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Zombie Dice

Zombie Dice is fast push-your-luck. Experts bank at 3 brains, track shotgun blasts, and understand that red dice have 3 feet and 1 brain — green dice favor continuing.

Quick winning principles

  • Bank at 3 brains unless you have 0 shotguns.
  • Stop immediately at 2 shotguns — next blast ends your turn with 0.
  • Red dice from the cup are dangerous — expect feet and blasts.
  • Green dice are safe to push — 2 brains per die possible.

Ideal strategy

  1. 1

    Bank at 3 brains: expected value of rolling again with 1 shotgun and mixed dice is negative. Three brains is the standard expert bank.

  2. 2

    Shotgun tracking: 2 shotguns means 33%+ bust on next roll if cup has red dice. Always bank at 2 shotguns regardless of brain count.

  3. 3

    Die color probability: green = 3 brains, 2 feet, 1 blast per 6 sides; yellow = 2/2/2; red = 1/2/3. Know what's left in the cup.

  4. 4

    Cup management: after rolling, set aside feet and shotguns, reroll only brain dice plus 3 new from cup. Fewer dice in cup = more variance.

  5. 5

    Race to 13: when opponent has 10+ brains, push to 4 brains on a turn if you have 0-1 shotguns — conservative play loses the race.

  6. 6

    First player advantage: going first wins ~5% more games. Push slightly harder on opening turns.