The Walking Dead - Issue #3

Following the splurge of painting achieved during Zomtober, I know have everything I need to complete all of the scenarios from the Days Gone Bye expansion pack.

I know some of you will be wondering how things turned out for the Governor, and I will get back to him, but I’m not keen on the third scenario from Prelude to Woodbury so I’m more drawn to other scenarios at the moment.

So here goes...

Days Gone Bye - Part 1: Gun Running

Rick Grimes has woken from a coma, finding the world a changed place. After finding refuge in the home of Morgan Jones and his son, Duane, the three companions set out for Rick’s old police station to secure a stash of weaponry with which to weather the storm...

This was a fun game that became significantly easier when the car alarm went off. My only gripe was that the best strategy ended up being sneaking round the edge of the board, which is always a bit odd when a game is set in a wider world (i.e. not a sports game like Bloodbowl).

One thing I really like about this game is the way the narrative ends up writing itself. Although Morgan found nothing in the first car he visited, the turn he spent there did explain why a convenient car alarm went off. Rick finding a tyre iron in a car was a nice touch too.

I do worry that after the effort of painting him, this might be the last time we see Duane gracing the pages of the comic, so I’ll have to see if I can come up with some scenarios for the Jones boys before Rick returns to Cynthiana (assuming he survives) in the dim and distant future.

Meanwhile, in the next issue Rick is off to Atlanta. I wonder how he’ll get there...