Play a Star Wars villain with a unique goal while you sabotage rivals with fate cards.
Star Wars Villainous: Power of the Dark Side lets you play five dark-side figures, each with their own deck and goal: Darth Vader, Asajj Ventress, Kylo Ren, Moff Gideon or General Grievous. Everyone has a villain deck, a fate deck, a player board and a 3D character. On your turn you move your figure to a different location on your board, take the actions shown there, often by playing cards, then refill your hand to four. One action lets you pick another player, draw two cards from their fate deck and play one on their board, covering two of its four action spaces. Fate cards are heroes, items and effects that get in the way. Each villain has a unique win condition, so every game plays differently. Two to four players, about fifty minutes, 2022.
Who it's for
You love asymmetric villain games and Star Wars flavour, and your group enjoys a bit of mean, take-that card play.
Not for you ifβ¦
You want a calm, cooperative evening or tightly balanced symmetric play. Villains differ a lot in how they win.
Vibe's take
Scheming and uneven in a fun way: each villain plays like a different game, and you spend half your turns hindering rivals and half building toward your own plan.
newer than 67% of games
collected more than 80% of games
Best with 2 Β· publisher: 10+
longer than 55% of games Β· typical 30β90 min
One warm-up round Β· 2.6 out of 5 Β· heavier than 71%
A normal range of ratings
Lots of text, fluency helps