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Star Wars Villainous: Power of the Dark Side

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.

Five villains with unique win conditionsFate cards cover rivals' action spacesEach player has a board and a 3D figure

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 if…

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.

#2,516 on BGG

of over 30,000 ranked board games

Published 2022 Β· 4 years ago

newer than 67% of games

In 10,119 collections

collected more than 80% of games

2–4 players Β· ages 12+

Best with 2 Β· publisher: 10+

about 50 min

longer than 55% of games Β· typical 30–90 min

Complexity: medium

One warm-up round Β· 2.6 out of 5 Β· heavier than 71%

Opinions: usual spread

A normal range of ratings

Language: lots of text

Lots of text, fluency helps

Play style: competitive