Resident Evil will also change things up along the way, as some spaces feature an Encounter Card icon, and when you draw these you can find clues to puzzles or be made to spawn Corpses or Zombies on your tile. Fire a gunshot and enemies on all three tiles can react and move closer towards you, and they'll use an Out of Sequence action to do so, so it's not even their typical reaction phase, giving them more chances to attack. Your tile is defined by any amount of tiles with open doors in between, so if you left two doors on previous tiles open, 'your tile' now includes those two tiles plus the one you are on. If you leave them open, it means you don't have to waste an action opening them again if you double back, but you also run the risk of drawing more enemies your way.

You'll find yourself backtracking through the Mansion just like in the original game, but here you can leave doors open or shut. The key thing here is your tile can be more than just the individual tile your character is on, which is where some strategy comes in. Actions can be attacking with a weapon, evading, opening a door, or picking up an item, and once all are taken the Reaction Phase starts, which allows enemies to move or attack. The Action Phase is where you take four character actions with your chosen character, which for my game was Barry Burton and Jil Valentine.

Resident Evil: The Board Game has a straightforward and easy to grasp core gameplay loop, and is broken up into three phases, which are called the Action Phase, Reaction Phase, and Tension Phase.

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