March 13, 2013—Rust Devil Games’ first release, Zed or Alive: The Zombie Miniatures Game for Savage Worlds: Showdown! is finished and ready to be distributed via digital download. The next step in its release is a Kickstarter to raise funds for the initial run of the printed book.
Zed or Alive: The Zombie Miniatures Game is the first self-published title from Rust Devil Games, the team behind Pinnacle Entertainment’s Modern Ops for Savage Worlds: Showdown!. It is a campaign-based miniatures skirmish game set in the years following the zombie apocalypse. Players 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, players may choose to play as a unique Virus Strain, gaining evolutionary material with every battle and evolving to become increasingly lethal!
Funding levels begin at just $5 for “Survivor” status, which garners backers the complete game pdf, while other levels will receive additional extras such as bonus setting packs for various locations around the globe, figure flats, Zed or Alive playing cards, and, of course, the printed book.
The Zed or Alive: The Zombie Miniatures Game Kickstarter has a mixture of stretch goal reward types, with some automatically unlocked for all backers and others becoming available as additional options. Once the Kickstarter concludes, backers will be able to download the completed game as a pdf, as well as any other digital rewards that are complete at that time.
Rust Devil Games is a proud supporter of all “Friendly Local Gaming Stores” and is pleased to offer a special, “brick-and-mortar” only reward level, allowing game stores to order multiple copies of the game and all accompanying extras. Additionally, shipping for retail backers will be prioritized so they get their products first!
Zed or Alive: The Zombie Miniatures Game requires the Savage Worlds: Showdown! rules to play, also available from Pinnacle Entertainment Group website directly (www.peginc.com). Showdown! is the official miniature rule set for the award-winning Savage Worlds rules system, usable for any genre—from superheroes to scifi and fantasy.
For more information, visit Pinnacle Entertainment Group (www.peginc.com) or Rust Devil Games (www.zedoralive.com).
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