End of the Line

his workerplacement survival themed game is fresh meat in a stale genre.ART & DESIGNThere is an abundance of nausea green. For a cutthroat survival game in a post apocolyptic world, the color choices dont match well with the theme and make the cards look dull. The art on each card captures the card effect nicely, it's a neat way of understanding what the card is supposed to do by just looking at the art.GAMEPLAYThe rulebook explains the setup and gameplay well but there are times when you have to read ahead to understand a mechanic that was explained before. Suffer through a few rounds and you'll pick up the game easily.There is little downtime, each player is performing an action simultaneously or is responding to an action. The game is unbalanced at 3 and requires 4+ players to shine.OVERALL VALUEThere is tremendous tension and strategy in every round. The gameplay really connects as you try to keep your family alive, or try to trap rival families. You will enjoy this game if you like workerplacement or survival games with simple rules. For under $50 you are getting a lot of content and replay value. However the game suffers from balancing issues and eliminated players have nothing to do but wait (feel free to house rule this).SPECIAL NOTEA few players did not feel comfortable with the concept of killing "family" especially children and a dog. If this is you, you should not buy this game.