Crave

About this board game

Crave is a strategic deck-building card game for 2–6 players, with games lasting about 25 minutes. Take the side of the Vampires or Vampire Hunters and battle to drain your opponent’s health before they can do the same to you.

Each turn, spend influence to acquire characters, spells, actions, and items. Crave combines a mutual card-purchasing market with personal markets, while asymmetrical starting hands give each side its own identity. The available cards and the paths chosen by your opponent make every game different.

Build a stronger deck by equipping items to characters and combining special abilities. Some purchased cards go into your opponent’s deck, creating another way to disrupt their plans. You can also use patrols to block your opponent and weaken their deck with wolfsbane and other plant-based poisons.

• Vampires: Drain life, pursue destruction, and trash cards more frequently.
• Vampire Hunters: Work as a team with attacks, healing, dexterity, and marketplace benefits.
• Werewolves: Grow increasingly powerful as their numbers increase.
• Groupies: Support their chosen side and may sacrifice themselves to help.
• Plants: Acquire poisons that affect an opponent and their characters in play.
• Enchanted: Use interconnected characters, items, and spells for varied abilities.

With six factions, new keywords, and side-exclusive cards, Crave offers different strategic routes for Vampires and Vampire Hunters. Develop your influence, shape your deck, and survive the fight in this fast-playing competitive card game.