Dungeons

You are alone

You are hunting
Sovereign
For what they did Slayer
You will find them
Many will be on your way
Solitaire
Hunt and defeat the four Kings

Brutal Fatal You will stole their goods

Borders Fortifications
You will extort their knowledge
You will force destiny
For your one goal

Perilous Murderous Slay the Sovereigns

Prison Maze
Credits
This work is based on the Carta
system from Cat McDonald and
Peach Garden Games under CC BY
licence.

Thanks for the early feedbacks to

Momatoes, Cat McDonald, Terrier
Games and Ludimaginarium.
Deadly Villains’
Descent Vault @Gaet_hoth May 2021 v1.2

Materials
• 1 red and 1 black pawn
• 1 deck of 54 cards
• 1 20-sided die
• Enough space to lay 6 rows and 7
columns of cards
• 12 sticky notes or any small objects
Set-up
• Remove the cards numbered 1 to 6
from the deck. Sort and order them.
• The remaining cards are shuffled
and placed face down in a 5 by 6
grid or according to a dungeon
pattern (place sticky notes on ☠).
• Place the pile of ♥ cards from 1 to
6 near you. This pile will be used as a
gauge for your health. Set it at 3.
• The pile of ♦ cards from 1 to 6 will
be used as a gauge for your luck. It
starts at zero (all cards face down).
• The pile of ♠ cards from 1 to 6 will
be used as a gauge, starting at zero,
for your equipment.
Course of play
Start
Choose a card at one of the four
corners of the grid and reveal it. The
colour of this card indicates the
colour of your pawn.
Place your pawn on the revealed
card or any other unrevealed cards of
the grid.
Confrontation
When your pawn is placed on a card,
reveal it and then confront it.
To confront, roll a D20 and try to
reach a value equal to or higher than
the card's difficulty threshold (DT).
The DT is equal to the number on
the card, to 11 for jacks, 12 for queens
and 16 for kings.
If your pawn is the same colour as the
card, you are allowed to roll the die
once more.
If the card is a Joker, the success is
automatic, choose the result of your
choice.
Result
In case of failure:
• reduce the value of your heart
gauge by 1.
In case of success:
• remove the defeated card from the
grid.
• reveal one of the cards adjacent to
the defeated card.
• According to the suit of the card,
you can:
♥ increase the value of your health
gauge by 1 (max 6).
♣ reveal 3 cards anywhere on the
grid.
♦ increase your luck gauge by 1
(max. 6). You may spend 1 point to
re-roll a die.
♠ increase your equipment gauge
by 1 (max. 6). Add the value of this
gauge to each die roll.
Exploration
After a confrontation, you can move
your pawn to any card adjacent to
your position in a straight or diagonal
line. You can move freely through
empty spaces. ☠ are forbidden spots.
Confrontation with a King
If you fail after confronting a card,
your pawn is also pushed back to the
nearest unrevealed card of your
choice.
End of the game
The game ends when all four Kings
are defeated or when your life gauge
drops below 1.
Crown Crusher
Campaign
Start with the first dungeon and draw
a random ♣ card from 1 to 6 before
the start and change the rules
accordingly. Add one card after each
victorious dungeon.
1♣ Health gauge is maxed at 3.
2♣ Luck gauge is maxed at 3.
3♣ Equipment gauge is maxed at 3.
4♣ Reveal only 2 card after ♣ cards.
5♣ Automatic failure against Jokers.
6♣ Roll strictly over the card’s DT.