Each player of receives three cards from this stack and lays them face up in front of himself. Three cards are also placed face up in the framed spaces on the board. Each player takes four ketchup bottles. The rest remain as reserve in the box. The hunt of the vampires may begin.
Plays proceeds clockwise.
The player who rolls the highest total on two dice begins. The movement along the path to the towers is influenced by fateful spell cards, duels with other players, bridges and ketchup bottles. The first space costs nothing. In any event, you will always land on a colored space at the end of your turn. Draw the top fate card of that color from the card holder.