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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

We are here to clear any doubts you have regarding our game, The Cemetery.
If the pointers below don’t answer your question, you can contact us through the Contact Us page, we'll do our best to answer your query. You can also post a question on the game's BoardGameGeek page!

  • How to solve a tie between two players?
    If two or more players have the same score (tie), compare players’ lowest Zombie’s Value. The tying player whose total Zombie Value is closest to zero, wins. If there is still a tie, share the victory.
  • What "At the beginning of your turn" mean?
    You can find this effect on active tombs and development cards. Bad Developments must be satisfied first, after, at your discretion, you can then use Good Development and/or Tombs effects before starting your action phase.
  • What does "At the end of your turn" mean?
    You can find this effect on active tombs and good development cards. At your discretion, you can then use Good Development and/or Tombs effects before ending your turn and refill your hand.
  • What does Dig Up or Down +1 and +2 mean?
    Means that whenever you perform the described action you move the tomb up or down by the number stated in the card.
  • How does the "The Shovel" work?
    When buying a corpse using a tomb of level 3 or higher, you place down the corpse directly at burial level 2 (active tomb).
  • How does the "Fancy Fence" work?
    It works by preventing all other opponents from digging in your cemetery until the next round. You can use the Fence only if a player digs in your cemetery.
  • How do I get rid of a Zombie?
    You must kill it or move it by using "The Judge", "The IT Guy" (The Cemetery), "The Python" or "The Rooster" (The Pet Cemetery) actions
  • How do I remove a Bad Development from a cemetery?
    You must destroy it or move it by using "The Swimmer", "The Waiter" (The Cemetery), "The Tarantula" or "The Parrot" (The Pet Cemetery) actions.
  • Can I swap an opponent Good or Bad Development by simply replacing it with a different one?
    No.
  • Can I Dig on a Sealed Tomb?
    No, you can only Dig unsealed tomb ( burial level 1 or 2) . Only "The King" (The Cemetery), "The Pig" (The Pet Cemetery) can Exhume a sealed tomb.
  • What's the difference between "Stop an opponent from digging in your cemetery" and "Stop an opponent from digging in any cemetery"?
    "Stop an opponent from digging in your cemetery" can be played only during your Action Phase and it stops an opponent's Dig action. "Stop an opponent from digging in any cemetery" can be played during any other player's Action Phase and it stops that opponent's Dig action. During your Action Phase it acts as "Stop an opponent from digging in your cemetery".
  • How Draw and Discard works?
    Whenever you have to Draw and Discard, you can discard ANY card from your hand even if you did not draw it.
  • How "Peek at a player's hand and discard one of its cards" works?
    1. Take the cards in the target player's hand. 2. Look at them 3. Discard a card 4. Return the cards to the player.
  • I cannot perform a Bad Development action, what to do?
    If you cannot fulfil a Bad Development card you must ignore it. For example: At the beginning of your turn: Dig Up +1 the body in your unsealed lowest value Tomb or Discard a card. If you don't have unsealed tombs, the Bad Development has no effect and must be ignored.
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