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Dead Panic Compare And Contrast

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The two games designed by Justin De Witt, Castle Panic which was released in 2009, and Dead Panic, released in 2013, that have very similar mechanics and gameplay. Castle Panic is a game about defending six towers from being destroyed by incoming monsters, while Dead Panic is about surviving and escaping a zombie apocalypse in a cabin in the woods. The two games have some major similarities that they share, but also some important differences that make themselves unique. Both games can have 2 to 6 players, but there are other similarities that link these two games, such as the enemies in the games. Each game has enemies on small tokens that enter the game when drawn from a bag. For both games the monsters have health that when damaged, is turned to lower their health until it hits zero and is then taken of the board. Another similarity between the games is …show more content…

In Castle Panic there are the plain monsters such as trolls and goblins, and in Dead Panic there are brutes and shamblers. The difference that sets the two apart is that Castle Panic includes boss monsters that make the game more difficult, while in Dead Panic, when you defeat a monster then they can enter the game again later. Between the two games monsters move differently in one compared to the other, in Castle Panic monsters move forward one towards the center after each player’s turn, whereas in Dead Panic monsters move in one towards the cabin, unless it’s a sprinter or the zombies have a direct line of sight to someone who is outside, then they move towards that player. The major difference between the two games is the objective to win the game, for Castle Panic you must survive all the waves of monsters without losing all of the towers in the center, while in Dead Panic you must collect three radio pieces to call in the car and escape, but you don’t need everyone to win if they die to the

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