Author: Newsroom
LOS ANGELES 05/15/2024 ā Today Button Shy Games, in a licensing agreement with Skybound Tabletop, announced the launch of The Walking Dead: Surrounded, a new 18-card game that takes the vast library of The Walking Dead and compresses it into a portable play experience of exploration and survival in a world brimming with the undead.
Based on the groundbreaking comic by Robert Kirkman,Ā The Walking Dead: SurroundedĀ is a 1-4 player cooperative game where players work together to keep Walkers in check and Leaders in balance while maximizing the limited resources and fulfilling the goals to survive.Ā The game encapsulates the struggles of surviving an undead apocalypse, all within a pocket-sized wallet game.Ā
Each turn, players reveal a new card and add it to the ever-growing map. One side of the card features a new Location, introducing a special rule for an opportunity to score as well as a location bonus to indicate valuable resources that survivors can gather there if they work together. The flip side features a unique set of 4 Occupants. Some are Survivors, who earn points and help scavenge, while others are powerful Leaders that can make a big difference on the field…if theyāre not struggling against each other for power. And of course there are the Walkers, capable of spreading across the map in the blink of an eye. Place Locations and Occupants carefully to keep the Walkers in check and the Leaders in balance, all while maximizing the teamās limited resources and trying to fulfill your scenarioās goals. The survival of the human race depends on it.
āAs the home ofĀ The Walking Dead,Ā Skybound is always looking for unique ways to expandĀ the property with exciting new modes of entertainment,ā said Garima Sharma, VP of Licensing & Partnerships at Skybound. āButton Shy Gamesā new card game packs a big punch in a small package and we canāt wait for players to experience the world ofĀ The Walking DeadĀ inĀ Surrounded.āĀ
Button Shy Games is also publishing a 6-card expansion called The Walking Dead: Surrounded ā Under Siege that offers new mercenary Occupants, Locations, scenarios and scoring conditions to mix things up.
The Walking Dead: Surrounded (MSRP – $12.00) and its expansion The Walking Dead: Surrounded ā Under Siege (MSRP – $4.00) are available for purchase via Button Shy Games now.
Skybound Tabletop,Ā a leading innovator in crafting immersive tabletop games, has been contributing to epic game nights with games includingĀ Trial by Trolley, PitchstormĀ andĀ Sheep in DisguiseĀ since 2014.