New Game Round-up: Villainy from Mayfair Games & Lost Legacy x3 from AEG

As an aspiring super villain, you are trying to make your mark in the world. In the card-driven character-building game Villainy, you are trying to be the first villain to complete three evil plans and beat Fantastiman, that pesky super-hero who watches over the city day and night. You must carry out crimes, hire minions to aid you in your quest for world domination, and go to work as your alter ego to learn the skills needed and gain the cards required to see your great plans through to their triumphant end.

Villainy features an uncontrolled narrative that unfolds differently every time.

Lost Legacy is a game of risk, deduction, and luck for 2–4 players. You start the game with one card in hand from a deck of sixteen cards. On a turn, you do the following:

1. Draw: Draw the top card from the deck and add it to your hand.
2. Play: Choose one of the two cards in hand to play and place it face up in front of you.
3. Effect: Carry out the played card's effect, after which the card is considered as discarded.
4. End: If there is at least one card left in the deck, the turn goes to the next player; if not, the investigation phase starts. Using the investigation speed indicated on the card each player has in hand, players take turns guessing which player (whether yourself or someone else) holds the "Lost Legacy" card; this card might also be in the "Ruins", a location that holds one card at the start of the game and possibly acquires more cards during play. The player who guesses correctly wins; if no one finds the Lost Legacy, then everybody loses.