V is for Villanous (Disney)

By Ravensburger

I didn't think I was going to like this one, because I'm not a huge fan of Disney, but it's actually pretty fun and I'm sure the kiddos will enjoy it when they're old enough to read... Not sure yet if we'll buy any of the expansions, but I am an obsessive collector, so we shall see...

Players: 2-6

Time: 45-60 minutes

Ages: 10+

Theme: Disney Villains

Mechanics: Hand Management, Variable Powers, Competition

 

To win Villainous, you (a Disney Villain) must complete a unique-to-you objective before any of the other villains complete their unique-to-them objectives. Since you're all aiming for a different end-goal that is various degrees of difficult depending on how well you shuffled your cards, a question of balance arises. Even so, I'm not really complaining. We played a couple of rounds (once with my dad and once with Dustin's sister) as different characters and we all got close to winning, but in both games, one person got much closer much faster (spoiler alert: it wasn't Dustin or me in either play). At this point in both games, we tried less hard to win ourselves and harder to cancel our opponent's impending win. This strategy didn't work, by the way. It just made us feel like we were playing Munchkin when someone is level 9.

 

 

 

So anyway, I was actually impressed with the simple, but nice components. The game was very thematic and had me reminiscing about the good old days when I didn't have to work, pay taxes, cook meals, etc... *cough* The villain choices in the base game are nice: 

• The Red Queen
• Maleficent
• Ursula
• Prince John
• Captain Hook
• Jafar 

Expansion Villains include (3/exp):

• Evil Queen
• Pete
• Dr. Facilier
• Ratigan
• Yzma
• Cruella DeVil
• Hades
• Mother Gothel
• Scar

We played 2 games. My dad as Captain Hook won the first game and Dustin's sister as Ursula won the second game.

Overall, we give it a 7ish/10. We thought it was fun.