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Introduction to Villainous

So there’s this game called Villainous made all the way back in 2011. It’s a bit older but you play an evil magician type! Your goal is different from other similar games; instead of building defenses or towers to stop attacks, you get to control the offense yourself. You send waves and waves of your summoned monsters towards fortresses built by heroes trying to protect themselves. It’s almost like being in charge of all the bad guys.

As you play, there’s this cool thing where sending your dark forces on successful raids unlocks new kinds of creatures and magic spells for you to use later. There’s a choice every time; should you bring out the basic grunt units? Or maybe save those and call up their tougher cousins or better spell like hitting everything with fire all at once, which is really satisfying.

The game isn’t just about smacking things though; sometimes it helps more to send one super tough monster than lots of little ones. The simple interface helps you get started fast, but there’s a lot to learn and combine for different ways to succeed, making each playthrough feel like exploring new ideas fun!