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(Zathura) In Zathura (and to a greater extent, Jumanji) what would happen should one of the players die?

Does the game reset and they have to play again? Are they actually just dead? Does everything just go back to the way it was before they started playing? Or are they stuck in the game, with no way of being able to finish it?

And what was up in Zathura with Walter's future self? Was he from what *may* have been/a separate timeline? Technically he may have been able to roll for present-Walter in this scenario as well.
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A death - a *natural* death, not a "I wish you didn't exist" death - simply means that player loses, and the remaining players get to continue to play as if the dead player's turns were being skipped. What the two sets of players failed to appreciate is that the board games, though incredibly vivid, are meant to be *fun* (and more importantly, winnable). There aren't supposed to be actual consequences; this is why Jumanji resets itself to the moment before the game is played. If everyone dies, they respawn at the beginning with a cute "game over" message.

Future Walter was basically being punished for cheating. By wishing Danny out of existence, he made it impossible for himself to lose, so the game couldn't continue - it's meant to be winnable, but for the team as a whole. And he was basically from a projected future timeline, based on the time powers that these board games clearly display.