What is your favorite character from the Black Cauldron movie? or Prydain Chronicles Books? Before asking a question, Check the FAQ in the description ^
Those three witches in Morva and their endless cleavage! Boy how fast Disney got slapped with a PG rating for that and also the super ghoulish melting face! Might seem somehow tame by today’s standards but it was wild to see people’s reactions back when the film came out
"Ruling the world with his cauldron born... And sometimes chasing down a small little pig." LMAO! Great video!! Thank you so much for posting. I'll be coming back to this often.
Omg you've reached a truly great level of video design! I love all the animations you embedded, the board and cards overviews look just gorgeous now! Thank you so much for your work :)
Thank you for posting the rundown, I've been anxiously waiting for it since you posted Gaston. I never paid much attention to The Black Cauldron, especially because of Gurgi, but Villainous has taught me the error of my ways and the Horned King is now my favorite villain. The film itself would actually profit a great deal from a remake, though it's sad that John Hurt wouldn't be able to reprise the role.
A remake directed by Jennifer Kent, director of "The Babadook" and "The Nightingale", would be amazing. Sadly bc of John Hurt passing, there'd have to be a new actor for The Horned King. I think Ralph Fiennes would be good. Maybe Charles Dance. Give a more menacing presence to him.
Not a remake, but Disney have confirmed they're going to do a live action adaptation of the actual book series that The Black Cauldron is loosely based on, which will hopefully not have the horrible executive butchering the animated version had.
One tip that works well for me is to play allies and items as much as you can; the reason why is in the late game, it will be harder to find cauldron borns if your deck is big (you can use "we had made a bargain", but I find it unreliable), but Horned King has a lot of allies, so going through your deck can go faster if you play and keep your allies out (cauldron borns helps this out)
Thank you so much for your strategy guide videos! I've watched them all. I recently got into Disney Villainous (though as a hard core Disney fan, don't know why didn't buy them sooner). I'm really looking forward to trying my hand as The Horned King :) :D among others
I'm literally screaming I'm so excited!! I just rewatched the movie last night and tried guessing what would be heroes, allies, effects etc. When I saw his quote on his realm board was "Arise my messengers of death! Our time has arrived!" I was like "YES!!" I was hoping that was gonna be the quote. Also, what is that score u use at the beginning of the video. I really like it.
It’s such a classic! :) brings me back to my childhood! Also thanks for enjoying the video and music. The theme are you referring to the channel intro?
@@LordoftheBoard Yeah is that what it is? Just for the channel? I really like it. It sounds like something that would be playing in the background in a bar or tavern where all the disney villains would just hangout and I love it.
@@LordoftheBoard could you sens me a link to the one used for Gaston, Lady Tremaine and the Horned King? I wanna listen to it in full. Like I said I really like it. Also, altogether what would you say the difficulty ranges with the 3 of them? Like with the other expansions. Evil Queen is half and half, Hades is fairly easy and Dr Facilier is more difficult. How would you range the villain's in Despicable Plots?
This is such a great video man - and the design space for this game continues to be used gloriously for these characters... ESPECIALLY the Horned King, along with Pete they seem to have outdone themselves with clever design 🐖💀🍵🧟♂️⚔️
I loved the video! This expansion brings some amazing characters to the table! Through your vids I discovered villainous and now I wanted to know what other board games would you recommend to play in family?
So glad to hear you enjoyed! Mysterium Park is a great one. Dungeon Mayhem. Horrified is a fun co- op game. One Night Ultimate Werewolf! and Smallworld is good too!
I’m so use to the Horned King custom from the Dark and Edgy custom set so I’m interested to see the similarities and differences with the official version now.
Go on Etsy. Just type in Villainous game. There's more than just power tokens. I myself got some poison tokens and trust tokens for Gothel and the Evil Queen.
I must say when I saw that there was a another expansion for villainous I would have never expected to see The Hornedking but I m very happy to see him and what they did with him can't wait to get the expansion ps he has one of the best movers in villainous there al great but his and in my opinion is my 3d fv next to Rattigan and Cruella
So you can only play "Cauldron Born" cards with the effect of "Power of the Black Cauldron" by sacrificing the "Ancient Soldiers" cards? OR can you just play "Cauldron Born"s if possible when "Power of the Black Cauldron" is flipped face-up?
I also want clarification on this. The Cauldron Born's effect sounds like they can be played for 0 power as long as the The Power of The Black Cauldron is showing. And the effect of The Power of The Black Cauldron sounds like its just an optional way to play an extra card (The Cauldron Born) by sacrificing a card you previously played (The Ancient Soldiers). Thematically that logic wouldnt make sense since he turns Ancient Soldiers into the Cauldron Born but just from those 2 cards it sounds like what is intended. UNLESS his villain guide specifically forbids Cauldron from being played with a play a card action.
No it explains it better than I did in the player guide. You have to replace an existing Ancient Soldier in your realm. So total to get a cauldron Born on the board costs 5 power.
@@LordoftheBoard no you did a great job explaining! Im just the rules lawyer that pauses the video and reads each word of a card and looks for faster (and proper) ways to win lol
@@LordoftheBoard ahh I see. I knew it would be too easy otherwise. Thanks for the clarification. and no need to apologize, the cards don't exactly specify that you need to do that. Also, I was skipping through video to just read the cards so I might've missed something.
The french rule states otherwise.... It is said that you can play cauldron born for free, without even replacing a skeleton once the cauldron is active.... Which I feel way too strong and doesn't make sense, cause nobody uses the cauldron's power then.... (Why would you pay 5 power and lose item instead of playing a free card?) On the other hand, the rules as you seem to explain in the English version seem way too hard!!!
Great video as always! Would love if with these videos (especially when the game is unreleased like this one) if you could go a little more in depth with the fate cards. Question, I feel like in all expansion packs there are 2 villains well balanced to play against each other and then a third that is easier. Does this expansion pass suffer from that? 💖
Hey! Especially because it isn’t released is the reason I don’t dive into the fate cards. There are tons of people who make their own cards and play the game improperly judging it early. So I purposefully leave out going over every single card. As well as fate cards are so random - so the variables would take much time to cover and I like to keep my videos no longer than 20 mins :) but I may do separate videos in the future. In my experience these 3 all play extremely well together - HK just needs fated a tad more. However Gaston is so swingy! And can have those surprise wins. While Tremaine if she can extend the game long enough will win by default. It’s an incredibly cool balance :)
This was my first notice of this new expansion, got the main for Christmas and bought 'Evil comes Prepared' myself afterwards. Now I don't know which of the others to grab next.
So to clarify, can you play “We Have Made A Bargain” any time to reshuffle your discard pile? Or can you only use it if Dyrnwyn is in your realm and the Cauldron is unclaimed? Based just on the text I’d assume the latter? What’s your interpretation?
@@LordoftheBoard Awesome. That seems pretty critical. Having only 5 Cauldron Born in the deck feels low so being able to reshuffle is kind of a must. Thanks!
Thank you for making these videos. Can you tell us what the Magic Sword fate card does (Dyrnwyn)? I've been wondering for a while now what that card does when Taryn's ability by himself isn't good (Technically, he doesn't really do much and the sword did practically everything for him in the Disney movie).
So the objective is to claim the Black Cauldron activate it, play Ancient Soldiers, and at each location before you move pay 2 power to play Cauldron Born. Got it this a really scary villain to play and I’m on board to play him I’m ready for this expansion to come out. This was a villain I wasn’t expecting! “Our Hour has Arrived!”
Question 1: Do you have to play Cauldron Born to the location of the Ancient Soldiers they are replacing, or can you play them anywhere? Question 2: Can you play Cauldron Born for free once the Power is showing, or can you only play them through the Power's Ability?
Answer 1: It goes into greater clarification in the playbook, but it must be played to the same location, see it as rising the dead alive. The ancient soldiers are becoming Cauldron Born. Answer 2: only through the Powers Ability, and only once per turn at the beginning of your turn. Clarified as well in the player guide.
Once the Caludron is flipped, do you have to play the Cauldron Born by replacing the Soldiers? Or can you not also just play them from your hand like a normal card with 0 cost with the play card action? The text of the card does not say that the Soldiers are a requirement, but the rules seem to suggest otherwise.
So what is your opinion on the overall set? THe fanatics on reddit seem to be rather dissatisfied. Lots of typos, vague card texts. And bad design of mechanics from the new design team. Do you agree?
Oof, I honestly couldn’t disagree more. I think this set is the most fun Disney Villainous in a single box. These Villains were designed with balance and replayablity in mind. And you can feel that. The components are the same quality as they have always been. Typos happen with every game. And they will be replaced which RA is really good about. So overall I think Reddit is dead wrong, and they don’t have their hands on the set so it makes sense. I often times have seen that Reddit can be become an echo chamber of negativity so I hope that turns around quick. Thanks for asking though! I have a lot of thoughts about this.
In my opinion, there are a few things that made this expansion feels "a bit different" than the rest. Especially the word choices, the rule-breaking mechanics, and so on... But definitely still can't wait for it
I like to combo Captured with a discard action to run through my deck like a madman, searching for AS/CS cards. Play Captured, draw three (now total 6 in hand), then at the end of your turn discard what you don't need. If you need everything, great. Well played you, hope they don't fate you and get that discard cards Fate. If you don't, your best case is you need nothing in your hand. That turn, you'll have seen 11 cards - Captured, the remaining 3 from your start of turn, the 3 you drew, and the 4 you'll draw at the end of your turn having discarded everything. Burning (up to) 7 cards in one go while hunting through a deck is a great way to either find them in the deck or reach the end and reset your deck.
Could you please explain the purpose of Taran's ability? It doesn't even seem situationally useful. When would it come in handy against the Horned King?
Question: do you win the game as soon as you play a Cauldron Born at each different location? Or do you have to start your turn with a Cauldron Born at each location?
Aha! I actually rewatched it when I opened the playtesting kit and I was like. Omg I haven’t seen the Black Cauldron in ages. When I was a child I thought it was an incredibly cool movie as it’s a fantasy setting. The rewatch was honestly worth it. I don’t mind Gurgi, I think he’s cute. It’s an odd one, and not their best - but has some cool moments. Also John Hurt voiced the HK. And it’s wonderful!
I specifically don't cover them for a couple reasons. Mostly because i discuss strategy - meaning the deck is my priority. The fates are random and will ruin your strategy, but i cant really teach on every possible variable. Also I have to prevent people from just copying off all the cards and making their own copy of the game. :) maybe in a separate video all around fates someday!
I really appreciated. He is the embodiment of evil and death. I just don't like one thing : in his card " show me the black cauldron" his face is almost white, which is totally off character.
Nice Video! What would you say the best two Disney Villainous Expansions are? Being a Marvel Villainous owner, (love the game) I have not played Disney Villainous yet. Btw the Horned King looks sick.
8:07 If you have not "flipped" the cauldron yet, go ahead and discard it. -> If you have not found the cauldron yet, go ahead and discard it. (Our Hour Has Arrived)
My question is when you start your turn you have 4 cards. Now I choose to play the Capture card witch allows me to draw 3 more cards. So now do we keep all those cards or play what you can if allowed then discard until you only have 4 again?
You keep all the cards. You never have to discard. So you can carry those cards throughout turns. You just don’t draw anything until you dip below 4 cards again.
Do you think you’ll be doing the new villains from the Bigger and Badder expansion? I’d be super interested to see what strategies you have for these new villains
I had to leave one more comment lol But are the rumors true about there only being one more expansion at least for the Disney villains after this one? I heard that's what they're wanting to do then focus on Marvel Villainous. If it is true, I think for the final expansion, they should make it a 6 player like the base game Have Chernabog as the main villain with the silhouette on the front Then have Frollo, Madam Mim, Oogie Boogie, Shere Khan and The Headless Horseman(though I think he'd be very tricky to do). If not him, then either Madame Medusa or McLeach.
This is literally exactly what I’m hoping for! I think one more box with 6 villains would be a perfect way to end the game. And like you said Chernabog on the front since his silhouette is so iconic and he could definitely fit the box being blue since that’s the last color left! As for the other 5, I completely agree that they should be Oogie Boogie, Frollo, Shere Khan, Madam Mim and Madame Medusa!
So I just got the game today and played as the horned king and ran into a flaw in the game. I got fated with fflewddur flam and had 3 cauldron born moved to the throne room. I was then able to get my other two cauldron born out and getting ready to move them, but was fated again with fflewddur fflam placed at the throne room. Which basically makes it impossible for me to win the game since I'm not able to move a cauldron born to morva or replace an ancient soldier? The only way to win is to have someone fate me with gurgi's sacrifice.
@@LordoftheBoard I looked at all my cards and there are no item cards that allow me to move allies and the only 2 locations with the move action are the far right. So once all 5 of my cauldron borns were played and then pulled to the throne room because of fflewddur fflam, I was stuck. Unless there is a card I'm not seeing or reading right, I can't see a way to get a cauldron born all the way back to the far left spot.
@@kellybrown7172 move item or ally can be done and used to move a cauldron born from any location to an adjacent locations. Also remember you can clear heroes without removing the cauldron born by using them to vanquish
@@LordoftheBoard I get that, but what I'm saying is, all 5 of my cauldron borns were at the throne room location. The only 2 locations with a move action are, the Dungeons and the throne room. The are no cards that have a move action, so once all my cauldron borns were at the throne room, I could only move one as far as fair folk kingdom. That's the flaw I'm taking about. As long as all my cauldron born are not out and stuck in the throne room because of fflewddur fflam, then I'm fine.
@@kellybrown7172 why only 1 as far as fairfolk kingdom? I’m confused? There is nothing stopping you from continuing to move them. Is what I’m saying. Also if you leave fflewddur next time he won’t come back as quickly if at all. :)
Just got this expansion today and played as Horned King. I won, but think there might need to be an asterisk on the victory. It was confusing to understand that the Cauldron Born could ONLY be played via the 2 power cost ability with the Cauldron ability unlocked. The Cauldron Born are also a card that show having a ZERO power cost, so if consistent with other villains' card decks, a card with ZERO power cost can be played using the normal card play icon. We allowed this move (still removing the soldiers) and viewed the 2 power cost exchange for the pre-turn move as an extra optional ability. Would be great to get clarity on the accurate way to play the Cauldron Born. Additionally, if Fflewddur Fflam is not vanquished, and a different fate card moves him (and all other heroes) to a new location, would Fflewddur Fflam's ability take effect again, even though he isn't being "played" at that moment (just being moved) as stated on his card? Love the video, but just unsure on exact way to play in these scenarios. Thanks!
@@LordoftheBoard I did. I'm pretty sure I'm going to pickup the expansions this week. I was with my girlfriend and daughter when I got the base game so buying everything in one go would have been frowned upon 🤣
I watched your vid and looked at the comments to find the answer.... Cause the french edition rules state that cauldron born can be played for free, without using the cauldron's power nor even replacing a skeleton soldier, once the cauldron has been activated! Which, I feel is way too strong !! In the other hand, the english rulings seem way too hard, if you can only flood your cauldron's born out of the cauldron's power.... So I guess we will home rule it as such: - you can only play cauldron born once the cauldron has been activated. That's for sure 😂 - you can use the cauldron's power once at the beginning of your turn, to change a skeleton into a cauldron born for free - or you can play cauldron born from your hand for 2 powers, without having to morph a skeleton for that I feel that it's the most balanced way for the horned king. What do you think?
Technically wouldn’t that make the wording on the cauldron born cards wrong because you would be able to use them in with a play action as long as the cauldron is flipped?
I’m unsure. I do know that the only way they can be played is by using the cauldrons ability. No play a card actions. I mean if that was the case you ccould just win in a single turn playing all 4 cauldron born. Seems unreasonable . But I have info and the only way to play is once per turn with the cauldrons effect
What is your favorite character from the Black Cauldron movie? or Prydain Chronicles Books?
Before asking a question, Check the FAQ in the description ^
The Horned King of course. He is ,by aspect, the most evilish of all. Maybe only Chernabog can be conmpared to ,even if he is not from a movie .
Those three witches in Morva and their endless cleavage! Boy how fast Disney got slapped with a PG rating for that and also the super ghoulish melting face! Might seem somehow tame by today’s standards but it was wild to see people’s reactions back when the film came out
The Horned king my favorite Disney villain
Wow... I may have to rewatch it to answer that... I haven't seen it in over 30 years :D
Ceeper
So so good! These 3 villain guides have been some of the highest quality boardgame content on UA-cam period!
Wow thank you so much ❤️
I agree!
The Horned King? From the Black Cauldron?!
You DO care, Disney!
Yes they do! Atleast for US!
He’s also in the mobile game Disney Sorcerer’s Arena
That movie is now a cult classic for Disney fans
Haha
“Arise my messagers of death. Our time has arrived.”
-Horned King
YESSSSS
I literally screamed when I seen that was his quote.
Horned King looks sick! They did a good job with all 3 villains I feel. This may be my favorite set yet!
So glad to hear that!
It already is my favorite set just from watching these videos. I'm so excited.
"Ruling the world with his cauldron born... And sometimes chasing down a small little pig." LMAO!
Great video!! Thank you so much for posting. I'll be coming back to this often.
Haha thank you so much! And yes HK is incredibly vast in his hobbies. Chasing pigs is one of the weirdest ones.
This expansion has showed so many interesting characters to play as and in this one, I'd definitely say the Horned King is my favourite
HK is a lot of fun. He is in my Top 4 of all time.
@@LordoftheBoard
Same here. I've only started playing and recently got the game Villainous. Your guides have been very helpful ^^
@@cheesykuriboh747 I’m so glad to hear that! :)
@@LordoftheBoard who else is in your top 4??
@@stephanieperez9837 Evil Queen, Captain Hook, and Lady Tremaine currently :)
I bet if Judge Claude Frollo is in a new Villainous expansion, his unique card type would be Sin. And they would be based on the Seven Deadly Sins.
OOF
I wonder if « lust » is a word that should be used in a Disney board game
@melissaa3017 I mean it is in the movie lol
Omg you've reached a truly great level of video design! I love all the animations you embedded, the board and cards overviews look just gorgeous now! Thank you so much for your work :)
Thank you so much friend 😊
Thank you for posting the rundown, I've been anxiously waiting for it since you posted Gaston. I never paid much attention to The Black Cauldron, especially because of Gurgi, but Villainous has taught me the error of my ways and the Horned King is now my favorite villain. The film itself would actually profit a great deal from a remake, though it's sad that John Hurt wouldn't be able to reprise the role.
Yes a remake would be great!
A remake directed by Jennifer Kent, director of "The Babadook" and "The Nightingale", would be amazing. Sadly bc of John Hurt passing, there'd have to be a new actor for The Horned King. I think Ralph Fiennes would be good. Maybe Charles Dance. Give a more menacing presence to him.
Not a remake, but Disney have confirmed they're going to do a live action adaptation of the actual book series that The Black Cauldron is loosely based on, which will hopefully not have the horrible executive butchering the animated version had.
@@Clockehwork That's good to know. I hope it turns out well.
One tip that works well for me is to play allies and items as much as you can; the reason why is in the late game, it will be harder to find cauldron borns if your deck is big (you can use "we had made a bargain", but I find it unreliable), but Horned King has a lot of allies, so going through your deck can go faster if you play and keep your allies out (cauldron borns helps this out)
Ok, Horned King looks much more interesting than I originally thought. I can’t wait to purchase it and try out all three villains this weekend!
He’s so much fun :)
Thank you so much for your strategy guide videos! I've watched them all. I recently got into Disney Villainous (though as a hard core Disney fan, don't know why didn't buy them sooner). I'm really looking forward to trying my hand as The Horned King :) :D among others
This video was well worth the wait. Super hyped for the expansion.
Thank you so much :)
I’ve been waiting for this one!
Me To
All of us love the horned king
Trust me friends. Same here
I'm literally screaming I'm so excited!! I just rewatched the movie last night and tried guessing what would be heroes, allies, effects etc. When I saw his quote on his realm board was "Arise my messengers of death! Our time has arrived!" I was like "YES!!" I was hoping that was gonna be the quote. Also, what is that score u use at the beginning of the video. I really like it.
It’s such a classic! :) brings me back to my childhood! Also thanks for enjoying the video and music. The theme are you referring to the channel intro?
@@LordoftheBoard Yeah is that what it is? Just for the channel? I really like it. It sounds like something that would be playing in the background in a bar or tavern where all the disney villains would just hangout and I love it.
@@davidstone281 yes! It is an original by my brother :) he makes music. So he does my beats and Themes for me. I gets me hyped every time I listen
@@LordoftheBoard could you sens me a link to the one used for Gaston, Lady Tremaine and the Horned King? I wanna listen to it in full. Like I said I really like it. Also, altogether what would you say the difficulty ranges with the 3 of them? Like with the other expansions. Evil Queen is half and half, Hades is fairly easy and Dr Facilier is more difficult. How would you range the villain's in Despicable Plots?
Awesome series on these. Look forward to seeing coverage on the characters from Bigger and Badder as well!
Thank you! Soon!
Great video as always - Great channel ... I have just recently got into playing Villainous and binged watched all you videos on this game
Thank you so much!
This is such a great video man - and the design space for this game continues to be used gloriously for these characters... ESPECIALLY the Horned King, along with Pete they seem to have outdone themselves with clever design 🐖💀🍵🧟♂️⚔️
Thank you so much :)
I'm so impressed with your video creating and editing. Thanks for the video!
Thank you so much!
Good Job LOTB! I can’t wait to play him! Excited to test out new combos and strategies
Thank you very much :D
I loved the video! This expansion brings some amazing characters to the table!
Through your vids I discovered villainous and now I wanted to know what other board games would you recommend to play in family?
So glad to hear you enjoyed! Mysterium Park is a great one. Dungeon Mayhem. Horrified is a fun co- op game. One Night Ultimate Werewolf! and Smallworld is good too!
@@LordoftheBoard Thank you so much!
Let’s goooo! Love your videos!
Thanks so much!
I waited this video for a week!
Me to
It is here!
@@LordoftheBoard yeah! But not the game! 😭😭😭😭💔
this new expansion looks so cool!!!
Its a great one :D
I’m so use to the Horned King custom from the Dark and Edgy custom set so I’m interested to see the similarities and differences with the official version now.
Itll be interesting for sure!
Hey just wanted to say great content! Really love these videos helped me and my friends play this game also got into Root because of this channel 👍🏽👍🏽
7:05 Where did you get those power tokens?
I would also like to know, they look NICE.
Go on Etsy. Just type in Villainous game. There's more than just power tokens. I myself got some poison tokens and trust tokens for Gothel and the Evil Queen.
Etsy :)
@@LordoftheBoard They look cool
This seems like a good way to introduce myself to this villain i know nothig of
He’s great! Read the books :)
Thanks for another awesomely made video! He looks like a blast to play.
He truly do be! :)
Watched the entire playlist guides, very awesome!!!
Glad you like them! wow that is a long watch! ;D you can see a massive increase of quality throughout the years!
Exactly, especially in sound quality.
I must say when I saw that there was a another expansion for villainous I would have never expected to see The Hornedking but I m very happy to see him and what they did with him can't wait to get the expansion ps he has one of the best movers in villainous there al great but his and in my opinion is my 3d fv next to Rattigan and Cruella
Its been awesome to see HK. His mover is fantastic
Such a great video 🤩 I can’t wait to play This new expansion! 🤍
Thank you very much! :) it’s my favorite expansion yet!
Definitely my fav out of of the new ones!
He’s awesome :)
So you can only play "Cauldron Born" cards with the effect of "Power of the Black Cauldron" by sacrificing the "Ancient Soldiers" cards?
OR can you just play "Cauldron Born"s if possible when "Power of the Black Cauldron" is flipped face-up?
I also want clarification on this.
The Cauldron Born's effect sounds like they can be played for 0 power as long as the The Power of The Black Cauldron is showing. And the effect of The Power of The Black Cauldron sounds like its just an optional way to play an extra card (The Cauldron Born) by sacrificing a card you previously played (The Ancient Soldiers).
Thematically that logic wouldnt make sense since he turns Ancient Soldiers into the Cauldron Born but just from those 2 cards it sounds like what is intended. UNLESS his villain guide specifically forbids Cauldron from being played with a play a card action.
No it explains it better than I did in the player guide. You have to replace an existing Ancient Soldier in your realm. So total to get a cauldron Born on the board costs 5 power.
@@LordoftheBoard no you did a great job explaining! Im just the rules lawyer that pauses the video and reads each word of a card and looks for faster (and proper) ways to win lol
@@LordoftheBoard ahh I see. I knew it would be too easy otherwise. Thanks for the clarification. and no need to apologize, the cards don't exactly specify that you need to do that. Also, I was skipping through video to just read the cards so I might've missed something.
The french rule states otherwise.... It is said that you can play cauldron born for free, without even replacing a skeleton once the cauldron is active.... Which I feel way too strong and doesn't make sense, cause nobody uses the cauldron's power then.... (Why would you pay 5 power and lose item instead of playing a free card?)
On the other hand, the rules as you seem to explain in the English version seem way too hard!!!
Gaston is super fun, can't wait to play horned king next!
They are both so much fun!
Witches of Morva: Who chooses what effect takes place, HK or The Opponant?
I’m going to guess HK picks, but I was wondering this as well.
The fater would choose. :)
Great video as always! Would love if with these videos (especially when the game is unreleased like this one) if you could go a little more in depth with the fate cards. Question, I feel like in all expansion packs there are 2 villains well balanced to play against each other and then a third that is easier. Does this expansion pass suffer from that? 💖
Hey! Especially because it isn’t released is the reason I don’t dive into the fate cards. There are tons of people who make their own cards and play the game improperly judging it early. So I purposefully leave out going over every single card. As well as fate cards are so random - so the variables would take much time to cover and I like to keep my videos no longer than 20 mins :) but I may do separate videos in the future. In my experience these 3 all play extremely well together - HK just needs fated a tad more. However Gaston is so swingy! And can have those surprise wins. While Tremaine if she can extend the game long enough will win by default. It’s an incredibly cool balance :)
I am SO EXCITED FOR THIS EXPANSION! I have all four of the normal ones, and the marvel one
YES. excited for you to receive this set!
Aaron and I watched! He likes how well you explain The Horned King. We should play with the kids sometime. Also Aaron says hi 🙋♂️
Yes indeed! Thanks for watching everybody! :)
WOO! WE GOT THE HORNED KING!!
LOVE THE HORNED KING. he is in my top 4 villains
@@LordoftheBoard Yeah he was the best part of The Black Cauldron and he has the best villain mover yet
@@LordoftheBoard I would love to see a video about your fave villains to play and why!
so happy for another villainous video!
btw i used to be called sparkly glitter glue
Glad to see how unique he is!
For sure! his goal is extremely fun!
This was my first notice of this new expansion, got the main for Christmas and bought 'Evil comes Prepared' myself afterwards. Now I don't know which of the others to grab next.
This one :)
Wicked to the core. Hades, Evil queen, Dr. Facilier
So to clarify, can you play “We Have Made A Bargain” any time to reshuffle your discard pile? Or can you only use it if Dyrnwyn is in your realm and the Cauldron is unclaimed? Based just on the text I’d assume the latter? What’s your interpretation?
You can do either or. So yes anytime you can play it to reshuffle :)
@@LordoftheBoard Awesome. That seems pretty critical. Having only 5 Cauldron Born in the deck feels low so being able to reshuffle is kind of a must. Thanks!
@@ethanhowe768 of course!
Thank you for making these videos. Can you tell us what the Magic Sword fate card does (Dyrnwyn)? I've been wondering for a while now what that card does when Taryn's ability by himself isn't good (Technically, he doesn't really do much and the sword did practically everything for him in the Disney movie).
Yeah! It adds +2 strength. And 2 allies must be used to defeat him. A dyrnwyn attached to Taran with some fairfolk can be pretty rough!
@@LordoftheBoard Can that be attached to any hero or only Taryn?
@@job489 any hero!
@@LordoftheBoard Cool, thanks again for the info. I pre-ordered this expansion. :)
@@job489 Yay! excited for you to receive it in a week!
where did you get those cool looking power tokens? are they custom or are they exclusive to the special Target edition or something?
I got them from Etsy actually!
yess
Yes indeed!
The Horned King looks like the love child of Chernabog and Maleficent.
He may be >:)
So the objective is to claim the Black Cauldron activate it, play Ancient Soldiers, and at each location before you move pay 2 power to play Cauldron Born. Got it this a really scary villain to play and I’m on board to play him I’m ready for this expansion to come out. This was a villain I wasn’t expecting!
“Our Hour has Arrived!”
Precisely!
This is some great information from you to understand each villain.
Question 1: Do you have to play Cauldron Born to the location of the Ancient Soldiers they are replacing, or can you play them anywhere?
Question 2: Can you play Cauldron Born for free once the Power is showing, or can you only play them through the Power's Ability?
Answer 1: It goes into greater clarification in the playbook, but it must be played to the same location, see it as rising the dead alive. The ancient soldiers are becoming Cauldron Born.
Answer 2: only through the Powers Ability, and only once per turn at the beginning of your turn. Clarified as well in the player guide.
@@LordoftheBoard Awesome, thanks! Question 3: When The Witches of Morva is played, who decides what the Horned King does?
@@werothegreat the player who played the card.
@@LordoftheBoard Much obliged!
Looks like he's my favorite from this expansion. Where did you get those fancy power tokens?
Etsy :) and yes he is very fun!
@@LordoftheBoard The first thing my brother did when he found this game was to sculpt a Dark Cauldron for a Power Token holder.
Once the Caludron is flipped, do you have to play the Cauldron Born by replacing the Soldiers? Or can you not also just play them from your hand like a normal card with 0 cost with the play card action? The text of the card does not say that the Soldiers are a requirement, but the rules seem to suggest otherwise.
No you can only play cauldron born with the power of black cauldron ability. :)
So what is your opinion on the overall set?
THe fanatics on reddit seem to be rather dissatisfied. Lots of typos, vague card texts. And bad design of mechanics from the new design team.
Do you agree?
Oof, I honestly couldn’t disagree more. I think this set is the most fun Disney Villainous in a single box. These Villains were designed with balance and replayablity in mind. And you can feel that. The components are the same quality as they have always been. Typos happen with every game. And they will be replaced which RA is really good about. So overall I think Reddit is dead wrong, and they don’t have their hands on the set so it makes sense. I often times have seen that Reddit can be become an echo chamber of negativity so I hope that turns around quick. Thanks for asking though! I have a lot of thoughts about this.
In my opinion, there are a few things that made this expansion feels "a bit different" than the rest. Especially the word choices, the rule-breaking mechanics, and so on... But definitely still can't wait for it
@@zlyntudteam2394 yes, covid + different team members will do that. However the original team that designed villainous were hired by RA.
The Redditors I have seen have been spreading a ton of false information. It’s very annoying :/
I like to combo Captured with a discard action to run through my deck like a madman, searching for AS/CS cards. Play Captured, draw three (now total 6 in hand), then at the end of your turn discard what you don't need.
If you need everything, great. Well played you, hope they don't fate you and get that discard cards Fate.
If you don't, your best case is you need nothing in your hand. That turn, you'll have seen 11 cards - Captured, the remaining 3 from your start of turn, the 3 you drew, and the 4 you'll draw at the end of your turn having discarded everything.
Burning (up to) 7 cards in one go while hunting through a deck is a great way to either find them in the deck or reach the end and reset your deck.
Could you please explain the purpose of Taran's ability? It doesn't even seem situationally useful. When would it come in handy against the Horned King?
I’m sure it’s just a way to clock action spaces and potentially be harder to defeat earlier in the game.
Question: do you win the game as soon as you play a Cauldron Born at each different location? Or do you have to start your turn with a Cauldron Born at each location?
No start you turn on any of this sets villains. :)
Thank you so much!!
My ✨overwhelming excitement✨ is unswayed by the fact that I have not seen this movie yet. Is it any good?
Aha! I actually rewatched it when I opened the playtesting kit and I was like. Omg I haven’t seen the Black Cauldron in ages. When I was a child I thought it was an incredibly cool movie as it’s a fantasy setting. The rewatch was honestly worth it. I don’t mind Gurgi, I think he’s cute. It’s an odd one, and not their best - but has some cool moments. Also John Hurt voiced the HK. And it’s wonderful!
I can‘t wait to get this expansion in German. But could you also show the Fate Deck in future villain presentations? Great video tho 👍
I specifically don't cover them for a couple reasons. Mostly because i discuss strategy - meaning the deck is my priority. The fates are random and will ruin your strategy, but i cant really teach on every possible variable. Also I have to prevent people from just copying off all the cards and making their own copy of the game. :) maybe in a separate video all around fates someday!
@@LordoftheBoard oh right, that makes sense, thank you!
Maybe a separate "how to counter" series?
Quick question is the black couldren in your deck or do you get it at the beginning of the game?
The black cauldron is set aside at the beginning. And once you claim it by a card effect you put it above your character portrait :)
Thanks for saying that, now i think i know how to use it when it comes out
@@suitman yes of course!
I really appreciated. He is the embodiment of evil and death. I just don't like one thing : in his card " show me the black cauldron" his face is almost white, which is totally off character.
Who would you say is the worst matchup for the Horned King to go up against? Going off of a 4 player group.
Characters with high fating potential Mabye. Like Ursula or LT. :)
@@LordoftheBoard
Ahhh that makes sense, thank you kindly!
YES NEXT VILLAIN
Sadly last in this expansion! I want MORE
Nice Video! What would you say the best two Disney Villainous Expansions are? Being a Marvel Villainous owner, (love the game) I have not played Disney Villainous yet. Btw the Horned King looks sick.
Honestly. This has got to be the most fun set overall for me. As well as Wicked To The Core :)
@@LordoftheBoard cool thanks!
What sleeves do u use for these cards?
I use Ultra Pro Standard Matte sleeves
Would you say this villain is super easy or hard to win as?
Either way, it looks awesome and that mover is *chef's kiss*
Not super easy. Well balanced I would say :)
@@LordoftheBoard Well that's good. Can't make it too easy on these villains. Oh, and thanks for the reply! Your content is SO well made!
I'm no fan of The Black Cauldron, but oh my goodness does the Horned King look really fun to play in this game.
He is so much fun!
Seems a great character to play ! Hâte de le tester 😄😄
He is wonderful! :)
8:07 If you have not "flipped" the cauldron yet, go ahead and discard it.
-> If you have not found the cauldron yet, go ahead and discard it. (Our Hour Has Arrived)
My bad!
For witches of morva...hk decides either to discard 2 card or remove 2 tokens right? And the person who is fating decides where the card is placed?
YES!
My question is when you start your turn you have 4 cards. Now I choose to play the Capture card witch allows me to draw 3 more cards. So now do we keep all those cards or play what you can if allowed then discard until you only have 4 again?
You keep all the cards. You never have to discard. So you can carry those cards throughout turns. You just don’t draw anything until you dip below 4 cards again.
awesome video 👌🏻
Thank you 😁
Question does The Horned King have to be on an Ancient Skeletons location to turn it into a Cauldron Born?
Do you think you’ll be doing the new villains from the Bigger and Badder expansion? I’d be super interested to see what strategies you have for these new villains
Yep!
Where can I find the fancy power you use?
The Etsy!
@@LordoftheBoard thanks I take a look!
Thank you so much. Also did you reach 6.5 subs today?
I DID :) thank you for noticing!
What did you mean about gaining 20 power at 16.00? That’s not a part of his win condition is it? Like - Prince John.
No it’s not. But getting all of the cauldron born out to win costs 20 is the comparison
Wait do you have merch?
It’s coming 😇👀
U seem familiar w the movie. Did u read the books too?
Yes! I loved the Prydain Chronicle books :)
Would you say gaining power is a big problem for him? It sounds like having a stockpile of power is essential to your goal
It is one of the puzzles! Not a huge struggle though. It’s more of playing the cards right with HK
LET'S GOOOOO
YESSS
How do you store all of the games together?
I like the boxes too much to dip on them. And I luckily have a lot of shelf space so I keep them separate :)
ahh just like scar fate bombs incoming. Super excited to get my hands on this.
It’s great! :)
Awesome!!!
Thank you! Cheers!
top notch video.
Thank you :D
I had to leave one more comment lol
But are the rumors true about there only being one more expansion at least for the Disney villains after this one? I heard that's what they're wanting to do then focus on Marvel Villainous.
If it is true, I think for the final expansion, they should make it a 6 player like the base game
Have Chernabog as the main villain with the silhouette on the front
Then have Frollo, Madam Mim, Oogie Boogie, Shere Khan and The Headless Horseman(though I think he'd be very tricky to do). If not him, then either Madame Medusa or McLeach.
This is literally exactly what I’m hoping for! I think one more box with 6 villains would be a perfect way to end the game. And like you said Chernabog on the front since his silhouette is so iconic and he could definitely fit the box being blue since that’s the last color left! As for the other 5, I completely agree that they should be Oogie Boogie, Frollo, Shere Khan, Madam Mim and Madame Medusa!
@@williamd.4796 Shan Yu was another option for the 6th villain. I forgot to add him lol
Also having the final box be blue is perfect
David Stone Shan Yu would be great as well! I mainly just hope that we get one more box to finish out all the colors!
@@williamd.4796 same. As long as I get Frollo and Shere Khan I'll be happy. Then ill have all of my top 10 in the game
These are good thoughts! :)
So I just got the game today and played as the horned king and ran into a flaw in the game. I got fated with fflewddur flam and had 3 cauldron born moved to the throne room. I was then able to get my other two cauldron born out and getting ready to move them, but was fated again with fflewddur fflam placed at the throne room. Which basically makes it impossible for me to win the game since I'm not able to move a cauldron born to morva or replace an ancient soldier? The only way to win is to have someone fate me with gurgi's sacrifice.
Not a flaw. You can just move your cauldron born to different locations using move ally or items actions. You can even move the ancient soldiers.
@@LordoftheBoard
I looked at all my cards and there are no item cards that allow me to move allies and the only 2 locations with the move action are the far right. So once all 5 of my cauldron borns were played and then pulled to the throne room because of fflewddur fflam, I was stuck. Unless there is a card I'm not seeing or reading right, I can't see a way to get a cauldron born all the way back to the far left spot.
@@kellybrown7172 move item or ally can be done and used to move a cauldron born from any location to an adjacent locations. Also remember you can clear heroes without removing the cauldron born by using them to vanquish
@@LordoftheBoard
I get that, but what I'm saying is, all 5 of my cauldron borns were at the throne room location. The only 2 locations with a move action are, the Dungeons and the throne room. The are no cards that have a move action, so once all my cauldron borns were at the throne room, I could only move one as far as fair folk kingdom. That's the flaw I'm taking about. As long as all my cauldron born are not out and stuck in the throne room because of fflewddur fflam, then I'm fine.
@@kellybrown7172 why only 1 as far as fairfolk kingdom? I’m confused? There is nothing stopping you from continuing to move them. Is what I’m saying. Also if you leave fflewddur next time he won’t come back as quickly if at all. :)
Frollo would be crazy, also Clayton from Tarzan, and as a huge surprise if fox would ever give her up the villains in Anastasia
Haha it would be wild indeed!
Anastasia is on Disney + now so I wonder what if too..
Just got this expansion today and played as Horned King. I won, but think there might need to be an asterisk on the victory. It was confusing to understand that the Cauldron Born could ONLY be played via the 2 power cost ability with the Cauldron ability unlocked. The Cauldron Born are also a card that show having a ZERO power cost, so if consistent with other villains' card decks, a card with ZERO power cost can be played using the normal card play icon. We allowed this move (still removing the soldiers) and viewed the 2 power cost exchange for the pre-turn move as an extra optional ability. Would be great to get clarity on the accurate way to play the Cauldron Born. Additionally, if Fflewddur Fflam is not vanquished, and a different fate card moves him (and all other heroes) to a new location, would Fflewddur Fflam's ability take effect again, even though he isn't being "played" at that moment (just being moved) as stated on his card? Love the video, but just unsure on exact way to play in these scenarios. Thanks!
In the rulebook it states they can only be played with the ability on the power of the black cauldron - so follow that and you should be good!
Just got a copy of the base game can't wait to play it 🙂
Yay! i hope you enjoy it!
@@LordoftheBoard I did. I'm pretty sure I'm going to pickup the expansions this week. I was with my girlfriend and daughter when I got the base game so buying everything in one go would have been frowned upon 🤣
@@wyz1324 haha go do it! I love EVIL QUEEN. She is. One of my all time favorites to play.
@@LordoftheBoard awesome! so far I've only played Jafar and I loved it. I figure having even more choice is good 😁
I watched your vid and looked at the comments to find the answer....
Cause the french edition rules state that cauldron born can be played for free, without using the cauldron's power nor even replacing a skeleton soldier, once the cauldron has been activated!
Which, I feel is way too strong !!
In the other hand, the english rulings seem way too hard, if you can only flood your cauldron's born out of the cauldron's power....
So I guess we will home rule it as such:
- you can only play cauldron born once the cauldron has been activated. That's for sure 😂
- you can use the cauldron's power once at the beginning of your turn, to change a skeleton into a cauldron born for free
- or you can play cauldron born from your hand for 2 powers, without having to morph a skeleton for that
I feel that it's the most balanced way for the horned king. What do you think?
I'm glad Horn King is getting more love now
Do you use custom power tokens?
Yes!
Why is the card called "Our hour has arrived", while the quote from the movie is "Our time has arrived"?
I didn’t design these card names so I have no idea 🤷🏽♂️
FINALLY😆😆
Sorry I couldnt release earlier!
Technically wouldn’t that make the wording on the cauldron born cards wrong because you would be able to use them in with a play action as long as the cauldron is flipped?
I’m unsure. I do know that the only way they can be played is by using the cauldrons ability. No play a card actions. I mean if that was the case you ccould just win in a single turn playing all 4 cauldron born. Seems unreasonable . But I have info and the only way to play is once per turn with the cauldrons effect
@@LordoftheBoard See that was the argument with my friends last night, but the card doesn’t say
@@NathanEP well if they want to come read this that is a helfpful way. Many people read it and understand it the correct way. Some can’t grasp it. :)
Predicting Frollo and Shan Yu for a next set
You know this is great 👍
Thank you so much :)
@@LordoftheBoard your welcome 🙏
Do you have to reshuffle the "we have made a bargain" card aswell back into your deck?
I believe so! I gotta remember how its ruled!
Cool, now we Just need Chernabog
This is true!