It's much more likely that the designers of the game didn't want to go through the hassle of designing new assets for each card. It's quite often the case that when people design a product for a licensed IP, the designers need to submit each new asset or artwork to the license holder (Disney in this case) and get the approval of the licensing team there. Very often, the licensing team finds faults in the artwork regarding things that do not match the original design of the IP, and so they often tell the licensee to redo the art or asset. Overall, this can be a very tedious and time-consuming process. That's why unless the company making the game is the license holder of the IP and thus has control over the licensing and design team, game companies often use stock assets or screenshots taken directly from the movie or TV show.
@@AnoopVargheese That makes total sense, but I think in this game, where you mostly play the villains schemes, having recreated frames from the original movie works for the atmosphere.
@@El_Omar2203 I don't know. Normally for any kind of game or artwork, reusing existing assets is always a sign of laziness and not willing to invest, and always lowers the value of the product. I understand what you're saying, that it's nice to have something familiar. But I've bought the game myself, and the majority of the art on the cards feels dull and doesn't really highlight those characters or items properly, since those side characters often weren't the focus of the scene in the original films. Overall, as someone who bought the game, I would have preferred to see more original art that used those characters in new poses or situations or gave them more purpose.
Rodney, I wish you had a how to for every game in our collection. Your instructional videos are second to none & my wife & I want to sincerely thank you!!!
I'm extremely delighted whenever I look up a how to play video for a game and find out you covered it. Please continue doing constant videos! You're a great service to us gamers
We couldn't include everyone's favorites right out the gate. There was plenty of debate around which villains to include in the box. We had to pick six that had some favorites, some surprises, and goals that could be very different from each other during game play! I love your suggestions though. We had great ideas for how all of those would play as well.
Aaron Donogh that would be awesome if you can make it in an expantion or to the base game .Sorry if sound like im complaining it look amazing and it on my bucket list of board games to get
You didn't sound like you were complaining at all. We knew a big topic of discussion would be people saying who they wish were in the game. It's exciting to hear people's thoughts. I hope we get to make an expansion too!
Aaron Donogh can i give some suggestions for other villains if u want let me know by replying on this comment it would be an honer to give input in a board game
Okay this is next-level game teaching. With the translated titles, chapters and everything. I just wanted to know something about the discard action and there it is! Just clicked the timestamp and bam. 5 seconds and I have my answer. I'm so glad you took time to do this video and to maintain this channel. Thanks!
@@mondenkindqueen they have also added 2 more since my last comment Cruella Mother gothel Pete And Gaston Lady tremane Horned king The Gaston pack was really fun And the one with dr facillier was a blast. But it really depends on your villain preference. Lady tremane was my favorite gameplay from the last few sets. You have to Mary off the stepsisters
@@jasons7844 I want them all eventually. But I guess the one with Lady Tremaine is a good place to start. But I can only get one or two expansion sets a month, so it’s going to take a while. First, I’m going to get good at the base set. I heard this game is fun once you get the hang of it.
Now all we need is a villain deck (&c) for Xehanort...and maybe a Pete ally card for Maleficent. And heroes from Xehanort's Fate deck would of course be able to influence other villains. Which would make balancing Xehanort a nightmare.
Played this game with 4 people. It was absolutely awesome. Really fun. Everybody was asking where Scar was though!!! This is a great game though, seriously.
I find Scar boring but I didn't care for the Lion King. However considering how many people loved the Lion King I can see why it would be a popular choice. (note: I didn't dislike the Lion King, I just didn't like it very much).
I love your videos Rodney. As your channel has exploded in the board game community I find it a staple in the hobby. In the past you only did videos on games you enjoyed or owned. You have stated this before. Now that you are wildly popular in the community and hobby I hope that you continue to differentiate between the games you are sponsored to demonstrate over the ones you have a personal affinity for. Thanks for everything that you do!
Hey Victor, I’m glad you mentioned this, so I could elaborate for you. All of our tutorial videos (for the past several years - maybe 5?) have been sponsored in part by the publisher. I always ask for a fee. It seemed right to me that they should share some of the burden of supporting the content, and not just the viewers. I’ve gotten in the habit of reminding our viewers that they are supported by the publisher in the intro, but this has always been the case. That said, the selection process has never changed. Since the beginning of the channel I’ve only picked games to feature that I’ve wanted to. I do not review in the content I create, but I personally choose the games I want to feature.
I bought this game and so far it's super fun! I love playing as different villains. It keeps the game fresh every time I've played. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for future expansions with more villains. This video was also super simple and helpful for knowing the rules and get playing quickly
Thanks for the explanation. I’ve been trying to play this with my little sister, it’s hard to understand at first but is lots of fun when you get the hang of it.
My friends and I are already obsessed with this game! We bought it for my birthday a couple days ago and haven’t put it down since. We are hoping that there will be an expansion! There are so many good options like yzma, hades, and dr facilier.
This is such a great channel. It reminds me of Unwrapped with Marc Summers in his delivery and inflection. I watch these before playing a game the first time, and also as a refresher if it has been a while since playing a game. This is the reason youtube exists, imo.
I second this. Seems like a perfect playthrough candidate. I really want to see how it plays as old school Robin Hood has my finger itching over the buy button
Nice! I think there's a lot of great wider options for expansions, both from other classic Disney movies or maybe the Pixar films. I would definitely want to see Scar as others have suggested, but also Judge Frollo (Hunchback), Shere Kahn (Jungle Book), Gaston (Beauty and the Beast), The Evil Queen (Snow White), Cruella (101 Dalmatians), Hades (Hercules), Ratigan (Great Mouse Detective) and Lady Tremaine (Cinderella). For a Pixar expansion I would love to see Hopper from Bugs Life, maybe either Emperor Zurg or Lotso from Toy Story, AUTO from Wall-E, Randall from Monsters Inc, Syndrome from Incredibles and Charles Muntz from UP. And then we can secretly dream about a Star Wars or Marvel expansion... ;)
@DarektheDalek they have a Marvel expansion, though I think it’s more of its own ‘verse as gameplay is a bit different than Disney’s Villainous. Star Wars, I can see some potential though it’ll also depend on what main villains should be utilized and how the heroes would be effective. Would it be like DV where each villain has their own deck, or MV shuffle all Fate cards together? Who knows
I can't believe how great this game looks! Will be perfect to play with the family. And it has some much room to expand. Hopefully we'll see King Candy, Scar, Randall, Yzma, Hades, Cruella, Gaston and so many more! Heck, maybe even Darth Vader, Loki etc...
It certainly seems like there's room for expansions. Not sure if they'll go as far as Darth and Loki, but now that I think about it... that could work!
Haha. Yeah, those two would be longshots for sure. But who knows, maybe they'll have a live action expansion :) They could include Clu 2 from Tron Legacy and Captain Barbosa as well!
Oh my god, how could I forget Yzma! Heck yeah to her being in a future expansion. And I would totally be on board with a Marvel edition with Loki, Ultron, Thanos and Hela...
Looking forward to playing this with my 13 year old we're pretty excited. We checked it out at a game shop but didn't have enough time to really get into it had no idea it would be so in depth. Amazon should have it to me by tomorrow and this video definitely was appreciated!
Hm this looks surprisingly fun actually. Definitely wish it had Hades and Scar though. But I like that it has the Robin Hood movie, that’s a fun surprise. I’d say definitely add Hades and Scar in an expansion though.. Although defeating Mufasa as Scar would bring back a lot of childhood trauma. lol
I'd love to see Dr. Facilier, Scar, Evil Queen/Grimhilde (from Snow White), Oogie Boogie, Gaston, Cruella de Vil, Hades, Pete, Chernabog! Just ordered this one off of Amazon and can't wait to play it!
Hi there! I just played a game with friends and I would have some questions! - If a Hero dies during your turn, can you immediately use the actions that were blocked by this hero ? - When the lock token is removed by a card, will it stay removed until the end of the game? Or will it come back if the card that removed it is discarded? - a Jafar's card says that if a player has 2 objects at least, you can reveal his top Fate card and play it. Does it mean 2 objects on allies' side only? Or do you need to count the objects on heroes' side as well? - when you play a fate action, you choose the card to be used and discard the other one. But who will choose the target of this card? For exemple: I do this action on another player and he has to discard an ally, will I choose which ally to discard? Or will he choose by himself? - To win with Jafar, you need the lamp on the palace + the Genie hypnotized at the begining of your turn. Fate card Aladdin allows you to take an object from the location where he's placed and place this object under Aladdin and make Jafar unable to use it anymore! If it's my turn, do I win the game anyway as the object is still on the palace? Or do I need to kill Aladdin first to get back the lamp on the bottom side? Thank you if you can answer these questions :) Love this game!
1) Yes. 2) It stays removed unless something says otherwise. 3) Specific card effects I can't assist with (I cover too many games to be able to go into that level of detail - I do recommend checking the BoardGameGeek website for that though. The games forums there may have the answer, or you could post that question there). 4) You decide how to use the Fate card’s Ability against your opponent. 5) See 3 Hope that helps!
I would love to game play of this if you have time! (I know you’re busy with tons of tutorials). It seems like a really fun game and I love Disney! Thanks for the video as always
I really appreciate this. I am normally wonderful with instructions, but I am tired and a little stressed. I thought my head was gonna explode when I started reading! Thank you so much for the video. 😭
Thanks as always, Rodney! You’re a staple of ‘new game night’ over here. Everyone knows that when someone brings a new game, we’re gonna order pizza and hang out with Rodney for the first hour. 😆
I noticed that they released 2 expansions including Ratigan, Yzma, Scar, Hades, Evil Queen, and Dr. Facilier. I hope they continue making expansions. I mean, with Disney's lineup of baddies, they could make several, and could even put Pixar in there if needed.. Personally, I wanna see the next expansion have Cruella de Vil, Lady Tremaine, and Gaston.
Good tutorial. I just bought this game and its expansions as Christmas gifts. Now I'll be able to explain how it's played to the family members it's for.
This looks pretty interesting! I was just at Disney World in Florida last week, and I was wondering if there would ever be a board game that used the characters from Disney movies in a game like this. Now I may have an answer! The artwork looks pretty good! Everything pretty recognizable from the movies?
In the FAQ section of the rule book in reference to (If a hero’s strength is reduced to 0) it mentions “you can defeat a hero even if you have no allies at the hero’s location” and also “no allies need to be discarded” but in the section explaining the (Vanquish Action) allies along with the hero must be discarded after using the vanquish action. I’m not sure if I’m reading into it too much or the rules contradict themselves.
I don't have it in front of me right now, but I think that's referring to other effects that might reduce a heroes strength to zero (a card effect, as opposed to a vanquish action). If it's a vanquish action that reduces the heroes strength to zero, then discard as instructed.
So, each villain naturally takes actions within their own Realm to progress their own objectives. But these actions don't cause any heroic resistance-only actions by _other_ villains trying to hamper their efforts do that! Is Disney trying to tell us that their heroes were all funded by other villains trying to topple their regimes? (I should specify that _to my knowledge,_ villainous actions don't cause any heroic etc. Maybe some villain cards require you to draw from the Fate deck or something.)
Well, they’re coincidental, hence the reason they’re called “Fate” cards. I guess you _could_ say that other villains hamper their opponents using heroes, but the “fate” implies that they’re…random. But you may be on to something…
I need clarification on some cards: Prince John Warrant: Gain 2 Power each time a Hero is played to this location Imprisson: Move a Hero to The Jail Is "play" and "move" different activities? Is "play" = to put a card into the realm (from hand or deck), or do you "play" a card to its new location when you move it within the realm?
Just purchased this game at Target for $35USD. It is definitely a tricky game to get used to, not for children, but we are excited to get the hang of it and teach our friends.
Hook's card "Give them a scare" allows you to "look" at your top 2 cards of your fate deck and either discard them both, or place back on top of your fate deck in any order. It does not say "reveal" or "play". If Peter Pan is one of those 2, does he get played to the hangman tree immediately, or do you have to wait for an opponent to use the fate action (which why would they if you returned Peter? They'd know he's there or you'd discard him) or you play "obsession" or "worthy opponent", which do allow you to play a hero from your fate deck?
Hey DHowes, although I do my best to answer all rules questions on all the videos I create, once it gets into individual card effects/interactions, I have to bow out. It's just a little too much for me to try to cover as one person. That said, you might be able to find an answer by posting the question on the game's forum at BoardGameGeek!
You have to wait for an opponent to Fate you, or for when you play Obsession or Worthy Opponent. Even if your opponents know that you've returned Peter Pan to the top of your Fate deck, they may want to get him out sooner (before you play more Allies or set up for to Vanquish him more speedily) so they have more opportunity to add Pixie Dust to him, or play other Heroes and add Taunt to them.
I wonder if we will see a lot more Disney themed modern style board games being released in the near future? Once again a fantastic tutorial video! I am really drawn in by its darker art style. I wonder how it plays. :D
Hi! So we played villainous today and it is a very fun game however we did run into a disagreement and would like to know how to play. Not sure if I’m explaining good enough to make sense but I’ll try my best! 😊 So in the beginning of my turn if I have the Raven card in my hand and I play it do I have to move Maleficent first and pay for Raven then continue to move Raven in the brining of my turn for the following turn OR do I keep Maleficent in the same location while Raven is in my had and okay Raven first then move Raven in the same turn? My thought was he had to be played after u move Maleficent and pay for him then continue the game moving him first. But other thought differently Thank you! Also I hope this makes a little bit of sense for what I’m asking!
I do my best to answer all rules questions on the games I cover, but I avoid individual card effects, as that's a level of detail beyond what I can manage across all the videos I do. I'd suggest checking the rules forum for the game on BoardGameGeek or the publishers website. I hope you can find your answer there - have fun playing!
When the hero you need to have in your realm In order to meet your objective is in your fate deck do you have to wait until it is revealed by an opponent who has the fate action and uses it? Or can you go through your fate deck/fate discard pile and find the hero as shown in the video? Thanks so much for the tutorial! We’ve only played the game once, but we are having fun!!
You would need to wait until it comes out (unless you have a card you can play that might get it out early... different cards sometimes let you get cards early). Glad to hear you're having fun Jena!
So can you move a hero to the opposite side of the board to defeat them? For example, captain hook’s objective is to defeat Peter Pan on the Jolly Roger 🏴☠️ location so could you move him from the far right of the board to the far left (the Jolly Roger location) sense the icon has arrows pointing left and right? Otherwise I don’t know how you’d get him to that location because not every location has an icon to move a card to an adjacent location. Hope this question makes sense.
You might be misunderstanding the Move Hero action. When you use the move hero action, you move any hero (no matter where it is on the board) from the space the "hero" is in, to a space adjacent "to that hero", not to a space adjacent to the "move hero" symbol. Let me know if that makes sense.
I love this game and am already getting overly excited about the idea of expansion pack with more villains especially cause they have you vote for your ones you want to play with. Definitely hope they do king candy, yzma, scar, Gaston, Hades, and I think Zurg from toy story would be super cool too
Hi! I have a smaller version with three villains one of which is Cinderellas step mother. She has no vanquish play option on her borde, in that case how does she defeat the heros?
I do my best to answer all rules questions on the games I cover, but I avoid individual card effects and characters from other sets, as that's a level of detail beyond what I can manage across all the videos I do. I'd suggest checking the rules forum for the game on BoardGameGeek or the publishers website. I hope you can find your answer there - have fun playing!
Thanks for the video again Rodney. As a Disney-fan it is a instant buy for me, but I was wondering about the down-time cause It seems that a turn could take some time to fulfill.
This is something I would avoid commenting on, because it's hard to separate what is downtime related to the game, and what is down time generated by the players (someone just being indecisive).
I am super interested in this! But, having loved Robin Hood for well over 30 years (WELL over) I just can't imagine defeating him or Maid Marian!!!! That's just wrong, lol. I will happily play Ursula or Maleficient tho!
Someone needs to create actual subtitles for this video. The auto-generated English ones says this is "the triceps player game notes" instead of "the two-to-six player game Villainous". I can't really watch it without subtitles, and I had to listen to it a handful of times to hear what it actually said.
The auto-generated subtitles are created by TH-cam and I don't have control over why it does them in Dutch rather than English (I've looked into this in the past, and there is no good solution). I don't have the capacity to personally create subtitles for all of my videos, unfortunately, but we have viewers who sometimes volunteer to create them, so we'll see what happens.
Hi, you said when you 'Move a Hero' you can now use the newly uncovered actions if your villain piece is there (9:00ish) but in directions, FAQ specifically, it only says you can do that if you Vanquish a hero (to reveal uncovered actions). Please clarify how you learned that, thanks. Playing Hook this came up often
I work with the publisher on these tutorial videos, so I'm able to ask questions and get clarifications on things not covered by the rules. The publisher also checks over each video before it releases. It doesn't mean that mistakes can't still occur, but your confidence level can be quite high :)
While I applaud the design based on this coverage, I think I'll wait- perhaps in vain- for the Studio Ghibli version (: (Of course, a Ghibli version probably wouldn't revolve around villains.)
Question - We were playing Jafar v. Ursula and Jafar played Ariel at The Shore very early in the game. Over the next few turns, Jafar played the Dinglehopper and Snarfblat and attached them both to Ariel. Since Ursula could not move items until Ariel was defeated and Ariel could not be defeated by a Binding Contract at The Shore (only when moved to The Shore, but she was already there) this seemed to make Ariel unbeatable. The sticking point was could we move Ariel and leave the items behind or did the items have to move with her and since they were unmoveable until she was defeated, then she was unmoveable. Totally stumped!
Hey NLS, although I do my best to answer all rules related questions, I avoid getting into card or ability specific issues, as that would be too many rules to try to remember/manage for all the various videos I've created at this point. Sorry I can't assist with this one.
Hi there! Ursula can still move Heroes (and any Items attached to them) when Ariel is in her Realm. Arial just stops Ursula from using the Move an Item or Ally action, so she's unable to move the Crown, Trident, or Cauldron. Hope that clears things up!
@@RubyWish Thanks for the assists Ruby! If you want to send me an email to watchitplayed(at)live(dot)com, I'd be happy to give you little notices when questions pop up in here, if you'd like.
@@RubyWish thanks for your reply! We've continued to play without a repeat of that situation, but your explanation makes sense now. Also, we realized later that not all Binding Contracts sent the heroes to The Shore, initially. The games are so unique each time.
I have a couple questions... 1) Can more than one item from the villains deck be placed in a location if there is no Ally card at that location? 2) If more than one Fate Card has been placed on a location by your opponent, when it comes time to fight that hero, do you have to fight in the order that those cards were placed by your opponent(s)? Or, can you choose which hero to fight at a location?
1) What matters when attaching an item from the villain deck, is that there is a Hero there from the Fate deck to attach it to. It doesn't matter if you have allies there or not (but you might want to get one over there and fight the Hero :) ) 2) You pick the order.
There is no limit to the number or type of Items at a location. There is also no limit to the number or type of Items attached to an Ally. However, you cannot play an Item that must be attached unless there is a card (either Ally or Hero, depending on what the card specifies) to attach it to.
Played yesterday for the first time, my partner was Captain Hook and I was Prince John. He was lucky that Peter Pan was discovered quite quickly … I do have one question: I played a faint card: the hero tinkerbell: this card says “when tinkerbell is played you may discard one ally from her location”. At the time there was no ally. Can I then still place it?
Great question! Yes, you can still play Tinkerbell in that case. Often times (but not always), when you see the term "may" it means the effect is optional, so you can choose not to do it if you don't want. For example, even if there had been an ally at her location, playing Tinkerbell there doesn't mean you have to discard it, but you may. Hope that helps!
Hi, if I am moving an Ally or Item to a location where the token is, can I use that item's ability straight away on that turn? For example if I moved Captain Hook to Mermaid Lagoon and then I used the move the item ability to move Hook's Case from Skull Rock to Mermaid Lagoon, can I use that item's ability straight away in that turn and collect 1 power - or do I need to wait till the next time I land on Mermaid Lagoon again to collect the 1 power?
Question with Fauna and the Green Fire Curse: If that Curse is in play. And then Fate bring in Fauna. Can she remove the Green Fire Curse? Since her ability states 'When played, discard a Curse from her location.' And in the FAQ it also states: 'If the Ability on a card violates a rule in the Instructions, the card takes precedence.' We feel like her ability supersedes the Green Fire Curse, but want to make sure we are playing this correctly.
Hey Tim, while I do my best to answer all questions related to the rules of the games we feature, I avoid covering specific card effects (that gets to challenging to keep on top of with all the games we cover). However you might find the forums on BoardGameGeek for rules questions for this game helpful to find the answer: boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/256382/villainous/forums/66
Fauna cannot be played to a location with Green Fire or Forest of Thorns. However, she can be played to a location with Dreamless Sleep, thereby removing that Curse.
Can you pair the Off with her Head (Queen of Hearts) card with a card guard to take down Alice? Alice has a power of 5. The off with her head is 4 or less and card guards are 2 or 3?
I do my best to answer all rules questions on the games I cover, but I avoid individual card effects, as that's a level of detail beyond what I can manage across all the videos I do. I'd suggest checking the rules forum for the game on BoardGameGeek or the publishers website. I hope you can find your answer there - have fun playing!
So idk if you’re still checking this but if you are Hook and you play a card to look at your fate deck and either discard both cards or reorder them and put them back and you get Peter Pan as one of them do you get to play him immediately or do you have to put him back and wait for a different card to reveal him?
I do my best to answer all rules questions on the games I cover, but I tend to avoid individual card effects, as that's a level of detail beyond what I can manage across all the videos I do. That said, I got personally curious today and did some googling to remind myself what these various cards say on them, and here's my understanding. The Hook card you're referring to is "Give Them A Scare", I believe, and it's wording says "Look" at the top two cards. Look is not the same as a "Reveal" effect, and Peter Pan's effect that brings him into play, comes from being "Revealed". So in that case, he doesn't automatically come into play if you were only told to "Look" at the card. This effect still helps you get Peter Pan onto the top of the deck, or move 2 cards that aren't Peter Pan to the bottom, so you hopefully get to him quicker. Hope that helps.
9:00 Then it means that you cannot move items at all? Because 1 you cannot play an item by itself... doesn't this symbol means you can move an item attaced to an ally to an ally in an adjacent zone?
Many items in the game can be played by themselves, specifically ones found in the villain deck, such as the Magic Lamp. If the item doesn't specifically say to attach it to a hero or an ally, then it can be played and moved by itself. And you cannot move an item attached to an ally to a different ally using this action.
These are so helpful to review how to play a game.
You're very welcome Teej - thanks for the kind words and support!
4 years later and here I am to learn to play the game. You are an invaluable resource and I appreciate your time.
Very nice of you to say - have a great time playing!
I love that they took still images from the films and gave them an illustration treatment, very cool
It's much more likely that the designers of the game didn't want to go through the hassle of designing new assets for each card.
It's quite often the case that when people design a product for a licensed IP, the designers need to submit each new asset or artwork to the license holder (Disney in this case) and get the approval of the licensing team there. Very often, the licensing team finds faults in the artwork regarding things that do not match the original design of the IP, and so they often tell the licensee to redo the art or asset. Overall, this can be a very tedious and time-consuming process. That's why unless the company making the game is the license holder of the IP and thus has control over the licensing and design team, game companies often use stock assets or screenshots taken directly from the movie or TV show.
@@AnoopVargheese That makes total sense, but I think in this game, where you mostly play the villains schemes, having recreated frames from the original movie works for the atmosphere.
@@El_Omar2203 I don't know. Normally for any kind of game or artwork, reusing existing assets is always a sign of laziness and not willing to invest, and always lowers the value of the product.
I understand what you're saying, that it's nice to have something familiar. But I've bought the game myself, and the majority of the art on the cards feels dull and doesn't really highlight those characters or items properly, since those side characters often weren't the focus of the scene in the original films.
Overall, as someone who bought the game, I would have preferred to see more original art that used those characters in new poses or situations or gave them more purpose.
It's cheaper than paying an artist to make art for you.
Rodney, I wish you had a how to for every game in our collection. Your instructional videos are second to none & my wife & I want to sincerely thank you!!!
Ah, that is super kind of you to say - thanks so much :) I'll keep making videos, and maybe we can get a few more out for ones you own!
I'm extremely delighted whenever I look up a how to play video for a game and find out you covered it. Please continue doing constant videos! You're a great service to us gamers
Ah, that is so kind of you to say - I will keep it up!
They must add scar (lion king), mother gothel (tangled) ,dr facele (princess and the frog) and hades (Hercules)
Seriously, though. How is Scar not in this already?
We couldn't include everyone's favorites right out the gate. There was plenty of debate around which villains to include in the box. We had to pick six that had some favorites, some surprises, and goals that could be very different from each other during game play! I love your suggestions though. We had great ideas for how all of those would play as well.
Aaron Donogh that would be awesome if you can make it in an expantion or to the base game .Sorry if sound like im complaining it look amazing and it on my bucket list of board games to get
You didn't sound like you were complaining at all. We knew a big topic of discussion would be people saying who they wish were in the game. It's exciting to hear people's thoughts. I hope we get to make an expansion too!
Aaron Donogh can i give some suggestions for other villains if u want let me know by replying on this comment it would be an honer to give input in a board game
Rodney has the most awesomely decisive finger point on the internet!
I try not to brag too much about it ;)
💯 tru!
Okay this is next-level game teaching. With the translated titles, chapters and everything. I just wanted to know something about the discard action and there it is! Just clicked the timestamp and bam. 5 seconds and I have my answer. I'm so glad you took time to do this video and to maintain this channel.
Thanks!
So glad you found it helpful - thank you for the kind words (and happy gaming!)
@@WatchItPlayed played yesterday after watching again. Very good content, loved it
Looks great! I like that they produced new artwork for the game and didn't just use screenshots of the movies
2 expansion sets are now out. Adding;
Evil Queen
Hades
Dr. Facilier
And
Ratigan
Scar
Yzma
Thought you'd want to know
I just ordered the core game + both xpacs tonight :) My wife and I are both giant Dis-nerds, cant wait to play this!
the newest expansion has
Cruella De Vil (101 Dalmatians)
Pete (Steamboat Willie)
and Mother Gothel (Tangled)
I just got the base game and will look to getting expansion packs. Which do you recommend?
@@mondenkindqueen they have also added 2 more since my last comment
Cruella
Mother gothel
Pete
And
Gaston
Lady tremane
Horned king
The Gaston pack was really fun
And the one with dr facillier was a blast. But it really depends on your villain preference. Lady tremane was my favorite gameplay from the last few sets. You have to Mary off the stepsisters
@@jasons7844 I want them all eventually. But I guess the one with Lady Tremaine is a good place to start. But I can only get one or two expansion sets a month, so it’s going to take a while. First, I’m going to get good at the base set. I heard this game is fun once you get the hang of it.
This is the closest thing to a Kingdom Hearts' boardgame, and from villains perspective! I love it!!
Thanks for checking out the video!
Now all we need is a villain deck (&c) for Xehanort...and maybe a Pete ally card for Maleficent.
And heroes from Xehanort's Fate deck would of course be able to influence other villains. Which would make balancing Xehanort a nightmare.
I know this comment was from 3 years ago, but I just saw Talisman: Kingdom Hearts at Barnes & Nobles a few days ago.
@@WraxTV Thanks man! I didn't know about this, you changed my day!!
@@ThePalu Glad to help!
Played this game with 4 people. It was absolutely awesome. Really fun. Everybody was asking where Scar was though!!! This is a great game though, seriously.
I find Scar boring but I didn't care for the Lion King. However considering how many people loved the Lion King I can see why it would be a popular choice. (note: I didn't dislike the Lion King, I just didn't like it very much).
Glad you enjoyed!
I love your videos Rodney. As your channel has exploded in the board game community I find it a staple in the hobby. In the past you only did videos on games you enjoyed or owned. You have stated this before.
Now that you are wildly popular in the community and hobby I hope that you continue to differentiate between the games you are sponsored to demonstrate over the ones you have a personal affinity for.
Thanks for everything that you do!
Hey Victor, I’m glad you mentioned this, so I could elaborate for you. All of our tutorial videos (for the past several years - maybe 5?) have been sponsored in part by the publisher.
I always ask for a fee. It seemed right to me that they should share some of the burden of supporting the content, and not just the viewers.
I’ve gotten in the habit of reminding our viewers that they are supported by the publisher in the intro, but this has always been the case.
That said, the selection process has never changed. Since the beginning of the channel I’ve only picked games to feature that I’ve wanted to. I do not review in the content I create, but I personally choose the games I want to feature.
Watch It Played thank you so much for the clarification. You are awesome!👍🏽👍🏽
And you're too kind :)
I bought this game and so far it's super fun! I love playing as different villains. It keeps the game fresh every time I've played. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for future expansions with more villains. This video was also super simple and helpful for knowing the rules and get playing quickly
Thanks for the kind words!
there is an expansion now. I believe it's called Despicable Plot.
Thanks for the explanation. I’ve been trying to play this with my little sister, it’s hard to understand at first but is lots of fun when you get the hang of it.
Glad to know this was helpful - have a great time playing together :)
I love these videos. You take the time to slowly explain things instead of rushing through the instructions. 👍👍
Thanks Josh - glad you're enjoying!
My friends and I are already obsessed with this game! We bought it for my birthday a couple days ago and haven’t put it down since. We are hoping that there will be an expansion! There are so many good options like yzma, hades, and dr facilier.
So glad you're enjoying it Shelby, and happy birthday!
This is such a great channel. It reminds me of Unwrapped with Marc Summers in his delivery and inflection.
I watch these before playing a game the first time, and also as a refresher if it has been a while since playing a game.
This is the reason youtube exists, imo.
So glad to know the videos have been helpful!
Needs gameplay video for this one.
Rodney, Pep, will you do this for us?
It will be hilarious.
We'll see - in a busy period before Gen Con, so lots of tutorials to work on, but perhaps!
I second this. Seems like a perfect playthrough candidate. I really want to see how it plays as old school Robin Hood has my finger itching over the buy button
I third the motion, somone Has to play as maleficent, it would be hilarious
I fourth this
I fifth this
Visually it looks clean and stylish, I actually loved it.
Thanks for checking out the video Johnny!
I love asymmetrical games and Disney movies. I must play this. The components look needlessly good, and I'm okay with that.
Glad I could help you get an early look at the game!
You can actually see how hard it's for Rodney to say "it's good to be bad" #canadian
It's against my very way of life!
I hadn't heard of this game before. While fairly simple in terms of weight, the quality looks spectacular!
Glad I could help you get a sneak peek of the game!
Nice! I think there's a lot of great wider options for expansions, both from other classic Disney movies or maybe the Pixar films. I would definitely want to see Scar as others have suggested, but also Judge Frollo (Hunchback), Shere Kahn (Jungle Book), Gaston (Beauty and the Beast), The Evil Queen (Snow White), Cruella (101 Dalmatians), Hades (Hercules), Ratigan (Great Mouse Detective) and Lady Tremaine (Cinderella). For a Pixar expansion I would love to see Hopper from Bugs Life, maybe either Emperor Zurg or Lotso from Toy Story, AUTO from Wall-E, Randall from Monsters Inc, Syndrome from Incredibles and Charles Muntz from UP. And then we can secretly dream about a Star Wars or Marvel expansion... ;)
Lots of choices for expansions to pull from!
@DarektheDalek they have a Marvel expansion, though I think it’s more of its own ‘verse as gameplay is a bit different than Disney’s Villainous.
Star Wars, I can see some potential though it’ll also depend on what main villains should be utilized and how the heroes would be effective. Would it be like DV where each villain has their own deck, or MV shuffle all Fate cards together? Who knows
I can't believe how great this game looks! Will be perfect to play with the family. And it has some much room to expand. Hopefully we'll see King Candy, Scar, Randall, Yzma, Hades, Cruella, Gaston and so many more! Heck, maybe even Darth Vader, Loki etc...
It certainly seems like there's room for expansions. Not sure if they'll go as far as Darth and Loki, but now that I think about it... that could work!
Haha. Yeah, those two would be longshots for sure. But who knows, maybe they'll have a live action expansion :) They could include Clu 2 from Tron Legacy and Captain Barbosa as well!
Oh my god, how could I forget Yzma! Heck yeah to her being in a future expansion. And I would totally be on board with a Marvel edition with Loki, Ultron, Thanos and Hela...
Well well well... 3 years later and the Marvel edition is out and a Star Wars edition is on the way!
Looking forward to playing this with my 13 year old we're pretty excited. We checked it out at a game shop but didn't have enough time to really get into it had no idea it would be so in depth. Amazon should have it to me by tomorrow and this video definitely was appreciated!
I hope you both have a great time playing Jordan!
Great Video. You did a great job breaking it down. I like that You don't use Um's and Uh's.
I try - glad you liked the video!
Missed an opportunity omitting Scar. Still, great! Wonderforge is becoming a force to be reckoned with.
Can you say... expansion?
I think expansions will be coming BC there's a option to vote on the website for Villian's that aren't in the game
Rodney, as always, i buy a game for my family, i watch your how to play. one of the best tubers on the internet!
So very kind of you to say - thanks ERL!
Wow!!! I was stunned to see how involved this game is.
Thanks for checking out the video! Glad I could help give you a look at it.
Quick thing do you have to move your pawn to a new space even on first turn?
Yes. But we designed that so that the left-most space isn't a super valuable space to be on for your first turn with each villain.
Best how to channel for board games on TH-cam. Thanks again
Very kind of you to say!
This actually looks pretty cool!
Thanks for checking out the video!
Hm this looks surprisingly fun actually. Definitely wish it had Hades and Scar though. But I like that it has the Robin Hood movie, that’s a fun surprise. I’d say definitely add Hades and Scar in an expansion though.. Although defeating Mufasa as Scar would bring back a lot of childhood trauma. lol
I don't know their plans for expansions, but it does seem like games that do well do tend to get them!
I'd imagine his victory condition would involve having Hyena Pack in play and defeat Simba.
I'd like to add the Horned King to that list of possible expansions.
There's a survey going on which characters you want to see in a future expansion: www.wonderforge.com/games/disney/villainous/voting.php
Got some new games from Christmas. I go to your videos before even opening the instruction book! Thank you.
You're very welcome - I hope they help!
@@WatchItPlayed Absolutely!
I'd love to see Dr. Facilier, Scar, Evil Queen/Grimhilde (from Snow White), Oogie Boogie, Gaston, Cruella de Vil, Hades, Pete, Chernabog! Just ordered this one off of Amazon and can't wait to play it!
All but Oogie Boogie and Chernabog have been made. They did the Horned King from The Black Cauldron instead of Chernabog.
@@mondenkindqueen yes. This comment was made two years ago, before all of these expansions came out ;)
@@stevenwhite6632now so is Oogie Boogie! However with the horned king, I doubt Chernabog will come it
I just want to say your intro and outro music is awesome. So welcoming and enjoyable.
Well done to those who made it.
I'll pass that on to them! Glad you enjoy both of them.
Love your videos. You've been such a help to our family game nights!!!
So nice to hear Jeremy!
Hi there! I just played a game with friends and I would have some questions!
- If a Hero dies during your turn, can you immediately use the actions that were blocked by this hero ?
- When the lock token is removed by a card, will it stay removed until the end of the game? Or will it come back if the card that removed it is discarded?
- a Jafar's card says that if a player has 2 objects at least, you can reveal his top Fate card and play it. Does it mean 2 objects on allies' side only? Or do you need to count the objects on heroes' side as well?
- when you play a fate action, you choose the card to be used and discard the other one. But who will choose the target of this card? For exemple: I do this action on another player and he has to discard an ally, will I choose which ally to discard? Or will he choose by himself?
- To win with Jafar, you need the lamp on the palace + the Genie hypnotized at the begining of your turn. Fate card Aladdin allows you to take an object from the location where he's placed and place this object under Aladdin and make Jafar unable to use it anymore! If it's my turn, do I win the game anyway as the object is still on the palace? Or do I need to kill Aladdin first to get back the lamp on the bottom side?
Thank you if you can answer these questions :)
Love this game!
1) Yes.
2) It stays removed unless something says otherwise.
3) Specific card effects I can't assist with (I cover too many games to be able to go into that level of detail - I do recommend checking the BoardGameGeek website for that though. The games forums there may have the answer, or you could post that question there).
4) You decide how to use the Fate card’s Ability against your opponent.
5) See 3
Hope that helps!
@@WatchItPlayed thank you! I'll check on boardgamegeek then ^^
I would love to game play of this if you have time! (I know you’re busy with tons of tutorials). It seems like a really fun game and I love Disney! Thanks for the video as always
Thanks for watching! We definitely have a full schedule for most of the summer, so I can't say for sure if this one will get a playthrough.
I really appreciate this. I am normally wonderful with instructions, but I am tired and a little stressed. I thought my head was gonna explode when I started reading! Thank you so much for the video. 😭
Hey, I get it - very happy to be able to assist, and make it a little easier to get into!
@@WatchItPlayed Just finished my first 1.5 hour, 4 player game! We had a blast. I can't wait to play again.
You had 500 producers???!!!! Wow. We must show respect to Rodney Smith.
THANKS,
Appi
We ran a fundraiser to support the show - these people helped make the video possible because of that!
Thanks as always, Rodney! You’re a staple of ‘new game night’ over here. Everyone knows that when someone brings a new game, we’re gonna order pizza and hang out with Rodney for the first hour. 😆
Always a pleasure to be a part of game night, even virtually :)
I noticed that they released 2 expansions including Ratigan, Yzma, Scar, Hades, Evil Queen, and Dr. Facilier. I hope they continue making expansions. I mean, with Disney's lineup of baddies, they could make several, and could even put Pixar in there if needed.. Personally, I wanna see the next expansion have Cruella de Vil, Lady Tremaine, and Gaston.
I bet we'll see more expansions in the future!
geektyrant.com/news/disney-villainous-perfectly-wretched-brings-three-more-classic-villains-to-the-fantastic-board-game
Don't forget that Disney also owns Star Wars and Marvel. Plenty of villains to choose from.
As always Rodney, you're the best. I hope someday to meet you at a gaming con.
Thanks Jonesy!
Thank you! This answered all of the questions I had after my first play through.
Very glad to hear it Andrew!
Good tutorial. I just bought this game and its expansions as Christmas gifts. Now I'll be able to explain how it's played to the family members it's for.
I hope you all have a great time!
Always my number one go to when I get a new game.
So kind of you to say!
This game looks awesome thanks for the video rodney
You're welcome! Glad you stopped in to take a look.
This was very helpful! Thank you for the breakdown! It was much easier that reading over the directions in a jumble of letters. I appreciate this👏
So glad it helped!
I'm hoping Horned King will appear in an expansion
Good guess! He came out in 2021!
You did an awesome job explaining how to play the game. Thank you so much!
Very kind of you to say Miles - thank you!
I'm excited for this game. Hope that Scar, Hades, Frollo, and Cruella DeVille get added at some point
I've heard a lot of requests for those specific characters! Lots of material for expansions I imagine!
Once again, well done Rodney! Looking forward to playing this game next month.
Thank you Christopher!
This looks pretty interesting! I was just at Disney World in Florida last week, and I was wondering if there would ever be a board game that used the characters from Disney movies in a game like this. Now I may have an answer! The artwork looks pretty good! Everything pretty recognizable from the movies?
Sounds like this timing was perfect for yuor desire for a Disney based game you might enjoy :)
In the FAQ section of the rule book in reference to (If a hero’s strength is reduced to 0) it mentions “you can defeat a hero even if you have no allies at the hero’s location” and also “no allies need to be discarded” but in the section explaining the (Vanquish Action) allies along with the hero must be discarded after using the vanquish action. I’m not sure if I’m reading into it too much or the rules contradict themselves.
I don't have it in front of me right now, but I think that's referring to other effects that might reduce a heroes strength to zero (a card effect, as opposed to a vanquish action). If it's a vanquish action that reduces the heroes strength to zero, then discard as instructed.
So, each villain naturally takes actions within their own Realm to progress their own objectives. But these actions don't cause any heroic resistance-only actions by _other_ villains trying to hamper their efforts do that!
Is Disney trying to tell us that their heroes were all funded by other villains trying to topple their regimes?
(I should specify that _to my knowledge,_ villainous actions don't cause any heroic etc. Maybe some villain cards require you to draw from the Fate deck or something.)
Well, they’re coincidental, hence the reason they’re called “Fate” cards. I guess you _could_ say that other villains hamper their opponents using heroes, but the “fate” implies that they’re…random. But you may be on to something…
I need clarification on some cards:
Prince John
Warrant: Gain 2 Power each time a Hero is played to this location
Imprisson: Move a Hero to The Jail
Is "play" and "move" different activities?
Is "play" = to put a card into the realm (from hand or deck), or
do you "play" a card to its new location when you move it within the realm?
Play and Move are different activities. Your first definition of Play is correct. Hope that helps!
this game looks amazing love the quality :)
Glad you're enjoying what you're seeing so far!
Just purchased this game at Target for $35USD. It is definitely a tricky game to get used to, not for children, but we are excited to get the hang of it and teach our friends.
Glad you're enjoying!
I got this game for Easter, along with 20 DVD episodes of The Twilight Zone (original.) My parents know me so well.
Hope you have a great time playing!
Very detailed explanation! Well done!
Thank you!
Hook's card "Give them a scare" allows you to "look" at your top 2 cards of your fate deck and either discard them both, or place back on top of your fate deck in any order. It does not say "reveal" or "play". If Peter Pan is one of those 2, does he get played to the hangman tree immediately, or do you have to wait for an opponent to use the fate action (which why would they if you returned Peter? They'd know he's there or you'd discard him) or you play "obsession" or "worthy opponent", which do allow you to play a hero from your fate deck?
Hey DHowes, although I do my best to answer all rules questions on all the videos I create, once it gets into individual card effects/interactions, I have to bow out. It's just a little too much for me to try to cover as one person. That said, you might be able to find an answer by posting the question on the game's forum at BoardGameGeek!
You have to wait for an opponent to Fate you, or for when you play Obsession or Worthy Opponent. Even if your opponents know that you've returned Peter Pan to the top of your Fate deck, they may want to get him out sooner (before you play more Allies or set up for to Vanquish him more speedily) so they have more opportunity to add Pixie Dust to him, or play other Heroes and add Taunt to them.
Really clear explanation as always. Many thanks Rodney.
Glad you enjoyed it
Thank you this was very helpful
You're very welcome Lily!
I wonder if we will see a lot more Disney themed modern style board games being released in the near future? Once again a fantastic tutorial video! I am really drawn in by its darker art style. I wonder how it plays. :D
If this sells well, I wouldn't be surprised if we saw more games from our hobby, like this, with the Disney IP.
Great video as always and a great looking, high-quality game!
Thanks AlmightyCow :)
Just bought this. So excited to try it out!
I hope you enjoy it Thornton!
Hi! So we played villainous today and it is a very fun game however we did run into a disagreement and would like to know how to play.
Not sure if I’m explaining good enough to make sense but I’ll try my best! 😊
So in the beginning of my turn if I have the Raven card in my hand and I play it do I have to move Maleficent first and pay for Raven then continue to move Raven in the brining of my turn for the following turn OR do I keep Maleficent in the same location while Raven is in my had and okay Raven first then move Raven in the same turn?
My thought was he had to be played after u move Maleficent and pay for him then continue the game moving him first. But other thought differently
Thank you!
Also I hope this makes a little bit of sense for what I’m asking!
I do my best to answer all rules questions on the games I cover, but I avoid individual card effects, as that's a level of detail beyond what I can manage across all the videos I do. I'd suggest checking the rules forum for the game on BoardGameGeek or the publishers website. I hope you can find your answer there - have fun playing!
When the hero you need to have in your realm In order to meet your objective is in your fate deck do you have to wait until it is revealed by an opponent who has the fate action and uses it? Or can you go through your fate deck/fate discard pile and find the hero as shown in the video? Thanks so much for the tutorial! We’ve only played the game once, but we are having fun!!
You would need to wait until it comes out (unless you have a card you can play that might get it out early... different cards sometimes let you get cards early). Glad to hear you're having fun Jena!
So can you move a hero to the opposite side of the board to defeat them? For example, captain hook’s objective is to defeat Peter Pan on the Jolly Roger 🏴☠️ location so could you move him from the far right of the board to the far left (the Jolly Roger location) sense the icon has arrows pointing left and right? Otherwise I don’t know how you’d get him to that location because not every location has an icon to move a card to an adjacent location. Hope this question makes sense.
You might be misunderstanding the Move Hero action. When you use the move hero action, you move any hero (no matter where it is on the board) from the space the "hero" is in, to a space adjacent "to that hero", not to a space adjacent to the "move hero" symbol. Let me know if that makes sense.
I love this game and am already getting overly excited about the idea of expansion pack with more villains especially cause they have you vote for your ones you want to play with. Definitely hope they do king candy, yzma, scar, Gaston, Hades, and I think Zurg from toy story would be super cool too
I think if the game does well, we'll see other characters for sure!
this video actually cleared up a few nitty gritty rules my kids argue about
Here's to fewer arguments and more fun :)
Hi! I have a smaller version with three villains one of which is Cinderellas step mother. She has no vanquish play option on her borde, in that case how does she defeat the heros?
I do my best to answer all rules questions on the games I cover, but I avoid individual card effects and characters from other sets, as that's a level of detail beyond what I can manage across all the videos I do. I'd suggest checking the rules forum for the game on BoardGameGeek or the publishers website. I hope you can find your answer there - have fun playing!
Bought this game today! First time I saw it in a store in Sweden! (North of Sweden anyway)
Have a fun time playing!
Thanks for the video again Rodney. As a Disney-fan it is a instant buy for me, but I was wondering about the down-time cause It seems that a turn could take some time to fulfill.
This is something I would avoid commenting on, because it's hard to separate what is downtime related to the game, and what is down time generated by the players (someone just being indecisive).
I am super interested in this! But, having loved Robin Hood for well over 30 years (WELL over) I just can't imagine defeating him or Maid Marian!!!! That's just wrong, lol. I will happily play Ursula or Maleficient tho!
If it helps, Prince John's goal isn't necessarily to defeat Robin Hood, just to get very very rich.
I need Ratigan's gameplay 😆
Thanks, looking forward to this game!
Hope you have a great time playing!
Someone needs to create actual subtitles for this video. The auto-generated English ones says this is "the triceps player game notes" instead of "the two-to-six player game Villainous". I can't really watch it without subtitles, and I had to listen to it a handful of times to hear what it actually said.
The auto-generated subtitles are created by TH-cam and I don't have control over why it does them in Dutch rather than English (I've looked into this in the past, and there is no good solution). I don't have the capacity to personally create subtitles for all of my videos, unfortunately, but we have viewers who sometimes volunteer to create them, so we'll see what happens.
I just submitted some, so hopefully they'll be approved and available soon!
Wonderful job Ruby! I've just approved them (and thank you!)
It's been approved! Thanks so much!
thx this was very informative XD
Glad it was helpful M!
I i’m so excited to play the game with my family WOOO
Have a great time playing Natalie!
Can you win the game even with heroes still on your board?
You can! Assuming no specific villain's rules say otherwise (such as Hook needing to defeat Peter Pan).
Looks cool!
Thanks for checking out the video!
Hi, you said when you 'Move a Hero' you can now use the newly uncovered actions if your villain piece is there (9:00ish) but in directions, FAQ specifically, it only says you can do that if you Vanquish a hero (to reveal uncovered actions). Please clarify how you learned that, thanks. Playing Hook this came up often
I work with the publisher on these tutorial videos, so I'm able to ask questions and get clarifications on things not covered by the rules. The publisher also checks over each video before it releases. It doesn't mean that mistakes can't still occur, but your confidence level can be quite high :)
While I applaud the design based on this coverage, I think I'll wait- perhaps in vain- for the Studio Ghibli version (:
(Of course, a Ghibli version probably wouldn't revolve around villains.)
Question - We were playing Jafar v. Ursula and Jafar played Ariel at The Shore very early in the game. Over the next few turns, Jafar played the Dinglehopper and Snarfblat and attached them both to Ariel. Since Ursula could not move items until Ariel was defeated and Ariel could not be defeated by a Binding Contract at The Shore (only when moved to The Shore, but she was already there) this seemed to make Ariel unbeatable. The sticking point was could we move Ariel and leave the items behind or did the items have to move with her and since they were unmoveable until she was defeated, then she was unmoveable. Totally stumped!
Hey NLS, although I do my best to answer all rules related questions, I avoid getting into card or ability specific issues, as that would be too many rules to try to remember/manage for all the various videos I've created at this point. Sorry I can't assist with this one.
Hi there! Ursula can still move Heroes (and any Items attached to them) when Ariel is in her Realm. Arial just stops Ursula from using the Move an Item or Ally action, so she's unable to move the Crown, Trident, or Cauldron. Hope that clears things up!
@@RubyWish Thanks for the assists Ruby! If you want to send me an email to watchitplayed(at)live(dot)com, I'd be happy to give you little notices when questions pop up in here, if you'd like.
@@RubyWish thanks for your reply! We've continued to play without a repeat of that situation, but your explanation makes sense now. Also, we realized later that not all Binding Contracts sent the heroes to The Shore, initially. The games are so unique each time.
Good instructions, thanks.
You're very welcome Chris!
I have a couple questions... 1) Can more than one item from the villains deck be placed in a location if there is no Ally card at that location? 2) If more than one Fate Card has been placed on a location by your opponent, when it comes time to fight that hero, do you have to fight in the order that those cards were placed by your opponent(s)? Or, can you choose which hero to fight at a location?
1) What matters when attaching an item from the villain deck, is that there is a Hero there from the Fate deck to attach it to. It doesn't matter if you have allies there or not (but you might want to get one over there and fight the Hero :) )
2) You pick the order.
There is no limit to the number or type of Items at a location. There is also no limit to the number or type of Items attached to an Ally. However, you cannot play an Item that must be attached unless there is a card (either Ally or Hero, depending on what the card specifies) to attach it to.
Played yesterday for the first time, my partner was Captain Hook and I was Prince John. He was lucky that Peter Pan was discovered quite quickly … I do have one question: I played a faint card: the hero tinkerbell: this card says “when tinkerbell is played you may discard one ally from her location”. At the time there was no ally. Can I then still place it?
Great question! Yes, you can still play Tinkerbell in that case. Often times (but not always), when you see the term "may" it means the effect is optional, so you can choose not to do it if you don't want. For example, even if there had been an ally at her location, playing Tinkerbell there doesn't mean you have to discard it, but you may. Hope that helps!
I'm itching for this game!
Thanks for checking out the video!
Hi, if I am moving an Ally or Item to a location where the token is, can I use that item's ability straight away on that turn? For example if I moved Captain Hook to Mermaid Lagoon and then I used the move the item ability to move Hook's Case from Skull Rock to Mermaid Lagoon, can I use that item's ability straight away in that turn and collect 1 power - or do I need to wait till the next time I land on Mermaid Lagoon again to collect the 1 power?
I normally do my best to answer all rules questions, but I lent my copy of this game to a friend, so I can't easily look up the rule to help you.
When capt hook is told to draw until he finds a hero, does he play it to his own realm or another realm?
To his own realm.
Question with Fauna and the Green Fire Curse:
If that Curse is in play. And then Fate bring in Fauna.
Can she remove the Green Fire Curse?
Since her ability states 'When played, discard a Curse from her location.'
And in the FAQ it also states: 'If the Ability on a card violates a rule in the Instructions, the card takes precedence.'
We feel like her ability supersedes the Green Fire Curse, but want to make sure we are playing this correctly.
Hey Tim, while I do my best to answer all questions related to the rules of the games we feature, I avoid covering specific card effects (that gets to challenging to keep on top of with all the games we cover). However you might find the forums on BoardGameGeek for rules questions for this game helpful to find the answer: boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/256382/villainous/forums/66
Fauna cannot be played to a location with Green Fire or Forest of Thorns. However, she can be played to a location with Dreamless Sleep, thereby removing that Curse.
We've found the game to be pretty fun. The learning curve is a bit detouring. Good job on the walkthrough, a lot to cover but organized nicely
Thank you kindly!
Can you pair the Off with her Head (Queen of Hearts) card with a card guard to take down Alice? Alice has a power of 5. The off with her head is 4 or less and card guards are 2 or 3?
I do my best to answer all rules questions on the games I cover, but I avoid individual card effects, as that's a level of detail beyond what I can manage across all the videos I do. I'd suggest checking the rules forum for the game on BoardGameGeek or the publishers website. I hope you can find your answer there - have fun playing!
Thanks for the help! 😊
You're very welcome - have fun playing!
So idk if you’re still checking this but if you are Hook and you play a card to look at your fate deck and either discard both cards or reorder them and put them back and you get Peter Pan as one of them do you get to play him immediately or do you have to put him back and wait for a different card to reveal him?
I do my best to answer all rules questions on the games I cover, but I tend to avoid individual card effects, as that's a level of detail beyond what I can manage across all the videos I do. That said, I got personally curious today and did some googling to remind myself what these various cards say on them, and here's my understanding. The Hook card you're referring to is "Give Them A Scare", I believe, and it's wording says "Look" at the top two cards. Look is not the same as a "Reveal" effect, and Peter Pan's effect that brings him into play, comes from being "Revealed". So in that case, he doesn't automatically come into play if you were only told to "Look" at the card. This effect still helps you get Peter Pan onto the top of the deck, or move 2 cards that aren't Peter Pan to the bottom, so you hopefully get to him quicker. Hope that helps.
This would be an amazing TCG game
9:00 Then it means that you cannot move items at all? Because 1 you cannot play an item by itself... doesn't this symbol means you can move an item attaced to an ally to an ally in an adjacent zone?
Many items in the game can be played by themselves, specifically ones found in the villain deck, such as the Magic Lamp. If the item doesn't specifically say to attach it to a hero or an ally, then it can be played and moved by itself. And you cannot move an item attached to an ally to a different ally using this action.
OK.
One question: is it possible to move an item (like magic lamp) if the item is in at location where there are heroes?
Question #1
During the action phase, can I play the same ability twice or just once?
Question #2
If able, can I play all four abilities in a location?
Hey there, does this cover it for you? th-cam.com/video/8wdvXKRfoPI/w-d-xo.html