Tiny Epic Zombies

Courtyard Setup

1. Place the courtyard in the center of the play area.
2. Place a barricade token on space 2.
3. Place survivor tokens in the pool area based on difficulty:
   • 0 survivors - Epic
   • 1 survivor - Hard
   • 2 survivors - Normal
   • 3 survivors - Easy

Mall Store Setup

1. Randomly arrange 8 mall stores around the courtyard.
   • Entrance symbol faces outward.
   • Alternate horizontal and vertical orientations.
2. Place one zombie in each store's entrance room.
3. Find "Arm a trap" spaces and place 2 trap tokens nearby, gray side up.
4. Find supply crate icons and place crate tokens on them.
5. Place the motorcycle or police car in its designated room.

Hero Setup

Choose 2 to 4 heroes and colors. For each hero:

• Hero card
• Meeple (place in courtyard's central room)
• Wound tracker set to 0
• Ammo tracker set to 9

Choose one hero to be the Zombie (flip that hero's card).

Objectives and Decks

1. Draw or choose three objectives. Follow the setup rules for each. Use any player's marker cube if required.
2. Separate cards with a pickup (suitcase) icon or event (!) icon into Deck A and shuffle.
3. Shuffle remaining cards, deal 12 into Deck B.
4. Remaining cards become the Supply Deck.
5. Shuffle Decks A and B together to create the Search Deck.
6. Each hero draws one Search Card and keeps it face down.

Place items and the melee die nearby.

Begin Game

Objectives

WIN: Complete 3 objectives.

LOSE:

• All survivors are killed, OR
• The Search Deck runs out.

General Rules

If a hero's wound marker meets the ammo marker, the hero is eaten alive and becomes a zombie:

• Drop all cards and items beside the room (if in the courtyard, choose an adjacent room).
• Flip the hero card and place it near the first zombie.
• Choose a new hero and start fresh in the courtyard.

Carrying capacity: Heroes may carry one melee weapon, one ranged weapon, and any number of backpack items.

Pickup items are used immediately and then discarded.