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Star Wars Villainous: Power of the Dark Side

Game ID: GID0301768
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Description

In Star Wars Villainous: Power of the Dark Side, each player takes control of one of five Star Wars characters: Darth Vader, Asajj Ventress, Kylo Ren, Moff Gideon, or General Grievous. Each player has their own villain deck, fate deck, player board, and 3D character.

On a turn, the active player moves their character to a different location on their player board, takes one or more of the actions visible on that space (often by playing cards from their hand), then refills their hand to four cards. Cards are allies, items, effects, and other things. You need to use your cards to fulfill your unique win condition.

One of the actions allows you to choose another player, draw two cards from that player's fate deck, then play one of them on that player's board, covering two of the four action spaces on one of that player's locations. The fate deck contains heroes, items, and effects from that villain's storyline, and these cards allow other players to mess with that particular villain.

Depending on their villain's unique power, players can also use their villain's "ambition" to perform actions that power effects based on the villain's use of the Force, strategic leadership, or sheer luck. The game also incorporates villain-specific missions and rules for iconic ships and transports from all corners of the Star Wars galaxy.

Year Published
2022
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Video StP-HV00xz0 Foster the Meeple game_review at 18:32 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
  • Adds ambition tokens and vehicle layer; deeper strategy
  • Excellent art and theme; satisfying two-player dynamics
Cons
  • More complex than base Villainous; heavier for newcomers
Thematic elements
  • Ambition and dark side manipulation
  • Star Wars universe; villainous track choices
  • Two-level track with ambition and vehicle cards; asymmetry across villains
Comparison games
  • Disney Villainous
  • Marvel Villainous
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • Ambition track — Ambition tokens drive big swing actions
  • Unique player powers — Each villain has unique ability and win condition
  • variable-player powers — Each villain has unique ability and win condition
  • Vehicle cards and fate deck — Vehicles extend options and spaces; fate cards complicate the game
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Quotes (from this video)
  • this is probably my favorite real-time game this has been my favorite real-time game i've ever played
  • it's chaos and it is so much
  • the production is incredible, the box is literally a grimoire
  • this game looks amazing; i just want to admire the art
  • it's so smooth it's so cut throat with sandra being involved
  • i love this game i love everything about it
  • obsessed literally love it so much
  • star wars villainous is the new installment of villainous
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