{"id":1041691,"date":"2026-01-17T06:46:37","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T06:46:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/?p=483211"},"modified":"2026-01-17T06:46:37","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T06:46:37","slug":"crowdfunding-gem-zombicide-is-20-off-ahead-of-black-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/crowdfunding-gem-zombicide-is-20-off-ahead-of-black-friday\/","title":{"rendered":"Crowdfunding gem Zombicide is 20% off ahead of Black Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Art from the Zombicide tabletop game, showing characters surrounded by zombies, facing them off with guns.\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"Image: Guillotine Games\/CMON\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/crowdfunding-gem-zombicide-is-20-off-ahead-of-black-friday.jpg\" \/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">The publisher CMON is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/2019\/10\/25\/20932599\/zombicide-second-edition-kickstarter\">prolific in the tabletop crowdfunding space<\/a>, with its nearly 60 campaigns on Kickstarter tallying up more than $108 million in earnings. But the publisher has a healthy retail footprint as well, and it\u2019s knocking big money off its popular <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B08Y6BF7DR\/\">Zombicide<\/a> line of games as part of the current wave of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/black-friday\/475286\/best-early-board-game-deals\">early Black Friday board game deals<\/a>. If you\u2019re looking for a great board game gift to give (or to get for yourself \u2014 no judgment), each of these titles are a deadly good time and rarely get discounts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">In addition to the base version, there are more than a dozen <em>Zombicide <\/em>variants currently in print \u2014 three of which are on sale for Black Friday.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B079GWRRTD\"><em>Zombicide: Green Horde<\/em><\/a> has you fighting against zombie orcs for $87.99 (was $109.99).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B0DD2JZSML\"><em>Army of the Dead: A Zombicide Game<\/em><\/a> weaponizes one of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/22447635\/army-of-the-dead-review-netflix\">Netflix\u2019s pulp classics<\/a> with clever miniatures and a solid ruleset for $92.16 (was $109.99).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B08LDK6PLV\"><em>Night of the Living Dead: A Zombicide Game<\/em><\/a><em> <\/em>adapts the horror classic by George Romero to the table for $64.99 (was $89.99).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Looking for more? Check out all of Polygon\u2019s favorite <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/e\/475289\">early Black Friday deals<\/a>, including great discounts on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/e\/475286\">board games<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/e\/475293\">video games and gaming accessories<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/e\/475291\"><em>Magic: The Gathering<\/em><\/a>. And subscribe to our newsletter below to get great deals delivered to your inbox every week.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/black-friday\/483211\/zombicide-board-game-deals\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The publisher CMON is prolific in the tabletop crowdfunding space, with its nearly 60 campaigns on Kickstarter tallying up more than $108 million in earnings. But the publisher has a healthy retail footprint as well, and it\u2019s knocking big money off its popular Zombicide line of games as part of the current wave of early Black Friday board game deals. If you\u2019re looking for a great board game gift to give (or to get for yourself \u2014 no judgment), each of these titles are a deadly good time and rarely get discounts. In addition to the base version, there are more than a dozen Zombicide variants currently in print \u2014 three of which are on sale for Black Friday. 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