Ham Helsing is played in 5 rounds with 3 phases. Each round follows this order until the players win or lose the game:

PLAYER PHASE

On your turn, follow these 6 steps in this order.

1. Play cards, battle, trade with other players, etc. Then discard any cards you want to.

2. Gain money, gain skills, and take bite Damage from biting Minions you Defeated on your turn.

3. Draw up to a full hand of 4 cards.

4. Place Minion tokens on every Location connected to your Location. 5. Check Location limits.

6. Take Damage from any biting Minions in your Location.

Play continues clockwise around the board with the next player now performing all 6 steps.

After all players have had a turn, the round ends.

MARKET PHASE

Buy Cards at the Rat Market. All players buy upgrade cards and sleeve them into the cards in their hand.

VILLAIN PHASE

1. Flip and resolve the top Villain card.

2. Check Location limits.