Plaid Hat Games has announced a new title in its Dead of Winter line: The Long Night.  Release is planned for summer.

Dead of Winter:  The Long Night continues the story of Jonathan Gilmour and Isaac Vega’s zombie-themed semi-cooperative game.  In this installment, the players’ colony of survivors must confront new challenges, including bandits from another colony and the mysterious new Raxxon pharmaceutical location.  New items, new enemies, and new survivors all put in an appearance as well.

The Long Night can be played on its own as a stand-alone game, or it can be combined with the earlier Dead of Winter game as an expansion.

Dead of Winter: The Long Night is intended for 2 - 5 players, ages 14 and up, and plays in 1 - 2 hours.  MSRP is $59.99.

Released in 2014, Dead of Winter has been a big hit for Plaid Hat, currently ranking fourth on ICv2’s chart of top board games in the fourth quarter of 2015 (see “Top 10 Hobby Channel Board Games-Fall 2015”).