Star Wars Villainous: Cold Tactics
BGG rank
BGG #11,225
BGG rating
7.4

Star Wars Villainous: Cold Tactics

2025

Rules assistance for Star Wars Villainous: Cold Tactics

Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.

  • 2 players
  • 50 min
  • 10+
  • Complexity 2.5/5

Rules assistant for Star Wars Villainous: Cold Tactics

For 2 players

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Star Wars Villainous: Cold Tactics is a board game released in 2025 for 2 players, 50 minutes per game, and ages 10 and up. It was designed by Prospero Hall and Michael Mulvihill and its main mechanics are Variable Player Powers, Hand Management, and Take That.

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About the game

In Star Wars Villainous: Cold Tactics, players choose to play one of two iconic villains from the Star Wars galaxy: Grand Admiral Thrawn or Count Dooku. If you play as Grand Admiral Thrawn, you must be efficient and unforgiving in your pursuit of taking over and controlling planets in the name of the Empire. To win, you must operate strategically in Thrawn's sector and occupy each location by collecting artifacts, deploying the 7th Fleet, and using ambition to flip the location over. As Count Dooku, you need to lead the Separatist Movement and bring an end to the Galactic Republic and Jedi. Count Dooku needs to convince an organization just how powerful he can be by defeating the Jedi to intimidate neutral organizations into active organizations at each location to fulfill his objective and stand alongside Darth Sidious as the true power of the galaxy! Villains in Star Wars Villainous: Cold Tactics can also be mixed with those in Star Wars Villainous: Power of the Dark Side, Star Wars Villainous: Scum and Villainy, and Star Wars Villainous: Revenge at Last.

Questions and answers

Star Wars Villainous: Cold Tactics supports 2 players according to the catalogue. This is the publisher’s listed player count, so the game is designed for exactly that number of participants. Variants for other group sizes, if any, are described in the rulebook of your edition, so check it before setting up a different configuration.