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Board Games at Odum: Dead of Winter: The Long Night

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Dead of Winter

Description

Dead of Winter is an experience that can only be accomplished through the medium of tabletop games. It is a story-centric game about surviving through a harsh winter in an apocalyptic world. The survivors are all dealing with their own psychological imperatives but must still find a way to work together to fight off outside threats, resolve crises, find food and supplies, and keep the colony's morale up. The Long Night introduces the Raxxon location where horrible experiments will spill out into the town unless players can contain them. It also introduces horrible bandits and their hideout location, colony improvements, the graveyard location, an all new cast of horrible bandits and their hideout location, colony improvements, the graveyard location, an all new cast of survivors, all new zombies standees, thick cardboard locations, new items, all new main objectives, all new secret objectives, all new crossroads cards, special scenario play and much more!

Players

2 - 5 players

Time

60 - 120 minutes

Themes

Horror, Thematic

Mechanics

Area movement, cooperation, dice rolling, hand management, traitor game, storytelling, variable player powers

 

How to Play