Here's Negan game - Anyone Home? Revisited30/11/2018

[Red Kop]

I'm interested in this game - I've brought All Out War but my group hasn't really played it very much - some of us enjoy it whereas others really dislike the rules.

However we are all fans of Zombicide.

Is this similar to that? I am getting that kind of vibe from it.

[Ultravanillasmurf]

Does this need two players, or is it playable as a solo game?

It can be played as a solo game (one player) but you do need to use two characters.
The scenarios are scaled for the number of characters - the number of rooms, entry points and doors being changed.

You can, as I did, run all five characters (plus Negan) as a solo game.

[Ultravanillasmurf]

I'm interested in this game - I've brought All Out War but my group hasn't really played it very much - some of us enjoy it whereas others really dislike the rules.

However we are all fans of Zombicide.

Is this similar to that? I am getting that kind of vibe from it.

It is like a streamlined version of AOW, same dice etc.

I do not know Zombicide, so unfortunately I do not know.

I know Here's Negan! has distracted me from my TWD:AOW solo campaign ^__^.

[Argonor]

It can be played as a solo game (one player) but you do need to use two characters.
The scenarios are scaled for the number of characters - the number of rooms, entry points and doors being changed.

You can, as I did, run all five characters (plus Negan) as a solo game.

Nice, Thanks. I now have to decide if I can actually afford to burn that amount on a stand alone game.... hmmm...

[Ultravanillasmurf]

Nice, Thanks. I now have to decide if I can actually afford to burn that amount on a stand alone game.... hmmm...

If you already play All Out War it is less of a standalone - you can think of it as a Walker booster (equivalent of the Walker plus Roamer booster - you can never have enough Walkers), and if you preorder, it is a chunk of Wave six.

I have started painting the rest of the characters.

[Treebeard]

I will get it for sure. Only the miniatures worth the price for TWD:AOW

[Argonor]

Ah, well. I preordered it, and a couple of Power Dice packs for Vanguard.

[Ultravanillasmurf]

So had another game of Here's Negan!

This is the second scenario.

That is all on the back of my venerable DBA board, 600x600mm.

I am still in the process of painting the survivors (easily distracted). I am also still using the booster Negan figure.

By the Walker phase of  turn one, Laura had got herself in trouble.


Poor planning meant that after Negan had demonstrated his management technique.

He stormed off ahead, leaving his lieutenants with minimum Stamina and no Reputation.

More details  here:
http://ultravanillasmurf.blogspot.com/2018/11/heres-negan-anyone-home.html
Time to reset, re-plan and restart.

[Treebeard]

Nice report. Waiting for my copy from Mantic website.

[Argonor]

Nice report. Waiting for my copy from Mantic website.

Yep, me too!

[Johnno]

Same here. But it's also my Christmas gift from the wife.

[Treebeard]

Same here. But it's also my Christmas gift from the wife.

Ohhh that's smart ;p

[Marine0846]

Looks like fun.
I have a lot of the Walking Dead stuff,
I love it but most of the guys I play with don't.
I even have one guy saying, "it's not real wargaming."
Maybe it's time to find other guys to play with.

[Ultravanillasmurf]

So I had another go at the second scenario.

This time all the survivors pushed forward, even after Negan called them back at one point.

They rushed across the board, Clearing The Way for their boss.

A more detailed AAR here: https://ultravanillasmurf.blogspot.com/2018/12/heres-negan-anyone-home-redux.html
Having concentrated on getting to the exit, they did not gain a lot of Reputation.