How to Play Fury of Dracula (Second Edition)

Get Ready

Setup the game with these step-by-step instructions before diving into your turn.

Distribute hunter components

Give each hunter their player sheet, minifigure, three basic tactics cards (Dodge, Punch, Escape), and a health token placed on their card

Choose hunter starting positions

Hunters select their starting city in Europe and place their minifigure there

Distribute Dracula components

Give Dracula his player card, 15 blood tokens, minifigure, map reference card, minion tactics cards, Dracula tactics cards, special powers, and the location deck

Draw Dracula's encounters

Dracula draws five random encounter tiles and keeps them hidden face-down from hunters

Shuffle the Hide card

Place the Hide power card into the location deck at a random spot

Set up tracking markers

Place the vampire and hunter resolve counters on their respective tracks, and place the day/night counter at dawn

Prepare card decks

Shuffle all item cards together to form the item deck, shuffle all event cards to form the event deck, then draw the bottom card of the event deck and place it on top

Select Dracula's starting location

Dracula chooses his starting city and places it at the beginning of his trail without placing an encounter on this first city

Establish turn order

The game begins with Lord Godalming, followed by Dr. Seward, Van Helsing, Mina Harker, and then Dracula

On Your Turn

What you can do during your turn.

Spend resolve power (optional)

Before movement, any hunter may spend one resolve point from the track for exactly one power:

Move by road

Move up to one city away connected by road

Move by rail

Roll the red train die to determine movement:

Move by sea

Embark at a port city into a sea region; takes one turn between adjacent sea regions and another to disembark

Search and encounter

If moving to a city in Dracula's trail, Dracula reveals that city card and encounter token; the hunter must combat the encounter

Resupply in a city

Draw cards based on city size:

Rest to heal

Draw 2 event cards (discard hunter events, give Dracula events to Dracula), then restore 2 health

Trade items

Exchange items with other hunters in the same city (event cards cannot be traded)

Lord Godalming's ability

May reroll the train die once; rolls two white dice during combat against Agents

Dr. Seward's ability

May hold a 4th item or event card; only draws one event card when healing (applies to hunters with him)

Van Helsing's ability

May resupply, heal, or trade after resolving an encounter

Mina Harker's ability

Draws one extra card of her choice after resupplying; starts bitten and must always keep one item and one event face-up

Advance time

Move the Day/Night marker one space clockwise (skip if at sea)

Move by road

Move up to one city away by road; cannot pass through Heavenly Hosts or Consecrated Grounds markers

Move by sea

Embark at a port city and move into sea regions

Place location card

Find the destination's location card and place it face-down on the trail, sliding previous cards right

Attack hunters

If hunters are at Dracula's location, immediately attack them as a group

Place encounter

If no hunters present, place one encounter marker face-down on the current location card

Mature encounters

When a location card drops off the trail, optionally reveal and resolve its "Matured" effects

Refill encounter hand

Draw encounter markers from the pool to reach maximum hand size (normally 5, or 7 with Dracula's Bride ally)

Dark Call (any time)

Pay 2 blood to remain in place, draw 10 encounter markers, add to hand, then discard down to maximum

Double Back (any time)

Cross your own trail by placing the card face-up and moving a location card from trail or catacombs on top

Hide (any time)

Place face-down to secretly remain in previous location while appearing to move; encounters placed reinforce previous location

Feed (night only)

Place face-up to remain in place and regain 1 blood (max 15)

Wolf Form (night only)

Pay 1 blood to move up to two cities by road; may pass through hunter-occupied cities without fighting

Handle cards dropping off trail

When trail reaches 6 cards and a new one is added, either return the oldest card to the location deck (maturing any encounters) or store it in the Catacombs

Store in Catacombs

Place location card and encounters in an empty Catacomb space; may add one additional encounter from hand

Clear Catacombs before moving

Return any Catacomb cards to the location deck; encounters return to pool without maturing

Illegal move penalty

If Dracula has no legal move or made an illegal previous move, his trail is cleared to one revealed card and he loses blood as if killed in combat (minimum 1 blood)

Play event cards before combat

All players may play events affecting combat; Dracula plays first, then hunters in order

Build hunter combat deck

Combine three tactics cards (Dodge, Escape, Punch) with item cards having initiative numbers

Build Dracula/Agent combat deck

Use Agent Tactics cards for agents; for Dracula, use only Claws, Dodge, and Escape as Man during day, or all eight tactics cards at night

Select combat cards

Each combatant secretly selects a combat card (cannot repeat same physical card from previous round)

Roll combat dice

Hunter rolls white die; Dracula rolls black die

Determine round winner

Highest modified roll wins; ties broken by higher initiative number

Apply combat results

Winner looks up loser's card on their tactics card for result:

Destroy items

If opponent's card is listed in bold italics, the hunter's card is discarded

Hunter bitten

Receives bite token; must keep one item and one event face-up; Dracula gets +1 combat bonus in future fights

Hunter reduced to zero health

Dracula gains +2 vampire points; hunter moves to Hospital, discards all items/events, resets health, removes bites, skips next turn

Agent killed

Combat ends; resolve remaining encounters, then fight Dracula if present

Form a group

Two or more hunters in the same location may choose to move and act together

Group movement

Move together during one member's movement phase; one train die roll for entire group

Group action

Receive only one action phase per round; only one member benefits from rest or resupply; all may trade

Group encounters

Encounters affect all members equally; any member may use items to help all

Group combat

All hunters fight; each selects a card; Dracula chooses one target per round

Castle Dracula effects

Dracula's location is automatically revealed; no encounters placed; Dracula regains 2 blood after movement; hunters cannot resupply, rest, or trade; Dracula gets +1 combat bonus

Hospital of St. Joseph and St. Mary effects

Dracula cannot enter; hunters draw either one event or one item when resupplying; hunters may attempt to cure bites by rolling a die (1: lose 2 health, 2-3: nothing, 4-6: bite removed)