| As a zombie afficianado, this has been sitting on my shelf since it came out. It's a good, but not great, game.
The good? With the right group, this can be a great "beer and pretzels" game. And it plays fairly quickly as well, so you never have to wait too long for the next game. The production values are passable (though obviously not up to FFG standards.) Ruleswise, it's a pretty fairly balanced system, though the game by it's nature can lead to friction if you play with overly sensitive or contentious people.... Which leads to...
The bad? I found the rules booklet to be a bit disjointed, so it's easy to overlook simple [but important] rules-- sounds like that's exactly what happened to you the first time around. We did, too [forget exactly what the rule was, offhand, but in our case it wasn't anythign critical.] As mentioned above, the game, by it's nature, leads to people attempting to gang up on other people, which could conceivably cause problems. [Not with anyone I know, but so I've heard.] Also, I wish they would have taken the page from :Fearsome Floors: and customized the characters a bit. [In FF, the characters all have the same values, but different pictures and names.] Yes, this is a game based on stereotypes, but that simple aspect drew me out of the game a bit.
Overall, glad to hear someone besides me has heard-of/played this game!! | 
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