U-Boot Z 2027

U-Boot Z is a solo or cooperative episodic narrative board game based on the award-winning Paths Unknown engine. Player(s) guide their heroes through the surreal, blood-slicked voyage of the zombie-infested submarine U116, racing to uncover the secrets of the damned vessel before it drags them down to the lightless floor of the Mediterranean forever. Released in conjunction with Afrikakorps 41, U-Boot Z can be played entirely on its own or as a direct sequel to Afrikakorps 41, continuing the story for those who want to carry the campaign beneath the waves. This compact iteration distills the Paths Unknown experience into something lean and lethal. U-Boot Z uses a digest sized map book and a deck of double-sided scenario cards. Eleven-plus cards, each with an A side and a B side, deliver up to twenty scenarios in a small-format package that punches far above its weight. Play through Side A until a trigger flips it to Side B, where the story twists onward, new objectives surface, time bleeds away, and fresh horrors come crawling out of the dark.

—description from the publisher