Shambling Hordes, this social game was developed by yahoo labs. The game was developed because, as Yahoo’s researchers noted, “Zombies are awesome,” but it’s also supposed to help players master the principles of game theory, advanced mathematics, classical economics and budget allocation.
Here’s how Shambling Hordes works: In the zombie apocalypse, each player is a warlord leading a “shambling horde” of zombies. The warlords attempt to capture one another’s headquarters. As they advance, they engage in battles, with each horde divided into three groups. Hence, a warlord can win a skirmish if his zombies win two out of three fights.
It’s simple enough to play, but it’s also the kind of game that could also challenge you to use some strategy. A round of Shambling Hordes takes about 15 minutes, depending on the map you choose and how many battles you enter.
Yahoo says the game play is “grounded in some classical economics and game theory that should be familiar to anyone who’s had a finite amount of anything (budget, advertising dollars, even candy) that they had to spread around in a competitive environment.”
