I own the board game and it is a blast. The objective is pretty simple. The board is puzzle based. Each player begins with a certain amount of life and bullets, on a town center tile. As you move the board evolves around your. You pull a tile and place it so that the adjoining street lines up with tile you placed. The game is never the same.
Each tile has a set amount of zombies, hearts, bullets, items, ect. on it. You can use a bullet to modify an attack roll to kill the zombie, or lose a life. Life, bullets, and items are attained as you progress. The objective is to get to the helo-pad and escape or kill (X) amount of zombies. The game is extremely difficult to win, and is not team based. In fact…….you try to screw the other player over by moving zombies towards them so you can escape, ect.
There have been several expansions ranging from an infested mall, with undead dogs, to a farm area setting with other creatures. You can get different weapon cards, and other items to use against other players or get out of a sticky fight. My buddies has like 4 of the different expansion box sets, and we have a blast playing it around the table.
It's a blast as a board game and could make an intriguing Live/PSN title. We shall see.