Dead Man on Campus: A Lovecraftian Game

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Dead Man on Campus: A Lovecraftian Game .

HP Lovecraft created the mythical college “Miskatonic University” in his classic horror tales. When the students hear a lecture on the reanimation of dead tissue, they just can’t help themselves. Zombies on campus… again? The players uncover what is going on and try to save the world! .

Each turn a player buys to right to make up what happens next in the game. Their action isn’t automatic, they have to pick another player to be their referee. The referee decides how likely the action is (which sets what the player has to roll). Other players may buy the right to make counter-arguments which trigger dice rolling contests. While this sounds complicated it is actually extremely simple. Events either happen or don’t. The players keep a running record of what has happened until the facts lead them to a story climax which ends the game! Because people make up different actions each time the game never plays the same way twice! .

Dead Man on Campus is a tribute to Lovecraft’s story “Herbert West: the Reanimater”. It is a hobby game with no educational message. It’s just for fun! If you think preventing a zombie apocalypse is fun….

This is an intermediate level Matrix Game. It comes in a box with a 20x15 inch hard board map of a country estate, a booklet of character sheets, a scenario booklet, a rules booklet, an action matrix (which helps people learn how to make up actions), wooden counters, plastic gold coins, and dice. You can literally be playing the game 10 minutes after opening the box! .

TYPE: Intermediate Engle Matrix Game
PLAYERS: 2 to 10 (best 4 to 8)
AGE: 13 to adult
DURATION: 2 hours
COMPLEXITY: Moderate
REPLAYABILITY: High