Zombicide: Black Plague! Strategy suggestions for Clovis and Samson
Tips for if any survivor is lagging behind


Have them score objectives
Have them score a lot of kills with dragon bile attacks
Restrain the highest experience player from widening the gap. The tips gained for Clovis and Samson below have been gained from not using the wizard Baldric, who tends to dominate


Clovis


Role within the team: close combat expert dealing with damage 1 zombies (walkers, runners, necromancers etc.)
Secondary role within the team: close combat expert dealing with fatties, if he has a hammer (or 2!)
Optimal equipment: double daggers, shield on body
Best skills: +1 free melee action, +1 free combat action. This is not meant to be subtle - just throw more dice!
Additional notes: only give the hammer from the starting equipment to Ann or Nelly, as these are the 2 fastest survivors, so they become a rapid reaction force to early fatties




Samson


Role within the team: door breaking tank. Best used for breaking open buildings and taking damage with his iron hide
Secondary role within the team: abomination hunter (if able to get +1 Damage: melee in the red danger level, though this is less important in the base game with just one abomination)
Optimal equipment: axe (for breaking down doors), hammer, plate armour on body
Best skills: +1 die: Combat (more flexible than +1 dice to roll: melee), Barbarian in the vanilla game ("When resolving a Melee Action, the Survivor may substitute the Dice number of the Melee weapon(s) he uses with the number of Zombies standing in the targeted Zone . Skills affecting the dice value, like +1 die: Melee, still apply." - all those dice!) or +1 Damage if Abominations are a problem