LMAO! Thank you so much for the review and no problems about the questions. We have learned that specifics are, indeed, needed as the debate is still raging and I was already proven to be the victory (I was Kagome, if you didn't catch that). And as for the specifications, what Kagome explained about the game in the piece is exactly, word for word almost, what I was told. So no, it was never specified that the cows had to be alive (my plastic cows were on a Chic-Fil-A board, btw). But I gave those up as I was already winning anyway...lol