''Undead'' is a board game published by

Steve Jackson Games Steve Jackson Games (SJGames) is a game company, founded in 1980 by Steve Jackson, that creates and publishes role-playing, board, and card games, and (until 2019) the gaming magazine ''Pyramid''. History Founded in 1980, six years after the cr ...

in 1981.

Gameplay

''Undead'' is a board game for 2–3 players in which one player takes the role of the moderator, one is

Dracula ''Dracula'' is a novel by Bram Stoker, published in 1897. As an epistolary novel, the narrative is related through letters, diary entries, and newspaper articles. It has no single protagonist, but opens with solicitor Jonathan Harker taking ...

, and the other players takes the roles of Professor van Helsing and other vampire hunters. The hunters must prevent Dracula from spawning more vampires by tracking the movement of coffins at night and investigating them by day.

Reception

In the November 1981 edition of '' The Space Gamer'' (Issue 45), David Dyche commented that "All in all, this game is an excellent value." In the December 1981–January 1982 edition of '' White Dwarf'' (Issue 28), Bob McWilliams gave it an above-average overall rating of 8 out of 10, saying, "On the whole this is quite an enjoyable game, probably best played with a number of people and also quite good value for its money." In the January 1990 edition of '' Games International'' (Issue 12), Kevin Jacklin concluded that "The atmosphere is good, and the play reasonably paced and exciting." A retrospective review in the December 2005 edition of ''Adventurer'' (Issue 5) recalled the game as "quite absorbing and habit-forming. A tactical skilful game, I would recommend it as a worthwhile game."

References

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