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Game Info
Year
2014
Players
2-4
Age
14+
Playtime
45 min
Collection
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Description
The undead hordes are back! But this time they're not miniatures shambling around a modular board - the zombies are coming straight for you! As in most zombie games, you represent a unique character with your own character traits, except in Run, Fight, or Die! you will also have your own individual board with zombies you alone will encounter. Zombies move closer to you every round. You run from location to location, searching for weapons and survivors in a desperate attempt to stay alive. Survivors may bring new skills to help you in your desperate fight for survival, or in some cases, new challenges to overcome. In either case, every survivor provides you victory points. The game ends either when one player finds five survivors and declares the last round, or when a player reaches the town line (and the total Followers in play meets a minimum), or if a player gets bitten and turns. Be careful, some followers may turn against you, while others can slow you down. When it comes right down to it, the choice is simple: Run, Fight, or Die!
Scoring is based on the total points of survivors and remaining health of the players’ characters.
Run, Fight, or Die! is a frantic first person experience for 1 to 4 players (will play up to 6 with the 5/6 player expansion). The game is loaded with goodies, including 4 Action Boards, 5 Character Boards, a Loot Deck, a Location Deck, an Event Deck, a Follower Deck, Mutant Deck, 7 Custom Dice, tokens and beautifully crafted miniatures.
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Top List at 8:13 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Number one game even above Marvel Zombies
- Plays pretty well solo
- Works fine competitively
- Players have unique characters with specific abilities
- Acquire items and weapons
Cons
- Not the hugest fan of the zombie theme
Thematic elements
- zombie
Comparison games
- Marvel Zombies
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Dice Rolling — Rolling dice triggers different actions, with specific attack actions based on combinations.
- Player Elimination — Players can be eliminated if their health decreases to zero.
- Resource Management — Acquiring items and weapons to help fend off zombies.
- Unique Player Powers — Each player has a unique character with specific abilities and health.
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No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- This game is so simple but so much fun
- The second phase is not really a game anymore it's just you're just watching
- this game feels a bit different from all of the lcgs
- Pursuit of happiness has found a way to make it mechanically satisfying
- I really feel every time I play this game as if I lived a a new life
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Board to Death TV - Board Game Reviews Review at 0:06 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Artwork is really good and fitting to the theme.
- Components are top-notch: thick boards, sturdy and detailed miniatures with variety, and a superb rulebook.
- Theme is well represented with the mechanics.
- Solo mode is a huge plus.
- Enjoyed the game.
Cons
- Luck plays a huge factor, with little to mitigate it.
- Many times you just don't roll what you need to save you from dying.
- Player interaction is solely based on what you draw or roll.
- Feels like there's a bit of downtime between players.
- More of a solitary type mechanic during each active player turn.
Thematic elements
- surviving a zombie apocalypse while escaping with the most valuable followers
- zombie apocalypse
Comparison games
- King of Tokyo
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Area Movement — Zombies move between zones on player boards.
- Card Drafting — Players draw various cards (followers, locations, loot, events, fleeing) that affect gameplay.
- Dice Rolling — The game utilizes custom dice with various icons representing actions like killing zombies, moving zombies, searching, and drawing cards.
- Press Your Luck — Players roll dice and can choose to re-roll them, sometimes risking negative consequences for potentially better outcomes.
- Push Your Luck — Players can choose to reroll dice, with a limited number of rerolls, and must decide when to stop to avoid negative consequences.
- Set Collection — Collecting followers is a key aspect for victory points.
- Variable player powers — Players choose character boards which provide different bonuses and dice combos.
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Quotes (from this video)
- I'd rather be fighting zombies personally than than having marri life chick
- The artwork is actually really good in this game
- Run fight or die is a press your luck game players are trying to survive a zombie apocalypse while escaping with the most valuable followers in the box
- The components are top-notch from thick boards as opposed to flimsy ones and not only are the Miniatures sturdy as well but they're detailed have variety between male and females and there's quite a bit of them as well
- Luck does play a huge factor in this game and there is still little to mitigate it
- Run fight or die will get an extra half point because we enjoyed it for a total of 7.5 out of 10
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Board Games UnLocked Review at 0:16 sentiment: mixed
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Overall sentiment (raw)
mixed
Pros
- Simple setup and put away.
- Decent job with the zombie theme.
- Quick playtime, especially in solo mode.
- Thematic use of dice.
- Can be a good filler game.
Cons
- Pure randomness with little decision making.
- Competitive nature is considered weird and unenjoyable by one player.
- Immediate game-ending conditions can be frustrating.
- Clunky components in some modes.
- The dice combo bonus is not very appealing.
Thematic elements
- zombies
Comparison games
- King of Tokyo
- X-Wing
- Dwellings of Eldervale
- Unfair
- Game of Thrones
- Glue Maven
- Dead of Winter
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Area Control — The game involves moving dice to different zones, thematically representing running away from zombies.
- Card Drafting — The game involves drawing cards, which the host finds to be part of the unpredictable nature of the game.
- cooperative play — The game has cooperative modes, which are mentioned as potentially being more enjoyable than competitive play.
- Dice Rolling — The game utilizes dice rolling as a core mechanic, with the host expressing dissatisfaction with the randomness involved.
- Set Collection — The game involves collecting sets of cards or dice combinations to achieve objectives or score points.
- Solo Play — The game can be played solo, and this mode is noted for its short playtime.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- this is very much not a game for me
- i hate games like this
- this game is pure randomness
- i don't see a point in games that are like this whenever it's just roll dice see what happens draw cards see what happens and it's in a competitive nature it's not fun for me
- this is a wonderful filler game
- I definitely want my randomness tied into something where there is decision making and in here there's very little
- On a scale of one to ten I'm I'm gonna start because I think mine's definitely lower than yours I'm gonna give it a five I think it's an average game
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Board Games UnLocked Playthrough at 0:16 sentiment: mixed
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Overall sentiment (raw)
mixed
Pros
- Ability to turn gun icons into bat icons (Brawler ability)
- Ability to discard and redraw event cards (Look of Innocence)
- Ability to ignore zombie icons on dice combos
- Ability to clear zones of zombies and draw event cards (with three books)
- Screaming Meat Cleaver ability allows removal of zombies from zone one and placement on other players' zones.
Cons
- Reloaded art is considered bad.
- Event cards can be detrimental.
- Zombies advance and can overwhelm players.
- The mutant boss mechanic can be challenging.
- Some follower cards add negative effects (e.g., 'Won't Stop Singing').
- Dice rolls can be unfavorable, leading to negative consequences.
- The game can become difficult to manage as zombies swarm.
Thematic elements
- Survival against zombies
- Post-apocalyptic zombie-infested world
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Card Drafting — Players draw and select cards which provide abilities or affect gameplay.
- character abilities — Each player controls a character with unique abilities, such as 'Who Wants Weenies' or 'Look of Innocence'.
- Dice Rolling — Dice are rolled to determine actions and outcomes.
- event cards — Cards are drawn that introduce unexpected challenges or opportunities.
- Mutant boss — A special boss character is introduced that requires specific conditions to attack and can impact the game state.
- Set Collection — Certain dice combinations grant bonuses or specific actions.
- Zombie horde — Zombies advance and appear, creating a persistent threat.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- The creepy butcher who was uh it was I was very much a serial killer before this happened now this just gives me an excuse to kill people.
- The screams of both the living and dead are heard amongst the flames.
- All we want to do is eat your brains.
- This is the swarming gets real.
- The mutant boss oh he's out.
- I don't want to my discussion is not going to be very high of this game.
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Rob's Tabletop World Discussion at 4:41
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Pros
none
Cons
none
Thematic elements
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none
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Quotes (from this video)
- Undaunted 2200 which is a very good game. Tactics II, very very good.
- I've got all the Killforths.
- Nemo's War, great game.
- Defenders of the Realm, love that game. Love it.
- I got some BattleTech on painting. Going to start painting again.
- Ogre, great game.
- We're going to be back in business, folks. We're going to be back in business.
- We're going to be back to full strength again. Just like the old days.
- People that want to work with me, great. People that don't want to work with me, great. Don't care.
- Getting hacked, man. It was very It took a lot of wind out of my sails.
- I'll get us there. All right, we got the other cable coming within the next month or so. Uh, they're going to be running that up here, so we're going to have fiber.
- I got 10 videos I got to get done. I got more stuff coming.
- We're turning the old game around.
- I don't think I've ever been this busy. And I'm pretty happy about it.
- We'll come back and uh, next week we'll start we'll start doing nice little short live play. Maybe we'll do uh, Val Petra.
- Everything feels better. You know, everything feels good.
- It is your old pal Earl.
- This has been a long time coming and it's showing the subscriptions have gone up.
- It's been a rough 2 days. But don't worry about it. I'll shake it off. I'll come back stronger than ever.
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Meeple University Review at 0:05 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- easy to learn
- fun party/family game
- zombie-themed combat and follower mechanics
Cons
- reliance on dice luck
Thematic elements
- survival and leadership, zombies
- zombie apocalypse
- action-oriented with follower management and dice-driven events
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Action Following — placing followers to locations to perform actions; combos depend on pills
- artifacts combat — use artifacts (e.g., bats or gum) to kill zombies
- Combat: Damage Based — use artifacts (e.g., bats or gum) to kill zombies
- End condition and scoring — game ends with scoring by leadership points; most points wins
- followers and location actions — placing followers to locations to perform actions; combos depend on pills
- leadership points — points earned through followers, attacks, and location effects
- location cards — locations cause various effects during play
- unfavorable cards — draw unfavorable cards with potential upsides
- Yahtzee-style dice rolling — roll six dice and may reroll up to twice
- zombie spawn and movement — new zombies spawn and move toward players
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- the game plays 1 to 4 players
- the game is of light complexity
- good as party games and for families
- relying on a lot of dice roll luck
- it's fun and easy to learn
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