The Fury of Dracula - Other Differences Between 1987 Version and 2006 Version

Other Differences Between 1987 Version and 2006 Version

In the first edition, character differences were limited: Godalming received a +1 to first round initiative against Dracula's minions and a -1 against Dracula himself, while Van Helsing received the inverse and Seward received no modifiers. Characters in the second edition receive different abilities, for example Van Helsing's ability to withstand an additional bite or Godalming's Wealth ability, allowing him to reroll any train movement die roll, plus their number of Wounds are different, for example 12 for Godalming and 8 for Van Helsing.

Due to the differences in Dracula's movement in the second edition, only his six previous locations can contain any encounters. As he moves along the map, the oldest location moves further down the track until it reaches the seventh position, where he can mature the encounter or discard it. Maturing the encounter has varying effects dependent on the encounter itself - it could discarded without effect or in the case of vampires, increase the Vampire track by two, bringing him closer to winning the game.

The second edition adds the Resolve system to the Hunters. Every time the Day/Night track advances to a new day, in addition to Dracula gaining a Vampire track point, the Hunters gain 1 Resolve point. Resolve can be spent to reveal Dracula's oldest location, allow an individual hunter to take an extra turn, or heal a single hunter.

The second edition also clearly states there should be punishment for cheating by the Dracula player, whether intentionally or accidentally. The suggested punishment is a clearing of Dracula's trail to one location, revealing his current location and suffering blood point loss equal to a killed result (leaving him on 1 blood point if this would destroy him).