Villain Arc
Become a villain over something tiny, then launch the merch.
Something small pushed you over the edge, and now you have a villain name, powers and a merch line. Five slides to complete the transformation. Rated on Origin Story, Demands and Merch Potential.
How it works
- 1.Everyone gets a different trigger
- 2.The inciting incident must be genuinely minor
- 3.List your demands
- 4.End with your merch line
Your deck is already started
Nobody starts at a blank white slide. Every player gets these 5 slides pre-laid-out in the Vaporwave theme, with a prompt on each one telling you what goes there.
The Name
What They Did To Me
The tiny thing that started it all
My Powers
Powers that are oddly specific and barely useful
My Demands
A numbered list of demands, at least one of them petty
The Merch Line
Your merch, with prices
How you're scored
After each presentation the room votes on three things specific to this mode, not generic “was it good”.
Origin Story
Did the trigger earn the villain?
Unmotivated → Fully justified
Demands
How unhinged was the list?
Reasonable → Non-negotiable
Merch Potential
Would this actually sell?
No market → Preordering
Villain Arc prompts
Every player is dealt a different one of these.
- The inconvenience that broke me
- My villain name and its terrible pun
- A supervillain whose whole thing is minor inconveniences
- My demands, itemised
- The hero I would specifically target
- My lair, and its lease terms
- The exact moment I stopped being the good guy
- My nemesis, who does not know they are my nemesis
- A crime spree with a very narrow theme
- My henchmen: hiring criteria
- The one law I'd repeal first
- My rebrand, post-incident
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