Red Skull

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**Red Skull** is a Villain from the Marvel United base game.

## Official biography

> The same Super-Soldier Serum that transformed Steve Rogers into Captain America during WWII endowed HYDRA mastermind Johann Schmidt with greatly enhanced strength and stamina. However an imperfection in the process caused Schmidt's Face to become hideously disfigured, morphing into a chilling skull-like visage. Feared from that day forward as the Red Skull. Schmidt and his HYDRA army clashed with Cap many times over the course of the war. Though both men were presumed lost in the conflict, they were revived in modern times, continuing the ongoing struggle between good and evil.
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## Strategy

Red Skull is a cold and calculating Villain. Hydra has a long-term plan and will find many different ways to accomplish it. Red Skull endangers Civilians and uses them to advance his track to ultimate victory. He often offers the Heroes the chance to mitigate their obstacles by taking Crisis tokens, however they should be wary of that path since that can eventually advance the Red Skull’s master plan beyond recovery.

Red Skull’s Threats further push his strategies forward, brainwashing the Heroes into taking Crisis tokens and using subversive tactics to add Civilians to his cause. The Heroes will find dangerous obstacles in the form of elite Hydra troops, and sinister Henchmen like Madame Hydra, Crossbones, and… Bob.

While Red Skull is by no means an easy Villain to beat, he is recommended as the first one players should tackle since his mechanics are fairly straightforward and help players get acquainted with all aspects of the game.

### Villain Dashboard

* **Health Tokens:** 4 (2 Heroes), 8 (3 Heroes), 11 (4 Heroes)
* **BAM!:** Deal 1 damage to each Hero in Red Skull's Location and increase the Fear Track by 2.
* **Overflow:** If a Civilian or Thug can't be added to a Location, increase the Fear Track by 1 for each token you couldn't add.
* **Villainous Plot - The Fear Track:** When this track reaches 20, Heroes Lose. // The track goes from 0 to 20
* **Super Villain - Heroes' Starting Tokens:** Wild Wild Heroic Heroic

### List of cards

#### Threat cards

1. **Bob Agent of HYDRA:** Heroes starting their turn in this Location take 1 Crisis token. // Health: 4
2. **Brainwashing:** (Villain ends their move here) Heroes in this and adjacent Locations take 1 Crisis token each. // Heroic Heroic Heroic
3. **Crossbones:** BAM! Deal 2 damage to each Hero in this Location. Any Hero can prevent this effect by taking 2 Crisis tokens. // Health: 6
4. **HYDRA Elite Troops:** Each Thug in this Location requires 2 damage to be defeated. // Heroic Heroic Heroic
5. **Madame HYDRA:** BAM! Deal 1 damage to each Hero in this Location. Any Hero can prevent this effect by taking 1 Crisis token. // Health: 5
6. **Subversion:** (Villain ends their move here) Discard all Thugs and Civilians from this Location and advance the Fear Track by the number of tokens discarded this way. // Heroic Heroic Heroic

#### Master Plan cards

1. Movement 0. BAM!
2. Movement 0. BAM! **HYDRA Insurgency**: For each Crisis token the Heroes have, advance the Fear Track by 1.
3. Movement 0. BAM! **HYDRA Insurgency**: For each Crisis token the Heroes have, advance the Fear Track by 1.
4. Movement 0. **Hail HYDRA!**: Discard all Civilians from Locations with Heroes and deal 1 damage to each of those Heroes. Advance the Fear Track by the number of Civilians discarded this way.
5. Movement 0. **Hail HYDRA!**: Discard all Civilians from Locations with Heroes and deal 1 damage to each of those Heroes. Advance the Fear Track by the number of Civilians discarded this way.
6. Movement 1. BAM! [Civilian][Civilian Civilian][Civilian]
7. Movement 1. [Thug][Thug Thug][Thug]
8. Movement 2. BAM! [Civilian][Civilian Civilian][Civilian]
9. Movement 2. BAM! [Thug][Thug Thug][Thug]
10. Movement 3. [Civilian][Civilian Civilian][Civilian]
11. Movement 4. BAM! [Thug][Thug Thug][Thug]
12. Movement 5. [Thug Civilian][Thug Thug Civilian Civilian][Thug Civilian]

## External links

* Red Skull on Wikipedia
* Red Skull on Marvel Database