fury-of-dracula – Sundered Realm

A Tale of Fury and Dracula

Fury of Dracula has a long and storied history. Much like the titular character I guess. My participation in the story didn’t start until the 3rd edition so that’s where I will start. I am writing this down mostly so I can link to it for future questions as I often find folks that are not aware of the subtle differences in various versions of the game. If I have made any mistakes please let me know in the comments and I will update this post accordingly. For the TL/DR portion simply scroll to the end of the post. Continue reading

Oops!

As detailed previously, I picked up a game called Fury of Dracula essentially by accident. I bought the 3rd edition. A 4th edition was just released but by a new publisher. What the new publisher did really well (and frankly I was quite impressed) was they spent time reading and talking to folks on BoardGameGeek.com to review commonly debated issues and address them in the revised rule book. Fantastic idea!

The problems came about because the same level of attention was not given to the graphical elements of the board game. Oops. Continue reading “Oops!”

Acquiring Out of Print Games

The best part about a hobby is the fun and joy that it can bring. The worst part is when you are late to the party and missed out on something. That’s when you learn the meaning of horrible acronyms like HTF (Hard To Find) or OOP (Out Of Print). That has been the case for me with Merlin’s Company, the expansion for Shadows Over Camelot. This is the story of my quest. Continue reading “Acquiring Out of Print Games”

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