Transmedia Pathos and Plot in The Walking Dead - Game Play: Paratextuality in Contemporary Board Games - page 69

graces the cover of the television game box was created in 2010. 66 Bringing
together all the main characters from the irst season of the television show,
it prominently features protagonist Rick Grimes, pointing his gun toward the
let, his son Carl behind him to his right, and his wife Lori behind Carl (Figure
3.3). Other characters—including Shane, Dale, Andrea, Amy, and Glenn—are
also depicted. he comic version features a mirror image of its cover as taken
from the television advertisement. Protagonist Rick is holding his gun in his
let hand (in the comic, his right hand has been severed from his arm) while
his son Carl peeks from behind Rick's back on his let. Shane, separated from
the group slightly on the far right, mirrors his distance from the group on the
let in the WDTV image. An exception to this mirror image is Amy. In the
original advertisement (Figure 3.2), she is mirrored on both sides; she is the
closest character to the centered zombie. In the WDTV cover, Amy is placed
identically, on the far let of the box. In the WDGN cover, however, Amy has
been moved, now also on the far let of the box. Crucially, then, Amy is the only
character placed similarly on both images—and Amy is the only character that
Figure 3.3 he Walking Dead board game covers. he Walking Dead: he Board Game
©Cryptozoic Entertainment 2011. he Walking Dead Board Game ©Z-Man Games
2011. Photo by Katie Booth.