Dead of Winter: A Crossroads Game

Yes — when the game ends any player who has completed their secret objective wins even if the colony failed; only players who have completed their secret objectives at game end are winners (pages 2, 14).

At the beginning of each player’s turn the player to their right draws a crossroads card and keeps it secret; if the active player meets the card’s trigger at any time during their turn the drawer reads the card aloud and the active player must choose an option (page 12).

During the colony phase add 1 zombie to the colony for every 2 survivors there (rounded up) and place zombies one at a time into entrance spaces in order (entrance 1, then 2, etc.), with overruns killing the lowest-influence survivor at the colony if no spaces or barricades remain (pages 12–13).

A player may spend one or more food tokens from the food supply to increase any one unused action die by +1 per food token spent (page 11); an exiled player, however, cannot spend food tokens to increase action die results (page 14).

A player may once per turn initiate a vote to exile another player; all players simultaneously cast thumbs-up or down, ties are broken by the first player, and if a player is exiled they draw an exiled secret objective and gain several restrictions (cannot add to crisis, cannot spend food tokens to boost dice, cannot vote, etc.) (pages 11, 14, 15).