Disney Villainous Board Game Review!

We are a board game loving family and we also love Disney so Villainous the board game from Ravensburge fits in perfectly to our board game collection. We play board games several times through out the week and enjoy pulling out this Disney based game on Saturday nights when we have our "Disney Night" where we watch two Disney movies and make Disney inspired/shaped foods. 

The Villainous game has two larger base games and several expansions, today I will be sharing the original base version of the game. It retails for $35-$40 however you can keep an eye out for sales on the game to get it for a cheaper price. The game comes with six different characters to play as - The Queen of Hearts, Prince John, Captain Hook, Jafar, Ursala and Maleficent. The game is recommended for ages 10+ however my eight year old is able to play this game without any issues.

Each character has it's own goals to complete in order to win the game, you'll have your own set of playing cards and destiny cards which are specifically made for your villian that matches their realm. To win the game, you'll need to finish your villians goal and sabotage others along the way to prevent them from winning first, after all what kind of villian would you be if you helped out instead? Every character also has it's own home board known as your realm, and playing piece that is as unique as the character itself. 

Depending on lady luck and how evil you feel like being the game came last anywhere from ten to fifty minutes and anything is possible you could play the same villian several times, but only win once or you could win every time once you get a hang of the character. Setting up the game is quite easy, you'll separate the playing cards from the destiny cards, placing one pile on either side of the playing board. The gray dish that comes with it is placed in the center of the table and a pile of chips is added, these help you pay to use the cards to complete your quests and can be picked up along the way. 

Every round you'll complete a number of actions which range from two to five depending on the space on your board you place your character. The actions can include; collection tokens, playing a card, beating a hero and more. In order to sabotage another player you'll need to place yourself on a section that has the Destiny symbol so that you can draw two cards from their destiny picking which to play into their realm, it could put heroes in their path trying to stop them, it count take tokens away from their stash and more to prevent them from winning. The first person to successfully sabotage the other players while playing all the right cards of their own to complete their goal wins. 

You'll find that some of the villans are easier than others, some almost seem destined to win due to easier goals and cards so we enjoy switching up which characters we each play so we all have a chance to win. The game is a lot of fun and great for families who enjoy game nights together, pretty soon I will cover some of the expansions we own. 

*This was not a sponsored post, We love playing board games and I wanted to share some of our favorites with my readers who may be looking for board games for their own families. Check out my other board game reviews and look for more coming soon.