Avalon Hill is reviving Fury of Dracula for a fifth edition, with a Gen Con 2026 debut and a 1 September shop release. The classic hidden-movement hunt sees one player as Dracula sneaking around a map of Europe while one to four hunters try to corner him, and it is back at $64.99 (around £52) for two to five players, ages 14+, in a chunky 150 to 180-minute session.
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Set up your group for freeThe headline addition is Jonathan Harker, who joins the hunter roster for the first time as a playable character pulled straight from Bram Stoker's novel. Quick-play rules are also in, trimming the formidable runtime down for groups who do not fancy a full evening, and Dracula's 20-card encounter deck includes three new vampire cards that bump his influence by three if they mature. Beyond that, Bleeding Cool reports the gameplay tracks closely with the well-regarded third edition Fantasy Flight released in 2015 and WizKids reprinted in 2019.
The pedigree here is the point. The original Fury of Dracula came out of Games Workshop back in 1987 from designer Stephen Hand, and the franchise has been quietly reworked across four editions over almost four decades. Hunter-vs-hidden-traitor is one of the trickiest genres to nail, but Fury of Dracula has been a reliable showcase for it for years, with the recent edition holding a strong reputation for atmosphere and tense deduction. Players new to the line will get a more accessible on-ramp this time around without losing the slow-burn paranoia the franchise trades on.
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See how it worksA three-hour gothic hunt is exactly the kind of game that needs a planned night to land. If you have not run a long-form board game evening before, this is a great excuse, dim the lights, brief the hunters, and let one friend disappear into the map. List the session on Backseat Gamer and you will fill the table without a Discord ping in sight.
Sources: Bleeding Cool | ICv2 | TechRaptor | Gen Con event listing
