Setup

A game setup using Villains from Perfectly Wretched.

This article details how to set up the game for Disney Villainous.

Setting up the Game

These instructions apply in general; some Villains may have exceptions to them. For example, Yzma separates her Fate deck into four piles, and puts them above her Board.

1. Each player chooses a Villain and takes the corresponding Board, Villain Mover, Villain deck, Fate deck, and Villain Guide, as well as a Reference Card.
2. Place your Board in front of you. Each Board contains four locations. Place your Villain Mover on the left-most location.
3. If the right-most location has a lock symbol in the corner, place a Lock Token on that location.
4. Shuffle your Villain deck and place it face down to the left of your Board. Leave room for a discard pile.
5. Draw a starting hand of four cards from your Villain deck. You may look at your cards, but keep them secret from the other players.
6. Shuffle your Fate deck and place it face down to the right of your board. Leave room for a discard pile.
7. Place the Power Tokens in the Cauldron* and place it within reach of all players.
8. Choose a player to go first. The first player does not start with any Power. The second player takes one Power from the Cauldron. The third and fourth players each take two Power. The fifth and sixth players each take three Power.

The Cauldron comes with The Worst Takes It All; if players do not have this set, the Power Tokens can simply be kept in a pile between all players, or kept in the bag they came in.