Disney Villains: The Card Game

The game play in Disney Villains: The Card Game is simple, but the villains rarely stay loyal to you, potentially giving away points to other players.

In the game, each player takes their own Villain deck, which consists of cards numbered three times from 1-6 in different colors. Shuffle your deck, then uncover a card and take four cards in your hand. On your turn, you must play one card from your hand that matches the number or color of the card on top of your deck - but if the card you were to play matches the top card of your left or right neighbor's discard pile, you must play it there instead!

Maybe you can choose a card in your hand that only matches your top card? If you don't have a valid deck or don't want to give away points to someone else, you can play the card face down in your pile, showing the hero on the card back. On your next turn, you may play any card in your pile - except if it matches a neighbor's top card, of course, in which case you must give it away. (You cannot play a neighbor's hero card.) Whatever you do, replenish your hand to four cards at the end of your turn.

When all the cards have been played, everyone scores for the cards in their pile - but first they must count the number of hero cards in their pile. No matter how many heroes they have, they must remove all cards with corresponding numbers before they can score. For example, if you have four heroes, then you must discard all 4s - which is bad because all cards yield points equal to their value. If you have nine heroes, then you first discard all 6s, and then all 3s. Whoever has the most points wins!