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Based on the old tsr game vampyre (from 1981), for the gang at bronze age monsters podcast (Youtube link)

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/2216/vampyre

Destroy 3 coffins, and get into dracs castle to snuff him out, before your rival gets him, or monsters get you

Vampyre v0.08

Version 0.08 Implements:

Action cards, roads, hex map movement, items, weapons, dice combat arena, a CPU rival, drac castle interior

Still needs multiplayer, better dracs castle

Need to add – 3 bites rule, safe villages, evasion, host element, vampire turncoat

First edit v 009

https://svonberg.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/vampyrehex9bites.html

Possibly final until multiplayer is ironed out

https://svonberg.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/vampyre010sanct.html

Added safe villages, 3 bites, host as an inventory item, evasion, other hunter a little smarter.

My barber has a damn cute shop cat, by the name of Pepito. I'm already calling him Pete.

— Scottobear (@scottobear.bsky.social) 2026-04-02T15:22:59.589Z

My barber has a damn cute shop cat, by the name of Pepito. I'm already calling him Pete.

— Scottobear (@scottobear.bsky.social) 2026-04-02T15:22:59.589Z

Bounce, tetris (semi broken), dice themes test. Experimenting with smaller rubber items have more bounce, bigger ones more solid

https://svonberg.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/mergebounce.html