Contamination!

I received my ( with my name in the front and signed as well) copy of Contamination plus some apocalypse survivors and zombies to play the game with.

Front cover

The book is hard back and really nice quality. The art work is really great and is done in a graphic novel style. There is a nice bit of fluff to set the scene at the start of the book. There are three factions (some fanactical people, possibly crazy medical scientists and peace keepers) mentioned in the book with a brief history of how they came about. The rules look really simple to get your head round and the book runs you though what to do in a well explained way. There is also a great explanation on the open world aspect. The book gives you guidelines on what tests to take depending on what kind of action you want to do.

Crew formation is next. Your crew gets a boss  plus a number of survivors and newbies depending on what  Req you spend. (Similar to Across the Dead pts and Necromunda credits of they still exist in New version ). Every character has a perk and flaw. These can be picked or rolled at random.  This gives an interesting twist to every character.

Now you get to equip your survivors for the apocalypse.  There's a range of weapons and again some advice on how to add your own (costs, special rules etc). Once your crew is made your ready to play!
There are 6 scenarios including 1 solo play scenario in the book. They seem simple to play and will give you a good few different options to start.

If you start a campaign up, your crew will need a base. So certain resources collected will affect your base. You need so many comfort and food items (places to sleep etc) to have a certain number in your crew.

The Resource deck for Contamination

The resource deck gives many different resources. Some for your base,  others for your characters.
Well that's it  for now. Gotta assemble some apocalypse survivor's after I've finished my Tommies