Fury of Dracula is coming back. Avalon Hill has announced a 5th Edition of Stephen Hand's hidden-movement classic, with a release slated for September 2026. The news broke this week through a wholesale catalogue listing and was quickly confirmed on social media, sending ripples through a community that has been waiting years for exactly this.
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Start organising for freeIf you have never played it, Fury of Dracula is a one-versus-many game where one player controls Dracula as he moves secretly across a map of Europe, laying traps and spawning vampires, while up to four hunters try to track him down before it is too late. The original was published by Games Workshop in 1987. Hand, who also gave GW Chainsaw Warrior and Chaos Marauders, built something that has refused to stay out of print for long. Fantasy Flight Games revived it with a well-received 2nd Edition in 2006 and a gorgeous 3rd Edition in 2015, but when FFG's Games Workshop licence expired, the game vanished from shelves. WizKids picked it up briefly for a 4th Edition in 2019, only to lose the licence themselves shortly after.
Since then, copies have commanded three-figure prices on the secondary market. A 2-5 player game that runs two to three hours and blends deduction, tension, and gothic atmosphere like few others, the demand has never gone away. Shut Up and Sit Down's glowing recommendation kept it on wishlists long after it became impossible to buy at a reasonable price.
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Find events near youAvalon Hill has not yet said whether the 5th Edition sticks close to the acclaimed 3rd/4th Edition rules or puts its own stamp on the design. Either way, getting this game back into print at a normal retail price will be enough to make a lot of gamers very happy.
If you have been eyeing up overpriced copies online, hold off a few more months.
Sources: BGG Thread | Wikipedia | BoardGameWire
