Villainous flipped the board game script: instead of playing the hero, you’re playing Maleficent, Hades, or Cruella — racing to pull off your character’s actual movie plan while everyone else tries to stop you. Every set is a fully standalone game, which means you can start anywhere and never feel like you’re missing pieces. Here’s every set, what each villain is actually trying to do, and which one to grab first.
1. The Worst Takes It All (Base Game)
This is where it started, and it’s still the best entry point. Six villains, six completely different win conditions: Maleficent spreads Curses across her realm, Jafar hunts down the Genie and the Magic Lamp, Ursula chases down King Triton’s trident and crown, and Captain Hook, Prince John, and the Queen of Hearts each run their own scheme. If you’re buying one Villainous box, start here — every later expansion is designed to mix into this one.
The Worst Takes It All
The original 6-villain base game — Maleficent, Jafar, Ursula, Captain Hook, Prince John, Queen of Hearts.
2. Wicked to the Core
The first expansion adds three of Disney’s most underrated villains: Dr. Facilier, who needs to control the Talisman and rule New Orleans; the Evil Queen, who’s hunting Snow White; and Hades, who wins by getting three Titans onto Mount Olympus at once. Hades in particular plays nothing like the base game’s villains — he’s chaotic, swingy, and a lot of fun once you learn to read the dice.
Wicked to the Core
Adds Dr. Facilier, the Evil Queen, and Hades — three villains with very different playstyles.
3. Evil Comes Prepared
Scar, Ratigan, and Yzma headline this one. Scar needs 15 Strength in his Succession pile after taking down Mufasa, Ratigan schemes to get the Robot Queen onto the throne at Buckingham Palace, and Yzma has to corner Kuzco with Kronk’s help across four separate Fate decks. Yzma is the standout here — one of the most mechanically unique villains in the whole line.
Evil Comes Prepared
Adds Scar, Ratigan, and Yzma — including one of the most unique villain mechanics in the series.
4. Perfectly Wretched
Cruella de Vil needs to capture 99 puppies. Mother Gothel needs to build 10 Trust with Rapunzel before she escapes to Corona. Pete has to clear four randomized objectives across his realm. This set leans into longer, more tense endgames — Gothel’s race against Rapunzel inching toward the door is one of the better tension-builders in the franchise.
Perfectly Wretched
Adds Cruella de Vil, Mother Gothel, and Pete.
5. Filled with Fright
The odd one out, in a good way: this is a single-villain expansion built entirely around Oogie Boogie from The Nightmare Before Christmas, backed by Lock, Shock, and Barrel. Oogie has to trap and defeat Jack Skellington using a dice-based mechanic that nothing else in Villainous does. Because it’s one villain instead of three, it’s the cheapest way into the line — a good pickup once you already own a couple of the bigger boxes and want something different.
Filled with Fright
Single-villain expansion starring Oogie Boogie — the cheapest way to add something genuinely different to your collection.
Which One Should You Buy First?
If you don’t own any Villainous yet, The Worst Takes It All is the only correct starting point — it’s the base game every expansion plugs into. After that, Wicked to the Core is the strongest follow-up purchase: Hades and the Evil Queen are fan favorites, and it’s the expansion most commonly bundled with the base game in starter sets. Save Filled with Fright for last — it’s the most fun once you already know the system, but it’s the least essential if you’re starting from zero.
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