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Gentlemen Prefer Zombies - the game of zombie hunting in Victorian London is on sale now! You’ve read the intro booklets - now you can get the rules and start playing the game. All you need are a few well dressed Victorian gentlemen miniatures and a whole heap of not so well dressed zombies - and you can start playing today. If you’ve ever fancied going on a big game hunt but didn’t fancy shooting any cute animals - this is the game for you. There are plenty of zombies out there - now its time to get to work…

AB One Games has just released the second part of their introduction to Gentlemen Prefer Zombies - the Victorian zombie hunting game. In this introduction we will be looking in more detail at the gentlemen hunters, their skills, how they gain experience and progress (if they survive!) and the sorts of weaponry that they are likely to be equipped with - so that’s shotguns, hunting rifles, elephant guns…. These hunters might be gentlemen but they don’t believe in giving the undead a sporting chance!

Gentlemen Prefer Zombies - An Introduction to Zombie Hunting in Victorian London is a free booklet that introduces players to the forthcoming game - Gentlemen Prefer Zombies. The introduction will hopefully give players an impression of the setting and style of the game plus some extracts from the rules themselves. If you like zombies and you like Victorians - check it out!

AB One Games is pleased to announce that a print version of Pike & Shot & Zombies is now available to order from wargamevault. For those not familiar with the game - P&S&Z is a Renaissance post-apocalyptic zombie survival game. Follow this link for more information about the game, its supplements and reviews.

AB One Games have just released Gallows Hill - a new Thirty Years War scenario for the Father Tilly rules. The action takes place in a crucial sector of the Battle of Breitenfeld. Follow the link to wargamevault and download a copy for free.

Napoleon and the Armies of Mars is the complete set of rules for fighting epic battles between giant war-machines and expert skirmishing infantry on the battle-scared plains of the Red Planet. Check out the other booklets in this series, get building and designing your vehicles and unleash them on your opponents!

A Truthful & Unique Account of the Napoleonic Armies of Mars is another introductory booklet to the Napoleon and the Armies of Mars rule-book. Along with the Construction Guide and the Vehicle Design Guide, players will now have enough information to allow them to create and design their own Martian war-machines and organise their infantry forces for the heroic and deadly encounters to come.

The Napoleonic Armies of Mars details the types of infantry forces that fought on the Red Planet, their weaponry, tactics and organisation and how they managed to support their own war-machines and pose such a serious threat to enemy vehicles. This booklet also provides information about Mutant forces - and the Radiance weaponry that proved such a lethal ingredient to this already over-heated conflict. Download a free copy from Wargame Vault

Following on from our ‘Construction Guide’ AB One Games is pleased to announce the release of their Vehicle Design Guide. This shows players how to create their vehicles in accordance with the soon to be released Napoleon and the Armies of Mars rules. This booklet explains exactly what weapons, equipment and other gizmo’s can be used and also includes vehicle stat sheet templates for players to record their battle-winning designs. The Vehicle Design Guide is free to download from wargamevault.

It’s not all historical wargaming here at AB One Games, we are also big Sci-Fi fans and over the year have developed a new game which will be released shortly. As we don’t produce our own range of figures we thought it would be a good idea to show players how they can create their own - and this has added a fascinating dimension to the game.

AB One Games has just released a new supplement for the Renaissance survival game - Pike & Shot & Zombies. Four new scenario's are included as well as new characters, event cards and zombies:

Vengeance is Zombie is a tale of hatred and a desire for revenge that transcends even death. Can the survivors read the signs and find the clues before the limitless fury of the undead is unleashed? Hopefully not - we want to see as much mayhem, carnage and brain-eating as possible!

Something Zombie This Way Comes is the latest scenario supplement for Pike & Shot & Zombies, the post-apocalyptic Renaissance survival game. When a sinister caravan of travelling entertainers arrives in town, suspicions about these new arrivals quickly give way to anticipation of the wonders and thrills to be revealed. But as the crowds enjoy the exotic entertainments people begin to disappear. Rumours abound and one hard-bitten band of survivors decide to investigate. Will the survivors discover the truth and defeat the evil within or will the undead plague continue to plough its deadly furrow?

Something Zombie contains four new scenarios, a whole host of new characters both sinister and scary as well as new zombie types and new event cards - in fact all you need for some serious zombie entertainment in a doomed Renaissance world.

Here is just a quick taste of what will be coming up in the New Year here at AB One Games. The finishing touches to our new zombie game are being added and this will be available in January - shortly followed by a new scenario supplement.

The Zombie Apocalypse has moved from the Old World to the New. As a new country struggles to emerge from revolution and civil war, its very independence is now threatened by a force savage and deadly. In deep forests and lonely outposts, amongst the piles of fallen heroes a new danger twitches into life. This terrible threat possesses a hunger that cannot be satisfied - a craving for living human flesh that knows no bounds. The dead are beginning to walk again and no one is safe. Will the old divisions of loyalty and patriotism still persist? Or will humankind bury its differences and join forces against the undead plague? Only you can decide!

This game is based on the Pike & Shot & Zombies rules (the Renaissance post-apocalyptic survival game) but is set during the time of the American War of Independence. The rules have the same basic mechanics as the previous set but obviously have a very different historical “feel”. There are of course new weapons and new characters (and unfortunately for these survivors - far less armour!). There are also new scientific ideas which may hold an explanation or a way of countering the vile undead. But some say that the deadliest threat still comes from mankind’s inexhaustible capacity to destroy itself. Will the warring parties fighting for king or independence continue their struggle or stand together against this new danger? The Zombie History of the world continues with Patriots & Loyalists & Zombies...

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AB One games has just released some new and updated War Tokens which are free to download from the Father Tilly Yahoo Group. These tokens are an essential element to the Father Tilly (and Grand Ambition and Bloody Kingdom rules) and introduce a number of events or chance elements ideal for adding extra period flavour and excitement to the game. These tokens introduce the possibility of mutiny in the ranks, exploding powder barrels, drunken generals, spies and traitors and a whole of range of other unfortunate and amusing situations. Players should feel free to download these new tokens, try them out in one or two games and then feed back any comments and suggestions back to the group.

AB One Games have just released their latest supplement for Pike & Shot & Zombies - the post-apocalyptic renaissance zombie survival game. This latest release contains three new missions, some new characters, new zombie types and some nasty new event cards. Check out the Wargame Vault website for more details - and to get you in the mood for Halloween!

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Saber's Edge is pleased to offer from Stephen Danes' AB One Games "Rotting Renaissance Regiments", a gaming supplement for the Pike & Shot & Zombies rules - contains new scenarios, new event cards and a whole bunch of new zombie types to try out. There is also a section on converting your Renaissance figures into menacing, mouldy musketeers as seen on the front cover.

Now please don’t be alarmed by the sight of gun-toting zombies on the front of this supplement. We are not suggesting that these undead beasts have the wit to use these weapons properly. We are not messing with the time-honoured notion of mindless flesh-eating zombies. So rest assured, these zombies are still mindless and still flesh eating. Its just that some of them are still clinging to the weapons that they once used in life. If these guns are fired, they are most likely to miss, or hit another zombie and in any case the gun is probably being held the wrong way round. And as for the chances of reloading - you can forget it. Rotting Regiments describes the final descent of once proud and powerful regiments as the terrible undead plague finally takes hold. As the last shreds of humanity ebb away a residue of former prowess remains. Will these accursed warriors manage one final flourish of military excellence before the all consuming hunger for human flesh takes hold? All that the survivors can bank on is that the battle for survival remains desperate and unremitting - and is not made any easier by the arrival of Rotting Renaissance Regiments.

AB One Games have just released - Rotting Renaissance Regiments - the third gaming supplement for the Pike & Shot & Zombies rules. It contains four new scenarios, new event cards and a whole bunch of new zombie types to try out. There is also a section on converting your Renaissance figures into menacing, mouldy musketeers as seen on the front cover. Now please don’t be alarmed by the sight of gun-totting zombies on the front of this supplement. We are not suggesting that these undead beasts have the wit to use these weapons properly. We are not messing with the time-honoured notion of mindless flesh-eating zombies.

Rest assured, these zombies are still mindless and still flesh eating. Its just that some of them are still clinging to the weapons that they once used in life. If these guns are fired, they are most likely to miss, or hit another zombie and in any case the gun is probably being held the wrong way round. And as for the chances of reloading - you can forget it. Rotting Regiments describes the final descent of once proud and powerful regiments as the terrible undead plague finally takes hold. As the last shreds of humanity ebb away a residue of former prowess remains. Will these accursed warriors manage one final flourish of military excellence before the all consuming hunger for human flesh takes hold? All that the living can bank on is that the battle for survival remains desperate and unremitting - and is not made any easier by the arrival of Rotting Renaissance Regiments.

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Famous Zombies from the Past. A supplement for AB One Games' Pike & Shot & Zombies by Stephen Danes Famous Zombies from the Past is the third gaming supplement for the Pike & Shot & Zombies rules and contains eight new scenarios, new event cards and new zombie types including the new and detailed profile of the “famous” zombies - the latest deadly threat to human survival in the post-apocalyptic Renaissance world! Will the survivors be able to cope with Zombie Cromwell, Gustavus Undead Adolphus, Festering Father Tilly, Count Putrid von Pappenheim or a host of other horrible “heroes”? As if life wasn’t tough enough in the grueling carnage of zombie warfare - the undead have just upped their game. Can the survivors rise to meet the challenge? $5.00 USD - PDF

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Lost Valley Survivors. A supplement for AB One Games Pike & Shot & Zombies The Lost Valley Survivors is the second gaming supplement for the Pike & Shot & Zombie rules and contains six new linked missions, new event cards, new armour and weapons - and lots of new zombie types to try them out on. The Lost Valley is set in a post-apocalyptic Renaissance world where rational thought and burgeoning scientific practice is being dragged back to a darker world of fear and suspicion and of course the terrifying undead plague. Since the coming of the plague, the survivors yearn for peace and time spent away from the constant threat of der Auferstandene. The greatest menace comes from the "plague city", that deadweight of evil that burdens the living struggling to survive. Many believe that if they could only escape this land and its malevolent influence they could find peace. Constant patrols are sent out into the wider countryside, always in the hope of finding a land untainted. Dangerous and gruelling though this work is, it must be continued.

A recent patrol has returned with news of a secluded valley. Quiet, unoccupied and ready for settlement, this could provide a new home for those wishing to escape. Within a few short weeks, a powerful expeditionary force has been mobilized and sets out to find this land, a land that promises peace and freedom and hope. Could this hidden valley provide shelter and a measure of protection from the harsh realities of the outside world. If this place has managed so far to escape this deadly plague, could it not hold out still further if properly organized and defended? Only brave and dedicated survivors need apply for this mission, the risks are sure to be great but surely the rewards will be even greater. $5 USD - PDF

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AB One Games Plague City - A supplement for Pike & Shot & Zombies by Stephen Danes Plague City is the first game supplement for Pike & Shot & Zombies, the post-apocalyptic Renaissance survival game! Included in this booklet are thirteen scenarios set in the hideous and dangerous confines of the plague city. Once a mighty fortress and great city, perched on the banks of a broad and swift flowing river, beset from all sides by armies and looters and vagabonds. This great city succumbed to its final assault. Armies it could humiliate, besiegers it could resist, but against the cold fury of the dead it could not hold out. Thirty thousand inhabitants stared into the faces of the dead and knew that the end had come. Few escaped the slaughter... Now the living, the survivors, shun this place. Death awaits those that return to the city, death or worse! Smoke and the stench of decay arise from this accursed place. Grey and ragged figures make their shambling progression through ruined streets in an endless quest for living flesh, their blood-caked mouths, dry, shuddering, craving. And yet some survivors look on this forbidding city as a potential source of great wealth. What use to the dead have for the riches of the church, the fine merchant houses and sumptuous palaces? Surely an expedition into this damned city would be worth it. Risky, yes - but rewarding - surely! And for players valiant enough to risk the Plague City, a host of new event-cards await to trip up and challenge these survivors brave enough to enter.

AB One Games is pleased to present - Plague City - the first game supplement for Pike & Shot & Zombies, the post-apocalyptic Renaissance survival game! Included in this booklet are thirteen scenarios set in the hideous and dangerous confines of the "plague city". Once a mighty fortress and great city, perched on the banks of a broad and swift flowing river, beset from all sides by armies and looters and vagabonds. This great city succumbed to its final assault. Armies it could humiliate, besiegers it could resist, but against the cold fury of the dead it could not hold out. Thirty thousand inhabitants stared into the faces of the dead and knew that the end had come. Few escaped the slaughter... Now the living, the survivors, shun this place. Death awaits those that return to the city, death or worse! Smoke and the stench of decay arise from this accursed place. Grey and ragged figures make their shambling progression through ruined streets in an endless quest for living flesh, their blood-caked mouths, dry, shuddering, craving. And yet some survivors look on this forbidding city as a potential source of great wealth. What use to the dead have for the riches of the church, the fine merchant houses and sumptuous palaces? Surely an expedition into this damned city would be worth it. Risky, yes - but rewarding - surely! And for players valiant enough to risk the Plague City, a host of new "event-cards" await to trip-up and challenge these survivors brave enough to enter.

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Saber's Edge Hobbies and Games is pleased to offer Stephen Danes Pike & Shot & Zombies Pike and Shot and Zombies: A post-apocalyptic survival game in a ravaged Renaissance world In a world already used to plagues, pestilence, famine and war, things have just got a whole lot worse. Now even the dead won’t lie still in their graves. The corpses from a hundred battlefields have risen up and are now intent of devouring the last few remaining flickers of life in this truly accursed land. Pike & Shot & Zombies is a post-apocalyptic survival game in a ravaged Renaissance world where small bands of survivors battle the hordes of the undead in a desperate bid to prolong their miserable lives for a few moments more. Each player will control one or two survivors and must withstand the fiendish scenario created by the umpire. The rules include a detailed profile of each survivor character explaining their attributes and skills. A fearsome array of armaments are available - the finest of black-powder technology - not to mention the best of the stabbing, hacking, impaling, smashing, crushing and slicing close combat weapons available to the Renaissance soldier.

But the survivors will need to be prepared, a terrifying array of undead creatures are arrayed against them. The rules describe a variety of different undead threats, from slow, stupid and frankly rather confused zombies, to faster moving more predatory undead creatures and even grossly fat zombies that can explode infections zombie goo all over an unlucky survivor. To make matters worse for the survivors, the umpire has at their disposal an extensive deck of event-cards. These create a wide variety of unforeseen, awkward and even downright dangerous situations that can trip up the most prepared band of survivors - from fumbling weapon handling and misfires, accidental powder explosions, to bad omens and even accusations of witchcraft. And to start players off, there are two starter missions included and guidelines for creating your own testing and terrifying scenarios using the Pike & Shot & Zombies rules. $14 USD - PDF

In a world already used to plagues, pestilence, famine and war, things have just got a whole lot worse. Now even the dead won’t lie still in their graves. The corpses from a hundred battlefields have risen up and are now intent of devouring the last few remaining flickers of life in this truly accursed land. Pike & Shot & Zombies is a post-apocalyptic survival game in a ravaged Renaissance world where small bands of survivors battle the hordes of the undead in a desperate bid to prolong their miserable lives for a few moments more. Each player will control one or two survivors and must withstand the fiendish scenario created by the umpire. The rules include a detailed profile of each survivor character explaining their attributes and skills. A fearsome array of armaments are available - the finest of black-powder technology - not to mention the best of the stabbing, hacking, impaling, smashing, crushing and slicing - close combat weapons available to the Renaissance soldier.

But the survivors will need to be prepared, a terrifying array of undead creatures are arrayed against them. The rules describe a variety of different undead threats, from slow, stupid and frankly rather confused zombies, to faster moving more predatory undead creatures and even grossly fat zombies that can explode infections zombie goo all over an unlucky survivor. To make matters worse for the survivors, the umpire has at their disposal an extensive deck of “event-cards”. These create a wide variety of unforeseen, awkward and even downright dangerous situations that can trip up the most prepared band of survivors - from fumbling weapon handling and misfires, accidental powder explosions, to bad omens and even accusations of witchcraft. And to start players off, there are two starter missions included and guidelines for creating your own testing and terrifying scenarios using the Pike & Shot & Zombies rules.

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Do you have a bunch of Thirty Years War or English Civil War figures hanging around not doing much? Do you have a gang of undead figures equally underused? Ever wondered what it would be like to pitch Europe’s meanest mercenaries against the relentless hordes of the underworld? No, neither had I. But I did manage to borrow some Zombies and come up with some daft but seriously fun rules for kick-ass encounters between man, musket and mouldering corpse. So welcome to the world of Pike & Shot & Zombies! The rules will be out next month, so more information coming soon...