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Rules assistance for BANG! The Dice Game: Undead or Alive
Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.
- 3–8 players
- 15 min
- 8+
- Complexity 2.0/5
Rules assistant for BANG! The Dice Game: Undead or Alive
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Answers come from the official rulebook, with the page to check.
BANG! The Dice Game: Undead or Alive is an expansion for BANG! The Dice Game released in 2019 for 3–8 players, 15 minutes per game, and ages 8 and up. It was designed by Michael Palm and Lukas Zach and its main mechanics are Variable Player Powers, Player Elimination, and Dice Rolling.
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About the game
BANG! The Dice Game: Undead or Alive includes five "modules" for BANG! The Dice Game that can be used on their own or combined in any way desired. This expansion adds eight new enraged gunslingers and two new duel dice for fighting duels. If you lose a duel, you must draw a duel wound token. During your turn, each duel wound token you have cancels one identical symbol rolled on a die that you decided to keep. The new dice also feature another new symbol: the whiskey bottle. If you roll a whiskey bottle during your turn and you have no duel wound tokens to discard or if you lose two or more life points in one turn, you must draw a rage card; the symbols on those cards are added to the results of the dice! With four or more players, you can play the "Undead or Alive" module, which adds a deck of boneyard cards. If the boneyard overflows with corpses, a zombie outbreak might begin!
Designers
Publishers
- Edge Entertainment
- Gémklub
- Swan Panasia Co., Ltd.
- DV Games
- ABACUSSPIELE
- Albi
- White Goblin Games
Questions and answers
BANG! The Dice Game: Undead or Alive supports 3–8 players according to the catalogue. This range comes from the publisher’s listed player count, so the game can be set up for any group size within it. Some setups, rules and scoring details may still vary by player count, so check your edition’s rulebook for the exact configuration.
The listed playing time for BANG! The Dice Game: Undead or Alive is 15 minutes. This is the publisher’s estimate for a full game. The actual duration depends on the group, the player count and familiarity with the rules: first sessions usually run longer, while experienced groups often finish faster. Setup and teaching time are not included in this estimate.
The catalogue lists BANG! The Dice Game: Undead or Alive for ages 8 and up. This is the publisher’s recommendation and reflects reading demands, rule complexity and small components rather than theme alone. Younger players can often join with help from an adult, so check the age guidance on your edition and consider your group’s experience with board games.
BANG! The Dice Game: Undead or Alive has a complexity rating of 2.0 out of 5 from BoardGameGeek players, which makes it a medium-light game. The rating reflects how much rules knowledge, planning and decision-making a typical game demands. Expect a longer first teach for heavier games, and use a preparation guide before game night.
BANG! The Dice Game: Undead or Alive belongs to these categories: Fighting, Party Game, and Deduction. Its main mechanics are Variable Player Powers, Player Elimination, and Dice Rolling. Categories describe the theme and setting of a game, while mechanics describe what players actually do on their turns. Each mechanic links to a catalogue hub with similar games, which helps when you want something comparable.
The credited designers of BANG! The Dice Game: Undead or Alive are: Michael Palm and Lukas Zach. These credits come from the published game data and name the people responsible for the game’s design, not its illustrators or publishers. Designer pages on MeepleRules collect other titles by the same designers, which helps when you enjoy a game and want to find similar ones.
The catalogue lists BANG! The Dice Game: Undead or Alive as an expansion for BANG! The Dice Game. Expansions add new content, rules or scenarios to the base game and usually cannot be played on their own, so you need BANG! The Dice Game to use it. Check that your edition of BANG! The Dice Game is compatible, as some expansions were revised between editions.