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Raxxon

Raxxon

2017·J. Arthur Ellis

1 - 4 players
45 - 60 min
Medium weight: Teach it in one sitting

From BoardGameGeek

Raxxon is a 1-4 player cooperative card game set in the Dead of Winter universe at the start of the zombie apocalypse. Players each choose one of six different specialists assisting Raxxon with the evacuation of healthy citizens from among the sick. Citizens take the form of face-down square cards in a grid. Through game actions, these can be flipped to reveal whether they are sick or healthy. There are various types of sick and healthy cards, each triggering different effects when flipped or killed. Flip too many Chaotic sick and you'll add more citizens to the crowd, or even end the round prematurely. Killing off the healthy can have similar negative effects. Each round begins by creating a crowd - a grid of citizens from the citizen deck. Players take turns performing one action at a time after resolving any consequences marked on their character sheet. Character actions are powerful effects (kill, quarantine, evacuate, etc) that interact spatially with the crowd (killing a row or column, evacuating one card and adjacent cards of your choice) and have stacking consequences. At the start of each turn, a player must resolve all their consequences from previous turns (flip citizens, add citizens, infect citizens, lose evacuated citizens, etc) before performing another action - and adding another consequence. Some consequences require players to draw Raxxon cards. Much like Crossroads cards from Dead of Winter, Raxxon cards feature stories relating to characters in play. Many have multiple parts with different outcomes depending on the choices players make. Often, the choices that make the game easier also grants power to the Raxxon corporation which can lead to defeat. Consequences don't clear until that player passes for the round. Once all players have passed, the citizen deck is rebuilt using remaining cards in the deck, the discard, new sick citizens, loosely quarantined citizens, and any cards still in the grid. The deck is shuffled and used to create a new crowd at the start of the next round. Players win when all healthy citizens are evacuated. Players lose if the infection deck runs out (the deck of only sick people added to the citizen deck each round) or Raxxon maxes out on power and takes over the city. Part of the Dead of Winter series. Two promos for Dead of Winter are included in the box: KD James and Meryl Wolfe.

Raxxon

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Learn to play

Tutorial & Solo Playthrough of Raxxon - Solo Board Game29:40

Tutorial & Solo Playthrough of Raxxon - Solo Board Game

Tabletop For One

Tabletop For One

Review

DGA Reviews Board Games: RAXXON (Cozy Game Night)15:27

DGA Reviews Board Games: RAXXON (Cozy Game Night)

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Dad's Gaming Addiction

Watch it played

DGA Plays Board Games: Raxxon56:08

DGA Plays Board Games: Raxxon

Dad's Gaming Addiction

Dad's Gaming Addiction

Which Raxxon video should I watch?

Raxxon has 3 videos from 2 creators: 1 review, 1 how-to-play guide and 1 playthrough. They date from 2022 to May 2025.

To learn the rules, start with "Tutorial & Solo Playthrough of Raxxon - Solo Board Game" by Tabletop For One, which runs 30 min.

For an opinion before you buy, start with "DGA Reviews Board Games: RAXXON (Cozy Game Night)" by Dad's Gaming Addiction. To see it played, watch "DGA Plays Board Games: Raxxon" by Dad's Gaming Addiction.

If you like it, try Crystal Clans, Forgotten Waters, Brumble Quest and Forgotten Waters: DLC Pack 1 – Kraken's Eye, also by J. Arthur Ellis.

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DGA Reviews Board Games: RAXXON (Cozy Game Night)Review15:27

DGA Reviews Board Games: RAXXON (Cozy Game Night)

Dad's Gaming Addiction

Dad's Gaming Addiction

Tutorial & Solo Playthrough of Raxxon - Solo Board GameHow to play29:40

Tutorial & Solo Playthrough of Raxxon - Solo Board Game

Tabletop For One

Tabletop For One

DGA Plays Board Games: RaxxonPlaythrough56:08

DGA Plays Board Games: Raxxon

Dad's Gaming Addiction

Dad's Gaming Addiction

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About Raxxon

From BoardGameGeek:

Raxxon is a 1-4 player cooperative card game set in the Dead of Winter universe at the start of the zombie apocalypse. Players each choose one of six different specialists assisting Raxxon with the evacuation of healthy citizens from among the sick. Citizens take the form of face-down square cards in a grid. Through game actions, these can be flipped to reveal whether they are sick or healthy. There are various types of sick and healthy cards, each triggering different effects when flipped or killed. Flip too many Chaotic sick and you'll add more citizens to the crowd, or even end the round prematurely. Killing off the healthy can have similar negative effects. Each round begins by creating a crowd - a grid of citizens from the citizen deck. Players take turns performing one action at a time after resolving any consequences marked on their character sheet. Character actions are powerful effects (kill, quarantine, evacuate, etc) that interact spatially with the crowd (killing a row or column, evacuating one card and adjacent cards of your choice) and have stacking consequences. At the start of each turn, a player must resolve all their consequences from previous turns (flip citizens, add citizens, infect citizens, lose evacuated citizens, etc) before performing another action - and adding another consequence. Some consequences require players to draw Raxxon cards. Much like Crossroads cards from Dead of Winter, Raxxon cards feature stories relating to characters in play. Many have multiple parts with different outcomes depending on the choices players make. Often, the choices that make the game easier also grants power to the Raxxon corporation which can lead to defeat. Consequences don't clear until that player passes for the round. Once all players have passed, the citizen deck is rebuilt using remaining cards in the deck, the discard, new sick citizens, loosely quarantined citizens, and any cards still in the grid. The deck is shuffled and used to create a new crowd at the start of the next round. Players win when all healthy citizens are evacuated. Players lose if the infection deck runs out (the deck of only sick people added to the citizen deck each round) or Raxxon maxes out on power and takes over the city. Part of the Dead of Winter series. Two promos for Dead of Winter are included in the box: KD James and Meryl Wolfe.

Designer

J. Arthur Ellis

Artist

Fernanda Suárez

Publisher

Plaid Hat Games

Categories

HorrorMedicalPuzzleZombies

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