When DCeased was announced a lot of returning fans were a little disappointed to learn there would be no playable Zombie mode to match with Marvel Zombies. Now of course there are a number of reasons for this; they’ve been explained elsewhere if you’re interested. As for myself, I say there’s always reasons not to do something. I think a bunch of us want to do it anyway. So this is my effort, over the coming months, before the Kickstarter ships out I will have posted playable rules for every Zombie Hero. You can mix them with your Marvel Zombies, custom up some rules to run them in DCeased missions, or just laugh at how bad my ideas are. Lots of people have some cool ideas for how to make these characters. These are just mine.
My customs are designed to feel balanced next to existing designs. They are designed with simplicity in mind; simplicity is what makes Zombicide so fun. I also design my customs to match the sculpt of the model and the version and powers that are presented there. In designing custom playable Zombie Heroes I have developed the term “Militia” as a shorthand to mean Trooper, Guard or Specialist. All cards were made using Wuxyteo’s card creator, which is pretty great.
We come now to a bird of a different feather, Green Canary. What a long strange trip this game sent her on, now she has extra powers and she is using them for evil. Like all Green Lanterns she has her Power Ring ranged attack that is good crowd control with 3 dice hitting on 4 or better. Her Blue Skill gives her two ways to showcase her new Green Lantern powers, like most Green Lanterns she can focus her attacks from greater distance, but uniquely she can also discard Zombie Traits to move her friends or drag victims around. At Orange she can make a big undead energy hand to shove whole squads into position when she attacks, although Super Heroes can avoid it. Finally her Canary Cry has become a classic nuke, which combos really well with her shoveling a bunch of goons into her zone beforehand. Do take note though, if she is attacking her own zone the extra dice are not optional. If you don’t want to risk growing your Hunger by rolling a platoon of dice at a time, you have to do it from a range.
