Ham Helsing can be played by 1 player alone. All the standard rules apply with the following differences:

Setup

You play 2 characters back-to-back.

Setup both character boards as normal and place both figures in Mud Canyon.

Shuffle the decks for both characters together to create 1 deck that you draw from. You also have 1 discard pile.

Your hand size is 5 cards.

Play Cards Phase

Choose 1 character to go first. They are the active character and you follow the normal order of play for them, completing all 6 steps.

Next, play the 2nd character's turn as the active character, again following all 6 steps.

Cards in your hand can be used on the active character no matter which character deck they are from.

Each character tracks their own money, health, and skills separately.

Each character can use only their own special ability and base movement on their turn.

You can trade money, the Shiny Shield, and the Wood Katana of the Dead, but not cards (since you have a shared hand).

Any card that gives a benefit to another character gives your other character that benefit.

A card that lets you and another character draw a card allows you to draw 2 cards (1 for each character).

Gain Money, Skills, and Bites

Each character gains money and skills and takes bite Damage only for Minions they Defeated on their turn.

Market Phase

Money is not pooled. Each character buys cards with their own supply of money. However, any upgrade card purchased can be sleeved into any card in your hand, regardless of which character purchased it.