# Dead of Winter: The Long Night

Dead of Winter: The Long Night is a board game for 2–5 players. It plays in 60–120 minutes and is meant for ages 14 and up. Ludoya players call it best with 4. It is rated 7.6 out of 10 by 51 Ludoya reviewers. The cheapest copy in stock is $83.18 (United States).

- **Players:** 2–5 (best with 4)
- **Playing time:** 60–120 minutes
- **Minimum age:** 14+
- **Complexity:** 3.3 out of 5
- **Year published:** 2016
- **Categories:** Zombies, Science Fiction, Bluffing, Horror, Deduction, Mature / Adult
- **Mechanics:** Cooperative Game, Traitor Game, Narrative Choice / Paragraph, Action Points, Variable Player Powers, Hand Management, Dice Rolling, Storytelling, Voting, Push Your Luck, Semi-Cooperative Game, Trading
- **Ludoya rating:** 7.6 out of 10, from 51 reviews
- **Owned by:** 102 Ludoya players
- **Plays logged on Ludoya:** 161
- **Unique players:** 192

**Designers:** Isaac Vega, Jonathan Gilmour-Long

**Artists:** Fernanda Suárez, David Richards, Joshua Panelo, Peter Wocken

**Publishers:** Plaid Hat Games

## Where to buy in United States

| Shop | Price | Link |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ludifolie | 53.9 € | https://www.ludifolie.com/4329-dead-of-winter-la-nuit-la-plus-longue.html |
| Alphaspel | 679 kr | https://alphaspel.se/491-bradspel/60849-dead-of-winter-the-long-night |
| Fantasiapelit | 80.3 € | https://www.fantasiapelit.com/index.php?main=ai&kat=single&mista=indeksi&etsittava=_165134 |

## Expansions

- [Dead of Winter: Warring Colonies](https://www.ludoya.com/games/dead-of-winter-warring-colonies)
- [Dead of Winter: Kodiak Colby](https://www.ludoya.com/games/dead-of-winter-kodiak-colby)
- [Dead of Winter: Felicia Day](https://www.ludoya.com/games/dead-of-winter-felicia-day)
- [Dead of Winter: Roberta Plum](https://www.ludoya.com/games/dead-of-winter-roberta-plum)
- [Dead of Winter: BGG Crossroads Promo Cards](https://www.ludoya.com/games/dead-of-winter-bgg-crossroads-promo)
- [Dead of Winter: Rich Sommer](https://www.ludoya.com/games/dead-of-winter-rich-sommer)
- [Dead of Winter: Rodney Smith](https://www.ludoya.com/games/dead-of-winter-rodney-smith)
- [Dead of Winter: Lucky Luke Smith](https://www.ludoya.com/games/dead-of-winter-lucky-luke-smith)
- [Dead of Winter: Dice Tower Crossroads Promo](https://www.ludoya.com/games/dead-of-winter-dice-tower-crossroads-promo)
- [Dead of Winter: Andrea Smith](https://www.ludoya.com/games/dead-of-winter-andrea-smith)
- [Dead of Winter: Meryl Wolfe](https://www.ludoya.com/games/dead-of-winter-meryl-wolfe)
- [Dead of Winter: KD James](https://www.ludoya.com/games/dead-of-winter-kd-james)
- [Dead of Winter: Ruckus Burley](https://www.ludoya.com/games/dead-of-winter-ruckus-burley)
- [Dead of Winter: Giggles](https://www.ludoya.com/games/dead-of-winter-giggles)

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## Rules questions

### Do action dice belong to individual survivors or to the player?

Action dice belong to the player, not to a specific survivor: you receive 1 action die plus 1 per survivor you control but keep and spend them from your personal unused/used die pool (so you can spend multiple dice on one survivor or split them among survivors). (Rulebook p.8)

### When I add cards to a crisis, do cards that don’t match the prevent symbols still count?

Yes — when resolving a crisis each revealed card with a matching symbol is worth +1, and each card without a matching symbol subtracts 1 from the total; if the final total is less than the number of non-exiled players the crisis happens. (Rulebook p.12)

### When exactly do I roll the exposure die?

You roll the exposure die immediately after a survivor moves to a new location and immediately after a survivor kills a zombie. (Rulebook p.11; example on p.9)

### If a survivor is bitten, how does the bite spread work?

A bitten result kills that survivor and the bite then spreads to the survivor with the lowest influence at that location; that player may either kill that survivor immediately or roll the exposure die (blank stops the spread, any other result kills and the spread continues). (Rulebook p.11)

### How are zombies added to the colony and what happens if an entrance is full?

Zombies are added one at a time in order to entrance 1, 2, 3, etc., wrapping back to entrance 1 as needed; if the entrance to receive a zombie has a barricade, destroy the barricade and remove the zombie instead, and if there are no empty spaces or barricades the entrance is overrun and you kill the survivor at the colony with the lowest influence. (Rulebook p.13)

### If a player is exiled, can they still vote or add cards to crises?

No — an exiled player cannot vote and cannot add cards to the crisis; they also cannot spend food to boost dice, and several other limitations apply (they draw an exiled secret objective and move their colony survivors to non-colony locations). (Rulebook p.11, p.14)

## Links

- [This page](https://www.ludoya.com/games/dead-of-winter-the-long-night)
- [Dead of Winter: The Long Night in the Ludoya app](https://app.ludoya.com/g/dead-of-winter-the-long-night)
- [BoardGameGeek entry](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/193037)

_Data from Ludoya, updated 2026-09-24. Ratings, ownership and play counts are Ludoya's own._