Vudù: Ninjas vs Pygmies
Vudù: Ninjas vs Pygmies Rulebook
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Contents
- 20 Curse cards (10 Ninja, 10 Pygmy)
- 5 Artifact cards
- 5 Permanent Curses
- 4 Score markers
Star
Each card in the Vudù: Ninjas vs Pygmies expansion is marked with a star in its upper-left corner for easy recognition.
Preparation
From the base Vudù deck, take one card from each of the Basic School of Magic, Haitian, Egyptian Priests and Celtic Druids schools. Shuffle the three cards and take one.
Remove all curse cards of that type from the curse deck and add the expansion's cards in their place.
Add the Permanent Curse cards and Artifacts to their respective decks. You are ready to start!
The first player to score 11 points wins the game.
Translator's note on Preparation: the printed text lists four schools (Basic School of Magic, Haitian, Egyptian Priests, Celtic Druids) and then says "shuffle the three cards and take one". The wording is transcribed as printed; the source does not say which three cards are shuffled.
Casting Curses
Curses from the new Schools of Magic can be a little peculiar. Spend only one ingredient to cast some Curses from the Pygmy school (after all, they are pygmies!), but you do not score any points when you cast them.
Ninjas are masters of trickery. After casting a Ninja Curse, you may discard any die to turn the curse face down. Your target must remember the effect without looking at the card.
Card Effects
Some actions trigger a separate curse.
"It's With You!" (Tá contigo!): "When a player receives the target card" means this curse takes effect as soon as the target card passes to another player.
"Beat the Drum Hard" (Bate forte o tambor): "When an opponent rolls 2 matching dice," the target must execute the curse before the player takes any other action.
Translator's note: the card names above are translated from the Portuguese printed in the insert. The Portuguese originals are given in brackets.
Additional Text for "Hakuna Matata"
If you find this curse too powerful, use the following text: "All opponents must hum or whistle a song during the turn of the player who cast the curse."
Variant for 2 Players
In a two-player game the target card is unnecessary; artifacts and permanent curses are used normally.
Separate the cards by curse type. Remove all copies of the artifact "Stinky Doll" (boneca fedida). Remove "Shuriken-en!" and "It's With You!" (Tá contigo!) from the Ninjas vs Pygmies expansion.
The first player chooses one school of magic and takes all cards of that type. The second player chooses 2 schools of magic and takes all cards of those schools. Then the first player chooses another school of magic and takes all the cards of that school.
Return the remaining cards to the box.
Instead of building the curse deck, the players build their own deck using the chosen schools. Then each player draws from their personal deck whenever they use the action to buy curses.