Productions Last Night on Earth: Growing Hunger Expansion

I play this game with a group of friends or just one. It has so much variety that it really never gets old, you may get tired of zombies but that is ok, Flying Frog sells other themed games that work similar. This add-on is well done, it adds new heroes and scenarios you'll love, my favorite new heroes are the prom queen and the new cop. The best part of this add-on is the quick death matches that use one character. The Last Night on Earth games come with on line support and new scenarios that can be found online. Every Halloween we get together and play the Hollows Eve game that can be found online, just Google Last Night on Earth. ( Growing hunger is an add-on game for the main game )

Last Night on Earth: Growing Hunger is an expansion for the Last Night on Earth game. I love it because it is so much fun! My friends and I get together once a month for game night and this is one we always pull out. This expansion add heroes, props, locations and scenarios to the main game. You do need the main Last Night on Earth board game for this add on to help you in any way. If you would like to know more about the main game there is a video on you tube from Wil Wheaton on his tabletop gaming blog style show called "TableTop" they played last night on earth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhLU2-BuhMIIts a great explanation of the game and how it works! However I took it to the next level and I hand painted my hero figures. I will post the images.

I believe that this is the only expansion for last night on earth that doesn't modify the zombies in a weird way, to allow them to wield weapons, etc. That also makes it the best expansion in my book. However, it's still a game of one person playing zombies against a group of heros, which is a mechanic I've learned I very much don't like. I like to feel as though I'm playing a game and not running it for other people.

Let me preface this review by saying, before you play through it and get frustrated by how difficult the game is, how crappy the guns are (and the weapons in general), and how some of the scenarios seem impossible for the humans to win, seriously think about what it is to exist within the zombie universe. You wouldn't think that mindless zombies could win against fully-intelligent human beings, and yet every movie ends the same way. Every human brain ends up on the menu. Despite being in a fully-secure facility complete with a full arsenal, the zombies are going to eventually win every time. Buildings will be infiltrated, guns will run out of bullets after only a few shots, and chainsaws will fall apart. The tension of a zombie movie is not whether good will destroy evil. The tension is all about how long will you be able to survive. The end is always inevitable.Now, if you keep the right frame of mind when you play this game, then you will seriously enjoy yourself, as this game is very loyal in adherence to the rules of the zombie world. The supply of zombies is endless, but the human supply is very much not. If you are the human player(s), you will sometime feel as there there is no hope in the world for winning, and this is what it must feel like to actually be a character surrounded by hordes of zombies. This game is intense, but not in the same way that you feel like players are messing with you in other games (although the zombie player often does). The key to remember is that it's all about careful strategizing, as the game is more complex than the small rulebook may seem. The main thing to focus on for both players is to get through your respective decks as much as you can. If you're the zombie, play every card in your hand, even if the advantage isn't clear at first. If you're the human, at least one or two people need to constantly be searching for new items and events. Even if one of you seems like you're an invincible killing machine, that's just when you're the most vulnerable. If you love zombies, then you have to have this game. I believe that Congress is passing that law as we speak...

Growing Hunger adds a lot of awesome new weapons and cards as well as fun new heroes to play as. Growing Hunger also provides fun and challenging scenarios to play. I can't imagine owning Last Night on Earth without the expansions anymore. It's a bit pricey when you start tacking on the expansions but it only took 1 game to decide it was worth it.

If you're a fan of LNOE, you already know you want this expansion! DO IT! It adds so much new playability and is just down right fun! I would say it includes way more "custom scenario" and "house rules" playing pieces than I would ever need though. I would have rather they just given me a use for so many random pieces of cardboard. There is already so much to do and so many things to remember without making up new stuff. I highly recommend playing this expansion!

I'll keep it pretty short. If you're considering the expansion, I would hope you already own Last Night on Earth. I think LNOE is a great game that offers suspense, teamwork, competition, and usually a lot of laughs. This expansion does not change much. What it does do is add some more locations (in the form of some new L-shaped boards), some new characters, new hero and zombie cards, and a few new scenarios. On top of that, it comes with new game pieces that are used with the free scenarios available on the games' official website or that can be used to design your own scenarios.In short, this expansion does not reinvent the wheel. What it will do, however, is help expand and reinvigorate an already great game. It's a little pricey, but if you like LNOE, it's a good investment.