We're summoning Titans and controlling talismans,
that's right, it's Villainous: Wicked to the Core
from Ravensburger.
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This stand alone expansion to Villainous introduces
three new and powerful Disney villains
all trying to advance their evil schemes.
Setup begins with each player selecting a villain
and placing the matching realm board in front of them.
Everyone then places their unique villain deck shuffled
on the left, fate deck, also shuffled, on the right,
villain mover, which goes on the leftmost location
on the realm board, and handy dandy villain guide
and reference card nearby.
Additionally, some of the villains have a lock symbol
on their rightmost location or a special setup
annotation in their hero guide.
If so, they place the lock token on that space for now.
Take the power tokens, the currency of the game and
place them in the center of the
table within reach of everyone.
Each player then draws a starting hand
of 4 cards from their villain deck
and randomly determines who goes first.
That player starts with 0 power tokens,
the second player takes 1, third gets 2, and so on.
Finally, each player should announce
their objective to the rest of the table
in order to keep everyone on the same page.
Gameplay occurs in turns, during which each player
takes the following actions in order.
first, move your villain to a different
location on the realm board.
Players can move to any unlocked location on their
own board but cannot stay at their current spot.
Second, perform actions at the
location of your villain mover.
Each location has symbols for the type of actions
a player may perform in any order.
Each action is optional and can performed one time
per symbol that appears in the
space, let's look at the symbols.
Gain power, gather power tokens
equal to the number on the symbol.
Power is needed to play cards and activate some abilities.
Play a card, this symbol allows
the player to play 1 card from their hand,
paying the cost on the top left by
returning that many power to the center of the table.
Cards include allies or items, which can be placed along
the bottom of the realm in a location,
and effects or conditions, which
are one-time spells or abilities.
Conditions can't be played with this action but can
only be played on another player's turn
if those requirements are met.
Activate, some cards, including allies and items,
have an activated ability, which
can only be used with this activate symbol.
Fate, choose an opponent and reveal
2 cards from their Fate Deck, play 1 and discard the other.
The Fate Deck contains villain specific cards that
act as a detriment to their goals.
Some of these cards are heroes, which can be placed
in an unlocked location of the player's choosing.
Their placement also blocks some of the symbols
on the top of that location, keeping the villain
from activating them on their turn.
Move an item or ally, this action allows
a player to move one item or
ally to an adjacent location.
Move a hero, allows a villain to
move a Hero to an adjacent location.
This is super helpful for opening up symbols at locations.
Vanquish, the villain may eliminate a hero in their
realm by using any allies in the same location.
Using the strength attribute on the bottom left,
if the ally, or allies combined strength, equals
or exceeds the hero's, discard the combatants to
their respective discard piles.
Discard, lets a player discard as many cards as they wish
into their discard pile, accelerating their plans
to try and find more options from their deck.
Finally, in the third step of the turn,
the player now draws back up to 4 cards in their hand.
If a player's villain deck is depleted,
they may shuffle their discard pile to form a new deck.
Players take turns advancing their machinations,
chancing fate, and plotting their opponent's doom.
The game ends when a villain has completed their objective.
Just like the original Villainous,
each villain's deck has it's own
personal mechanics and goal.
The Evil Queen is attempting to use the Magic Mirror
to find Snow White and poison her with a tempting red apple.
Hades wishes to summon three Titans and bring
them all the way from the Underworld to Mount Olympus.
And Dr. Facilier will attempt to read
his own fortune using the power of his
talisman to rule the city of New Orleans.
And that's Villainous: Wicked to the Core.
I'm Becca Scott and I like playing the villain
because I never get to be the Betrayer in Betrayal Legacy.
(sigh)
You can watch me and my friends play this game,
and other awesome games, on Game the Game
right here on Geek and Sundry. We'll see you there!
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