Zombie Dice Hack 2.2 + Redeem Codes

Brilliant game overall, and though I like many things about this digital version such as the zombies voice and the overall simplicity, there are just too many problems to make it worth playing. I even paid for the upgraded version and my achievements are still not unlocking as they should be. Ways to make this more enjoyable would be getting the achievements working (and maybe even add more achievements to give the game some longevity, adding additional statistics to log and track, letting us have more control over the dice (forces a reroll when you don’t score brains which I don't see anywhere in the original rule book), perhaps different zombie skins to play against, and explain somewhere what the Game Center nickname is, how it effects the game, and make it so that it remembers your selection so that you don’t have to reselect it every time. I’m not too savvy with modern tech so I’m sure some of the fault here lies on me, but there is definitely a lot of room for improvement to make it more user friendly and less clunky. Overall, I think this is a really amazing game and I hope it gets the love and attention it deserves. Meanwhile, I will be feasting on the brains from my hardcopy of the game and checking back here for updates. Please don’t overlook the potential of this digital version of a masterpiece dice game!!!

It's a great game to kill time or have a blast with friends. Just tonight I had a couple drinks and played a few rounds with some friends with a lot if laughs. I only have one problem with it.

If you want to play with real people or additional AIs you need to pay $1 to upgrade from the free version. Not a big deal, but you do this through an in-app-purchase that in my case did it carry over between devices. So if want to play a quick round with friends I either need to have my iPad or spend another dollar to upgrade my phone's copy.

I know it's not a big purchase, but I always hate spending money on something I already bought.

I only have the free version, and I've only played 12 games, but in those 12 times I've lost all but 2 of the matches -- and those losses weren't close by any means. I realize that dice results are randomized (like in the real world), such that one could really have such bad luck to consistently roll poorly, but when I'm not touching the physical dice myself, it feels like there's more at work than simply the arbitrary nature of dice themselves :-/.

The zombie players seemed to always run by the rule of "roll until you get two shotgun blasts", and that worked well; not only did they usually get the small gains (1-3 brains), but they also got the huge gains (5-8 brains) too often. I, on the other hand, tried to also observe the "roll until you get two shotgun blasts" rule and suffered for it. More times than not, I would have a single shotgun blast, think that it's safe to roll again and immediately get 2 more blasts. And then, of course, there were the lovely times of rolling well to start with 2 or 3 brains and then immediately getting a roll with 3 blasts.

Now, in all fairness, if I would sit down and play many more games perhaps the win/loss ratio would begin to even out, but this heavily skewed beginning leaves me completely disinclined to attempt that stretch goal. This is the first time I've encountered an iOS game where I even began to consider the possibility of weighted dice … and consequently I probably won't be picking it up again :-(.

There are 2 expansions…

Are they ever going to be added into this digital game?

I’d play a LOT more if I could see total games played, total won, total lost, win%, loss%, avg score One rule change in this game would make it more strategic; let us CHOOSE which dice to add to the 3 we get to roll. Ex; start game, I might want to CHOOSE 1 red, 1 yellow, 1 green. I roll red shotgun, feet for the other yellow and green. I re-roll those 2 dice AND a third that I get to CHOOSE!! (This is how we play the yphysical game). This game should let us choose when appropriate... this would eliminate some RANDOMNESS in this game. Btw, I payed the $.99 and it lets me add more ai players but so far I’ve seen a whole 2 additional animations. Thats kinda LAME. AT LEAST add different graphic-mugshot faces for the different zombie opoonents (ai) that we play against. And GameCenter achievements are registering... the game sees my nickname but the achievements are not happening (i know i’ve achieved them but GC icon does not enable). There can be soooooo much more to this game. As it is, its too random, too basic, not enough stats... what a shame for a digital game.

I heard of this game for the first time when watching Geek&Sundry's TableTop with Will Wheaton and was thrilled to see they also offer a digital version for iOS devices.
The game is fun to play agains the computer or, for $0.99 as in-App-Purchase, against a friend on the same device.

And to all those people who feel the need to rate this game badly and throw verbal mud at the developers - really? REALLY? You complain about a game you obviously got for free because all you are doing is playing against the computer, and you still have the guts or need to give a bad rating? It is rigged because you are better when playing the real game? How the dice fall is random, it takes a lot of time to program something that works %100 ALL the time, but even the less sophisticated random generators are about 95% when it comes to randomness. And for a FREE game, heck, even for $0.99 that is a really good deal you are getting here, so stop complaining already!

And again, you guys most likely paid nothing, zero, nada, zilch. Get a life, go outside, meet people, maybe work and do something valuable with your time rather than living your false feeling of entitlement.

I enjoy playing the game, even though I would love to see some retina images in the near future and maybe the function to play with another player over WiFi on two devices. That would be fabulous! :)

We play the real dice version so I thought it would be fun to get the app, too. It plays out just like the real game so that makes it good for pass and play. The only thing missing is reaching into the cup to get the dice. The zombie noises are funny at first but they get annoying quickly, so I just turn them off. But their text remarks are still kind of funny to read. I bought the full version to support the developer, and in the paid version the AI does not seem to cheat much. Sure sometimes it rolls six or seven brains with no problem, but many other times I've seen zombies get shotgun blasted when they had a ton of brains and no shotguns at that point. All in all it seems pretty fair. It's a really cute implementation of the dice game. Nice interface. Well done all the way around.

Fun game but plagued by annoying bugs. It regularly crashes - more than all my other apps combined (and not because I play it a lot). Fortunately, it seems to have saved the game state and can often resume a game after the crash, even if a few turns are lost. Does a TERRIBLE job of reporting to GameCenter…the worst of any game I've played. While monitoring my progress up the leader board, it would often never report a win on the leader board nor update the in-game "scores" making my progress particularly slow. I won't make any judgement on the AI's ability to defy the odds with amazing regularity on its rolls.

It is a great way to waste time, like when stuck in a line or in a waiting room. Nowhere nearly as much "fun" as the physical dice game with friends.

The sloppy programming and lack of updates to address them leaves me reluctant to try another SJ iOS Game.

This is great fun to play, either by yourself or with some undead friends with pass and play. The animations and noises are hilarious and in the true spirit of any Steve Jackson game.

The app follows the rules of the game to a T except for one: in the real game, once one player reaches 13 every other player gets a chance to beat that score. In this version if you are at the top of the list and a player below you sets the score to beat, the game ends once the bottom of the list is reached. Please fix this in the next update!

It still gets five stars from me as it is still great to play. Both this and the physical game I recommend very highly.

This is a pretty fun game to play without taxing your brain. It doesn't look like the game is being developed or updated nowadays. If you don't type your name in the box before you play, the game just hangs and is unplayable. You can't go back, you cant retype your name, and the only solution is to quit out of the game, go into the multitask window and KILL the game, and then start it over. In conjunction with this bug, if you finish a game and want to play another? You have to type your name AGAIN or face the hang. I don't care about seeing my name in the game, since it doesn't keep track of scores, why should I bother? Answer: to keep the game from crashing.

This is on the iPad 4th gen with iOS 8.3

The game plays extremely well with the original 13 dice. However with the two expansions out we should also have an expansion place for this iOS game. I'm missing the pink hero girl die and guy die. Santa and the bus !! These need to be implemented seeing as it adds so much more to the game. Lastly when playing and said player reaches 13 everyone should have a chance to roll to win. Example if the last player reached 13 then no one after can roll to break the win.