A new Kickstarter campaign is hoping to add a little more "braaaaiiinnnsss" to your next game night.

The proposed project, Zombie Shuffle, is a zombie-themed card game built around the standard 52-count deck. Its concept is similar to that of most movies and books about the apocalypse: survive at all costs.

Chicago-based designer Blaise Sewell said he and his friends came up with the idea during a party a few years ago.

"We were playing a drinking game — I can't remember which one — and someone said, 'Why isn't there a zombie card game?'" he told Mashable. "So we started brainstorming ideas."

Now, after more than 30 trials, Sewell said they've finally locked down a set of rules.

Essentially, each face card in the deck represents a survivor/zombie (see the images below). On one side is a hero braving the impending flurry of brain-eaters; on the other side is a zombified, lifeless version of said hero. Depending on your luck, you'll be alternating back and forth — hopefully more on the hero side of things.

In the off chance you're bitten by an undead card holder, there are "zombie cure cards" you can use to bring you back human-side. The ultimate winner is whichever survivor — i.e. not zombie — has the most collected kills at the end of the line.

Watch the video above for a complete walk-through of the rules.

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Sewell said he's hoping the game helps exemplify the already expanding zombie phenomenon in pop culture. Unlike the recent vampire craze, seen in the Twilight, Vampire Diaries and True Blood series, he said the zombie fervor — much like the undead protagonists it represents — is taking a sluggish, yet persistent, pace to mainstream recognition.

"Zombies have started to really explode over the past year," he said. "They've always had sort of an underground cult-following. But shows like The Walking Dead and the new movie Warm Bodies have really helped solidify them on the mainstream level. It's slowly building up, but I think it's here to stay a while."

One of the perks to backing the project on Kickstarter is the chance to be featured in the final set. Any contributions of $250 or more land the backer their own zombie on some of the sets' inaugural face cards.

As another bonus, and in honor of the game's alcohol-fueld roots, there's even a drinking game version of the rules. From the website:

"Give out 1 drink if you kill a Jack, 2 drinks if you kill a Queen and 3 drinks if you kill a King. Take a drink every phase that you are a zombie and finish your drink if you are killed. Be safe! :)"

Extra emphasis on that last part — you should always drink carefully when your flesh is at stake.

At time of writing, the project was $4,415 into its' $6,500 goal on Kickstarter, with 11 days left to donate. Read more about the game here.

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Images courtesy of Blaise Sewell