Score some great deals on board games during Amazon's Prime Early Access Sale

The holiday shopping season is kicking off earlier than ever this year thanks to Amazon's new Prime Early Access Sale. The event, which will run from Oct. 11th to12th, is set to provide one of the best opportunities around for consumers to check items off their gift lists and personal wish lists. Of course, you can only get the deals if you're a Prime member!

With the weather growing colder and the holidays right around the corner, a lot of quality time is about to be spent indoors with friends and family. Those looking for something to do with their loved ones will definitely not want to miss the Prime Early Access Sale's deals on brilliant board games to fill in those quiet hours with some fun and a little friendly competition.

Just about everyone out there has at least one big Disney fanatic in their life, but you don't have to be a "Disney Adult" to get a kick out of Villainous. Instead of taking on the mantles of classic Disney heroes, this game puts players in the roles of the villains who battled them (we all know the villains were having the most fun anyway).

Disney's Villainous is a strategy game, with the objective being to achieve a variation of each villain's final goal from their respective movie. The detestable Lady Tremaine from Cinderella, for example, must marry off one of her stepdaughters to the Prince in order to win the game. Despite being a strategy game it is designed with accessibility in mind, being playable by 2-3 players who are 10 or older.

Villainous will be marked down from $29.99 to $21.37 during the Prime Early Access Sale.

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Dominion is a tactical deck builder that pits 2-4 players against one another as competing monarchs looking to expand their kingdoms. Each card contains the resources and actions that the players must collect then strategically put into play into order to achieve "dominion" over the land.

The 2nd Edition features a variety of upgrades from streamlined rules for ease of access to upgraded cards for a more attractive and interesting play experience.

Dominion: 2nd Edition will be marked down from $49.99 to $21.41 during the Prime Early Access Sale.

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Splendor is another strategy game, but unlike Dominion, the goal is focused on the scheming and subterfuge of business rather than that of statecraft. Players will face off to build and maintain businesses of jewels and titular splendor in the world of Renaissance Europe. The game is run through representative cards and tokens, with players competing to acquire resources, artisans, and the attention of the wealthy nobility.

Splendor will be marked down from $39.99 to $24.99 during the Prime Early Access Sale.

Those looking for a game that balances accessibility and depth should look no further than Lost Cities. The rules are simple enough for players of all ages to ease into a game, but the actual meat of the play time is kept interesting and engaging. Taking on the roles of two explorers traveling to the far-flung reaches of the world, players will slowly build the expedition's path by playing various cards and betting on the success or failure of each push into the unknown.

Lost Cities will be marked down from $22.77 to $16.99 during the Prime Early Access Sale.

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Scythe is one of those very special board games that brims with atmosphere and creative identity while still being immensely fun to play. Set in a dieselpunk version of the 1920s populated by battle-scarred farmlands, shell-shocked survivors, and rusting war mechs. It's a game that's as melancholic as it is exciting, and comes highly recommended to board game enthusiasts.

Scythe will be marked down from $79.99 to $43.39 during the Prime Early Access Sale.

Diz Helde (She/They/Xe) is a freelance writer for Screen Rant, covering gaming content and creating buyer's guides. After earning a degree in History she spent time working as a museum manager, but eventually found herself gravitating back to her earliest passions: writing and gaming. When not writing or catnapping in a dark room you can typically find Diz nose-deep in lesbian fanfiction, replaying whichever classic RPG is her latest hyperfixation, or just hanging out online in the worlds of Final Fantasy XI & XIV.