Overview

Mall of Horror is a survival board game where players control groups of characters trapped in a zombie-infested shopping mall. Each round, zombies arrive and attack locations. Players negotiate, vote, and sacrifice characters to survive. The player with the most victory points from surviving characters wins.

Components

• 1 game board (mall with locations)
• 5 closed markers
• 21 character tokens (3 per player: Pin-Up, Tough Guy, Gunman)
• 30 zombie figures
• 6 voting wheels
• 4 dice
• 1 dice box
• 21 action cards
• 1 Chief of Security badge
• Rulebook

Setup

1. Each player selects a color and receives 3 character tokens (Pin-Up, Tough Guy, Gunman) and a voting wheel.
2. The oldest player becomes Chief of Security.
3. In 3-4 player games, Location 2 is closed.
4. Each player rolls 2 dice to place characters in matching locations (continue until all placed).
5. The Chief rolls 4 dice to place initial zombies.

Turn Structure

Each round has these phases:

A. Search the Truck

Characters in the Parking Lot vote on who searches the truck. The winner examines 3 action cards, keeps 1, gives 1 to another player, and puts 1 at the bottom of the deck.

B. Elect Chief of Security

Characters in Security HQ vote for a new Chief. If no one is elected, the current Chief remains.

C. Zombie Arrival

The Chief rolls 4 dice under cover of the dice box. Players with Security Camera cards may peek. Zombies are placed at locations matching dice results.

D. Choose Destinations

Players secretly select locations for their characters using voting wheels. No location may exceed its capacity.

E. Move Characters

Characters move simultaneously. If a location becomes condemned (8+ zombies), it closes permanently. Overflow characters go to the Parking Lot.

F. Attack of the Zombies

Zombies attack locations with characters. When zombies equal or exceed character count at a location, players vote to sacrifice one character (the victim is eliminated). Tough Guys count as 2 defenders.

Actions

Action Cards

• Hardware: Reduces zombie threat by 1
• Weapon: Kills 1-2 zombies
• Hidden: Protects a character from being voted as victim; that character cannot vote but counts toward defense
• Security Camera: View zombie arrival dice
• Sprint: Change destination during movement phase
• Threat: Discard before voting for extra votes

Voting

• Players vote simultaneously using wheels.
• Each character in a location gets 1 vote.
• Gunmen get an extra vote when present.
• Tied votes trigger re-voting.

Scoring / Victory Conditions

The game ends when all surviving characters occupy the same non-Parking Lot location, or only 4 characters remain total.

• Each character token has a victory point value.
• The player with the most victory points from surviving characters wins.
• Ties broken by unused action cards.

Special Rules & Edge Cases

• Parking Lot: Every zombie in the Parking Lot feeds automatically. All zombies leave after feeding.
• Supermarket: Only 4 zombies needed to enter, regardless of character count.
• Eliminated players: Those who lose all characters return as zombies in subsequent rounds, placing a zombie at their chosen location during the destination phase.
• Condemned locations: Permanently closed; characters and zombies inside are lost.

Player Reference

Character	Defense Value	Special
Pin-Up	1	Attracts extra zombies
Tough Guy	2	Counts as 2 defenders
Gunman	1	Gets extra vote

Phase	Summary
A	Search truck (Parking Lot)
B	Elect Chief (Security HQ)
C	Zombie arrival (dice roll)
D	Choose destinations (secret)
E	Move characters
F	Zombie attack and voting