Location

Each Realm has four locations to which you may move your Villain Mover. Each location represents a location from the movie each Villain hails from.

Each location has 3 to 5 actions (most commonly 4) that a villain can perform during their turn.

A location has two sides where cards can be played:

• Fate Section: cards from the Fate Deck must be played above each location. Actions at the top of the location become unavailable when Heroes (or similar Fate cards) are played.
• Villain Section: cards from the Villain Deck must be played below each location, unless they are attached to a Hero.

There is no limit to the number of Villain or Fate cards that may be played to a location. as cards are played to locations, slightly offset them so all cards at a location can be seen.

Locked Locations

Some Villains have locations that are locked at the beginning of the game, but which may be unlocked during the game. A locked location is denoted with a Lock Token.

• A villain cannot move to a locked location.
• Cards cannot be played to, moved to, or moved from a locked location.
• If a card is at a location that later becomes locked, the card's Ability, if any, remains in effect, though locked cards cannot be Activated.

The following are the locked locations that can be found in the game:

• Hangman's Tree in Captain Hook's Realm is unlocked when the Never Land Map is played.
• Dwarfs' Cottage in Evil Queen's Realm is unlocked once she plays four different Ingredients.
• Cave of Wonders in Jafar's Realm is unlocked when the Scarab Pendant is played.
• The Ballroom in Lady Tremaine's Realm is unlocked when Invitation from the King is played.
• The Palace in Ursula's Realm is unlocked when Change Form is played. Unlike other villain's locked locations, the lock token in Ursula's Realm is not removed from the board, instead it's moved to Ursula's Lair. Each time Change Form is played, the lock token is moved between The Palace and Ursula's Lair, unlocking one location and locking the other.

Design trends

The following trends seem to be followed in the design of locations within a Realm:

• Each Realm has a location with a bottom-row Gain 3 Power action, and two Play a Card actions, one top-row, one bottom-row.
  • Prior to Despicable Plots, Prince John was the one exception: his location with two Play a Card actions gives less than 3 Power, although he still has a bottom row Gain 3 Power action.
  • All the Villains since Despicable Plots break this convention, each in their own way.
• Only one location has more than one Play a Card action.
  • Mother Gothel, Scar, and Syndrome are exceptions; they all have two locations with two Play a Card actions.
• Each Realm has two Fate actions in different locations, one top-row, one bottom-row. Generally, these Fate actions are at locations that gain you 1 Power or none at all, with exceptions occurring for unusual circumstances, such as that location starting off locked (Hangman's Tree), that location having no Play a Card action (The Palace (Ursula)), or the Realm having no Gain 3 Power action (The Woods (Gaston)).
  • Madam Mim is an exception, with both of her Fate actions on the bottom row. King Candy has three Fate actions, but moves through his Realm unconventionally.
• Each Realm has two Discard Cards actions in different locations, one top-row, one bottom-row.
• If a Realm has a Vanquish action, there is only one, and it is bottom-row.
  • Gaston, Horned King, Oogie Boogie, and Syndrome are exceptions, each having two Vanquish actions in different locations, one top-row, one bottom-row. Lotso has only one Vanquish action, but it is top row.
• Every location has at least one Play a Card action.
  • Ursula and Madam Mim are exceptions, each having one location with no Play a Card action.
• Realms tend not to have a Play a Card action on the bottom row of every location. Exceptions tend to have good reason: for example, Evil Queen needs to be able to play Take a Bite.

The theme of each location also follows a couple trends:

• The leftmost location tends to be where the Villain starts in their film or has their base of operations:
  • Cruella De Vil has Radcliffe House as her leftmost location, and she starts her film there.
  • Maleficent has Forbidden Mountains as her leftmost location, and that is her base of operations.
  • Captain Hook has Jolly Roger as his leftmost location, and that is both his base of operations and where he starts the film.
• The location with a Vanquish action tends to be where the Villain fought or even defeated one or more Heroes in their film:
  • Scar's Vanquish location is at The Gorge, which is where he killed Mufasa in his film.
  • Ratigan's Vanquish location is at Big Ben, which is where he fought Basil in his film.