Dead of Winter Board Game

Dead of Winter: A Crossroads Game the first game in this series puts 2-5 players in a small weakened colony of survivors in a world where most of humanity is either dead or diseased flesh-craving monsters. Each player leads a faction of survivors with dozens of different characters in the game.

Dead of Winter is a meta-cooperative psychological survival game. This means players are working together toward one common victory condition — but for each individual player to achieve victory he must also complete his personal secret objective. This secret objective could relate to a psychological tick that's fairly harmless to most others in the colony a dangerous obsession that could put the main objective at risk a desire for sabotage of the main mission or (worst of all) vengeance against the colony! Certain games could end with all players winning some winning and some losing or all players losing. Work toward the group's goal but don't get walked all over by a loudmouth who's looking out only for his own interests!

Dead of Winter is an experience that can be accomplished only through the medium of tabletop games. It's 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.

Dead of Winter has players making frequent difficult heavily- thematic wildly-varying decisions that often have them deciding between what is best for the colony and what is best for themselves.