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Dawn of the Dead

#1773BGG ↗

1981 · 1-4 players · 180min · weight 2.10 · 242 ratings

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ID
1773
Name
Dawn of the Dead
Year
1981
Rank
13448
Min players
1
Max players
4
Playing time
180
Min playtime
90
Max playtime
180
Avg weight
2.0952
Num weights
21
Bayes avg
5.5482
Average
6.08958
Users rated
242
Num owned
573
Wanting
86
Wishing
249
Num comments
153
Fetched at
Wed Apr 29 2026 05:34:57 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Mechanisms (8)
Dice RollingGrid MovementLine of SightMovement PointsRatio / Combat Results TableSimulationSolo / Solitaire GameVariable Set-up
Categories (5)
HorrorMovies / TV / Radio themePrint & PlayWargameZombies
Description (853 chars)

Dawn of the Dead (based on the classic 1978 horror film) can be played as a two-player game (humans vs. zombies), as a solitaire game, or as a cooperative game with two to four players controlling the human heroes. The game map represents the shopping mall from the movie. Cardboard counters signify the four human characters and randomly-sized groups of zombies. Play is highly asymmetric — the humans are fast but badly outnumbered and subject to paralyzing panic attacks, while the zombies are slow but relentless and unlimited. To win, the zombies must kill the humans; the humans must secure the mall by closing all four entrances and eliminating all zombies within. Special rules cover berserk zombies, hidden zombies, and infected humans becoming terrifying “super zombies.” Microbadges Zombie Fan Dawn of the Dead fan

LLM v2 (wide)

Not yet enriched at v2 (wide pass).

LLM v3 (deep)

Not yet enriched at v3 (deep pass).

LLM v4 wide (controlled-vocab primitives)

Not yet enriched at v4 (wide pass).

LLM v4 deep (archetype fit)

Not in the v4 deep-pass top-20% slice.