Operation Manual

Note that you may not start a ght 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.

Choosing cards

When a support card says that you may choose a card from a deck, cellar or moat, this

means that you take all of the cards from this pile, look at them, choose the card you

want, then reshue the remaining cards.

End of the Game

e game may end in one of three ways:

All humans die or all vampires die: the player whose character survived wins.

ere are three revealed vampire in the castle: the vampires conquer the castle and the

vampire player wins.

Both players run out of cards in their decks and hands: check scores based on surviving

characters (in the castle and in the city). e human player receives

1 point for each surviving human. e vampire player receives 2 points for every

surviving vampire. e player with the most points wins the game.

Ties are possible.

Note: If one player runs out of cards only the other player takes turns until one of the

above conditions have been met.

Credits

Game design: Filip Miłuński

Illustrations and graphic design: Pi&Sigma Design Studio

Rulebook development: Jeroen Hollander

English translation: Anna Skudlarska & Russ Williams

Project manager: Jonny de Vries

Acknowledgements

is game was under development for a very long time, longer than any other of my games. I cannot

mention here all the many people who helped playtest and contributed to the game’s creation, but

I would like to sincerely thank them all. Most of all I thank my beloved wife Alicja. I created the

game for her, and she was the rst and most important tester, and she was the inspiration for further

work. She also invented the new theme when it became clear that we needed to change the theme.

Special thanks to Maciej Sorokin for dozens of playtests and his valuable experience as a CCG player.

Traditional thanks to the reliable testers of the Monsoon Group. Without you this game wouldn’t

exist, nor would most of my other games. anks to Piotr Słaby for the atmospheric illustrations

and the great communication during the graphic design work and to Jonny de Vries of WGG for the

cooperation on the project and bringing it to a successful conclusion.

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