<p>Unfortunately this does seem to be ambiguous.</p>
<p>Looking at the rules <a href="https://cdn.ravensburger.us/content/wcm/mediadata/pdf/alea%20landing%20page/Dungeons%20Dice%20and%20Danger%20Instructions.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here</a> is seems losing all your life points does not mean you have automatically lost.</p>
<p>Rules to suggest this.</p>
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<p>The player with the most Victory points wins</p>
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<p>and</p>
<blockquote>
<p>A player who loses their last Life point on the Life tracker dies and
leaves the game.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>I'm not convinced 'leaves the game' is the same as 'lost'. especially as a score is still caluble. It looks if you marker reaches end of life tracker then that is -20 points and not elimination.</p>
<p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/VMZNf.png" alt="photo of end of life tracker showing skull and -20 on same space" /></p>
<p>If you look at the life tracker image the skull is in the same space as -20,  the others are all distinctly separate.</p>
<p>This however is contradicted by <a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2880246/defeat" rel="nofollow noreferrer">this</a> BGG forum question.  One of the answers refers to a designer diary that suggestions many publishers didn't like player elimination.  (I've not found that source directly).  Whether that means the intention in the published version was player elimination I am not clear.   &quot;leaves the game&quot; could easily be interpreted as 'cant win' or 'takes no further part but still has a score'</p>

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Thank you (+1) ! Glad to see you also find it ambiguous. Plus, the rules slightly differ between the french version and the english version of the rulebook!
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<p>Players must take away life points when defeating a monster with the heart symbol:
<a href="https://i.sstatic.net/b1VTp.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/b1VTp.png" alt="enter image description here" /></a></p>
<p>What if a player ends the game with only 1 remaining life point but must yet suffer 1 life point after defeating the last monster? Does he lose the game?</p>

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What happens if the defeating the last monster costs the player their last life point?
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# What happens if the defeating the last monster costs the player their last life point?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2022-08-02)

Players must take away life points when defeating a monster with the heart symbol:
[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/b1VTp.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/b1VTp.png)

What if a player ends the game with only 1 remaining life point but must yet suffer 1 life point after defeating the last monster? Does he lose the game?

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2022-08-03. Score: 2

Unfortunately this does seem to be ambiguous.

Looking at the rules [here](https://cdn.ravensburger.us/content/wcm/mediadata/pdf/alea%20landing%20page/Dungeons%20Dice%20and%20Danger%20Instructions.pdf) is seems losing all your life points does not mean you have automatically lost.

Rules to suggest this.

> The player with the most Victory points wins

and

> A player who loses their last Life point on the Life tracker dies and
> leaves the game.

I'm not convinced 'leaves the game' is the same as 'lost'. especially as a score is still caluble. It looks if you marker reaches end of life tracker then that is -20 points and not elimination.

![photo of end of life tracker showing skull and -20 on same space](https://i.sstatic.net/VMZNf.png)

If you look at the life tracker image the skull is in the same space as -20, the others are all distinctly separate.

This however is contradicted by [this](https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2880246/defeat) BGG forum question. One of the answers refers to a designer diary that suggestions many publishers didn't like player elimination. (I've not found that source directly). Whether that means the intention in the published version was player elimination I am not clear. "leaves the game" could easily be interpreted as 'cant win' or 'takes no further part but still has a score'

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Thank you (+1) ! Glad to see you also find it ambiguous. Plus, the rules slightly differ between the french version and the english version of the rulebook!  

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