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Disney Villainous: Despicable Plots

Play Lady Tremaine, the Horned King or Gaston and sabotage your rivals while chasing your own villain goal.

Published by
Ravensburger

Three Disney villains, three boards, one game. In Disney Villainous: Despicable Plots, a 2021 standalone entry in the Villainous series, you play Lady Tremaine from Cinderella, the Horned King from The Black Cauldron or Gaston from Beauty and the Beast. Each villain has its own deck, fate deck, player board and 3D figure. On your turn you move your figure to a different location on your board, take the actions shown there, often by playing cards, and refill your hand to four. Cards are allies, items, effects and conditions, and you use them to chase a unique win condition. The cruel part is that you can also draw fate cards from an opponent's deck and slam them onto that opponent's board. Two or three players, about an hour, and a lot of cackling.

Three villains with unique win conditionsOwn boards, decks and 3D figuresFate cards slam onto rivals' boards

Who it's for

You love Disney villains and want an asymmetric hand-management game for two or three, with lots of personality.

Not for you if…

You want a game with a single shared goal. Each player chases a different objective, and the fate cards are meant to annoy.

Vibe's take

Theatrical and asymmetric. Each villain plays differently, and the delight lies in seeing your plan click while another player blocks your best location. Good villain energy.

#1,677 on BGG

of over 30,000 ranked board games

Published 2021 Β· 5 years ago

newer than 63% of games

In 12,038 collections

collected more than 83% of games

2–3 players Β· ages 10+

Best with 3

40–60 min

longer than 62% of games Β· typical 30–90 min

Complexity: medium

One warm-up round Β· 2.2 out of 5 Β· heavier than 57%

Opinions: usual spread

A normal range of ratings

Language: some text

Text on cards or in the rules

Play style: competitive