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Outbreak: Undead 2nd Edition - Survivors Guide

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THE NEXT CHAPTER to the AWARD WINNING Zombie Survival Simulation RPG!

Outbreak: Undead.. is the ENnie award-winning RPG that first premiered at GenCon 2010 as the very first Zombie Survival Simulation RPG. The game debuted to a wide audience gaining popularity with both Role Players as well as the Zombie/Survivalist community, obtaining a 'PLATINUM SELLER' status on DTRPG

Over 7 years ago we told people YOUR ZOMBIE SURVIVAL PLAN WILL FAIL, and asked you to PROVE US WRONG. Many of you did, but CAN YOU SURVIVE the next stage?

The stuttering of the generator shakes the machine violently, its last bit of gas rings in the background, while the lights flicker as you enter the sub-basement of the hospital. You came here looking for antibiotics, but there is something else here...
The stuttering of the generator shakes the machine violently, its last bit of gas rings in the background, while the lights flicker as you enter the sub-basement of the hospital. You came here looking for antibiotics, but there is something else here...

Outbreak: Undead.. is Survival Horror simulation-based RPG, focusing on practical experience - and scarcity of resources rather than sensationalist hero fulfillment. The game asks you not ‘IF’ you are going to die, but ‘WHEN’.

St. Louis in Ruins...St. Louis in Ruins...

What do we mean by 'Survival Simulation RPG'?

Outbreak: Undead is a sandbox system, with no real 'pre-established world building or lore' - players can create highly adaptable mission frameworks. Allowing for any kind of Survival Horror Apocalypse (slow, fast, sentient, biologically alive), in any kind of environment(urban, arctic, jungle, swampland), and take place in any kind of setting (divergent history, modern day, near future, fandom worlds) you can imagine.

Whats New?  

The first edition had a lot of great elements baked into its design. But it also fell short in some respects. So with 2nd Edition, our focus is to: 

  • Expand in DETAIL the rules of the game in both a Survivors Guide for Players, as well as a Game Masters Guide for the aspiring GM.
  • Earn SURVIVAL POINTS as players, while generating RISK that the GM's have access to create unbiased obstacles. 
  • Provide example scenarios in the form of our STRAIN SERIES.
  • Make OPPONENTS that are the perfect fit for your players worst nightmares. 
  • Play the game at a level of REALISM that is most intriguing to your group. 
  • Use players GESTALT (practical experience) to zero in on what makes players special. 
  • Run group TACTICS, and wisely use COMPETENCE POINTS to give you the best odds at survival. 
  • Continue to expand on our proprietary SPEW-AI (Strength, Perception, Empathy, WIll - Assessment Inventory, an online 30 Q personality test), so you can play YOURSELF as a character with confidence.
Try it today!Try it today!

Survival Horror at its core...

Like all trends, zombies come and go through our collective consciousness as excellent titles by talented people are drowned out by the wave of product just trying to capitalize on the trend. 

Outbreak: Undead.. wants to focus on the PASSION of the STORY, as the best horror stories aren't about ZOMBIES, but instead SURVIVING A WORLD where we are no longer IN CONTROL.

Outbreak: Undead isn't just about fighting the Zombies/Infected - it's about: 

  • Scarcity of Resources
  • Opposition of Nature and Man
  • Stories of Individual Struggles peppered with Hope

It's about surviving in a world where THE ODDS ARE AGAINST YOU.

So in Outbreak: Undead.. you will be TELLING YOUR STORY of success and failure using resources generated by your practical skills. Degrees of Success and Degrees of Failure will either generate ACTIONS in combat, or LABOR in survival situations.

Levels of Realism:

While Outbreak: Undead.. is very much a test of wills, and the odds are often stacked against you - we understand it's still a game. So in 2nd Edition, we've broken the rulebook into THREE LEVELS OF CRUNCH.

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The GREEN HIGHLIGHTS in the book will give you the basics of the system. While YELLOW will give you additional rules for realism. RED is for the players who are looking for a truly brutal survival experience.

Every level of difficulty allows you to integrate it into the others. So you could have a table with GREEN HORNS, TESTED INDIVIDUALS, and TRUE SURVIVALISTS all at the same time!

Strongholds: Live Together Or Die Alone  

One of the unique features of Outbreak: Undead.. is the use of Strongholds and the foundation for your survival adventure. Strongholds allow players to make their games more than just a run-hack-n-slash affair, exploring interpersonal relationships and understanding what makes a society tick.  

Beyond just finding safety in numbers, characters will have the opportunity to establish governmental bodies in order to manage and direct the communities they form, develop a working economic system that makes use of supply and demand, and establish a variety of relations with other groups that may also be out there in the apocalypse.  



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Ricky G October 18, 2023 5:12 pm UTC
Did this come as a physical book?
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Manuel D August 24, 2022 2:21 am UTC
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Do you have the cards available as a PDF? I would really like to have for my first time as a GM
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Tiago M June 17, 2021 12:24 am UTC
Oh, no! I missed the Driverhrurpg discount! :((
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Julio L November 01, 2020 3:49 pm UTC
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Do the rulebooks include the information that the cards have? As in the trait and equipment cards? I'm trying to see what I need to buy to be able to play online with some friends
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Alex H December 01, 2020 5:54 am UTC
They are nice to have but not required for play.
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John T September 04, 2020 5:53 pm UTC
Will print on demand (POD) copies for this and GM Guide be available soon?
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Ivan V September 04, 2020 5:56 pm UTC
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Are you having difficulty finding copies at your FLGS or via RenegadeGames?
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John T September 10, 2020 4:27 pm UTC
Ah. I lamely assumed this was a DriveThru only product. My fault. I found them on the Renegade site. Thanks for the nice reply. :)
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Javon P May 26, 2020 8:25 am UTC
Hi I bought this game a while ago and i've been excited to play it since i've seen smosh play it but i never got to it i want to know what the best way was to build a story
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David F May 01, 2020 12:58 am UTC
This is a stupid question, but is this the 'core' book with everything I need to run a game? I'm a little late to the party and there's such a wealth of great looking literature to accompany the game, that I'm a little overwhelmed.
Cheers
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Ivan V May 01, 2020 2:41 am UTC
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Not a stupid question at all! The "Survivors" handbook is like the equivalent of buying the D&D players handbook, it has all the main rules you need to get started - but it's not the 'entire package'. The "Game Masters Guide" is an excellent resource for GMs' who are looking to run a game of Outbreak: Undead and use all the tool in the tool chest!

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David F May 22, 2020 9:36 am UTC
Cool, thanks.
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Matthew P February 14, 2020 4:23 am UTC
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Is there a way I can remove some of the watermarks? They're just giant black boxes that cover up the text, making some parts of the book unreadable.
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Chance B July 01, 2019 7:19 am UTC
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Under the disadvantages aggression coping mechanism says add a difficulty per tier for time 1d0 per tier was this supposed to be 1d6 or 1d10? Page 52 it says the same for both my physical copy and digital copy.
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Alex H July 02, 2019 6:11 am UTC
That should just read Time 1 per Tier.
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Chance B July 02, 2019 7:00 am UTC
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Oh OK thanks for the response I just figured I'd ask and see if it was a typo. Love the system keep up the great work guys.
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Nicholas D April 16, 2019 5:08 am UTC
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Is there a reason the character sheet is listed as fillable and isn't?
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Ivan V October 28, 2019 7:35 pm UTC
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Hey Nicholas,

For some reason when we upload the fillable file, DTRPG is compressing it in a way we cannot seem to recover. Our local file works, but it's not translating to the product page for some reason.

In the meantime, we recommend you download it from our website at www.huntersentertainment.com

Sorry for the inconvenience!
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Travis H March 19, 2019 12:03 pm UTC
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Just a quick question: on page 15 of the Survivor's Guide it mentions that there are play mats and character logs to go along with the character sheets at Hunterbooks.com but I can't find these anywhere, have they not been posted on the website yet or have they possibly been taken down? Just curious as I feel like they could be fairly helpful (even if not essential).
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Alex H March 19, 2019 6:06 pm UTC
Hey Travis, the Play Mat hasn't been released yet so you aren't missing out. As for the Logs, those are explained in the SG, but they are something you would make yourself.
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Reilly O December 29, 2018 3:52 am UTC
Hi, I have a huge problem and I can't find any way to fix it. I recently bought the Outbreak: Undead 2nd Edition - Survivors Guide off of Amazon. My problem is that I have none of the materials to play the game. I can't find the dice or any other materials we need to play the game. I searched far and wide for the materials, and the only thing I see with them is the Starter Kit. The thing is, everywhere I look, the starter kit is "Out of print." This is my first time with an RPG, so I don't have any supplies for the the game of my own. I just need to know where I can buy the supplies I need to play.

Thanks for your help.
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Alex H February 27, 2019 9:59 pm UTC
Hey Reilly, sorry for the delay in response. The only materials you need in order to play are some dice, specifically two d10s and some d6s in four colors so you can make dice pools. It doesn't require any of the mentioned extras or the custom dice (there are details in the book for using normal d6). That said, all of the accessories are not yet on sale as they are currently in production along with the physical copies of the Gamemaster's Guide. Once they are finished being made they'll become available for sale.
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Web C November 10, 2018 10:15 am UTC
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Anyone have experience of running/playing O:U on VTT? If so how did you go about it?
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Douglas M November 13, 2018 3:46 pm UTC
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A couple of friends and I have been ramping up a game using Tabletop Simulator. We like 3d maps. That said, I looked at a few others and TTS is just the right way to go for us. roll20 is probably also a good one to get up and running quickly.

The biggest challenges, so far, have been a combination of learning the rules of the game and setting up the table to make it as easy as possible to run/play.

I did a number of things to keep the rules at hand for easy lookup. Copy/paste all of the equipment, for example, that you are going to use in a session. You will probably want to have a separate character sheet for the stronghold. I brought in the GM screen for ease of use. Counters for things like depletion points are handy. I grabbed a ton of miniatures made from the Left for Dead series and 3d map bits.

I created a bunch of dice trays and counters for NPCs/Zombies so I can roll all of their pools at once. This right here is something I see as a potential problem no matter how...See more
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Joel L October 30, 2018 5:30 pm UTC
I purchased this game and wanted to leave a review but can’t because I didn’t buy it from here. So my review of the game is it’s absolutely amazing. The game is an in depth survival game but the gameplay is streamlined and very easy to pick up. I can’t wait for the Gamemasters guide to see what else is added to the game!
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Flavio B October 24, 2018 11:12 pm UTC
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Hello! Can't download, recently purchased.
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Ivan V October 25, 2018 5:50 am UTC
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Huh, not too sure what the problem is. Just checked and everything is alright on our end (downloaded it under a test account just in case). Maybe contact DTRPG customer support?
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P. C October 21, 2018 6:40 am UTC
Hello Ivan,

May I know if the GM Guide you mentioned here and the GM Companion 2nd Edition - Early Access the same?
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/186803/Outbreak-Undead-GMs-Companion-2nd-Edition--Early-Access

I am interested to buy. Please advice. Thank you.
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Alex H October 21, 2018 8:35 am UTC
They are not completely the same, but they are similar. The GM Companion is the early look at some of the content coming in the GM Guide, but the GM Guide will be further updated and contain a load more content as well. The GM Companion is great for getting games up and running now.
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