Board Game Dracula vs Van Helsing

A bloodsucker hunts the innocent

The peace on the shores of Whitby is disturbed by an unknown empty ship with blood-soaked cabins. Local residents seek help from the demon hunter Professor Van Helsing in the hope of escaping the sinister Dracula.

In this dueling game, the professor`s goal is to destroy his opponent, and Dracula`s goal is to turn all the inhabitants of a district into vampires.

Preparation

At the beginning of the game, four inhabitants are placed in each district of the playing field, and 4 colored tokens are randomly placed on the rating board. Dracula starts the game with 12 health points and goes first. Each player receives 5 random cards, which they place on the holder in strict order.

Game progress

The duration of the game is no more than five rounds. On their turn, the active player draws a new card from the deck and decides:

• to discard and apply its effect,
• or exchange it for one of their cards and apply the effect of the discarded one.

Thus, the player will always have 5 cards. The cards revealed due to various effects lie in front of the holder, but in the corresponding place, because each of the 5 cards corresponds to a separate area on the playing field.

Instead of an action one of the players can declare the end of the round, but only if there are at least 6 cards in the discard pile. In this case, after the opponent`s turn, the round ends and the players check their influence in the districts, comparing the value of each card.

Are you on the side of good or evil today?

The priority of the colors is determined on a special color rating board. The winner in the district turns the human token over to the vampire side, if it is Dracula, or removes Dracula`s health token, if it is the professor.

The game ends immediately if one of the victory conditions is met. If 5 rounds have been played and the players` goals have not been met, then Dracula wins, provided that he remains alive, of course.