SPREAD OF THE DEAD PART III. This is a fan expansion, please direct all feedback to zombicidediscord@gmail.com, subject “Rad Zombies”

 

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VERSION 2.0 (23 Apr 2022)

• Rad Abomination ability described in rules (previously only mentioned in priority chart)

• Removed the Survivor Radiation Spread rule from standard rules and moved to UltraRad rules

• Fixed/updated priority chart

• Added custom “Hot Door” tokens

• Added new silhouette for Rad Abomination

• Updated card numbers

• Updated printable card sheets

VERSION 1.0

 

• 4 page Rad Zombies Rulesheet and Mission

• 18 Rad Zombie Spawn Cards (T19-T36)

• 3 Original Equipment Cards (you may need 2 of each)

• Original Rad Cards (special wound cards, you may need 18+ copies)

• Radiation Tokens (you may need 28+)

• Bonus Radiation-Green Spawn Tokens (optional, may be substituted with official tokens)

• Hot Door Tokens

• Printable PDF sheets for at-home printing

• Spawn Cards sheet

• Equipment Card sheet

• Rad Card sheet

• Card Backs sheet (note: the wound cardback is an optional back for the Rad Cards for use with an upcoming special Wound card deck, otherwise just print the Rad Card on both sides)

• Radiation, Spawn & Hot Door Token sheet

• Rad Zombie Art & Silhouettes

 

T19-T24 – Soft matrix

T24-T36 – Hard matrix

 

 

If this were a real product with original Rad Zombie figures (modeled after the artwork), they would be glow-in-the-dark plastic. The best alternative to this is to use the Toxic Zombies from Toxic City Mall, but you can use anything. If you use all the provided spawn cards, you may need:

29 Proxy Miniatures (16 Rad Walkers, 8 Rad Runners, 4 Rad Fatties, 1 Rad Abomination)

If you play with the 6 added Soft Matrix cards, you may need more (14 Rad Walkers, 6 Rad Runners, 4 Rad Fatties)

Vaultz Miniatures makes some great Hazmat Suit walkers: https://www.myminifactory.com/object/3d-print-hazmat-suit-zombies-198407

You may be able to find them already printed on Etsy.

 

This expansion comes with options for printing at home or sending to a print shop.

 

PRINTING AT HOME

The print-at-home versions are PDF sheets of multiple cards.  Both US letter and A4 sizes are provided.  A PDF sheet of card backs is also provided. All card sheets have crop (cutting) marks.  Official Zombicide cards have 3mm radius corners; difficult to cut by hand. If you have access to a corner-cutter tool it will make your job easier.

 

PRINTING THE TOKENS

The easiest way to print the Radiation Tokens and green Spawn Tokens is to print out the PDF on quality paper, trim them at the crop marks, and glue them to some cardboard about the same thickness as the official tokens. If you want double sided tokens, remember to print the sheet twice (once for each side).

 

USING A PRINTING SERVICE

If you can find a printshop that offers Zombicide-sized cards, you can use the printshop versions of the cards, which are saved as JPGs. Most print shops in the US seem to only provide “US mini” sized cards, which are extremely close to the official Zombicide cards; so the cards provided in this set are prepared for that format.  However they will also work fine printed in the official format. The printer will typically request cards in JPG or PNG format, asking you to submit both card front and card back images. Cost depends on the printer/region of course.  Typical costs are around $10 US for a 54 card deck.

 

OFFICIAL CARDS (for reference)

• Size: 41.2 x 64mm (1.62 x 2.51 in)

• Corner Radius: 3mm

• Cardstock: 250-300gsm

• Finish: MPC (matt)

 

TIP:

• SLEEVE your printed cards! If not you will probably be able to distinguish the slight differences in a mixed deck.

 

SLEEVES THAT WORK WELL:

• Mayday Games Mini USA Card Sleeves (41x63mm): https://www.maydaygames.com/products/mini-usa-card-sleeves

 

NOTE: If you want to get custom material professionally printed but live in circumstances or regions that make that difficult, you can sometimes find fan communities offering group orders that you can take part in.

 

Rad Zombies is a Zombicide Discord Server release, part 3 of the Spread of the Dead Expansion series.

Rules, layout: Tyfighter77

Rad Zombie Art: MASV (Walker by Tyfighter77)

Rulesheet cover art: Dying Light game (modified)

Rulesheet assets and Zombicide art assets: Guillotine Games

Templates used to create this expansion are available for free download on the Zombicide Discord Server.  Invite link: https://discord.gg/RPQRB4ZaFP

 

THANKS:

Guillotine Games, CMON, and the Zombicide team for the great game and customization support. Thanks to Andy Hickin for editing help. Thanks to Thels for help with the spawn matrix. Huge thanks to MASV for providing the zombie art.

 

 

PLEASE DO NOT SELL ANY OF THE MATERIAL IN THIS EXPANSION!

People trying to make a profit off of other peoples’ work smothers the custom content community and causes creators to remove their creations and stop making more, not to mention forces game companies to crack down on fan made creations like this one.

Otherwise redistribution is fine, but please try to ensure all the material in this expansion is included. Modification for personal use is also fine.  Please don’t re-release modified versions of this material without including a list of changes as well as credit to everyone whose work you used, and include a readme like this one.

 

If you want to support custom content creators, the best way is to just be part of the community.  Multiple forums and platforms for sharing Zombicide content exist, such as Discord, Board Game Geek, Eren Histarion forums (French), Facebook groups, and others.