June 7th, 2013
News, Pittsburgh 68
(Note: The full GameWick Games events schedule is found here.)
Here’s the Pittsburgh 68 events we will be running at the Origins Game Fair. A portion of these games are part of our Zombie World Series (Third Quarter). The Survivors are ahead by 5 victories, so the Zombies need to catch up. If you play in one of the Zombie World Series events, the Zombies are going for the win!
Pittsburgh 68 Zombie World Series
Join in the grim fun and try to keep the Survivors ahead of the Zombies! This game is part of a series run by GameWick Games this summer. Each game scores a point for either the Survivors or the Zombies. You start as a member of the Survivor “home team” (in Pittsburgh of course), but you might end up playing for the “visiting” team before the game is thru. Pittsburgh 68 is a fast-paced card-n-dice game that plays like a good old creepy zombie flick.
Shuffling Horror-Pittsburgh 68
A cooperative little card game until it’s not! Pittsburgh 68 is a fast paced card-n-dice game that pays homage to a time when slow moving zombies ruled. Players face an ever growing zombie problem (which they might end up being a part of). When eliminated, players are not out of the game – they shuffle back in as zombies. A new and creepy game from GameWick Games!
Pittsburgh 68 Event Menu at Origins
(Please confirm times with the onsite program book)
Weds Nite Special
Join us as we kick off the third quarter of our Zombie World Series!
9 pm – The Pittsburgh 68 Zombie World Series
Thursday
10 am: Pittsburgh 68, A Game of Shuffling Horror (2 hrs)
2 pm: Pittsburgh 68, A Game of Shuffling Horror (2 hrs)
4 pm: Pittsburgh 68, A Game of Shuffling Horror (2 hrs)
Friday
10 am: Pittsburgh 68, A Game of Shuffling Horror (2 hrs)
4 pm: Pittsburgh 68, A Game of Shuffling Horror (2 hrs)
9 pm: The Pittsburgh 68 Zombie World Series (2 hrs)
10 pm: The Pittsburgh 68 Zombie World Series (2 hrs)
Saturday
10 am: Pittsburgh 68, A Game of Shuffling Horror (2 hrs)
2 pm: Pittsburgh 68, A Game of Shuffling Horror (2 hrs)
4 pm: Pittsburgh 68, A Game of Shuffling Horror (2 hrs)
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May 3rd, 2013
News, Pittsburgh 68, Shuffling Horror FAQ, Shuffling Horrors
You’ve seen it in every zombie flick: a zombie latches on to a hapless Survivor who can do nothing but try to shake the undead thing off. This was cleverly done in a finale episode of the Walking Dead; Andrea backs up against a stand of trees to hide from the Governor, suddenly a zombie reaches through and pins her there. Meanwhile, more zombies close in for din-din!
The zombie clutch is a classic move and one that builds dread for its victim. It’s the same in Pittsburgh 68 with the Clutch card (which has the appropriate tag line “Get it off of me!”). And just like in a zombie flick, bystanders can help you escape – if they desire. In game terms, this “help” comes in the way of spoints (Survivor Points) that other players can give you to help you with your FLAIL roll.
But just like in a zombie movie, maybe the other Survivors don’t want to get that close to the zombie… Or maybe your character deserves it… Or maybe, you are just not worth the spoint!
In the game, the Survivor is trapped until they succeed a FLAIL test (roll two dice and get their Speed score or less). Spoints are spent to increase your Speed, so using them can put the odds of escape in your favor. But there’s that rub again – is it worth the spoint?
These are some of the tough decisions you will face in a real Zombie Apocalypse, friends!
Luckily in the game, the Survivor is in no real danger. They are not being attacked, just clutched. It’s the other zombies they need to worry about – but that’s everyone’s problem in Pittsburgh 68. Some options for the player who falls victim to this are:
–If the player has multiple Survivors in play, they can still act with their other Survivors. This lets the player attack with their non-clutched Survivors, while still flailing with their clutched Survivor.
–If a player does not have multiple Survivors, being clutched gives them a good reason to REVEAL another Survivor in their hand (instead of wasting a turn to potentially fail their flail).
The good news (and this is important to remember): the Clutch card disappears at the end of every reel. It does not last the entire game! Like Power Play cards (good cards the Survivors take), the Clutch card is shuffled back into the Dead Pile (discard pile). It may show up again. It may not.
–Determining a Random Victim: When the Clutch card appears, it is the Zombie Master’s job to determine who is clutched. The best way to do this is to assign each in-play Survivor a number, and then roll a die to see who the lucky victim is. Do not roll two dice for a larger group, as a single die gives everybody an even chance.
–As noted in the Pittsburgh 68 rulebook, if there are more than 6 Survivors in play, separate them first into two smaller groups (one is odds, the other is evens). Then roll a die to determine from which group (odds or evens) that the victim will be selected. Finish by rolling a die to see who in that group is clutched.
The best news is that there’s only one Clutch card in the deck. Because of the random nature of the game, Clutch may never show up at all – so, appreciate when it does…
The Zombie Master sure will!
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February 10th, 2013
FLGS Spotlight, News, Pittsburgh 68
Our zombies have shuffled into the February window display at the Compleat Strategist in NYC. And just in time for the Walking Dead season premiere, too!
If you’re in NYC, shuffle into the store and grab yourself a copy!
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December 6th, 2012
News, Pittsburgh 68
Pittsburgh 68 keeps steadily creeping into stores across the US – and just in time for Christmas! A partial store list can be found on our Pittsburgh 68 page. If your local shop isn’t listed, please shoot us an email and let us know! You can also purchase via PayPal from our shop. Happy Holidays, folks!
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August 10th, 2012
Conventions, News, Pittsburgh 68
Come visit us at GenCon, Booth 1325 (Aug 16-19)! We are pretty much dead center of the exhibit hall! This is your chance to pick up our new zombie game Pittsburgh 68 before it stumbles into stores this fall! Get it while you can!
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August 1st, 2012
News, Pittsburgh 68
GameWick will be at the World Boardgame Championships, Aug 4-6 (Lancaster PA). This is the only place you can get your hands on our new zombie game Pittsburgh 68 until it hits the streets!
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