An Game by Enrico Pesce and Nicola Montagner
Artwork: Paolo Vallerga
English Translation by William Niebling
Traduction Française par Barbara Mogore
Deutsche Übersetzung Ferdinand Köther
Traducción Española por Susanna Amaro
Regolamento italiano a cura di Paolo Vallerga
A horde of ravenous Undead led by a Strigoi Master besieges a small town at the gates of Tismana. Will the Werewolves and Powerwolf be able to hunt down the Strigoi Master and save the village before the sun rises?
Alive or Undead is a cooperative card game in which each player takes on the role of a Werewolf who will try to annihilate the Undead—because each of them, if defeated, contributes to the exhaustion of the Strigoi Master’s vital power. Likewise, every Villager Infected by the Undead will increase the Strigoi Master’s power, so it will be very important to save as many Villagers as possible from the Master’s claws!
Assault after Assault, the Werewolves, with the help of the valiant Powerwolf, will try to annihilate the Undead—because each of them, if defeated, contributes to the exhaustion of the Strigoi Master’s vital power. Likewise, every Villager Infected by the Undead will increase the Strigoi Master’s power, so it will be very important to save as many Villagers as possible from the Master’s claws!
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Place the Villager tokens at the center of the table. This represents the besieged village.
Shuffle the 4 Strigoi Master cards, then draw 1 and place it face down on the table.
Shuffle the deck of Assault cards. Depending on the number of players, deal them 5, 4, or 3 cards.
Alive or Undead lasts 5 rounds, called “Assaults”, and each Assault consists of the following phases, played in order:
- Phase 1: The Undead Attack the Village!
- Phase 2: Werewolves Defend the Village
- Phase 3: Werewolves Counterattack
- Phase 4: Battle Line Resolution
- Phase 5: Recover
PHASE 1: Draw a number of cards from the Assault deck equal to the number of players plus 1 and place them around the village. These are the “Undead cards”.
PHASE 2: each player places 1 card from their own hand on any of the Undead cards.
PHASE 3: each player plays 2 cards from their own hand on any of the Undead cards.
PHASE 4: Each Battle Line is resolved individually by calculating the value of the forces deployed
PHASE 5: all players must now draw as many Assault cards as they need to reach their original full hand size.
But:
Before the Phase 2 each of the Undead will Mesmerize a Villager—by placing a random token from the village next to them.
After Phase 2 each unopposed Undead (visible or hidden) will Infect its Mesmerized Villager (flip the Villager token and place it on top of the Undead)
Infected Villagers can add their blood points to the Strigoi Master value.
The difference between the values of Undead and Werewolves will determine the outcome of the battle.
1) Villagers can be saved or, if werewolves loses the battle, can be put close to the Strigoi’s card increasing his Value.
2) If defeated, the Undead are placed face down below the Strigoi Master card.
At the end of the fifth Assault it is finally time for the Showdown with the Strigoi Master who is at the head of the hordes of Undead!
Each Strigoi Master has a variable Resistance value according to the number of players.
The Damage that the Werewolves have inflicted on the Strigoi is equal to the value of all the Undead defeated during the Assaults.
If the Damage is equal to or greater than the Strigoi Master’s Resistance, the Werewolves have defeated it!