User Manual

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fourth Mastermind Tactic.
In a Showdown Turn, you don’t play the
top Villain card, you don’t recruit Heroes,
and you don’t fight Villains. Instead:
• Playthecardsinyourhandasnormal,
using those cards’ special abilities as
normal, and producing Recruit Points
and Attack as normal.
• AddtogetheralltheRecruitPointsand
Attack you produce into a single, big
Showdown Total.
• Don’tdrawanewhandattheendof
your Showdown Turn.
Whicheverplayerhasthehighest
ShowdownTotalwinstheFinal
Showdown! That player puts the actual
Mastermind card into their personal
Victory Pile. That card is worth several
Victory Points. When the Final Showdown
is complete, then the Mastermind has
been utterly defeated, and all the players
win a team victory! In addition, the player
with the most Victory Points in their
Victory Pile wins an individual victory and
is the most legendary hero of all!
TiedFinalShowdowns
If multiple players tie for the highest
Showdown Total, then it’s time for a Super
Showdown! Each of the tied players
discards all the cards they played and
draws a new hand of six cards. Each
of those players then takes another
Showdown Turn to find the winner of the
Final Showdown. If players keep tying,
keep running additional Super Showdowns
until someone wins the Showdown. Ifthe
groupagreesbeforethegame,youcan
also play without the Final Showdown.
Game Contents
Rulebook, game board and 560 cards:
• 14 cards for each of 15 different Heroes
(210 cards)
(Each Hero has 1 rare, 3 uncommons,
5 of one common, and 5 of another
common)
• 8cardsforeachof7differentVillain
Groups (56 cards)
• 10 cards for each of 4 different
Henchmen Villain Groups (40 cards)
• 40S.H.I.E.L.D.Agents
• 20S.H.I.E.L.D.Troopers
• 30S.H.I.E.L.D.Ofcers
• 30Bystanders
• 30Wounds
• 4 Masterminds, each with 4 Mastermind
Tactics (20 cards)
• 8differentSchemes
• 11SchemeTwists
• 5 Master Strikes
• 60 Dividers
Use the dividers in the box to separate the
different types of cards. Some people like
to put their cards in card sleeves to help
protect them.
Credits
GameDesignandCardSetDesign: Devin Low
Art Direction: Devin Low, Nick Leslie.
DevelopmentTeam: Jason Brenner,
Bubby Johanson, Crystal Lautzenheiser,
Nick Leslie, Mark Shaunessy.
BrandManagement: Jason Brenner
GraphicDesign:KristaTimberlake,BrianBateman.
Production:MikeEggleston,KristaTimberlake,
Marsha Weddle, Gordon Tucker, Rudy Diaz,
Suzanne Lombardi, Travis Wingo, Tom Van Cleave.
ProjectManagement: Louise Bateman, Susan Dent.
ProductManagement: Bubby Johanson
VPofMarketingandBusinessDevelopment:
Jason Masherah
Chairman and CEO, Upper Deck Company:
Richard McWilliam
Playtesters: The Beeman family, Victor Blaiotta,
Brandon Bozzi, Jason Brenner, Max Clendenning,
Sean Dawson, Skaff Elias, James Ernest, Marty
Forbeck, Matt Forbeck, Richard Garfield, Rob
Heinsoo, Joshua Howard, Paul Hughes, Bubby
Johanson, Nick Leslie, Rob Lightner, Lindsey Low,
Jason Mai, Greg Marques, Dylan Mayo,
Paul Peterson, Bruce Phillips, the Satnik family,
Jay Schneider, Dustin Stokes, Justin Woods,
Jeff Piroozshad, Robert Borman and many more.
My deepest thanks for all your help!