Operation Manual

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Introduction

In a foreboding castle somewhere in central Europe a strange fear has descended upon

the inhabitants. One morning the body of a young girl was found, as pale as a sheet of

paper, dry and totally drained of blood. Vampires are on the prowl! Who is the monster

who murders innocents during the night? Someone from the ruling nobles? Or perhaps one

of their servants? Not even the clergy can be ruled out. Before the truth will be discovered,

more than one person may face unjust accusations thrown out by the devious servants of

darkness. Will the vampires be successfully caught before they endanger the entire society,

or will the castle and city fall forever into darkness?

Game Idea

Vampire Empire is a card game of blu and deduction for two players.

In the old castle and neighbouring city, three Vampires are hiding. e task of the

human player is to nd out which three of nine characters are in fact monsters hiding

in human form and eliminate them. e Vampire player must blu cleverly,

give confusing clues, and trick the humans into attacking innocent citizens.

e Vampire player does this to kill the most important characters in the city

or to conquer the castle.

Components

9 double-sided character cards (human / vampire)

9 character tokens

40 vampire deck cards

40 human deck cards

12 attack/defence markers

1 bag

9 sleeves

Lady - Lord - Ocer Monk - Nun - Bishop Maid - Cook - Butler

Nobles Clergy Servants

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Summary of content (8 pages)

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Introduction In a foreboding castle somewhere in central Europe a strange fear has descended upon the inhabitants. One morning the body of a young girl was found, as pale as a sheet of paper, dry and totally drained of blood. Vampires are on the prowl! Who is the monster who murders innocents during the night? Someone from the ruling nobles? Or perhaps one of their servants? Not even the clergy can be ruled out.
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Anatomy of Cards Each player has his own deck of cards. There are six types of cards: Combat cards: nobles, servant, clergy Name of the card Combat value Profession: the colour of the border and an icon determines the profession of the card. Some combat cards have a two coloured border. These cards can be used for both professions. Card type Description of action Vampire cards Name of the card Combat value Card type Description of action Note: Some vampire cards have a two coloured border.
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Set Up Put all nine character cards into sleeves with the human side face up. Put all nine character tokens into the bag and mix them thoroughly. Shuffle the character deck and place it face down on the table. This deck is called the city. Draw the top three cards and place these face up in a line next to the city. This line of cards is called the castle. Put all attack/defence tokens on the table in easy reach of both players. Decide who will play the vampires and who will play the humans.
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Moat and cellar Players place their decks face down in their own playing areas. Throughout the game they’ll create two discard piles: the cellar and the moat. The discard pile on the right of the draw deck is the moat. The moat holds all cards played by a player. Cards in this pile can never be used again in this game. The discard pile on the left of the draw deck is the cellar. Cards in this pile can be used when the draw deck runs out for the first time.
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Hide a character in the city (vampire player only) The active vampire player can hide one of the characters (revealed or unrevealed) presently in the castle into the city. To do this he plays any three vampire combat cards from his hand, takes a character card from the castle, places it on the bottom of the city, and draws a new character from the top and place it in the castle. Use holy water (human player only) The active human player can use “holy water” to learn a characters identity.
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character attacking the same defending character. The cards of the first round remain in play and contribute to the attack value of the character. Valid combat cards: Both human and vampire player can play cards matching the profession of the character they support (note: some combat cards have a two coloured border (brown/violet/green/white/red) meaning they can be used with both of these professions).
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round of combat. Therefore there is a second combat round. The human player continues the attack by playing a clergy combat card with a value of 3 and a holy water card with a value of 2, for 5 more points (which are added to the 3 points from the first round). The vampire player plays a vampire combat card with a value of 3 and another vampire combat card with a value of 1 for 4 more points (which are added to the 4 points from the first round).
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Note that you may not start a fight if you cannot exceed the defender’s initial defence, so (for example) to attack a character which has +1 defence you must play at least 2 points of attack. Note: When a character with an attack/defence marker is revealed as a vampire its marker stays on this card as long as this character is in the castle. Important: An attack marker only applies when a character attacks. A defense marker only applies when a character defends.