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Expansion for The Order of Vampire Hunters
The Order of Vampire Hunters: The Night is Darker Expansion
2017
Rules assistance for The Order of Vampire Hunters: The Night is Darker Expansion
Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.
- 5–6 players
- 13+
Rules assistant for The Order of Vampire Hunters: The Night is Darker Expansion
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The Order of Vampire Hunters: The Night is Darker Expansion is an expansion for The Order of Vampire Hunters released in 2017 for 5–6 players and ages 13 and up. It was designed by Filippo Chirico and its main mechanics are Modular Board, Cooperative Game, and Action Points.
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About the game
The Night is Darker adds everything you need to make The Order of Vampire Hunters a 5 or 6 player game. There are 2 new Hunters, more Vampire miniatures including the new Desmodus minions, and cards for spawning extra Vampires each turn. Box contains 18 highly detailed plastic miniatures • 2 Hunters, Sebastian and Benny • 6 Desmodus Vampires • 4 Thralls • 4 Warriors • 2 Upyrs 2 Double-sided map tiles 2 Hunter ID cards 2 Basic Weapon cards 1 Vampire ID card 68 Tokens 24 Cards 1 Rulebook 6 new Hunts And more! The Night is Darker explores a series of mysterious attacks on emergency medical facilities created to fight a rapidly spreading outbreak. The Order of Vampire Hunters encounters hordes of monsters and sends larger teams to clear out these infestations. What is the source of the deadly contagion? What is attracting these swarms of Vampires? Is the Order ready for these greater challenges?
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Designers
Publishers
- Dark Gate Games LLC
- DG Games Entertainment (Dark Gate Games)
Questions and answers
The Order of Vampire Hunters: The Night is Darker Expansion supports 5–6 players according to the catalogue. This range comes from the publisher’s listed player count, so the game can be set up for any group size within it. Some setups, rules and scoring details may still vary by player count, so check your edition’s rulebook for the exact configuration.
The catalogue lists The Order of Vampire Hunters: The Night is Darker Expansion for ages 13 and up. This is the publisher’s recommendation and reflects reading demands, rule complexity and small components rather than theme alone. Younger players can often join with help from an adult, so check the age guidance on your edition and consider your group’s experience with board games.
The Order of Vampire Hunters: The Night is Darker Expansion belongs to these categories: Horror, Miniatures, and Expansion for Base-game. Its main mechanics are Modular Board, Cooperative Game, and Action Points. Categories describe the theme and setting of a game, while mechanics describe what players actually do on their turns. Each mechanic links to a catalogue hub with similar games, which helps when you want something comparable.
The credited designers of The Order of Vampire Hunters: The Night is Darker Expansion are: Filippo Chirico. These credits come from the published game data and name the people responsible for the game’s design, not its illustrators or publishers. Designer pages on MeepleRules collect other titles by the same designers, which helps when you enjoy a game and want to find similar ones.
The catalogue lists The Order of Vampire Hunters: The Night is Darker Expansion as an expansion for The Order of Vampire Hunters. Expansions add new content, rules or scenarios to the base game and usually cannot be played on their own, so you need The Order of Vampire Hunters to use it. Check that your edition of The Order of Vampire Hunters is compatible, as some expansions were revised between editions.