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Apocalypse: The Board Game

Pick one of six survivors, gather water, food, first aid and coffee, and keep your shelter standing while the map flips into a disaster zone.

2-6 playersAges 14+

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Pick Your Survivor

Each survivor starts with one extra resource and a passive ability that bends the rules in their favor.

The Steward

Starting advantage: +1 Water · Aligns with The Surge Apocalypse advantage Ignores the additional Water discard imposed by Surge tiles.
How It Plays

Gather, Build, Survive

Four steps from your first resource to Awakening.

Drafted from the card text. Justin to confirm before launch.
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Gather

Collect water, toilet paper, food, first aid and coffee from the tiles around you. Without a shelter, you can hold six.

Water resource cardFood resource cardCoffee resource card
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Build

Spend resources on a shelter to raise your storage to nine. Upgrade it and you can hold twelve.

Valley location tileMed station location tileReservoir location tile
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Survive

Event cards keep the pressure on, and tiles can flip into disasters: Invasion, Impact, Antidote, Uprising, Bomb and Surge.

Spoiled Rations event cardGround Instability event cardBurnout event card
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Awaken

Gather from your survivor's disaster tiles three times to Awaken. Nobody wins without it.

Invasion tileThe Observer survivor cardAwakened chip
Event Cards

Something Always Goes Wrong

Every turn starts with an event card. Some flip tiles into disasters. Some take your water, food or coffee. A few are Hold cards you keep for later, like Unscheduled, which you play on someone else's turn to make them lose a resource.

"You shouldn't have trusted the smell."
Spoiled Rations, discard all food.

Boil Advisory event cardSpoiled Rations event cardGround Instability event cardSleepless Night event cardBurnout event card
The Map

Every Tile Has a Bad Side

Location tiles start out calm. When disaster hits, they flip. Scroll and watch the map turn.

Invasion tile
CalmInvasionTrading is off on this tile. You can still collect.
Impact tile
CalmSudden ImpactDiscard 1 resource of your choice to collect here.
Antidote tile
CalmAntidoteDiscard 1 Toilet Paper to collect here.
Uprising tile
CalmUprisingDiscard 1 Coffee to collect here.
Bomb tile
CalmBombNothing can be collected here, except by the Medic.
Surge tile
CalmSurgeDiscard 1 extra resource to collect Water here.
Resources

Coffee Counts as a Resource

Water, toilet paper, food and first aid keep you alive. Coffee buys you time: spend one to take an extra action on your turn, once per turn.

Water resource cardWater
Toilet Paper resource cardToilet Paper
Food resource cardFood
First Aid resource cardFirst Aid
Coffee resource cardCoffee
Made by Hand

From Sketch to Card

Justin created the game and Evan illustrated it. The idea came up during a game of Settlers of Catan, in the middle of trading resources: coffee should be a resource, and Apocalypse Coffee should have a game.

The Tech survivor cardThe Medic survivor cardThe Wayfinder survivor card

Back It Your Way

1st Print of APOCALYPSE: The Board Game
$25
Game
A copy of the game from the first production run.
Full Game. Zombie Fuel.
$45
Game12 oz coffee
The game plus a 12 oz bag of Apocalypse coffee.Limited to 100
I'm a Survivor
$80
Game12 oz coffeeShirt
The game, a 12 oz bag of coffee and a custom campaign shirt.Limited to 100
Just Give Me Everything!
$180
Game8 roastsCustom mugShirt
A copy of the game, every one of our signature roasts in 6 oz bags packed in a custom gift box, a custom mug, the campaign shirt and an Apocalypse Coffee sticker set.
Immortalize Yourself in the Game
$300
Game12 oz coffeeShirtYou as a zombie
The game, a 12 oz bag of coffee, the campaign shirt, and you as a zombie on one of the tiles, drawn by Evan.Limited to 6
Ultimate Backer Status
$1,000
2 gamesYear of coffeeShirtHandmade mug
Two copies of the game, a year's supply of coffee, the campaign shirt and a custom handmade mug.Limited to 5

Every tier comes with an official certificate of purchase, sent once the campaign funds.

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Frequently Asked Questions

When will it ship?The first copies of the game should arrive in late spring 2027, around May or June, and production news goes up on Kickstarter as it comes in. Your coffee can ship as soon as the campaign ends if you'd like. Everything else ships with the game.
Do you ship outside the US?Not for this campaign. Every reward ships within the United States only.
Can I add more to my pledge?Yes. Add-ons include a mug, a second copy of the game and a campaign shirt, with a print from Evan possibly joining them.

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