Dead of Winter

Tons of fun for both adult and kids. Batteries not included

Just opened the game and found out that some cards are missingn

Excelente título semi-cooperativo, muy bueno para grupos de jugadores que ya han jugado algún otro juego menos pesado. Tiene muchísimo texto, recomiendo comprarlo solo si tu grupo sabe inglés. No he jugado el juego base, no podría compararlos, pero esta caja me ha dado muy buenas partidas.

I wish there were more stars I could add for this game. It took me forever to learn the rules but it was totally worth it. The creators should be affiliated for the tense and involving gameplay and truly simulates what might actually happen during a zombie apocalypse. You need concentrated time and focus to play this, and you'll feel like you've been put through the ringer at the end of it, but it in the best way possible. The pieces are well made and yes, there are quite a few things to keep in mind while playing, but they all add so much value to the gameplay and are really quite intuitive. Are you searching for something at the library? Well, you're bound to attract attention. Highly recommend it for more seasoned board gamers.

Great game with a lot a re-playability due to the large amount of possible combinations of objectives, personal goals and character choices. There's a lot of strategy involved and you'll often find yourself brainstorming a lot with your friends which adds to the experience. Add to that a potential for PvP with the possibility of having an unknown traitor and you end up with a game with strategy, guessing/fooling and a big variety of things to do. -- Super jeu avec un gros potentiel pour refaire des parties dû à la combinaison des divers objectifs, buts personnels et choix des personnages. Le jeu implique pas mal de stratégie et vous vous retrouverez souvent à réfléchir en groupe avec vos amis, ce qui ajoute à l'expérience du jeu. Ajoutez à ça un potentiel de joueur contre joueur avec la possibilité d'avoir un traitre caché dans la partie et vous avez un jeu avec de la stratégie, de la déduction/tromperie et un paquet de choses à faire.

Dead of Winter - the long night ist die in meinen Augen unterhaltsamere standalone Variante von Dead of Winter mit spaßigen Optionalen Komponenten wie Banditen oder der Forschungsstation, wo der Z-Virus ursprünglich das Licht der Welt erblickte. Es ist eine Idee leichter zu gewinnen und hat lustigere Crossroads-Karten, welche diesem Spiel den besonderen, unvorhersehbaren Touch verleihen. Es könnten ein paar Missionen mehr dabei sein, aber weitere Missionen kann man ev. aus dem Internet beziehen oder sich auch selbst leicht ausdenken. In jedem Fall ist viel Spielspaß und auch eine mittlere strategische Herausforderung garantiert.

Dead of Winter is a semi-cooperative game detailing the trials and tribulations of a colony of survivors in their first winter following the zombie apocalypse. There are lots of zombie games about at present but what first caught my eye about this one was the stunning artwork on the box and components. The production values are high throughout with clear and flavourful graphics. I won't go into detail about rules etc; suffice it to say that each player controls two colonists at the beginning of the game, all with their own special abilities and influence level and the group, as a whole has an overall objective to complete to win the game. Each turn consists of a new crisis afflicting the colony which the players have to deal with by spending the actions available to them. For example you might send one if your colonists out to the nearby town to search for supplies and food or you may use them to build barricades or try to clear zombies from particular locations etc. all the while that players are dealing with crises, the players need to work toward the group objective but also their own private agenda that they draw at the beginning of the game. They may need to amass the most food or medicine for example. However, it's also possible that one of the group is a traitor, working entirely towards their own ends which are at odds with the rest of the colony! Game play is very simple but also very tactical and the best laid plans can go astray due to the random element in the game: the Exposure Dice. Whenever a colonist moves through the winter cold to a new location or battles a zombie they must roll the dice. They may suffer exposure, take a wound or, worse still, be bitten! Colonists bitten in places crowded with other colonists can see the zombie plague rip quickly through the other survivors unless someone takes drastic action ( you know what that involves!!) Another fun element are the Crossroads Cards, randomly drawn, each card brings in interesting plot points which require players to make a choice, some of them drastic, between moral dilemmas. They don't apply all the time, the character the card is keyed to May not be in play for example, but they do add a sense of story to the game. All in all I love this game. It looks great, is easy to play but is different each time, giving it lots of replayability. Player interaction is also very good, especially when the group suspects a traitor is present! It's also fairly quick to play, even with a new group of players. Definitley worth a try!