Zombie in My Pocket (2010)

About this game

There are two versions of Zombie in my Pocket, go to Zombie in My Pocket for the 1-player print and play version. The semi-cooperative 1-8 player published version (from Cambridge Games Factory). The game offers players chances to help the group, or play selfishly, and you never know what your fellow zombie bashers are going to do. In Zombie in my Pocket, you're searching for the secret of the evil temple where you can find the item to destroy the zombies rising from the dead. You can pick up items to bash zombies along the way; a machete, golf club, chain saw, or even your former uncle's grisly femur. Find the zombie totem, then bury it in the backyard graveyard before midnight and you've saved the world. Otherwise, you're zombie food.

Does it fit your group?

• Group size. Works with 1 to 8. It has a designed solo mode.
• Rules load. At 1.4/5 this is a light game — explain it in a few minutes, good for a table that has not played much.
• Age. The publisher suggests 11 and up. That rates the rules rather than the artwork, so judge the box yourself for younger players.