Dead of Winter Fan Site

Rating:	7.8 Very Good
Popularity:	69
Difficulty:	Medium
Year:	2014
Players:	2-5 players
Playing time:	45-210 minutes
Age:	14+

Official Site: Dead of Winter: A Crossroads Game

Created by: Jonathan Gilmour, Isaac Vega, David Richards, Fernanda Suarez, Peter Wocken

Published by: Plaid Hat Games, Arclight, Cube Factory of Ideas

Alternate Names: Dead of Winter: A la croisée des chemins, Dead of Winter: Edizione Italiana, Dead of Winter: Um Jogo de Encruzilhadas, Dead of Winter: Un juego de encrucijadas, Martwa Zima: Gra rozdroży

Description:

Dead of Winter is a meta-cooperative strategy board game about surviving through a harsh winter in an apocalyptic world. Players are faction leaders who must work together toward one common victory condition, but each individual player must also complete their own secret objective. Often this secret objective requires that a player help complete the colony objective.

The game is played over a set of rounds, during which the players will execute actions like scavenging locations for supplies, attacking zombies and other survivors, moving, using medicine, building barricades or helping to complete the existing crisis.

There are 20 possible scenarios to play and each scenario has a different starting morale level, zombie presence, game length and a unique colony victory objective.

Because of the secret objectives, players often have to decidde between what is best for the colony and what is best for themselves. Only players who have completed their secret objective when the game ends win the game.

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Retail Price:	$48
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Expansions:

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Awards:

Tric Trac Nominee 2015
SXSW Tabletop Game of the Year Nominee 2015
Origins Awards Best Board Game Nominee 2015
As d'Or - Jeu de l'Année Nominee 2015
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Dead of Winter Game Rules

Game Components

10 Dual-Sided Main Objective Cards
24 Secret Objective Cards
10 Betrayal Secret Objective Cards
10 Exiled Secret Objective Cards
30 Survivor Cards
5 Player Reference Sheets
1 First Player Token
25 Starting Item Cards
20 Crisis Cards
80 Crossroads Cards
25 Wound Tokens
6 Starvation Tokens
2 Track Markers
20 Police Station, Grocery Store, School Item Deck Cards
20 Gas Station, Library, Hospital Item Deck Cards
20 Helpless Survivor, Food, Noise, Barricade Tokens
30 Zombie Standees & Survivor Tokens
60 Plastic Standee Stands
1 Colony Board
6 Location Cards
1 Rulebook
30 Action Dice
1 Exposure Die

Setup

Place the colony board in the center of the play area and place the 6 location cards around it as shown or as best accommodates your table. Each player collects a player reference sheet. â€¦

Cards of Dead of Winter

Main Objective Cards

Name: This is the name of the main objective.
Setup: How to set up the board for this scenario.
Goal: The task(s) that must be accomplished in order to complete the main objective.
Time: An estimate of how long this main objective will take to complete. Short=45-90 minutes. Medium=90-120 minutes. Long=120-210 minutes.

Secret Objective Cards

Name: This is the name of the secret objective.
Goal: The task(s) that you must accomplish in order to win the game. â€¦

Variant Rules for Dead of Winter

Co-op Variant

Players may choose to play the game cooperatively. Use the hardcore side of the main objective card and do not assign secret objectives. Each player's only objective is to complete the main objective. Players cannot vote to exile a player. During setup, remove from the game every card showing the non co-op symbol on the bottom right corner of the card.

Two-players

Follow the same rules as the Co-Op Variant. When setting up each player receives 7 starting item cards instead of 5 and receives 4 survivors and keeps 3 of them instead of keeping only 2 of them. â€¦