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 From the depths of time comes a story of wicked villains, terrible secrets, and monumental screw-ups! The Order of the Stick: Start of Darkness reveals for the first time the secret origins of Xykon, Redcloak, the Monster in the Darkness, heck, even the demon cockroaches. Containing 112 pages of all-new never-published-online comics in dramatic black-and-white, Start of Darkness is full of villainy goodness for any fan of the OOTS. Learn such secrets as:

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While truly wicked villains are the headliners in any game, no villain is a threat without some serious minions. All of those followers gave a big villain heft and authority; he commands armies of orcs, legions of flying monkeys, herds of barbarian-driven dinosaurs, or automaton assassins. Even lone villains often have at least an Igor to fetch body parts for them, a powerful improved familiar, or a devil who serves them under duress.

How can you maximize the value of those minions? There are a few simple ways to get the most from minions in any adventure. I like to think of them as: scenery, weak spots, traitors, alarms, spies and (ultimately) fall guys.

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Villains may have their plans, minions, and secret backstory, but let’s face it—they earn their stripes when it’s time to throw down and make the heroes suffer. Unfortunately, all too many supposedly big bads don’t live up to their billing. They get knocked down in a couple rounds, their henchmen flee, or they lack a fall-back plan.

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From the Wizards.com website

Why Be a Villain?

A good villain is not planning to destroy the town because he’s Chaotic Evil. He’s going to destroy it because he’s Chaotic Evil and he’s got a good reason to hate that town: they branded and exiled him, they executed his father after a rigged trial, or just because they laughed at his froggy familiar.

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8 Downloadable Heroes and Villains Coming To Marvel Ultimate Alliance in AprilHulk, Venom and Dr. Doom highlight downloadable content list for Xbox 360 edition of MUA

Expanding on the experience of controlling the world’s largest army of Super Heroes on the Xbox 360™ video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, Activision, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) announced plans to release Marvel: Ultimate Alliance Heroes and Villains. The expansion packs feature eight new playable characters: The Incredible Hulk, Magneto, Hawkeye, Sabretooth, Doctor Doom, Cyclops, Nightcrawler and Venom, each complete with new signature powers, skins, dialog, conversations and achievement points. The download will be available in April via the Xbox Live Marketplace online gaming service.
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