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2021 Ranked #20,403

The Vampires

This vampire-hunting card game has players match cards around vampires, play the right weapon, and collect the first six points. Action cards disrupt turns, swap hands, awaken threats, or erase progress, making each hunt vulnerable to interference.

Card Game Lose a Turn Matching Creatures: Vampires

Players

2-6

Play time

Not listed

Age

6+

Complexity

1/5

Rating

5.68

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.4/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.1/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.7/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.4/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

As a vampire hunter, you are called upon to Transylvania to battle the most feared mythical creatures who live there! The game starts by giving each player 5 cards, and placing 4 vampire cards face up in the middle of the table.

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As a vampire hunter, you are called upon to Transylvania to battle the most feared mythical creatures who live there! The game starts by giving each player 5 cards, and placing 4 vampire cards face up in the middle of the table. On your turn, you play a card with the matching color next to a vampire, and when a vampire already has 4 matching cards next to it, you can defeat it by playing the corresponding weapon. Some of the cards allow you to take actions: Garlic cards cause the next player to miss a turn Mirror cards allow you to swap your remaining cards with another player Coffin cards will wake up a new vampire Bite cards remove all cards lying around a vampire When defeating a vampire, the person who played the weapon collects the vampire card, and gains the 1-4 points shown on him. The first player to collect 6 points will be declared the terror of all vampires!

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Play and group

Players
2–6
Best with
2–6
Play time
15 min
Age
6+
Complexity
1.0/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Manuel Rubio Gimenez

Artists

1
Wedoo Studio

Publishers

1
Jumbo

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