Ham Helsing (English)

Upgrade cards are transparent, so if a symbol can fit on your card, you can slip that upgrade into the sleeve of a starter card. Not only is it a dirty deal that you literally improve your deck by defeating the Minions, but you also improve the cards you use on your next turn!

When you feel strong enough, you will have to pursue the bad guy. There are 4 Villains, each with a different starting health, special ability and bonuses. Villains will increase their power when a location on the board is lost. You will have to bet everything as a team to defend these locations!

Based on the bestselling graphic novel about a reluctant monster-hunting pig, Ham Helsing is a cooperative adventure board game. Join Ham, Ronin, Malcom and Lobos as they try to save the world! Using a deck-building system with transparent cards, you'll protect locations from endless swarms of minions while improving your skills. Can you tune in fast enough to stop the bad guy from destroying Mud Canyon and save the day?

Choose a character and take your starting deck. Each character has a special ability and their own deck with a few custom cards that match their play style. On your turn, you'll use the symbols on the cards in your hand to travel to new Locations (some of which allow special actions), to defeat Minions before they overrun a Location (each of them has a limit), and to use Knuckles (the mercenary "Fearless Bear") to scare away some Minions. When fighting Minions, you will need to match the colors of the Minion with the color of attack you are performing to defeat them. There are 4 different colors to match, and some Minions take 2 colors to defeat, so plan your card game carefully, and don't become stubborn. Some Minions will bite back, so watch your health as well.

For each Minion defeated, you will gain skills and money. With enough skill points, you will get free attacks. Spend your hard-earned money to buy attack cards and special cards from the Rat Market. It may be a cooperative game, but buying is a free activity, so be a greedy pig and grab your gear quickly (or help everyone think of the best cards for different decks, you do what you want).

Attack cards will allow you to do more damage in battle, move, heal and more. Special cards are where things get interesting with combos, split bonuses, and damage boosters.

Upgrade cards are transparent, so if a symbol can fit on your card, you can slip that upgrade into the sleeve of a starter card. Not only is it a dirty deal that you literally improve your deck by defeating the Minions, but you also improve the cards you use on your next turn!

When you feel strong enough, you will have to pursue the bad guy. There are 4 Villains, each with a different starting health, special ability and bonuses. Villains will increase their power when a location on the board is lost. You will have to bet everything as a team to defend these locations!

After each turn, the villian moves 1 space closer to Mud Canyon. If you haven't brought the bad guy's health to 0 before the end of the last player turn in Mud Canyon, your bacon is burnt. With drawings by the graphic novel's author, Rich Moyer, and filled with dirty puns, Ham Helsing delivers a cooperative adventure for 1 to 4 players.