
2022Reed Mascola
Mainly reviews. Vigilante is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 11 reviews, 3 how-to-play guides, 2 recorded sessions, and 2 other videos.
From BoardGameGeek
In Vigilante, you lead a team of heroes to fight back a swarm of villains running free in the city. Vigilante brings social deduction, action management, and tableau-building into a unique combination that leaves you with many different paths to take to accomplish your goals, new strategies and synergies between heroes, and a lot of tension! There are a variety of scenarios (game modes) depending on player preferences. The game plays in rounds, where players have 4 actions to either fight (and imprison) villains, recruit new heroes, search for equipment and other helpful cards, or heal. Afterwards, players secretly roll their dice and contribute one of them, which sometimes will help the group but usually hinders them. In Brought to Justice, each player gets a secret role. 'Good' players represent the majority and must imprison 7 villains per good player before the end of the game (i.e. if there are 2 Good players, they need a combined total of 14). 'Evil' players are trying to foil their plans, and Neutral players have independent missions which generally throw a little chaos into the mix. Shifting Allegiances takes Brought to Justice and creates even more uncertainty by only guaranteeing one 'Good' player, while the rest of the mix could be any combination of 'Good', 'Evil', or 'Neutral' players. Even though there's a possibility that all players are good, it will take time to gain each other's trust, and you could end up sabotaging your own victory!
Vigilante has 18 videos from 12 creators: 11 reviews, 3 how-to-play guides, 2 playthroughs and 2 other videos. They date from 2019 to May 2023.
To learn the rules, start with "How to Play: Vigilante" by Be Bold Games, which runs 5 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "Vigilante | Board Game Review" by Board Game Rundown. 8 creators have reviewed it. To see it played, watch "Vigilante Playthrough - Kickstarter Playthrough with Game Brigade" by Game Brigade, one of 2 playthroughs.
If you like it, try Vigilante: Hidden Motives, CATNIP Auction House and Dracula is Dead, also by Reed Mascola, or Batman: Everybody Lies, which shares several of its mechanics.
8 of 12
2023Reed Mascola
3 - 10 players15 - 30 min
2022Weronika Spyra, Ignacy Trzewiczek
2 - 4 players120 - 180 minLight weight
From BoardGameGeek:
In Vigilante, you lead a team of heroes to fight back a swarm of villains running free in the city. Vigilante brings social deduction, action management, and tableau-building into a unique combination that leaves you with many different paths to take to accomplish your goals, new strategies and synergies between heroes, and a lot of tension! There are a variety of scenarios (game modes) depending on player preferences. The game plays in rounds, where players have 4 actions to either fight (and imprison) villains, recruit new heroes, search for equipment and other helpful cards, or heal. Afterwards, players secretly roll their dice and contribute one of them, which sometimes will help the group but usually hinders them. In Brought to Justice, each player gets a secret role. 'Good' players represent the majority and must imprison 7 villains per good player before the end of the game (i.e. if there are 2 Good players, they need a combined total of 14). 'Evil' players are trying to foil their plans, and Neutral players have independent missions which generally throw a little chaos into the mix. Shifting Allegiances takes Brought to Justice and creates even more uncertainty by only guaranteeing one 'Good' player, while the rest of the mix could be any combination of 'Good', 'Evil', or 'Neutral' players. Even though there's a possibility that all players are good, it will take time to gain each other's trust, and you could end up sabotaging your own victory!
Designer
Reed Mascola
Artists
Álvaro Calvo Escudero, Patrick Turner, Tan Ho Sim, Zachary Tullsen
Publisher
Paranoia Rising Games Inc.
Mechanics