(from back cover) The Dead Are Coming is a zombie apocalypse survival role playing game (RPG). You and 2-5 friends play make-believe creating a shared narrative of a group of survivors trying to keep on living in a world gone terribly wrong. The rules help keep the story you tell consistent, interesting and challenging. You play a desperate survivor in a post-apocalyptic world where zombies are a real thing that won't stop until they devour your flesh. You also need to secure a refuge, stocking it with food, water and other resources. And, of course, other people try to take it from you.