Getting the reality stone early in the game feels like a win condition for thanos because being able to vanquish while keeping your allies lets you maintain so much board pressure it frees you from constantly having to rebuildn your board for every push and lets you be way more aggressive, especially against taskmaster who needs their allies alive early on to get their engine running.
This is insanely useful. Today my family tried to play this today, and it was to confusing. me and my dad have been spending hours trying to figure out how to play, and by the time I say this vid I all ready knew how to play the general game. What I didn’t know how to do, was win as thanos. (I am thanos, my dad is hela, my mom is killmonger, and my brother is ultron.) this was so helpful, and I’m gonna watch your other vids on the other villains to get a better sence on the game. Thanks so much, and I’m subbing.
@@LordoftheBoard I haven't received my marvel box yet its still in the post but what little I've seen in videos from you and joker jonesey the marvel box looked too different to match them together
YESS another great video Sam!! I'm so excited to get this game, its coming soon! Looking forward to playing killmonger and hela! Can't wait for your next videos on the other villains! I hope a new expansion includes Magneto and/or Mystique they are personal faves of mine. Thanks again for this video!!
Thank you for making these guides! My wife loves Villainous but was frustrated with the new complexities in Marvel Villainous. These videos helped game night tremendously.
Great vid again! Really awesome. What I would love to see some day is "how to stop" videos on the Disney Villains. Explaining how to block/fate a Villain for more competitive play. Some Villains seem hard to grasp.
Just picked this up today. Me, my girlfriend and some friends decided to play it and the first thing I did was check for a strategy and came straight here. Thanks a million!
Awesome strats! I thought Thanos was really complicated, but this honestly helped. Can you do a video like this for Ultron next? He’s personally my favorite villain.
@@anncrockett1129 did ya watch the vid? Thanos has a special rule in his strategy book: he’s the only character who can relocate Allies to other realm where there’s a stone. As for the stones, you get them out with “Consult the Well”, of which you have 4 copies of in the Thanos deck. As far as I’m aware, it’s the only card that gets stones into realms.
10:30 - You have to use the vanquish or activate when you move. Not just whenever on your turn. So you can't relocate an ally then use the vanquish from Death's favor. If they wanted you to have access to an action at any time during the turn, it would be a symbol. But it specifically says, "When you move to this location", which is before any other actions.
This is how i was interpreting Deaths Favor, but then it was shown differantly. My play circle has house ruled saying it must be used first before any of the location actions are use. We have also house ruled that, with the exception of using the space stone, Thanos's allies must return back to Thanos from another domain and cannot move within another villian's domain. Im I making it harder on myself with this house rule?
Thanos' goal of gathering the Infinity Stones confuses me with relocating allies. usually relocating allies means getting them to your domain, but getting the stones means getting your allies to your _Opponent's_ domain. is that allowed with thanos' allies?
Thank you! I came up with the two relocate actions on knowhere with the space throne when I played with a friend, and I thought it was great. My strategy that game was first, gain power and play allies as well as discarding cards in order to find death’s favor and the space throne.
Deliver judgement can be good if played with ebony maw. I got +2 on him and he was wrecking my opponents allies, not getting discarded, and bringing the stone back. I didn't need any other ally. Super good combo
Just played the game tonight for the first time and according to the rulebook, at 5:55, you shouldn't be able to jump Proxima Midnight to another player's domain unless you play a specific card that lets you do so. You can withdraw characters with other player domains with the relocate but not place them from your domain to another domain. We felt like Thanos should be an exception to this rule because he has to get so many stones and it takes many actions to do so. What do you think?
Thanos guide does say that you can "may relocate his allies to any location in any domain containing a stone" so does this bypass the rulebook? I wish that there would have been more specifics... But oh well. I like the way you are playing it. It makes way more sense. He is THANOS for crying out loud. And he has to get 6 freaking stones!
Yes. The player handbooks always break the Rulebook because they are what makes the villains unique. Thanos is the only exception to the rules with relocating to another domain :)
Collin R you can move the ally you control with an attached stone. But you can’t leave your domain with it attached. And as it is in your possession you can use an activate action to use the ability it provides. :)
You sadly are not able to. At least there isn’t officially rules for it. I think some fan rules can be found. Also an expansion is coming soon to marvel!
So the impression I’m getting is that Thanos can be hard to start, but you begin gaining momentum as you collect stones. Each one you collect makes it easier to get the other ones (i.e. use the mind or soul stone to get allies in your hand, the power stone to increase their strength, the reality stone to vanquish other stone holders without losing anyone, and the space stone to get people in and out of other player’s domains, while using the time stone to make sure you have cards to play and power to spend on them).
“With the exception of Thanos, a villain may only relocate an Infinity Stone within their domain.” This is in the guide, does it mean that the stone can only be relocated, aka not attached to another ally again and it also cannot leave the domain it’s been placed, right? It doesn’t mean that any other ally or item in the domain the stone currently is in can’t move or relocate at all, correct?
Not sure if you still cover this game anymore, but I did a quick rewatch of this after picking up the Venom and Doc Ock sets! Forgot how different this version was from Disney Villainous!
Great series of videos thank you so much. New to Marvel Villainous and still confused with Thanos, when playing Thanos do you need to use special cards to move ally’s to another persons board or can you just use the relocate. Reason I’m confused is some are saying you must use the cards and I’ve seen some just relocate ally’s….. hope you can help
Thx so much. Just bought the game and my son and I played our first game tonight. I played Thanos. Near the start of the game, the power stone landed on a powerful ally of his ( none on the board, he played from his hand). He immediately put 2 +1 tokens on his ally. Shortly after I had to surrender the game. By activating the power stone item, he kept on increasing its power and there was no way any of my allies could beat that and take the stone back. Maybe we are not playing correctly, or have misunderstood some rules? We would really appreciate your take on this, and assistance. Thankyou
Hoo boy! Family is going to love this... I do wish you could go over what events are though, @Lord of the Board . Because it’s hard to tell how to use them without knowing what they are and how they work... which makes it harder to tell why the Legions are good.
A very awesome tutorial video Sam!! :D Mine should be arriving tomorrow and just in time with some card sleeve protectors for the cards, and (hopefully) to fit the cards for the Disney Villainous as well.! Curious question though: How would one play this by themselves if you need to play Stones to other character's Domains, to then be able to relocate your Allies to that player's Domain to Vanquish and collect that Stone?
Hmm... I actually haven’t thought about that. My guess would be if you did a solo mode you could set out other player boards. Choose the board and draw from their villain deck until you get an ally and randomly place it in the chosen domain.
Hello, recently got the marvel box set. And played thanks. This guide is awesome. But where on the card does it say consult the well let's you pick where the stone goes and you pick the ally for them? The rules says your opponent when receiving a stone always gets to pick where the stone goes.
Tip 4. Sacrifices must be made. After defeating this event, remove the allies who has the stone so Thanos can just get the stones without defeating those allies
I have a question about consult the well. It says the player receives a random unclaimed infinity stone. Does that mean you roll a die to decide which one? How do you choose the stone? Also, with “a stone is found” who chooses the stone for that card?
any way you can do it that makes it random. we shuffle them and have the thanos player close their eyes and draw. also Consult the Well is also chosen randomly.
I have a few questions: 1. Do you "control" your allies and items in other villains domains? 2. When relocating cards within your domain, is it still to an adjacent location? 3. Why are 2 of the "taste of cosmic power" card items and one is an effect? It doesn't make sense as an item. 4. Assuming there is an infinity stone at the location, does "Black Swan" match the strength of the strongest ally or will she always have (at least) 1 more strength than the strongest ally? 5. I read in a comment that "Death's Favor" does not need to be used immediately when moving to a location, but can you play in to your location and use it that turn? 6. Can you use the "Found by the Avengers" fate card to remove a Hero from your own domain? Thanks
1. Thanos is the only one that can send his allies to others domains to conquer the Infinity stones, and to answer your question they have to stay in that location with the Infinity stone and can't go anywhere else you can still "use them" 2. To any location
What card sleeves do you use for your marvel villianous set? I had a set for my original villianous game and I tried to use them but they do not fit in the marvel box
Does there need to be an infinity stone in another person’s domain in order to be able to move Thanos’ allies there or does there need to be a stone to accomplish this?
Thanks! I have watched most of your videos by now, just to be prepared when i already have it. Let’s see if i like it just as much as the original villainous board game.
A question if you vanquish and you get a stone from other villains ally , in that moment you returno your ally with the stone or you have to use recollate action to pull your ally back ?
Unless I am missing something, none of the villains (including Thanos) can use the relocate action to move their allies to other villain's domains, right? So, the reason that Deliver Judgement is good is because its pretty much the only way to move your allies to another domain without giving out more stones (Consult the Well being the other way, but you don't necessarily want to flood the opponents with stones before you can take advantage of them). The +1 strength is a decent bonus effect, but obviously not worth 3 power on its own
Justin Purdy hey! You can use relocate actions to love your allies to another players location with a stone at it. Thanos is the one who can use the relocate to go to other realms though. Other villains have cards that allow them too
Another thing on my mind is that while killmonger has the weakest allies initially, they have access to a lot of buffing effects as well as Taunt, which lets them move the allies holding the stone around, making it quite difficult to defeat them unless you have a way to do it all in one turn
Justin Purdy I enjoy this thought! And you’re totally right. I’ll have to look into it but I agree. My idea works if you are ready to defeat the ally pretty soon. Like same turn soon
What happens if you use consult the well in 1v1 and that player has no allies? Do I just send an ally to the location that the stone is at and relocate it back? Or do they get the stone and then don’t play it until an ally of theirs comes to hand?
Hey! In the Rulebook it states that if the opposing player doesn’t have an ally then that player must play one for free from their hand and attack the stone to that ally. If none are in their hand they draw from the top of the deck until they reveal and ally and play it for free! And attack the stone. Then they must shuffle their deck
So what happens if you defeat my ally with the stone? And I play another ally where the stone is located? Is that ally now defending the stone? Or can you not do that?
Death’s Favor: as per the text, you do the Vanquish/Activate as your first action (when you move), correct? Or is it treated as an icon and thus can be activated whenever you want?
Think of Death's Favor as adding either the activate or vanquish icons to that location. You do not have to decide which action to use before performing one of the other actions.
@@LordoftheBoard I dont think that is correct. If it was adding those actions to the location it would look like the throne card. I think you have to do this as soon as you move there before you use anything there
@@joshearnest Hey Josh! I was able to get clarification from Cassidy (ravensburger marketing lead) and It is the way I described, The wording could be clearer but you have the option to use one or the other at any time during your turn :)
@Lord of the Boards - I have played Villainous numerous times and I love it. My only complaint would be that we had to house rule 2 characters. Prince John now has to get 25 power to win and we added an icon to Ursula's board at the palace. Do you agree with these house rules? Do you think these characters were a bit unbalanced? Do you have any house rules? I already pre-ordered Marvel Villainous (very excited for this one).
I find prince john difficult to win with in our player groups. But I mostly run 2 player! so that would make sense. I personally dont have any house rules on villains. :)
With Deaths Favor, would you say it would have to be used right away when Thanos moves to the location or can he use it at any time while at the location?
Question, so when you have infinity stones, how do the abilities work? Do you get to use all the stone abilities in one turn if you hit an activate or just one? Love the vids!
Maybe this is a dumb question but how do people randomly pick a stone? Do you shuffle up the pile and they have to randomly pick one or are they taking whichever one is at the top of the pile? If the latter, you could read it first and see which opponents might benefit more or less from it.
Lord of the Board I’m excited on Ultron. I’m guessing “Age of Ultron” is a card and he might have something to do with allies. Although I’m hoping for there to be expansions for Marvel like Red Skull. I’m also hoping for at least 1 more Disney Expansion, but I’m really excited for the ways you could play with both Marvel and Disney Villainous combined.
I just picked mine up and oh my God I love it so much. I feel the quality of the Villain Guides as well as the Boards have been upgraded. I haven't opened the cards yet. I kinda wish the movers were metal like monopoly pieces. That's just a nitpick though. Who should I play first ?
David Stone hmm if it’s just you two... my favorite two player matchup against Thanos has been Ultron or Hela :) my fav character is Hela though so what about her?
@@LordoftheBoard She was leaning towards Hela bc she's her favorite villain in the MCU, which looks like what the game is based on but combining the comics with it.
Let's say I've collected 3 infinity stones and I have death's Favor (wich allows me to use an Activate or vanquish action)in Sanctuary ll, Can I activate the effect of two of those infinity stones or once in my specialty spot I am able to use the effect of only one infinity stone?
If we collected the stones already more than 2 or 3 e.g if we go to location with 'Activate' action, how many stone specialty can be activated, just 1 stone only or we can activate all the stone? (Because I imagined that Thanos because more powerful as he keep collecting more stone and more action can be done?)
Sadly you can only activate 1 per activate symbol. And each can only be activated once per turn: so there are ways to produce some power plays for sure!
@@LordoftheBoard another things is the relocate rule apply to Thanos too? Because the rule didn't allow ally or item to be relocated to other player domain (but can bring it back). For e.g in my domain only have legion of thanos and black dwarf or black swan, I can relocate my ally to stone location due to 'consult the well' but I need to vanquish others ally to take the stone, but if I dont use deliver judgement then its going to discarded too, which left the stone there cannot taken anymore because I cannot relocate my ally to take it.
How do you beat Ultron, his deck isnt very interactive so its hard to stop him even while using fate cards. Imo hes the best archetype in this board game so far
He’s very powerful and will win most games. Very easy to play and learn and is hard to stop. Sadly the strategy would be to fate 2 times right off the bat and hope for hero’s to cover his important top actions. Then focus on your goal and fate every other turn or so.
@@LordoftheBoard Ty for the help! Gonna try this later on today when I play with some friends. Love the guides a lot since some of these decks are hard to understand at first.
Question! My boyfriend and I started playing Marvel Villainous today and are confused about an aspect of Thanos's gameplay. Can an ally controlled by Thanos hold multiple unattached Infinity Stones at once when that ally enters the location of the unattached stones? We weren't sure if the ratio is 1 stone per ally, or if an ally can hold multiple stones if they're in the same location. Thank you so much! Your videos are super helpful.
Two questions for anyone! 1) does anyone know if one ally can hold multiple infinity stones at the same time? 2) For Ultron, when it says “remove ally” is that just simply discarding them or is there specific action/action needed to do that? It’s part of his objective and it feels too easy to just discard.
Hey! I got 2 answers. Only on stone per ally. Also yes you can just remove them and flip the upgrade tiles. For the first one you could play 2 sentrys and remove them immediately to complete the upgrade.
Lord of the Board sorry, one more question! When moving Corvus Glaive back to my domain, do I move the legions with him as well? Or does that ability only apply when moving him to an opposing players domain?
Hi guys...I want to ask something if anyone knows...my version of Power Stone reads" add two +1 strength tokens to an ally you control"...is that a misprint? In every other site or video I see the Power Stone adds the strength tokens to up to 2 allies
I appreciate this series of videos. I feel like Thanos is just way too slow compared to the other villains in box. In particular, Ultron/Killmonger can be threatening a win in 2 turns at the same point in the game while you might have 3 stones in play, at that's if those consult the wells aren't at the bottom. I have heard of some people house ruling things here (like letting people look at 2 fates instead of 1, like in the Disney Villainous). Is there any suggestions you have for bringing thanos up to be more balanced with certain villains?
if you can get the mind stone early, Thanos can collect stones pretty easily since he can search his hand for consult the well, and after playing consult the well, getting warp reality to get extra use out of that CtW/ Thanos with mind stone can get 3 stones out of one CtW. so best i can say is hope for good stone rng?
I'd honestly love to see your take on Ultron because he seems to be the worst of all 5, if you don't give him heros to fight then he cant effectively remove two of his sentries to complete the first task not to mention if Hela is involved any hero that could be placed on his board can be taken away by her too and even if events show up to help you get remove said sentries Thanos putting infinity stones on them prevent them from leaving the domain
Mr. Quinn hey! I see one of the reasons you are struggling with him right off the bat. So for that first goal.. all of those are costs. So to complete that one you can remove 2 sentries just by discarding to the discard pile.
@@LordoftheBoard but the cost specifically says "Remove two sentries from your domain" and unless I'm missing something, your hand doesnt count as part of your domain, right? O.o therefore discarding shouldn't work.
Casey McDannald no you can’t. Basically you can pay the requirements of the Tile. Then you remove two sentrys on your board to flip the tile over. You can just remove them as payment if you have them. It is not an action. It is just a goal he has to complete just Pete.
I have one question. Is anybody able to relocate anywhere? Or is it just Thanos? I had read, (most likely misread) that no one can travel to another villains domain, unless a card says so.
Love to see your videos! Maybe Taskmaster next? I'm really interested in him. Too bad the game will take forever to be available in my country. We still don't have the second small Disney Villainous box...
Hi there great video! I have a question about deaths favour. I was under the impression you could only use it upon first moving to the location? As in you couldnt move there and use a relocate action and THEN use deaths favour to vanquish or activate?
The way I have been describing this, has been it a more gamey version of villainous and rewards those who take playing boardgames seriously. It’s a bit more complex but generally the same. If you play villainous you can learn. But it may take longer to start getting reallly good.
@@LordoftheBoard Ok. I've played Disney Villainous a lot. Both real games with friends and family and solo games with myself. I've played more than enough solo games.
David Stone you’ll be just fine. I may try to teach my mom Disney Villainous, but I would marvel villainous if that helps at all 😂 the goals are just less straightforward and more complex
I just played thanos for the first time today before watching this video. All four of my consult the well cards were at the bottom 1/5th of my deck due to my poor shuffling. I never got any of them through the entire game. :/
Hey all thanks for watching! Check out my playlist to watch all the villain guides :) th-cam.com/play/PLHZXAaelpXsLd7fmUjA--L4RStKd77L39.html
YESSSSSS. I was hoping you would have strategy guides for this! You’re the best. And once again great breakdown.
Josh Smith yeah!!! So stoked. Thanks for watching 😁😁
Getting the reality stone early in the game feels like a win condition for thanos because being able to vanquish while keeping your allies lets you maintain so much board pressure it frees you from constantly having to rebuildn your board for every push and lets you be way more aggressive, especially against taskmaster who needs their allies alive early on to get their engine running.
This is insanely useful. Today my family tried to play this today, and it was to confusing. me and my dad have been spending hours trying to figure out how to play, and by the time I say this vid I all ready knew how to play the general game. What I didn’t know how to do, was win as thanos. (I am thanos, my dad is hela, my mom is killmonger, and my brother is ultron.) this was so helpful, and I’m gonna watch your other vids on the other villains to get a better sence on the game. Thanks so much, and I’m subbing.
Appreciate it :) I am glad to have improved your game night!
It’s so cool that they did thanos! He’s a big bad baddie... and so serious. I’m just imagining playing him next to like... the queen of hearts 😂
SparkletheBunny Haha that is such a funny matchup 😂😂❤️💜💛
Can you mix the boxes together?
Someone play Disney and someone plays marvel
Jennifer 5 they didn’t provide rules for it but with a few house rules you totally could :)
@@LordoftheBoard I haven't received my marvel box yet its still in the post but what little I've seen in videos from you and joker jonesey the marvel box looked too different to match them together
YESS another great video Sam!! I'm so excited to get this game, its coming soon! Looking forward to playing killmonger and hela! Can't wait for your next videos on the other villains! I hope a new expansion includes Magneto and/or Mystique they are personal faves of mine. Thanks again for this video!!
Of course! Thanks so much for watching! Oo both of them would be so cool... I am hoping for Red Skull or Green Goblin 💚
Loki is in the first expansion.
Back of instructional manual. Shadow image of loki
Thank you for making these guides! My wife loves Villainous but was frustrated with the new complexities in Marvel Villainous. These videos helped game night tremendously.
Glad to help! :)
Great vid again! Really awesome. What I would love to see some day is "how to stop" videos on the Disney Villains. Explaining how to block/fate a Villain for more competitive play. Some Villains seem hard to grasp.
The Mighty Ruler I definitely second this idea.
Great suggestion!
I love that you have it out today as it comes out. Thank you for this
I do my best! The rest are coming soon :)
Just picked this up today. Me, my girlfriend and some friends decided to play it and the first thing I did was check for a strategy and came straight here. Thanks a million!
Manuel Ortiz yay! So glad I could help :) working on finishing up the series. Taskmaster is coming this week :)
Awesome strats! I thought Thanos was really complicated, but this honestly helped. Can you do a video like this for Ultron next? He’s personally my favorite villain.
Venomzilla 1 hey glad it helped!! I got Hela releasing today. But ultron is coming!!
Hey I just got the game as a gift and I’m confused how are you supposed to even get the stones into the realm in the first place
@@anncrockett1129 did ya watch the vid? Thanos has a special rule in his strategy book: he’s the only character who can relocate Allies to other realm where there’s a stone. As for the stones, you get them out with “Consult the Well”, of which you have 4 copies of in the Thanos deck. As far as I’m aware, it’s the only card that gets stones into realms.
@@Venomzilla1 There is also the Fate Card a Stone is Found of which there are 3 copies.
10:30 - You have to use the vanquish or activate when you move. Not just whenever on your turn. So you can't relocate an ally then use the vanquish from Death's favor. If they wanted you to have access to an action at any time during the turn, it would be a symbol. But it specifically says, "When you move to this location", which is before any other actions.
not really, it can be used throughout the whole turn
@@ninjaguy8871 Not really. It can't
This is how i was interpreting Deaths Favor, but then it was shown differantly. My play circle has house ruled saying it must be used first before any of the location actions are use. We have also house ruled that, with the exception of using the space stone, Thanos's allies must return back to Thanos from another domain and cannot move within another villian's domain. Im I making it harder on myself with this house rule?
you cant relocate to your enemies domain, using the relocate action. according to the rules
11:00 they had us in the first half not gonna lie
Haha! thank you for the laugh
Thanos' goal of gathering the Infinity Stones confuses me with relocating allies. usually relocating allies means getting them to your domain, but getting the stones means getting your allies to your _Opponent's_ domain. is that allowed with thanos' allies?
Yes
Thank you! I came up with the two relocate actions on knowhere with the space throne when I played with a friend, and I thought it was great. My strategy that game was first, gain power and play allies as well as discarding cards in order to find death’s favor and the space throne.
YES great work :)
Deliver judgement can be good if played with ebony maw. I got +2 on him and he was wrecking my opponents allies, not getting discarded, and bringing the stone back. I didn't need any other ally. Super good combo
Totally! love these thoughts.
Hey!! I was wondering if you could make w video about the best tips and tricks that are AGAINST all the villains!
When fating them - place heroes on the spots i say are best for a certain villain. Thats an way way to slow progression!
This helps me a lot I’m trying to take notes of everything you teach me to get better at this game❤❤
Great tips and walkthrough of the cards!
Thank you so much!!! I appreciate it
Thanks for the useful tips! 👍
You got it :)
Love the video cant wait to get my copy.
Hope it comes real soon :) who are you most excited for??
@@LordoftheBoard I cant decide between Taskmaster and Ultron .
I was expecting this
Nice Video!!!
Yeeee! Thanks for watching!! :)
Just played the game tonight for the first time and according to the rulebook, at 5:55, you shouldn't be able to jump Proxima Midnight to another player's domain unless you play a specific card that lets you do so. You can withdraw characters with other player domains with the relocate but not place them from your domain to another domain. We felt like Thanos should be an exception to this rule because he has to get so many stones and it takes many actions to do so. What do you think?
Thanos guide does say that you can "may relocate his allies to any location in any domain containing a stone" so does this bypass the rulebook? I wish that there would have been more specifics... But oh well. I like the way you are playing it. It makes way more sense. He is THANOS for crying out loud. And he has to get 6 freaking stones!
Yes. The player handbooks always break the Rulebook because they are what makes the villains unique. Thanos is the only exception to the rules with relocating to another domain :)
@@LordoftheBoard you just got a sub man. Good. Video. Thanks for confirming how it's supposed to work!
I can’t wait to pick this up
Also can other villains vanquish thanos’s allies like heroes
Yes! Which can really set you back. Usually It’s good to have the bulky ones carrying the stone :)
Lord of the Board Cool. Also can the other villains with the stones use them and move them like they are their items?
Collin R you can move the ally you control with an attached stone. But you can’t leave your domain with it attached. And as it is in your possession you can use an activate action to use the ability it provides. :)
Lord of the Board Cool!
Collin R Corvus Glave is better to use along with Ebony Maw+ the Reality Stone
Great video. I sincerely wanna get the game now after your guide.
But are you able to merge Marvel Villainous with Disney Villainous?
You sadly are not able to. At least there isn’t officially rules for it. I think some fan rules can be found. Also an expansion is coming soon to marvel!
So the impression I’m getting is that Thanos can be hard to start, but you begin gaining momentum as you collect stones. Each one you collect makes it easier to get the other ones (i.e. use the mind or soul stone to get allies in your hand, the power stone to increase their strength, the reality stone to vanquish other stone holders without losing anyone, and the space stone to get people in and out of other player’s domains, while using the time stone to make sure you have cards to play and power to spend on them).
oldspice051 you’re smart! And TRUE
Lord of the Board Thank you!
“With the exception of Thanos, a villain may only relocate an Infinity Stone within their domain.” This is in the guide, does it mean that the stone can only be relocated, aka not attached to another ally again and it also cannot leave the domain it’s been placed, right? It doesn’t mean that any other ally or item in the domain the stone currently is in can’t move or relocate at all, correct?
You are correct :)
epic combo between mind stone and space stone
Great video!
Not sure if you still cover this game anymore, but I did a quick rewatch of this after picking up the Venom and Doc Ock sets! Forgot how different this version was from Disney Villainous!
I love your vids I can’t wait to try marvel villainous.
Thanks ;)
Thank you for the tip.
Lost with Relocations and infinity stones.
Chained Events when fated.
Brad
Anytime! sorry for the late response!
Great series of videos thank you so much.
New to Marvel Villainous and still confused with Thanos, when playing Thanos do you need to use special cards to move ally’s to another persons board or can you just use the relocate. Reason I’m confused is some are saying you must use the cards and I’ve seen some just relocate ally’s….. hope you can help
Hello thank you so much I love Thanos!
No problem! I do too! He is probably my favorite to play rn!
I need more marvel villainous videos, I love this board game, it’s really awesome 🤩🤩
Yeah it truly is. :))) are you picking it up today?
I have not bought it yet, but i’d love to 😂. I hope you can make video of the other villains, that would be great 😁
Maybe for Christmas 😅
Thx so much. Just bought the game and my son and I played our first game tonight. I played Thanos. Near the start of the game, the power stone landed on a powerful ally of his ( none on the board, he played from his hand). He immediately put 2 +1 tokens on his ally. Shortly after I had to surrender the game. By activating the power stone item, he kept on increasing its power and there was no way any of my allies could beat that and take the stone back. Maybe we are not playing correctly, or have misunderstood some rules? We would really appreciate your take on this, and assistance. Thankyou
Hoo boy! Family is going to love this...
I do wish you could go over what events are though, @Lord of the Board . Because it’s hard to tell how to use them without knowing what they are and how they work... which makes it harder to tell why the Legions are good.
Totally a fair point. For now you can watch a how to play video by Watch It Played. But I am making my own video breaking down events and fates. :)
A very awesome tutorial video Sam!! :D Mine should be arriving tomorrow and just in time with some card sleeve protectors for the cards, and (hopefully) to fit the cards for the Disney Villainous as well.! Curious question though: How would one play this by themselves if you need to play Stones to other character's Domains, to then be able to relocate your Allies to that player's Domain to Vanquish and collect that Stone?
Hmm... I actually haven’t thought about that. My guess would be if you did a solo mode you could set out other player boards. Choose the board and draw from their villain deck until you get an ally and randomly place it in the chosen domain.
@@LordoftheBoard That would totally work.! :D I like that idea very much - thanks so much for the suggestion!
Josh got you!!!
Where did you get it from I must know I really want to get marvel villains
Herobrine Lord you can purchase this from amazon! :) and also at target.
Hello, recently got the marvel box set. And played thanks. This guide is awesome. But where on the card does it say consult the well let's you pick where the stone goes and you pick the ally for them? The rules says your opponent when receiving a stone always gets to pick where the stone goes.
when you play deliver judgment you can choose black dwarf and Corvus glaive and send 3 allies because Corvus glaive sends a legions of Thanos with him
Thanks
No problem :)
Tip 4. Sacrifices must be made. After defeating this event, remove the allies who has the stone so Thanos can just get the stones without defeating those allies
YESSSS great one
Also, remember what the villains objective is and which stone would probably be dangerous for which.
Ex: Killmoger + mind stone × 2 activate = maybe 2 explosives.
@@elliotfong8794 can’t add anything now. Video is out and released! Good thoughts though
When you defeat a hero using an ally do you not have to discard that ally?
You do! :/ unless there is an effect on the ally that allows it to stay!
I have a question about consult the well. It says the player receives a random unclaimed infinity stone. Does that mean you roll a die to decide which one? How do you choose the stone? Also, with “a stone is found” who chooses the stone for that card?
any way you can do it that makes it random. we shuffle them and have the thanos player close their eyes and draw. also Consult the Well is also chosen randomly.
You are the best my guy
Awh shucks! :)
@@LordoftheBoard I’m playing this with my friends later so I am probably going to win
@@BenjisCrane I hope so! Thanos has been a tough one! But once you learn him, he is the most rewarding one to win with in my opinion :)
I have a few questions:
1. Do you "control" your allies and items in other villains domains?
2. When relocating cards within your domain, is it still to an adjacent location?
3. Why are 2 of the "taste of cosmic power" card items and one is an effect? It doesn't make sense as an item.
4. Assuming there is an infinity stone at the location, does "Black Swan" match the strength of the strongest ally or will she always have (at least) 1 more strength than the strongest ally?
5. I read in a comment that "Death's Favor" does not need to be used immediately when moving to a location, but can you play in to your location and use it that turn?
6. Can you use the "Found by the Avengers" fate card to remove a Hero from your own domain?
Thanks
1. Thanos is the only one that can send his allies to others domains to conquer the Infinity stones, and to answer your question they have to stay in that location with the Infinity stone and can't go anywhere else you can still "use them"
2. To any location
3. Maybe for more flexibility
4. same strength
5. No, since you have to move there to use it
6. Yes
AjCJ answered these correctly. and I appreciate him for it
3. This is a typo.
Funky fresh, we'll have to pick this bad-boy up!
Totally worth it. Thanks so much for watching, which villain are you most excited for?
Lord of the Board probably Hela or Ultron. But Thanos seems cool too! Excited to play it with you two!
What card sleeves do you use for your marvel villianous set? I had a set for my original villianous game and I tried to use them but they do not fit in the marvel box
I take inserts out. But I am using the standard ultra pro matte sleeves. Slick and slim fitting and help see the artwork with little to no glare!
Lord of the Board thank you for the reply. Love your content!
Does there need to be an infinity stone in another person’s domain in order to be able to move Thanos’ allies there or does there need to be a stone to accomplish this?
There would have to be a stone. :)
@@LordoftheBoard Alright, thank you!
I ordered it last week, it hasn’t arrived yer but... which one do you recommend me to start with? And which one is your favorite?
I recommend starting with Killmonger or Ultron. Thanos is the hardest but he is also one of my favorites :)
Thanks! I have watched most of your videos by now, just to be prepared when i already have it. Let’s see if i like it just as much as the original villainous board game.
A question if you vanquish and you get a stone from other villains ally , in that moment you returno your ally with the stone or you have to use recollate action to pull your ally back ?
Have to use a relocate to pull the ally back :)
Unless I am missing something, none of the villains (including Thanos) can use the relocate action to move their allies to other villain's domains, right? So, the reason that Deliver Judgement is good is because its pretty much the only way to move your allies to another domain without giving out more stones (Consult the Well being the other way, but you don't necessarily want to flood the opponents with stones before you can take advantage of them). The +1 strength is a decent bonus effect, but obviously not worth 3 power on its own
Justin Purdy hey! You can use relocate actions to love your allies to another players location with a stone at it. Thanos is the one who can use the relocate to go to other realms though. Other villains have cards that allow them too
Another thing on my mind is that while killmonger has the weakest allies initially, they have access to a lot of buffing effects as well as Taunt, which lets them move the allies holding the stone around, making it quite difficult to defeat them unless you have a way to do it all in one turn
Interesting. Ok! TY for the response. Btw, I liked and subbed. Great vids
Justin Purdy I appreciate it! I truly do my best being high quality content. What other games do you love besides villainous genre?
Justin Purdy I enjoy this thought! And you’re totally right. I’ll have to look into it but I agree. My idea works if you are ready to defeat the ally pretty soon. Like same turn soon
For “Taste of Cosmic Power” it being an effect card. Does this card get discarded? Or do both the effect and the ally stay?
It is just an effect so yes it is discarded after use :)
What about Loki, Madam Masque, and M.O.D.O.K for tip 1?
What happens if you use consult the well in 1v1 and that player has no allies? Do I just send an ally to the location that the stone is at and relocate it back? Or do they get the stone and then don’t play it until an ally of theirs comes to hand?
Hey! In the Rulebook it states that if the opposing player doesn’t have an ally then that player must play one for free from their hand and attack the stone to that ally. If none are in their hand they draw from the top of the deck until they reveal and ally and play it for free! And attack the stone. Then they must shuffle their deck
So what happens if you defeat my ally with the stone? And I play another ally where the stone is located? Is that ally now defending the stone? Or can you not do that?
Deliver Judgment is great when u have the soul stone. U can just bring the used ally back
Death’s Favor: as per the text, you do the Vanquish/Activate as your first action (when you move), correct? Or is it treated as an icon and thus can be activated whenever you want?
Think of Death's Favor as adding either the activate or vanquish icons to that location. You do not have to decide which action to use before performing one of the other actions.
@@LordoftheBoard I dont think that is correct. If it was adding those actions to the location it would look like the throne card. I think you have to do this as soon as you move there before you use anything there
@@joshearnest Hey Josh! I was able to get clarification from Cassidy (ravensburger marketing lead) and It is the way I described, The wording could be clearer but you have the option to use one or the other at any time during your turn :)
@@LordoftheBoard I played for the 1st time this past weekend and ran into this issue. Thanks for the clarification.
@Lord of the Boards - I have played Villainous numerous times and I love it. My only complaint would be that we had to house rule 2 characters. Prince John now has to get 25 power to win and we added an icon to Ursula's board at the palace. Do you agree with these house rules? Do you think these characters were a bit unbalanced? Do you have any house rules? I already pre-ordered Marvel Villainous (very excited for this one).
I find prince john difficult to win with in our player groups. But I mostly run 2 player! so that would make sense. I personally dont have any house rules on villains. :)
With Deaths Favor, would you say it would have to be used right away when Thanos moves to the location or can he use it at any time while at the location?
Any time while at the location but I’ll double check
are you actually able to mix this with disney villainous or is this stand alone ( for the time being)
Sydney March currently it is standalone. But I’m sure with a few house rules you could mix the games just fine :)
Question, so when you have infinity stones, how do the abilities work? Do you get to use all the stone abilities in one turn if you hit an activate or just one? Love the vids!
You can only activate 1 per activate action :)
Maybe this is a dumb question but how do people randomly pick a stone? Do you shuffle up the pile and they have to randomly pick one or are they taking whichever one is at the top of the pile? If the latter, you could read it first and see which opponents might benefit more or less from it.
Yeah I just grab them and close my eyes and shuffle them have another player close their eyes and pick
:) no stupid questions here! Just learning
In my opinion, Thanos looks very fun, but slow and a little power hungry, like Jafar. Can’t wait for the next one 😁
Same. Heavy on the setup. Slow payout. But the power plays feel so good 🖤
Who are you most excited to see?
Lord of the Board I’m excited on Ultron. I’m guessing “Age of Ultron” is a card and he might have something to do with allies. Although I’m hoping for there to be expansions for Marvel like Red Skull. I’m also hoping for at least 1 more Disney Expansion, but I’m really excited for the ways you could play with both Marvel and Disney Villainous combined.
Can I move thanos allies to a domain without a stone?
I just picked mine up and oh my God I love it so much. I feel the quality of the Villain Guides as well as the Boards have been upgraded. I haven't opened the cards yet. I kinda wish the movers were metal like monopoly pieces. That's just a nitpick though. Who should I play first ?
I say play thanos. Just cause he has the most weird goal and you will learn a lot of mechanics by just playing him.
@@LordoftheBoard Ok awesome. My friend wants to know who she should play too. Bc I'm gonna play Thanos.
David Stone hmm if it’s just you two... my favorite two player matchup against Thanos has been Ultron or Hela :) my fav character is Hela though so what about her?
@@LordoftheBoard She was leaning towards Hela bc she's her favorite villain in the MCU, which looks like what the game is based on but combining the comics with it.
David Stone THANOS vs HELA GOOOOOO
So do items like space throne have to be placed onto an ally or can it be placed into the location itself?
Pretty sure it can be just the spot
Thank you for Thanos
Youre welcome!
Let's say I've collected 3 infinity stones and I have death's Favor (wich allows me to use an Activate or vanquish action)in Sanctuary ll, Can I activate the effect of two of those infinity stones or once in my specialty spot I am able to use the effect of only one infinity stone?
If we collected the stones already more than 2 or 3 e.g if we go to location with 'Activate' action, how many stone specialty can be activated, just 1 stone only or we can activate all the stone?
(Because I imagined that Thanos because more powerful as he keep collecting more stone and more action can be done?)
Sadly you can only activate 1 per activate symbol. And each can only be activated once per turn: so there are ways to produce some power plays for sure!
@@LordoftheBoard another things is the relocate rule apply to Thanos too? Because the rule didn't allow ally or item to be relocated to other player domain (but can bring it back). For e.g in my domain only have legion of thanos and black dwarf or black swan, I can relocate my ally to stone location due to 'consult the well' but I need to vanquish others ally to take the stone, but if I dont use deliver judgement then its going to discarded too, which left the stone there cannot taken anymore because I cannot relocate my ally to take it.
@dontlookmeup8437 Thanos is the exception, he can relocate to locations with stones.
When using the power stone, do you add 2 1+ to each ally or 2 1+ total? Regardless of allies
You add one 1+ to both allies :)
How do you beat Ultron, his deck isnt very interactive so its hard to stop him even while using fate cards. Imo hes the best archetype in this board game so far
He’s very powerful and will win most games. Very easy to play and learn and is hard to stop. Sadly the strategy would be to fate 2 times right off the bat and hope for hero’s to cover his important top actions. Then focus on your goal and fate every other turn or so.
@@LordoftheBoard Ty for the help! Gonna try this later on today when I play with some friends. Love the guides a lot since some of these decks are hard to understand at first.
Akshay Gajraj they truly are. It can be hard cause they are a lot more text heavy than Disney Villainous.
Question! My boyfriend and I started playing Marvel Villainous today and are confused about an aspect of Thanos's gameplay. Can an ally controlled by Thanos hold multiple unattached Infinity Stones at once when that ally enters the location of the unattached stones? We weren't sure if the ratio is 1 stone per ally, or if an ally can hold multiple stones if they're in the same location. Thank you so much! Your videos are super helpful.
Only can hold one at a time :)
Just remember that once your ally gets back to Thanos's domain, the stone moves to the specialty section
Two questions for anyone! 1) does anyone know if one ally can hold multiple infinity stones at the same time? 2) For Ultron, when it says “remove ally” is that just simply discarding them or is there specific action/action needed to do that? It’s part of his objective and it feels too easy to just discard.
Hey! I got 2 answers. Only on stone per ally. Also yes you can just remove them and flip the upgrade tiles. For the first one you could play 2 sentrys and remove them immediately to complete the upgrade.
Lord of the Board thanks so much! Love the channel. One of the clearest breakdowns of the game I’ve seen. Really Appreciate the quick response!
mje319 thank you so much for watching :)
Lord of the Board sorry, one more question! When moving Corvus Glaive back to my domain, do I move the legions with him as well? Or does that ability only apply when moving him to an opposing players domain?
mje319 only to when relocating to another players sadly :)
Great video I was hoping thanos would be first
But who will be nexxxxxttt????
Lord of the Board that is the question
Hi guys...I want to ask something if anyone knows...my version of Power Stone reads" add two +1 strength tokens to an ally you control"...is that a misprint? In every other site or video I see the Power Stone adds the strength tokens to up to 2 allies
It is! and you can get it replaced through ravensburger!
@@LordoftheBoard i got a reply from the designer of the game saying that my card is correct and the old version is not valid anymore
The dislikes were from the guys who thanos stole the stones from
What kind of card protector are you using?
Hey I use ultra pro matte sleeves :)
@@LordoftheBoard Thanks so much and keep up the great work!
I'm just gonna say this. Thanos, aka "One villain that just seriously leads me to loss percentage of 10,000%"
Haha have you not won? Or you have won every game with him? Sorry I misunderstood :)
How many unique fate cards does each villain have?
11 :)
What does activate do?
Activate allows you to use an ability that requires an activate action :)
Can i play this game alongside Disney villainous?
The game doesn’t come with rules to mix them games. However with some house rules I’m sure you could make it work!
Lord of the Board let the house rules cooking BEGIN!!
I appreciate this series of videos. I feel like Thanos is just way too slow compared to the other villains in box. In particular, Ultron/Killmonger can be threatening a win in 2 turns at the same point in the game while you might have 3 stones in play, at that's if those consult the wells aren't at the bottom.
I have heard of some people house ruling things here (like letting people look at 2 fates instead of 1, like in the Disney Villainous). Is there any suggestions you have for bringing thanos up to be more balanced with certain villains?
if you can get the mind stone early, Thanos can collect stones pretty easily since he can search his hand for consult the well, and after playing consult the well, getting warp reality to get extra use out of that CtW/ Thanos with mind stone can get 3 stones out of one CtW. so best i can say is hope for good stone rng?
And the event reward
True!
I'd honestly love to see your take on Ultron because he seems to be the worst of all 5, if you don't give him heros to fight then he cant effectively remove two of his sentries to complete the first task not to mention if Hela is involved any hero that could be placed on his board can be taken away by her too and even if events show up to help you get remove said sentries Thanos putting infinity stones on them prevent them from leaving the domain
Mr. Quinn hey! I see one of the reasons you are struggling with him right off the bat. So for that first goal.. all of those are costs. So to complete that one you can remove 2 sentries just by discarding to the discard pile.
@@LordoftheBoard but the cost specifically says "Remove two sentries from your domain" and unless I'm missing something, your hand doesnt count as part of your domain, right? O.o therefore discarding shouldn't work.
Mr. Quinn you play them and then can remove them. So the total cost is 4 power :)
Lord of the Board so you can use the discard feature to discard an ally on the board? I had some interpretation issues with that one as well.
Casey McDannald no you can’t. Basically you can pay the requirements of the Tile. Then you remove two sentrys on your board to flip the tile over. You can just remove them as payment if you have them. It is not an action. It is just a goal he has to complete just Pete.
How did you get it
I was given a copy from Ravensburger because I helped playtest it :)
I hope they do expansions in the future for this game like green goblin, red skull, etc
Me too! :)
I have one question. Is anybody able to relocate anywhere? Or is it just Thanos? I had read, (most likely misread) that no one can travel to another villains domain, unless a card says so.
Just thanos - it’s in his guide
Anyone know if an opponent has an infinity stone, could that player move the ally with the attached stone to an event?
Ill have to look into that again. It doesnt say anything about that in the Rulebook regarding infinity stones?
I cant wait to play this game ToT
Have you played yet?
@@LordoftheBoard No =(
But my sister is going to travel to USA soon and might bought it there.
@@TheFranciscoFm I certainly hope sooo! :)
Who is your favorite villain from the marvel set
Hela and Thanos. Next set it’s M.O.D.O.K 🙏🏽
We need a venom strat guide!!!
It’s coming!
Love to see your videos! Maybe Taskmaster next? I'm really interested in him. Too bad the game will take forever to be available in my country. We still don't have the second small Disney Villainous box...
Did you ever watch the Taskmaster video?
@@LordoftheBoard yes I did! thank you :) I think he's awesome.
Hi there great video!
I have a question about deaths favour.
I was under the impression you could only use it upon first moving to the location? As in you couldnt move there and use a relocate action and THEN use deaths favour to vanquish or activate?
Nope you can play it and then activate it :) its a great card!
How hard is Marvel Villainous to learn compared to Disney Villainous?
The way I have been describing this, has been it a more gamey version of villainous and rewards those who take playing boardgames seriously. It’s a bit more complex but generally the same. If you play villainous you can learn. But it may take longer to start getting reallly good.
@@LordoftheBoard Ok. I've played Disney Villainous a lot. Both real games with friends and family and solo games with myself. I've played more than enough solo games.
David Stone you’ll be just fine. I may try to teach my mom Disney Villainous, but I would marvel villainous if that helps at all 😂 the goals are just less straightforward and more complex
There are chain of events that can affect all players in a global event
@@LordoftheBoard Who is the easiest to play out of the villains in the Marvel one? I wanna play either Thanos or Hela first.
I enjoy this game but sometimes it's a bit much for me. I think I prefer the normal villainous
Same here :) but it is nice to have as an option
Can I play Thanos against Disney Villainous??
You cannot. Separate games. Same system
Curious, can you put space throne on a location with a relocate already in it and do it twice?
YES! :)
I just played thanos for the first time today before watching this video. All four of my consult the well cards were at the bottom 1/5th of my deck due to my poor shuffling. I never got any of them through the entire game. :/
Oh nooo! 😭😭 that is extremely unlucky.
My mom’s last name is Marvel.
Thats Marvelous!! Thanks for watching :D
Only thing that could beat that if your mom's last name was EXCELSIOR!!!!
So she is Mrs.Marvel?