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[freewargamesrules]

Official Title
Brains

Publisher
Carlo

Format
Free PDF/ Word Document/Open Document Format/Online Version

Source
http://brainsgame.wordpress.com/download-rules/

PA specific or adapted from another genre
Specific

Target scale
Any

Dice Used
D3, D6, 2D6

Cards Used
Equipment cards

Number of players
2/Any

Number of minis
2/Any

Board size
Described as a few feet across

Environment
Any

Terrain
Urban

Vehicle movement
No

Zombies/infected
Yes

Monsters/mutants
No

Campaign element
No

Description
The game of Brains pits a handful of Humans against a horde of Zombies in a classic
apocalyptic scenario. Objectives are used. The Turn sequence alternates between the Human player and once complete the Zombie player activates.

[freewargamesrules]

Official Title
Brains: The Hunger

Publisher
Pictor Studios

Format
Webpage

Source
http://pictorsstudio.com/home/pictors/Pictors_Studio/Brains_the_Hunger.html

PA specific or adapted from another genre
Specific

Target scale
Any

Dice Used
D8

Cards Used
None

Number of players
2/any

Number of minis
4/10 per player

Board size
Not specified

Environment
Any

Terrain
Field/Wood/Cemetry

Vehicle movement
No

Zombies/infected
Yes

Monsters/mutants
No

Campaign element
No

Description
The game is designed to simulate skirmish combat between a group of college students who are partying in a zombie infested field (or woods, or cemetery) and the zombies that are infesting them.

[freewargamesrules]

Official Title
Dead Walk Again

Also known as
Zombie Skirmish Game For Tough Survivors

Publisher
Planned Movement Productions

Format
Free PDF

Source
http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/deadwalkagain/
Required to join the Yahoo group which is moderated

PA specific or adapted from another genre
Specific

Target scale
15mm - 40mm

Dice Used
D6 and D20

Cards Used
Item and Equipment cards provided within PDF

Number of players
1/any

Number of minis
1 per character/10 x zombies per character

Board size
Not specified

Environment
Any

Terrain
Any

Vehicle movement
Yes in advanced rules

Zombies/infected
Yes

Monsters/mutants
No

Campaign element
Yes, a character can gain experience and extra abilities

Description
Dead walk Again is a simple skirmish action miniatures game where a few characters
are placed against hordes of zombies. The game can be played in any way you like,
from a stealth game where characters try to sneak around, to mega large shootouts
between soldiers and hordes of zombies. It’s limits are your own and if the rules don’t
fit your vision, change them. These rules are designed to be played in a cooperative fashion, which means that the players will try to fight together against hordes of auto-generated zombies. They allow
for both solo games and multiplayer games with no limit to the number of players.

[freewargamesrules]

Official Title
Frag Zombies

Publisher
Steve Jackson Games

Format
Website

Source
http://www.sjgames.com/pyramid/sample.html?id=2478

PA specific or adapted from another genre
Adapted Frag and Zombies!!!

If applicable, format of adaptation
Frag and Zombies are Commercial boardgames this combines both games

Target scale
20mm (Zombies!!! figures)

Dice Used
Lots of D6

Cards Used
Zombies!!! Event Card Deck
Frag Weapon and Gadget Card Decks

Number of players
2/6

Number of minis
1 per player

Board size
Zombies!!! Map Tiles

Vehicle movement
No

Zombies/infected
Yes

Monsters/mutants
No

Campaign element
No

Description
A rule set that combines Steve Jackson Games' computer-less first-person shooter Frag with Journeyman Press' B-movie action boardgame Zombies!!!. To use these rules you will need both games.

[freewargamesrules]

Official Title
No Room In Hell

Publisher
aetchell

Format
Free PDF

Source
http://www.noroominhell.etchell.co.nz/

PA specific or adapted from another genre
Specific

Target scale
15mm

Dice Used
8D6

Cards Used
No but printable counters in PDF

Number of players
1/any

Number of minis
1/unspecified

Board size
Not specified

Environment
Any

Terrain
Any

Vehicle movement
No

Zombies/infected
Yes

Monsters/mutants
No

Campaign element
No

Description
No Room In Hell is a table-top game of zombie horror survival for 1 or more players. It can
play out slightly differently to traditional table top games in that it is either single player or
multi-player based. You can either be competing against fellow human survivors or fighting
as a single group against the undead horde. It is a turn based game, where two sides make alternative moves until the game ends. Each turn is divided into a small number of phases. Certain actions are only performed in certain phases of a turn.

[freewargamesrules]

Official Title
Send More Brains

Publisher
Jay Arnold

Format
Free PDF

Source
https://sites.google.com/site/jaysgamebunker/send_more_brains

PA specific or adapted from another genre
Specific

Target scale
28mm

Dice Used
D10

Cards Used
Character cards available on website

Number of players
1/any

Number of minis
2-4

Board size
Not specified

Environment
Any

Terrain
Any

Vehicle movement
No

Zombies/infected
Yes

Monsters/mutants
No

Campaign element
No

Description
Send More Brains is an attempt to capture the flavour of zombie movies in a fun, fast-playing miniatures game.

[Silent Invader]

Hi FWR 

You're doing a grand job.  I'll add the links to the index  page when you've finished as it's easier  if I make the effort to sit in front of  a proper computer to do that 

[freewargamesrules]

Official Title
Zombie Rage

Publisher
Silent Invader

Format
Free PDF

Source
http://www.freewebs.com/matakishi/Silent%20Invader%20Zombie-rules.pdf

PA specific or adapted from another genre
Fast zombies from  I Am Legend / 28 Days Later / Quarantine films

Target scale
28mm

Dice Used
D6

Cards Used
Equipment and weapon cards in PDF

Number of players
1/any

Number of minis
1/scenario specific

Board size
Not specified

Environment
Rules are set in Britain so European climate but irrelevant

Terrain
Any

Vehicle movement
Yes

Zombies/infected
Yes

Monsters/mutants
No

Campaign element
No
 
Description
A tabletop game played with 28mm miniatures by one or more persons. The rules are not intended to be absolutely definitive but provide a general framework for the game which takes place in a ‘fast zombie’ environment similar to that found in the I Am Legend / 28 Days Later / Quarantine
sub-genre of zombie movies such that, technically speaking, the principal antagonists are ‘infected’ rather than ‘living dead’. Each player adopts the character(s) of individual(s) who thus far have avoided infection and their objective is to complete, and survive, a pre-determined mission, which might be to search for supplies or to search for vehicle keys, etc. The zombies do not require a dedicated player as their simplistic behaviour is determined by the game rules. For the survivors to be successful they need to support each other and balance searching quickly and widely against attracting the attention of zombies thereby drawing them into close contact.

[Silent Invader]

I recognise that last one! 

Thanks freewargamerules for your sterling effort: the links in the index on page 1 have now been updated.

[freewargamesrules]

Official Title
Fallout: Warfare

Also known as
Fallout Tactics Miniature Game

Publisher
Chris Taylor

Format
Free PDF

Source
http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20070811034044/fallout/images/6/6d/Fow.pdf

PA specific or adapted from another genre
Specific for the Fallout genre.

If applicable, format of adaptation
Free PDF for the Fallout Tactics computer game.

Target scale
Paper Miniatures

Dice Used
D10

Cards Used
Nil

Number of players
2/many

Number of minis
Not specified apart from a "team" of figures per player

Board size
Not specified

Environment
Any

Terrain
wastelands

Vehicle movement
Yes (advanced rules)

Zombies/infected
No

Monsters/mutants
Mutants

Campaign element
Yes

Description
Fallout: Warfare: Wargaming in the Fallout Universe is a tabletop battle game based on Fallout Tactics computer game and using a simplified version of the "Special" character system. It was written by Chris Taylor (the main creator of "Special") and was added to the Fallout Tactics bonus disk. It is now available free with the authors blessing.

[Mitchelxen]

Official Title
USX: Apocalypse

Also known as
Requires USX: Modern Day Heroes to play

Publisher
Silver Fox Productions Inc.

Format
Free PDF

Source
http://rafm.com/Storage/USX/USX%20Post%20Apocalyptic%20Campaign%20Rules.pdf
Forums for questions
http://rafm.com/phpbb3/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=612

PA specific or adapted from another genre
Specific Campaign rules for PA. Adapted from USX: Modern Day Heroes. Character Advancement and gamestyle adapted from Death in the Dark (Mordheim).
Listed as Beta Play test ruleset so rules may need some adaptation.

Target scale
28mm

Dice Used
D6

Cards Used
Characters have separate record sheet.

Number of players
1/Any

Number of minis
1/Any

Board size
4' x 6' play area

Environment
Any

Terrain
Any

Vehicle movement
Yes

Zombies/infected
Yes

Monsters/mutants
Zombies, Mutants, Tin Men, Machines, Cthulhu stuff

Campaign element
It is a Campaign

Description
These rules describe the procedure for running post apocalyptic campaign
games using USX: Modern Day Heroes rules. A campaign may be played with any number of players, although you must have at least two. No referee is necessary, although one can be added to the campaign.
In the campaign game players run a force of post apocalyptic scavengers in the ravaged world of the future. After each scenario, the participating players record experience for their forces, determine if wounded models survive and purchase new equipment on the way to dominating the region.

[Chainmailninja]

Official Title
Zed or Alive: The Zombie Miniatures Game

Publisher
Rust Devil Games

Format
$5 PDF, Softcover release Oct. 2014

Source
http://zedoralive.com/

PA specific or adapted from another genre
PA Specific rules for the Savage Worlds: Showdown! system.

Target scale
15mm-28mm

Dice Used
d4, d6, d8, d10, d12

Cards Used
Regular playing cards, optional loot cards.

Number of players
1-?? (recommended 4 max for standard table)

Number of minis
4-8 per player

Board size
4x4

Environment
Default setting is Midwestern US, upcoming setting packs allow play in different regions of the world.

Terrain
Default Urban, setting packs cover more rural areas.

Vehicle movement
Yes

Zombies/infected
Yes

Monsters/mutants
Yes - Virus strains as playable faction which can be customized/mutated throughout campaigns.

Campaign element
Yes

Description:
Zed or Alive is a campaign-based miniatures skirmish game set in the years following the zombie apocalypse. You control one of several human group types such as Survivors, Tribals, or Military and battle each other and the ever-present zombie menace to gain weapons, supplies, and dominance!

Alternately, you may choose to play as a Virus Strain, gaining evolutionary material with every battle and evolving to become increasingly lethal!

[Adm Richie]

Official Title

Across the Dead Earth

Also known as

ADE AtDE

Publisher

Dead Earth Games

Format

Paid PDF, Print Book (not yet available)

Source

www.deadearth.co.uk

PA specific or adapted from another genre

Specific

Target scale

28mm

Dice Used
(type and no. required, eg 2xD6, 1xD10)

2xD6

Cards Used

Event and Rare Item cards, included with PDF, book purchase, and available from website too

Number of players

2+ (tested up to 5)

Number of minis

4-9

Board size

3x3 or 2x4 recommended, any usable

Environment
(temperate/desert/winter/other)

All

Terrain
(industrial/commercial/urban/rural/other)

All

Vehicle movement
(yes/no/optional)

Only 1 vehicle included in base rules, full vehicle rules coming in expansion

Zombies/infected

Expansion only.

Monsters/mutants

No.

Campaign element

Yes, very much so.

Description: : Across the Dead Earth allows you to build and customise persistent gangs with skills, talents and equipment over campaigns, fighting for loot, territory and survival. No player is ever left with nothing to do thanks to alternating activation and Event Cards which can be played at any time. Fast playing but highly tactical, AtDE is easy to get to grips with but has sufficient depth to last many long campaign hours.

[Espritfigs]

EDIT 08/17/2017

FREE!!!!
Official Title
Red Button's Nation

Publisher
Esprit - Forge Studio

Format
Free PDF/Online Version

Source
http://www.forge-studio.com/rbn/fr/accueil/

PA specific

Target scale
28/32mm

Dice Used
D6, XD6

Cards Used
Event cards

Number of players
2/Any

Number of minis
6/Any

Board size
24" x 72"

Environment
Any

Terrain
Urban/Desert

Vehicle movement
Yes!!!

Zombies/infected
Yes

Monsters/mutants
Yes

Campaign element
Yes

Description
Nobody knows who pushed in the first one, who activated the Big Disaster, the end of a civilization. Some people say that nobody is responsible, that it is the machines which made this decision. Although it is there, it has been near a century since the heirs of this apocalypse tear what stays of the world.
 The American continent is the first place on earth which seems to glimpse the birth of nations. Indeed, although always in disagreement on numerous points, the human beings and the mutants were divided certain territories. Except some confrontations, a fragile cease-fire lasts since a few years. The main reason of such an agreement is that the threat of the infected, called also "zombies", could not be controlled without the coordination of both races.
 Although nobody wants to recognize it, the third nation is born, hidden in the dead lands: that of the machines. Hundreds of military and civil robots indeed migrated to this zone of North America, at first by small groups then by waves of individuals' tens eliminating all those who were on their road. This region infested with zombies is very too dangerous to send it a group of exploration to know what it takes place there, at least at the moment...
 The survivors

The surviving term, covers all the human beings whose DNA was not rather strongly altered to be considered as mutating and who wish to find one life close to that of their ancestors. Grouped in two states, him are not spared by the conflicts. They indeed share their lands with societies of cultistes and sometimes find themselves on the road of  nomads slave traders.

The Cultists

Cultists groups together around a common faith. There is numerous cult of which the size little to vary of a family unit in several hundred individuals. The biggest known cult is the one of Goldoh, The Big Golem. Named Goldoh is in fact a prototype of big Warrior robot of more than ten meters out of order from the earliest days of the Big Disaster.

The mutants

The first mutants were welcomed as a fate, then little by little families felt a certain shame to count these "anomalies" within them. Numerous mutant children were then given up in the desert. Being more resistant , most of these rejected survived and met in tribes. The nation mutants so began to be born. Mutants following generations showed themselves stronger still, this threat gave rise to a great war which came to an end only with the arrival of the infected on the West of the continent.

The slave traders

Been often afraid, rarely chased, the slave drivers think that only the law of the strongest deserves to be applied. They travel the New World in search of weaknesses to be submitted to the authority of those who have the power. Strangely, it is the mutants who reject categorically this practice.

The Robots

Shortly after the first bombs come down on the big cities of the World, the governments left drones and robots on all the fronts. It was a real massacre, servicemen or civilians, no distinction was made. While headquarters fell one after the other, more and more autonomous programs were transferred in his artificial fighters to assure the continuity of the missions. In these programs made hastily, were added computer viruses. Of this soup of bits, orders and of counter orders took out again nothing good for the whole humanity. Out of control, machines seemed to have their own purpose, for which the human beings were an obstacle. Today, they seem to get organized around an unknown entity in the heart of Dead Earth.

[Dr Mathias]

I have updated the index in the initial post with the last few submissions- thank you all.