I was never a big fan of dominoes.  I thought it was pretty boring putting tiles in a  line or getting to turn it at right angles until I ran out of tiles that fit and then drawing from the pile until the pile was gone and I lost.  Then my sister got a game called Tri-Ominos and a whole new world opened up.  To even think about placing a tile, you have to match at least 2 numbers.  You might have to match up to 6 numbers and there are only 3 numbers on each tile – it boggles the mind.  The line squiggles and turns back on itself.  You can form hexagons and bridges and you keep score getting more points for making challenging matches.  I suppose dominoes was a game that got scored too but my family never did, so scoring gives this game the advantage of a purpose in my mind.  Anyway, I just played the game again recently and was reminded that when my older sister isn’t playing, I have a fighting chance of winning so I like it again.

A couple of days ago I posted a review of Fluxx, the card game where the rules are in constant, well… flux. I played my new copy of Zombie Fluxx tonight and was favorably impressed.

The mechanics of the original game return making it easy to learn and fun to play for even the most casual card or board game player. A few simple additions to the rules make the game even more fun than the original. The first new type of card is the Creeper cards. These are zombie cards that slowly but surely fill up the table space in front of you. These cards make it difficult to fulfill some of the goals but are occasionally useful to set loose on opponents. Many of the Keeper cards now have additional abilities than just satisfying the conditions of the goals. This is where I see an improvement over the original. Instead of just watching your Chocolate or Sleep cards sitting in front of you, now you can use the Shotgun and the Bat to fight off zombies.

I can’t wait to let my brother give it a shot. (Oh, and by the way, I won the first game. Yet another reason to like it.)