Pirate-themed Zombicide is officially a smash. Zombicide: Dead Men Tales, which swaps the franchise's usual zombie-choked streets for sun-baked treasure islands, has raised $4.1 million on Gamefound from more than 11,000 backers. That makes it the biggest mainline Zombicide campaign in nearly a decade, and the breakout debut for Asmodee's new in-house crowdfunding arm.
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Find events near youIf you have not played one before, Zombicide is a co-operative miniatures game for 1-6 players where your group blasts through swarms of the undead, levels up its survivors and tries to hold off the horde. Dead Men Tales leans hard into its swashbuckling setting. You command crews of humans, orcs and elves, fire cannons, swing from ropes and fend off zombies that come at you from the sea as well as the land. It is the kind of big, miniatures-heavy co-op that happily eats an evening and a large table.
The eye-catching total is also a milestone for Asmodee. The distribution giant had mostly stayed out of crowdfunding until now, then built a dedicated crowdfunding and miniatures division after buying Zombicide from a financially troubled CMON in June 2025. To run it, the company hired David Preti, the man who built CMON into one of the hobby's biggest crowdfunding publishers. The original Guillotine Games team returned to lead design, with Fantasy Flight Games running the campaign, which used Gamefound's Endgame feature to add roughly $1 million over five extra days.
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Set up your group for freeFor everyone who backed it, a hefty pirate box of miniatures and scenarios is now on the way. It is a lot of game to get to the table, so it pays to have a regular crew lined up. If yours is short a survivor or two, you can find players near you on Backseat Gamer.
Sources: BoardGameWire | Gamefound
