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Disney Villainous: The Worst Takes it All

2-6 players 45-120 min 6.9 Board Game Geek Rating

Players control Disney villains, each with unique decks and win conditions. Move your character to board locations, play cards, and take actions to achieve your villain's specific goal. Use fate cards to hinder opponents by playing heroes and obstacles from their movies onto their boards, blocking their actions.

Published 2018

Disney Villainous: The Worst Takes it All

Get Ready

Setup the game with these step-by-step instructions before diving into your turn.

1
Choose a Villain
Each player selects 1 of the 6 available Villains
2
Take your Villain board
If a location shows a Lock symbol in the lower right corner, place a lock token in that location
3
Place your Villain pawn
Position the big chunky piece on the left-most location space of your board
4
Prepare your Villain deck
Shuffle the colored-back deck and draw 4 cards privately to form your starting hand
5
Prepare your Fate deck
Shuffle the white-back deck and place it within reach of other players
6
Read your Villain guide
Check carefully for any special rules unique to your Villain
7
Take your Reference card
This shows action symbols and opponent winning conditions
8
Set up the Power supply
Place all Power Tokens in the Cauldron where everyone can reach them
9
Distribute starting Power
First player takes 0 Power Tokens, 2nd player takes 1, 3rd/4th players take 2, 5th/6th players take 3

On Your Turn

What you can do during your turn.

1
Move your Villain
You must move your Villain pawn to a different, unlocked location
2
Perform Actions
Use each action symbol at your new location once, in any order; all actions are optional
3
Uncover blocked actions
If a card is removed during your turn, you may immediately use newly uncovered actions at your location
4
Draw Cards
After completing all actions, draw back up to 4 cards from your Villain deck
5
Reshuffle when empty
If your deck runs out, shuffle the discard pile and continue drawing

Winning

How to claim victory.

1
Complete your objective
The first player to complete their specific Villain's winning condition wins immediately
2
Check your Villain guide
Each Villain has unique victory conditions detailed in their individual guide
3
Race to finish
This game is a race; be efficient to complete your goal before opponents complete theirs

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