Ravensburger Disney Villainous Strategy Board Game for Age 10 and Up - 2019 Toty Game of The Year Award Winner

If you’re a fan of Disney’s animated works, you need this game. Up front, I will say that there IS a learning curve to this, and set-up is definitely more intensive than you’re average round of Monopoly or Uno. There are several components for each player’s area that need to be set up. That being said, the instructions do a good job of explaining the flow of the game, and there is even a link to a helpful YouTube video that does a fantastic visual set-up and demo of the game. The game itself is very fun once you get into the flow of it, and discovering new strategies for your villains depending on what others you’re facing is addictive.Replay value is incredibly high, as each villain in the box has a different objective they must meet to win, and different cards and strategies to help in their quest. The cards and game boards all feature illustrated renditions of actual stills from the animated movies these villains originated in, and are gorgeous to look at. The player pieces are also very cool, colorful and slightly more abstract representations of the villains.The game currently has three expansions, each of which adds three more villains with their own unique cards and strategies, as well as extra power tokens and any unique pieces each villain needs. Having 15 villains to choose from is fantastic and drastically increases replay value even more, so I would heartily recommend investing in the expansions as well as the main game.Here is the one main sticking point I have: storage. The main game and expansions come in very nice boxes, as game boxes go. And even though the expansion boxes are far smaller than the main game, having four boxes for one game is going to take up space wherever you store your games. If that doesn’t bother you, great, but if space is limited, as it is for me, it is worth checking Etsy for storage solutions; neither Ravensberger or Amazon currently provide a single storage solution to hold the main game and all three expansions.As long as you’ve got the space for it, and a little bit of patience to get accustomed to the rules, you’re going to find Villainous to be a rousing good time! It’s good to be bad sometimes.

I got into villainous over the thanksgiving holiday and I’ve been having a blast. It’s an easy game to understand that does require skill and proper play to win against your opponent. But doesn’t require intense strategy to understand or have fun with.The game itself focuses on completing the plan your Disney villain had in their movie of origin, so the thematic elements are there. At the same time you can also choose to mess with other players by having them get bothered by hero’s, items, and effect from their respective movie. This sets back other players and adds to the fun of the game.I highly recommend trying this game, very very fun. Below I will list the pros and cons with this set.PROS- comes with 6 characters, two of which are only in this set- Comes with all elements needed to play the game unlike the expansionsCONS- an updated version of Captain Hook, Prince John, Ursula, and Maleficent have been made that comes in box with just those four updated versions. These changes make all of the listed characters much better overall and in almost all cases much easier to play. The benefit of this set is that it comes with Jafar and the Queen of Hearts that you can’t get anywhere else.

This game is so fun. I gave it to one of my sons for his birthday and not only does he love it, but I'm hooked as well. Everyone is a villain, you have a piece to move, power tokens, a board, a small info booklet, and 2 card decks - a helper deck (items, allies, effects) and a fate deck (the heroes). Heroes in this case are not helpful. Other plays put them on your board to thwart your efforts to win the game.Each villain has a different goal, as laid out on the boards and in the little info booklets. Some villains are easier to win with (e.g., Prince John, Queen of Hearts) and others definitely more challenging (e.g., Maleficent, Ursula).There are rules and because the characters are all different and have unique ways of winning, it's not a 20 minute game to learn. If you play with more people, the game will be longer. DO expect it to take one or two times to get down the flow of the game. It took 4 of us 2 hrs on each of 2 different days (4 hrs total) the first time... Now the games are about 2 hrs. When we played with just 3 of us, it was about 45 min. btw, the games are different each time because of the villains being played, different strategies used to play the villains, and the shuffle of the decks.Younger kids will need more help; it's likely for 12 and up? I think Disney fans will love it and those who like role playing games may enjoy it. Also, if you want something other than a roll the dice and move game, it's definitely worth considering. In this house, adults aren't playing just for the kids; we're playing because we enjoy it too.Obviously, I'm hooked.

Super fun game! Came in great condition