How To Play!

Everybody dies. What you do before and after is up to you.

Embrace your mortality with this hilarious death-themed card game that helps you find humour in life’s end!

Players propose what they believe is the best manner of death (and pre-death) for themselves and their opponents, using cards dealt to them by the Funeral Director. Arguing your way to the best possible scenarios can win you points — with bonus points up for grabs in the Eulogy Round.

The player with the most points at the end will be crowned ‘Legendary Death Doula’!

Read on for how-to-play details of this laugh–about–life–and–death game…

SET UP: GET READY TO DIE!

Nominate a Funeral Director

Set Up the Decks: Separate LIVE, DIE & BYE! cards into 3 decks and place face down.

Choose Player One: The person whose birthday is closest to Halloween (October 31st) will go first.

PHASE 1: DIE!

How are you going to Cark It?

Starting with Player 1, each player draws a DIE card: Place it face-up in front of you and share your fate with the others. This is how you die!

Would You Rather Cards: If you pick up one of these, let players know which death you prefer. Would you rather…?

Question Mark Cards: If you pick up a question mark card tell everyone your death option using the prompt on the card.

PHASE 2: LIVE!

Decide how you want to live your life before you Cark It!

The Funeral Director deals 5 LIVE cards facedown to each player.

Player 1, choose a card from those suggested by other players: To do this, all other players choose 1 LIVE card from their hand and place it face down on the table.

Once everyone has placed a card down in front of them: All players reveal their card and take turns convincing Player 1 that their choice is the best. Argue, persuade, be sensible, silly or stupendous!

Phase 2 is repeated until all players have chosen 2 LIVE cards.

All LIVE cards on the table that were not selected return to the bottom of the LIVE deck. Then each player draws back up to 5 LIVE cards in their hand.

Player 1 chooses their favourite LIVE card and places it to the left of their DIE card. The player who puts forward the winning card is awarded 1 point.

PHASE 3: BYE!

Decide what you want to happen after you die!

The Funeral Director deals 5 LIVE cards facedown to each player. Players must keep their cards hidden!

Similar to Phase 2, Player 1 will be the first to decide on their after-death preferences.

All other players place 1 BYE card from their hand face down and take turns convincing Player 1 that their option is the best for them by revealing their choice and reasoning.

Phase 3 is repeated until all players have chosen 2 BYE cards to the right of the DIE card.

The Funeral Director is in charge of keeping a score tally for each player.

Player 1 chooses their favourite BYE card and places it to the right of their DIE card. The player who puts forward the winning card is awarded 1 point.

WILDCARD EULOGY

Once all players have 2 BYE cards next to their DIE card, the EULOGY WILDCARD round begins.

GOT A WILD CARD?

If a player has a WILDCARD in their remaining BYE hand they can play it in front of them face up for a chance to earn and award bonus points.

Pick two Players to give your Eulogy.

The best eulogy is awarded 2 points and the runner-up is awarded 1 point – the player who played the Eulogy card is also awarded 1 point.

Those two players will now go head to head to make those gathered cry -hopefully with laughter-as they spend 30 seconds orating, celebrating and honouring your memory – feel free to throw in what you really think of them!

THE WINNER!