In Villainous: Wicked to the Core, each player takes control of one of three Disney characters, each of whom is the villain from their own movie, specifically the Evil Queen from Snow White, Hades from Hercules, and Dr. Facilier from The Princess and the Frog. Each player has their own deck of villains, fate deck, player board, and 3D character.

During a turn, the active player moves their character to a different position on their board, takes one or more of the actions visible in that space (playing cards from their hand), then refills their hand to four cards. The cards are allies, items, effects, and conditions. You must use your cards to meet your condition for victory.

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

Villainous: Wicked to the Core is playable as a standalone game for 2-3 players or its characters can face those from the base game: Villainous.

Author: Prospero Hall
Publisher: Ravensburger
Average Duration: 45 minutes
Age: 10+
Players: 2 - 3