Board Game Zona - The Secret of Chernobyl) - 1 ТК

Adventure board game, the events of which occur in the Chernobyl exclusion zone. The Zona: The Secret of Chernobyl was released in 2019. The game received good grades and feedback on BoardGamegeek. It is developed by Polish gamers, fans of the universities "S.t.A.L.K.E.R." and Metro 2033. If you are also fanatius from the Stalker video game series, Gicacus guarantees that you will like this table embodiment of iconic 3D shooters.

zone. Chornobyl`s Secrets Game. Table S.t.A.L.K.E.R.

players become seekers and go to travel with a radioactive wasteland. They explore different locations of the zone, looking for valuable artifacts, useful equipment and other strange things that will help to overcome all tests on the way to a nuclear power plant and to solve Chernobyl secrets.

decades have passed since the nuclear catastrophe, but a secret life is still raging in the Chernobyl radioactive zone. If you believe rumors, dangerous ugly creatures are wandering there. It is rumored that in the area you can face anomalies that violate the laws of physics. They also talk about the source - this legendary artifact actually exists. But soon this source will reach its critical mass and destabilize, which will lead to an even terrible catastrophe than the 1986 explosion.

So you start your journey to a sarcophagus - towards glory… or death.

The course of the game

At the beginning of the game, participants choose seekers, characters with special abilities and values ​​of characteristics - observation, athleticism, will and ingenuity. Seekers also have different reputation, endurance and initial equipment. 

The game consists of rounds, and each round - of sequential phases. During each phase, players walk in turn, starting with a player who has a token of the voice of the zone (the first player). Phases play in the following order:

1. Action Phase

every player can perform at least two actions per course.

• Moving . The player moves the figure of his seeker to the next location. If it lies a threat token, the seeker must meet this threat.
• Search . The player takes the search to meet with the threat in the current location.
• the action of location . Each location has its effect. The player can perform the action of the location in which his seeker is.
• Unlock a secret location . Being in a location that borders with a blocked secret location, a player can fulfill the conditions to unlock it.
• Rest . Reduce fatigue value by 1.

2. Event phase

Each player in order of moves takes a 1 card of an event that corresponds to the location in which the figure of his character is. Not all locations have a corresponding deck of events. Players in the Chernobyl locations, Pripyat or "Arc" are missing this phase. Taking the map, the search engine reads aloud the text on it and playes the event. Event cards describe adventures, dangers or casual meetings. By playing an event map, the seeker is tested or makes a choice.

If during the drawing of the event in a secret location, the seeker reaches the line "You have solved a secret", he puts this card of the event under his tablet. Only after the search engine unravels two secrets in two separate secret locations, will he be able to get to the sarcophagus. 

If the seeker has received a pointer to read the last paragraph of the sarcophagus event card (inverted fragment of the text), then the game ends with its victory.

3. the phase of rumors

the voice of the zone takes one card of rumors, reads the text on it and executes instructions. The cards of rumors affect the overall situation on the game field. This phase can be ejected. A wave of destructive radiation will emerge from the reactor, which will cover the entire area. The ejection can be deadly for seekers who do not hide in bins in time.

passing checks

meetings with anomalies, mutants fights, external locations events, and some locations requires checking certain characteristics of seekers. In this case, the card will indicate the characteristics that must be checked. To pass the check, the seeker throws three cubes. The fired results it adds to the value of the characteristic that is checked.

• For each obtained (+) seeker adds 1 to the characteristic value.
• For each obtained ( -) seeker subtracts 1 from the value of the characteristic.
• A symbol (a) is considered an empty facet and does not affect the test result. However, if at least 2 dice with a symbol (a) falls out during the check, then the seeker will undergo 1 damage. 

After throwing, the seeker can make efforts to roll. To do this, it increases its fatigue by 1 and throws one cube. This can only be done once for check. The effects of some objects and abilities of the characters also allow you to throw cubes.

In order to successfully undergo the characteristics check, the final result must be equal to or exceed the specified complexity of the verification.

Meeting with a threat

1. the property of threat . The threat property is indicated on the back of the token.
2. Detection . The seeker is checking the observation with the threat specified on the token. In the case of failure, it undergoes the threat of damage indicated on the token. After checking the observation (regardless of the result), you can avoid collision and escape. If the seeker runs away, the meeting ends. 
3. collision . If the seeker decides to overcome the threat, he must check the collision. It checks the characteristic specified on the tokens as usual. Having failed the collision check, it undergoes the threat of damage indicated on the token, and the meeting ends. If the seeker successfully passes the collision check then overcomes the threat and gets a reward.
4. reward . Overcoming the anomaly, the seeker usually gets an artifact specified on the color token. Having overcome the mutant, the seeker takes him as a trophy. The trophy can be sold in any bunker for the price specified on the token.

Winning and defeat

• The game ends with the defeat of all seekers if the logs are exhausted. Seekers delayed too long and the source was destroyed.
• The game ends with the victory of one (and only one) player during a phase of events. If the player in the location of the sarcophagus has reached the description of the end of the game on the event map, he becomes the winner.