Deadly Dowagers

About the Game – Deadly Dowagers

In Deadly Dowagers, you’re a middle‑class Victorian woman aiming to become a duchess — but you weren’t born into wealth. You start with a modest dowry and some land. Through clever drafting and strategic decisions, you:

• Draft cards to build your tableau: land, investments, instant benefits, and more.

• Invest in properties and ventures to grow your fortune.

• Marry or “remove” husbands to collect inheritance — and risk gaining infamy in the process.

• Manage your infamy level; too much and the Duke might look elsewhere.

Play unfolds in rounds with phases like drafting, investing, choosing or killing a husband, and housekeeping cleanup. The game ends when a player meets specific goals — having enough crowns (wealth), controlled infamy, and playing a Remarry card to wed the Duke.

The game mixes strategy, risk, timing, and humor, and is known for its quirky Victorian theme where love and murder go hand in hand.

Why People Like It

• Quick playtime and easy to teach.

• Strong theme with quirky Victorian attitude.

• Good for game nights where strategy meets cheeky fun.

Game Components (Typical Set)

• 6 player boards.

• 89 main deck cards.

• 24 husband cards.

• Tokens: crowns, infamy, promotion, draft rotation.

• 12 farmland cards / Starting cards.

System Requirements:

Minimum:

• OS: Windows 10 (64-bit).

• Processor: Intel Core i5-7300U or equivalent.

• Memory: 8 GB RAM.

• Graphics: Nvidia GTX 760 or AMD Radeon RX 560.

• DirectX: Version 11.

• Storage: 25 GB available space.

Recommended:

• OS: Windows 10 (64-bit).

• Processor: Intel Core i7-9700K or equivalent.

• Memory: 16 GB RAM.

• Graphics: Nvidia RTX 2060 or AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT.

• DirectX: Version 12.

• Storage: 50 GB available space.

Supported Languages: English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Russian, Chinese (Simplified), Japanese, Korean.