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Runner (Zombicide)

GamesUndeadRuns2010 to today

The fast zombie of the Zombicide board game: it acts twice each turn. It is no harder to kill than a Walker, and like every zombie in the game it heads for the survivors it can see or, failing that, the loudest noise.12

Battle it
First appeared
2012
Zombicide (2012)
Source work
Zombicide (2012)
Guillotine Games (Raphaël Guiton, Jean-Baptiste Lullien, Nicolas Raoult)
What causes it
Never explained
The board game gives no cause on the sources consulted.
How it moves
Runs
Two actions per turn, twice a Walker's speed.
Intelligence
Mindless
Weak spots
  • any weapon that does 1 damage

When did it first appear?

Ancient world
Middle Ages
1500 to 1899
1900 to 1967
1968 to 1999
2000 to 2009
2010 to today
2012

Zombicide (2012)

field notes

What the sources say

1

Can move twice, attack twice, or move and attack12

2

As easy to kill as a Walker12

3

Follows sight first and noise second, like all Zombicide zombies12

Could you outrun it?

Speed class from how the sources describe it (runs), not a measurement.

You, walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
You, jogging about 10 km/h (6.2 mph)
A fit adult sprinting about 24 km/h (15 mph)
Runner (Zombicide) about 24 km/h (15 mph)
A fast cyclist about 37 km/h (23 mph)

Sources

  1. Zombicide - Wikipedia
  2. Zombicide game rules - UltraBoardGames

Every fact on this page comes from these sources, written in our own words. Spotted a mistake? Tell us at [email protected].

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