Rules clarifications

[tromac]

Myself and four mates played our first game of Zombicide tonight. Discovered we missed a couple of things but overall we had an awesome night and game of Mission 2. However we had a few things pop up we were not sure on.

1. When a actor starts with a pistol for example and then a different actor who gets two of the same weapon when he finds one from searching. Now if there is not enough in the deck does he not get the additional weapon? This also applies to Dave making two Molotov's as there are only two cards in the deck.
2. When all the zombie cards are drawn do you reshuffle and continue to draw or do no more zombies spawn?

There were some other things but now I can't remember.

Cheers,
Troy

 

[FireGuy]

#1. That's how my group has done it. Once the equipment cards are gone....their gone, but the molotovs can be made again since they don't go into the deck. So at any one time there can only be 2 on the board.
It only becomes problematic if you run through the whole equipment deck...then....yeah. no more molotovs. SO I gues in totality you can only ever make 4 molotovs with Dave and 2 with regular Survivors.
#2. Yes. Reshuffle the zombie deck.

 

[Scorpion0x17]

Regarding the first question, if I ever got to the end of the equipment deck, then I would re-shuffle, just like suggested for the zombie deck.

 

[Lunar Adept]

Yeah, if there aren't any of a given card in the equipment deck and you're told to search for it, you're out of luck.

If you're entirely out of equipment cards in the deck however? Reshuffle, because otherwise some of the "search for X supplies" missions could be impossible due to somebody carrying 4 supplies getting mobbed by zombies and killed, for example. (Yes, if that happens you were dumb and you're probably screwed anyhow, but I'm STRONGLY against making it so your chances are literally zero for winning after that)

 

[FireGuy]

My group doesn't reshuffle the equipment deck. As in the above example of loosing supply objectives...well. Then the mission is over. It adds a layer of complexity. I am not advocating either way. Their isn't an official FAQ so....to each their own.