The more we know about the new game, the more questions we have. Yes, it seems the fate of humanity might actually be in your hands. If you can hack your way far enough, there are also hints to what we think are some of the two scenarios promised in the expansion. You really should go try it out for yourself, but rest assured there are some other super-zombie types, hints on new items as well as a whole lot of flavor. We’ll even give you a head start into the mystery: bloody munchies.
Most interestingly, Plaid Hat has created, an online ARG experience where the player tries to hack a terminal at Raxxon and root around in all their important data. Plaid Hat Games also teased some of the new zombie designs with Raxxon audio log transcripts and zombie images on their twitter. Adding Raxxon comes with the added risk of letting some super zombies out into your game world. If the pulse cannon is any indication, there are lots of cool items to be found but Plaid Hat Games is quick to remind us that other, more dangerous things lurk in the strange depths of the now abandoned laboratories. Raxxon is shaping up to be quite an interesting place. Sorta makes the shotgun seem a little silly. You might also hope to find some Football Pads which prevent that all too dangerous “bitten” results. Then there’s the pulse cannon, one of the weapon cards survivors can find by searching Raxxon Labs. First we’ve got “Fuel or Fire,” an example of the new two-use starter cards that offer increased versatility especially in early rounds. Many of the tokens in the new set will be double-sided meaning the game just got twice as complex (and twice as fun) right out of the box. Explosive traps are on the back sides of the standard barricade tokens and, when triggered, can kill all the zombies at a given entrance. Lily also thins out the dead by setting explosive traps, just one of the new options in Long Night.
Blue helps your search Raxxon Labs (more on that later) and along with Lily makes short work of zombies with her incredible attack value of 1+. Meet Lily Mae and Blue, just two of 20 new survivors in the expansion. The choices you make determine the fate of humanity - search desperately for those final healthy survivors as Raxxon's power reaches its apex, or watch as the undead overrun your city.We’re getting more information about the upcoming Dead of Winter stand-alone expansion titled, “ The Long Night.” Over on their website (and on Twitter), Plaid Hat Games has begun teasing us with a few cards and some explorations of the new mechanics. Tempt fate as you investigate the crowd looking for healthy to evacuate and infected to quarantine or kill. Raxxon is a challenging cooperative experience in which every action you take has unintended consequences. We have reason to believe that the company's motives may not be completely. However, while Raxxon's facilities and resources are essential in this operation, watch your back. The pharmaceutical giant, Raxxon, who is rumored to be responsible for this outbreak, has been extremely cooperative in helping to contain the spread of the virus. Your objective is to evacuate the healthy population from the city, while also containing or eliminating the infected by any means necessary. Raxxon has moved to Phase 2 of the containment protocol and is making Raxxon Evacuation Kits available to all who are willing to help. Many cities are unlikely to be salvaged, and citizens everywhere should evacuate to safer regions immediately.
Despite Raxxon's best efforts, the global infection rate has reached the tipping point.