If a player has been dealt the Bite card, they should keep this information hidden.
THE BITE
A player cannot play the Bite card unless it is their final card.
When each player has one card remaining, they must make a decision: play their
last card, or reach for the gun. If a player plays their last card (even if it was the
bite), they have decided not kill their companion.
A Game of Survival and Guilt, Experienced by Two Players After playing their last card, a player cannot reach for the gun, even if their
companion’s last card is the Bite. The game is over.
You slam the door closed, your partner barely making it through behind you. You
can still feel their hands grabbing at your clothes; hear their moans echoing through The Gun:
the halls. The occasional thumping at the door reminds you that you are still At any time, instead of playing a conversation, a player may reach for the Gun. If
trapped, even when you’ve run away. You won’t sleep tonight. Hell, you haven’t they take the gun, they must make a decision: kill my companion, kill myself, or
really slept in days, but you can try to ignore it for now. As you settle in with your destroy the gun.
companion, locked away safely in this small room, the doubts begin to enter your
thoughts: Both players may reach for the gun. If this occurs, whoever is able to take it out of
the other player’s hands must make the decision. If the player holding the Gun
What if they’ve been bitten? choose the “kill my companion” or “kill myself” option, the game is over. If the
game ends this way, players do not reveal their final card.
The Bite is a storytelling game about the decision to kill your companion who may,
or may not be, infected by a zombie bite. Both players do not want to die, but both If the player choose to “destroy the gun”, players reveal their final card and discuss
know that leaving a bite victim alive will result in death. To stall for time before their decision and the current situation. After playing their last card, a player cannot
making the dreaded decision, the two players will share stories about themselves. reach for the gun, even if their companion’s last card is the Bite. The game is over.
Setup: The X Card:
Place the Gun in the center of the table. Place the X card where both players can This game deals in difficult subject matter. Players should use the X card to flag
clearly see and reach it. situations or conversations that make them uncomfortable. If a player taps the X
card, respect their intent and move the conversation to a new topic.
Place the Bite card and two Conversations (chosen at random) face down on the
table. One player will shuffle these cards, keeping them hidden, and the other Components:
player selects one card to return to the deck. Leave the remaining two cards face 12 Cards:
down on the table. 1 Gun Card
1 Bite Card
Deal each player 4 cards. 9 Conversation Cards
1 X card
The Game:
One player will select a conversation card from their hand and place it face up in Game by Dan Enders, 2016
front of them. Each conversation has a prompt, and you should talk about how this This game is available as a “Print & Play” download through DriveThruCards.
question has affected or applies to your character. These are suggestions: a player You may also purchase a deck for “The Bite” through DriveThruCards.
may ignore the prompt and choose to ask their own question as well.
Special Thanks:
At any time, or when the current player has finished talking, the other player may Special thanks to Meghan Dornbrock. I couldn’t have done this without you.
play a conversation and continue talking. This game was made possible by the encouragement of friends and followers online.
Thank you all for your support.
Tenoch Carmona (Order #42787000)
