The faces of each die represent brains, shotgun blasts or "runners" with different colours containing a different distribution of faces (the 6 green dice have 3 brains, 1 shotgun and 2 runners, the 4 yellow dice have 2 of each and the 3 red dice have 1 brain, 3 shotguns and 2 runners).

[5][6] Zombie Dice was the winner of the 2011 Origins Awards for a Family, Children's or Party game.

The Hunk die has a double shotgun and a double brain, the Hottie has extra feet, and Santa Claus has three special gifts: a helmet (to let one take an additional shotgun blast), an energy drink (to capture the brain of a runner), and a double brain.

Zombie Dice: Horde Edition is a boxed edition of the game including the original base game, as well as the Double Feature and School Bus expansions.

Replacing the dice cup in this edition is a cloth bag.