're covering this genre, shame it's on KS again. I'll await the retail release I guess. Great runthrough Jon.

[@Keithustus]

Nerfenstein aka GirlyGamer It's cheaper and has more stuff if you back it on KS. 3 days left.

[@blipadouzi]

@17:05... You're able to go between rooms that have no adjoining opening/door? (ie. parking garage West to parking garage South) Also, thanks for the playthrough, great as always.

[@JonGetsGames]

Correct, I think thematically you are busting through the walls of the stores, or they have been broken down already by the zombie rampage.

[@blipadouzi]

JonGetsGames Makes sense... Thanks for the response.

[@Hogman800]

At the 23:02 time the player can do that action and continue to move since it’s not a room action with the stop sign. The scientist should gain one ammo and continue to move in this scenario

[@AlliroG98]

This is a prototype build of the game, yes? The Meeples look VERY different to what I've seen

[@JonGetsGames]

Yes, this is a prototype copy of the game that was sent over to help with the kickstarter campaign.

[@kennyng9684]

Is it in kickstarter?

[@JonGetsGames]

The kickstarter goes live tomorrow, but they decided to have the videos go public today for it.

[@kennyng9684]

I see. Cool!

[@GrandElemental]

Zombies. Again.

[@jamesholder5377]

I, too, thought we were past this. Evidently not.

[@KOOLAID5922]

For the Tiny epic series it’s actually good that they moved from medieval and space and do something different

[@GrandElemental]

Kind of yes, but I'd prefer that something different to be something interesting, not something even more bland and boring. =/

[@stevefratus1546]

GrandElemental Too bad this game looks awesome. I backed it and it's going to be amazing.

[@stevefratus1546]

Yay! Zombies again!!

[@hariszark7396]

I saw this game and it looked very promising. It has some interesting ideas. But...this game looks no fun at all. Weird rules like the motorcycle returns to starting place(?), and tokens moving all over the place. The ammo/health combination is stupid. Why having to use bullets getting the characters loosing life? Doesn't make any sense. Moving through rooms and walls looks a little silly. Doesn't give you a real way to plan your movement feeling the danger around you. Those huge ugly meeples are not helping at all. Making the game very distant. I couldn't get the feeling I was participating in a horror-survival game. Not even a humorous one. The zombies where...not zombies. I would prefer paper standees than those meeples. I never got the feeling that the player was trapped and in danger. The fights were...no fights. You decide to kill a zombie in a different space and...boom. It is dead. No missing shoots. No danger. No feeling of accomplishment. No fun! The melee fight, is a little better. But you have no real reason to do it in most cases. Bullets should be rare and fights should be mostly melee. With danger. And risk. And consequences. This game have no "character". It have no intense fights. It have no danger feeling. It have meeples. It have tokens. It have no fun..... :(